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So me, Diana and Grace went out for a Korean dinner tonight. And wow. It was such an adventure.

By the end of it all, me and Diana both got swollen lips (well, it felt swollen at least), burning hot throats, and tears in our eyes. Grace was chomping away at her food as if it was water. That girl is crazy, I tells you. But I suppose, if I go to Korea in a couple of years, I might as well starting training in my how-to-eat-hot-and-spicy-food proficiency. Those of you who know me know that I have zero tolerance for hot food, so tonight's dinner was leaps and bounds over what I usually eat. Even by Grace's standards, the food wasn't hot enough. Gosh oh gosh, I'm gonna be screwed.

But despite it's hotness, it was really good..! Some cultures just emphasize the fact that the food is spicy, so you only taste the spiciness. But I find that korean food uses spiciness to emphasize it's other flavors...so it tastes good with the hotness. There was a bowl of noodles that we ordered which was really (friggin) hot, but I have to admit, without the hotness, the noodles would only be sweet, and not much else...so it would taste better with hot sauce.

But dear lord..hopefully not THAT hot..

However, I did try a dish that Rain ate in "Full House". Yes I know, I'm such a retard, but whatever, I thought it was pretty coooooolll =P. I tried this "chap chae" dish, which is basically this Korean noodle with rice and some other stuff...and it was good..!

So thanks to Ange for recommending it to me! *thumbs up*

On Friday, me and Darren went out fishin' with Sorp and Cory at the lake over at Coral Springs. And, well, we officially SUCK. After sitting there for 3-4 hrs, we caught nothing. Well...technically....we did catch something....we just didn't retain it...that's the difference. Anyways, people were coming and leaving left and right and catching 4-6 fishys in a span on 15mins. But whatever...I had a lot of fun regardless. It was nice just to sit on the lake and chat up the good old times. I'd do it again! (But with PowerBait, of course).

Afterwards, we seeked revenge by eating sushi. It was good.

Anyways, work sucks. We've been getting 60-100 samples for a few days last week...which is a lot compared to the norm of 30 samples. Both me and my coworker are swamped with work, and we can't handle it anymore. If this continues for awhile, I think I might have to speak up and complain to them that we need another person. If need be, I'll let samples run past overdue to let them know how serious it is. It's sickening.

And on top of that, there was this huge arguement between another one of my coworkers and my supervisor. I'm not talking about disagreements here -- this was a full fledged arguement that included voice raising, finger pointing, and even the, "Don't speak to me right now. I don't want to talk to you.". It was indeed, very bad. And the bad news? I think she quit. Not like here-is-my-2-weeks, more like the here-is-my-timesheet-I-won't-be-in-on-Monday kind of quit. Not good. Especially since we're swamped with work.

Stress stress.

But to relieve stress, you guys MUST watch this video. It is HILARIOUS!!!



And last but not least: today is the anniversary of William's passing: Hey pal...we came by to visit you this morning, and we saw fresh flowers there, so we figured your parents came by already. Each day goes by and we think of you always, and miss you dearly in our hearts. We hope that wherever you are, you are doing well and watching our backs for us. Thanks man.


Karen