A bit overdue....
Sorry peeps... I know that this is a bit overdue... so bear with me as I take u through the thoughts and the actions I did over the past several days...
Where did I stop last time around?? I think it should be some brief mentioning of the Summer Art Fair... yeah.. So, there's this huge Summer Art Fair here in Ann Arbor... for 4 days, (last Wed til Sat)... Virtually, artists from all over the States gather here (rented booth) to show their artworks and trying to sell their masterpieces...interesting stuffs and arts around... glass paintings, woodwork, oil paintings, watercolor paintings...all kind... i'm not the artsy type of person, but i do appreciate beautiness... so, although i don't really how to appreciate it, but i do know what's nice and what's not...
as it is aptly named, Summer Art Fair... that few days were really hot... and the overpriced food at the art fair doesn't help... imagine paying $5 for a cup of smoothies, or a cup of fresh hand-squeezed lemonade... $5 for butterfly fries, another $3 for a hotdog... simply put, just a ripped off...
on Saturday... it's again another 23rd... (if u didn't read my blog right from the start, u might not get why 23rd is of such important and significant to me...) well, I left home for the States on 23rd of August, 2004... so, it's been 11 months since I left home... feeling a bit home sick... i missed my home... i know they missed me too... (they better do!!!) Listening to the song Home by Michael Buble really intensifies the homesickness feeling... well... life goes on...
forgot to mention, as I don't work on Saturday night... not that I don't want to work, but the dining hall isn't opened on Saturday dinner... we don't serve on Saturday dinner...!!! so, Eric and I went to this place called Krazy Jim's Blimpie Burger... well, it's one of the best(if not the best) place to get burgers in Ann Arbor... and another must-have from the menu is the Fried Onion rings... ooh.... it's SOOOOOO GOOD... but, unhealthy... but, since I'm only eating it once a week... it's not too bad....(just once a week..., that's like 1 out of 20+ meals..., making it less than 5% of my meal...) I had the usual... (a triple cheese, with the regular fried onion rings... and a sprite)...
after dinner, Eric and I decided to walk along the State Street..., then, turned at forgot which street, and arrived at East Liberty Street's Starbucks... and we decided to have a cuppa... As I walked in, I saw the poster of their NEW beverage.. the Green Tea Frappucino(is that how u spell it??)!!! I'm really elated to see that as I've been waiting for them to introduce it here in the States... I still can remember slightly more than 1 year ago(back in Malaysia), my buddy, Min Han and I like to go to the Starbucks at Carrefour, Subang Jaya, to use the free wireless internet service provided there (not sure they still provide this wonderful service or not), especially when we got back from our different travelling... we will start plugging the camera, upload the photos and start explaining what every photo is about and all... and to share the stories behind every photos... those late Friday and Saturday nightouts were really great memories...
and this also kicks some thoughts about how immature and how youngster are willing to spend RM13+ on a cup of beverage... well... an average worker earns RM 1500+(that's a relatively high income for a fresh graduate), and what more, when I was only a student who earns nothing, to spend RM13+ on a cuppa is really ridiculous... Luckily, my parents don't know about my spending back then, or else... i would be long gone...
back to the Starbucks.... so, without any doubt, I ordered a Venti Green Tea Frap. it costs $4.55 here... and took a sit at one of the window-side seats... we chatted for awhile... just to catch up with anything... it was really good to enjoy a light moment, drinking a still-so-wonderful Green Tea Frap and mingling about nothing in particular...
we left the place at about 11pm... what a night... sometimes, everything that's so ordinary can combine and make up such extraordinary experience... hard to believe...
oh, BTW... I did managed to obtain an A-range score for my first midterm... whew...
Where did I stop last time around?? I think it should be some brief mentioning of the Summer Art Fair... yeah.. So, there's this huge Summer Art Fair here in Ann Arbor... for 4 days, (last Wed til Sat)... Virtually, artists from all over the States gather here (rented booth) to show their artworks and trying to sell their masterpieces...interesting stuffs and arts around... glass paintings, woodwork, oil paintings, watercolor paintings...all kind... i'm not the artsy type of person, but i do appreciate beautiness... so, although i don't really how to appreciate it, but i do know what's nice and what's not...
as it is aptly named, Summer Art Fair... that few days were really hot... and the overpriced food at the art fair doesn't help... imagine paying $5 for a cup of smoothies, or a cup of fresh hand-squeezed lemonade... $5 for butterfly fries, another $3 for a hotdog... simply put, just a ripped off...
on Saturday... it's again another 23rd... (if u didn't read my blog right from the start, u might not get why 23rd is of such important and significant to me...) well, I left home for the States on 23rd of August, 2004... so, it's been 11 months since I left home... feeling a bit home sick... i missed my home... i know they missed me too... (they better do!!!) Listening to the song Home by Michael Buble really intensifies the homesickness feeling... well... life goes on...
forgot to mention, as I don't work on Saturday night... not that I don't want to work, but the dining hall isn't opened on Saturday dinner... we don't serve on Saturday dinner...!!! so, Eric and I went to this place called Krazy Jim's Blimpie Burger... well, it's one of the best(if not the best) place to get burgers in Ann Arbor... and another must-have from the menu is the Fried Onion rings... ooh.... it's SOOOOOO GOOD... but, unhealthy... but, since I'm only eating it once a week... it's not too bad....(just once a week..., that's like 1 out of 20+ meals..., making it less than 5% of my meal...) I had the usual... (a triple cheese, with the regular fried onion rings... and a sprite)...
after dinner, Eric and I decided to walk along the State Street..., then, turned at forgot which street, and arrived at East Liberty Street's Starbucks... and we decided to have a cuppa... As I walked in, I saw the poster of their NEW beverage.. the Green Tea Frappucino(is that how u spell it??)!!! I'm really elated to see that as I've been waiting for them to introduce it here in the States... I still can remember slightly more than 1 year ago(back in Malaysia), my buddy, Min Han and I like to go to the Starbucks at Carrefour, Subang Jaya, to use the free wireless internet service provided there (not sure they still provide this wonderful service or not), especially when we got back from our different travelling... we will start plugging the camera, upload the photos and start explaining what every photo is about and all... and to share the stories behind every photos... those late Friday and Saturday nightouts were really great memories...
and this also kicks some thoughts about how immature and how youngster are willing to spend RM13+ on a cup of beverage... well... an average worker earns RM 1500+(that's a relatively high income for a fresh graduate), and what more, when I was only a student who earns nothing, to spend RM13+ on a cuppa is really ridiculous... Luckily, my parents don't know about my spending back then, or else... i would be long gone...
back to the Starbucks.... so, without any doubt, I ordered a Venti Green Tea Frap. it costs $4.55 here... and took a sit at one of the window-side seats... we chatted for awhile... just to catch up with anything... it was really good to enjoy a light moment, drinking a still-so-wonderful Green Tea Frap and mingling about nothing in particular...
we left the place at about 11pm... what a night... sometimes, everything that's so ordinary can combine and make up such extraordinary experience... hard to believe...
oh, BTW... I did managed to obtain an A-range score for my first midterm... whew...
posted by Voon Seng at 10:50 PM
1 Comments:
It's frappuccino. You were close!
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