By old days, I mean high school. I’ve begun practicing piano again, and it feels relieving and pleasing to play when there are no pressures, deadlines, or competitions to prepare for. Right now, I’m working on relearning Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata.
If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know!
Boston seems like just a city – but there’s so much more if you get out into the surrounding areas. One example is Prospect Hill Park (which isn’t even that far out). It’s a nice park with a hilly path that is simply gorgeous right now with the falling leaves. Once you climb to the top (or in my case, bike to the top), you get a great view of Boston and its surrounding areas.
Here’s a picture of the view [Source: Jake's Album on Picasa Web]:
WHERE IS MY ELEPHANT?
I just watched Tom Yum Goong last night, which featured Tony Jaa the Muy Thai master, in a similar style martial arts flick as the original Ong Bak. The movie’s plot quickly degenerates after the first few minutes and becomes a sort of ridiculous Hong-Kong martial arts style movie.
The protagnoist, played by Tony Jaa, grows up in a Thai village with elephants. When the elephants that he grew up with are kidnapped, he journeys to Sydney, Australia to try to capture them.
The best parts of the movie are when Jaa runs into the scene yelling, “WHERE IS MY ELEPHANT!?!” It can be anything – a business meeting, a press conference, a brothel – that is his opening line.
Smashed with Elephant Bones
The second best part is when not one, but FOUR WWE wrestler come into fight Jaa. Jaa smashes and slashes them to bits with…elephant bones.
This seems to be perfectly in line with my post from yesterday about the WWE, but I watched the movie AFTER I wrote the post. Which made it that much funnier – to me.
In case you were wondering what Tom Yung Goong means, it’s the name of the restaurant. It refers to a Thai soup made with prawns.
Where is my lobster? (img source: rasamalaysia.com)
New Google Emoticons
Gmail has a bunch of new emoticons (79 to be exact, unless I’m miscounting). There’s a sneak-attack-hug, a wide face, a cake, a radio, and pile of poop. There are some new smileys for chat (Google Talk) as well, but they are limited to the old emoticons – the standard smileys and some of the secret ones (monkey, pig, cowbell, etc). What I want IMMEDIATELY is to be able to put poop into my chat windows. Someone petition Google, quickly!
Wikipedia Falafel
Have you ever had falafel? It’s one of my favorite Middle Eastern foods When I speak of falafel, I’m actually referring to a falafel in a flour or pita wrap with lettuce and an assortment of other goodies, such as tomatoes, onions, and sauce. Falafel in America is probably different from falafel in Middle Eastern countries – just like Panda Express is different from Chinese food. Even within America, there are variations.
Falafel from Haymarket, Boston: An older man, with odd mannerisms, owns a small store next to the open-air Haymarket. His falafels are cheap, refreshing, and delightful.
Falafel from Central Square, Cambridge: These falafels are a little heavier, but still have the same melt-in-your-mouth goodness that all falafel wraps should have.
Falafel from Harvard University Dining Services: Dry, tasteless, and disgusting. Most students have their first and only taste of falafel in the dining hall, and are extremely surprised when I say that falafels are delicious.
Falafel from New Haven, Connecticut: Not bad at all, but tasted more like fast food tacos than true falafel.
Falafel from street carts of NYC: Just like the city and its residents, these falafels are hearty and heavy in sauce. This falafel was greasy and good, but next time I’ll know to go light on the sauce.
I still have a lot more falafel tasting to do – a handful of cities is not enough to transform a dilettante into a falafel connossieur. If I get a chance, I’ll even fly around the world to taste falafel. And when I’m all done, I’ll open my own falafel shop – He’s Falafels.
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