Breakfast
The last [ :( ] of our WW chocolate pancakes + coffee
I was sad to see these go Buh-Bye, but it was sooooo delicious, I couldn't just let it sit there and stare at me with all that delicious gooey organic chocolate chips.
WORK WORK E-MAILS E-MAILS E-MAILS . . .and LUNCH
(Can you tell I'm trying to speed through this post!?)
Lunch:
A mini version of my "I Am Spartacus" Dinner.
On this plate:
Tabouli
Hummus
One dill pickle
One grape leaf
Four thin slices of capicola salami
Two slices of Kasseri cheese
One slice of Polish bread
WORK WORK E-MAILS E-MAILS E-MAILS . . .end of the day comes around!
After work, I attended a dinner for Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PIA) Faculty and Staff. This dinner, hosted by the A/PIA American Studies, was to connect A/PIA faculty and Staff together to create a network for students, faculty and staff and discuss future plans for the department and for the group on campus.
I have to admit, while I am first-generation Filippina American and even though both my parents speak in their native tongue, I:
- Have never been to the Phillippines.
- Do not speak the language.
- Have not been a part of any Filippino association.
In fact, all of my life, I have lived and went to school in a predominately white community. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but as I grew older, I do feel a little disconnected to both my ethnic heritage and to the white population. Now finding this community at the university, I feel like I can start to learn more about my heritage. I even found some faculty and staff who are sort of the same situation that I am. It will be nice to connect with them.
Dinner:
Dinner was catered by Saigon Garden
Dinner was catered by Saigon Garden
My plate:
Rice, beef low mein, a tofu dish, string beans, muenster cheese and fruit.
Not going to lie, I did go back for a second plate, but I stuck to the vegetarian choices.
For dessert:
Imagine a Lychee flavored jello shot (sans alcohol)!
It was delicious. I took some home, but Marcin and I devoured it!
So, you are probably wondering about the Grammy . . .well, here it is!
Real, genuine Grammy!
Former director of the A/PIA American Studies program Amy Stillman is a Grammy-Award winning producer. She produced a Hawaiian Music Album with Tia Carrera and Daniel Ho. Since Tia and Daniel won for Best Hawaiian Music Album, a Grammy is also given to Amy as the producer. She was very proud of it and was even letting everyone hold the Grammy!
It was a very good evening of discussion great discussion and good company I'm very excited to get more involved with the A/PIA community on campus!
On the healthy living font:
There has been a sort of international theme to the foods I've been eating lately. I'm pretty used to it since I grew mostly eating Filippino food. I actually had a very hard time when I started going out with friends to American restaurants (Applebee's, TGIF's, etc) and finding a good (cheap) meal on the menu. To me, American food tasted bland. I was used to flavorful spices. I had a little bit more success in the ethnic themed restaraunts (chinese, mexican, etc) because of the flavorful spices incorporated into the food. Don't get me wrong, I do have my go to's for the American restaraunts, but I will always perfer something of the foriegn nature.
On the fashion front:
Ran late to work so I only have a group picture from the dinner to show what I wore on Monday:
Can you find me? Probably one of the few times I DO NOT stand out in the picture! I'm in the salmon colored polo shirt in the front left (next to the Grammy Award winning producer - to my right obviously)
On the active living front:
No run for me on Monday because of the dinner. Instead, I did laundry and attempted to pack. However, Marcin was distracting me, so packing was done. I intend to run tonight after work. My schedule calls for a 2.5 mile run, so if the weather holds, I will run outside again and do my musical interval run on my 3 mile track.
5 comments:
Have you ever read "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri? It's a wonderful story about a first-generation Indian-America and it discusses a lot of the internal "conflicts" of being caught between two cultures, especially being disconnected from one's native culture. I used to be engaged to an Indian guy and I was very familiar with all of the cultural innuendos, so that probably made it especially exciting for me.
What is your all time favorite asian dish?
Ha! I didn't know you were Filipino! My step-mother is. Her and my dad never had children though. I know a couple of words in Tagalog (mostly profanity) but it's a lot like Spanish in some ways.
That pancake looks fabulous... and I want some of those lychee candies :)
@ Tiffany - Thanks for the book suggestion. There's actually a movie called "The Debut" that portrays being a First Generation filippino trying to balance an American way of life with a traditional parents. I will look into the book though!
@ Matt - My ULTIME favorite asian dish is a filippino soup called Sinigang which is made with either beef or fish.
@Courtney - LOL! I used to know the profanity . . now I know "I love you", water, and eye boogies . .yes we have a phrase for eye boogies
@Elina - I will find out where to get them for you! :)
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