I’ve probably never tasted a better turkey sandwich. Two slices of whole wheat bread (definitely tampered with, as it’s too soft to be considered whole wheat), some smoked turkey, fresh lettuce/baby spinach, a light honey mustard dressing, some jarlsberg cheese with a little cracked pepper on top.

Okay, so maybe I wolved it down and didn’t really taste much of it, but it still tasted pretty decent even while I was standing up preparing the second sandwich after I took a bite.

Heh, posting more frequently than I normally would. Life is a little routine now, work, come home and see what I can prepare for dinner. Got a little sick of pasta and dumplings, so the sandwich was refreshing on its own.

Not sure why, but I could eat an entire bowl of cereal for dinner and chew salads, but somehow dinner isn’t quite right without meat.

Even if it’s a small thing, planning for dinner can get me excited sometimes. Will just need to work out a schedule to rotate between my staples, while finding the opportunity to experiment on new dishes.

All I have left to do now is slowly sip my not quite terrible instant coffee and have a small block of dark chocolate. Mmmm….

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Shots of the day

This is Washington Square Park, near my work place. Taken with my ever present IXUS. One thing I’ve noted so far is the lack of dynamic range among compacts.

This is along another street near my workplace. 30 seconds prior to taking this photo, I spotted bubbles floating along the street. Came to this hippy looking place and a bubble maker and fan was blowing bubbles all along the street.

Somewhat tired, maybe because it’s nearing the end of the week.

Today the frying pan went through some leftover rice from lunch and became kim chi fried rice. Had it with some leftover General Tso’s chicken. This dish is apparently unknown in China, just like how Hainan chicken rice is not from Hainan in China. It’s some flour coated chicken, fried with cabbage and some semi sweet sauce.

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Yesterday I passed a bottle of wine to a total stranger. Heh. The story goes back a few weeks while I was on in Melbourne. Vyanne and I dined at this breakfast place near Victoria Market on the subsequent morning I arrived back. Was talking with our waiter/host and mentioned I was back from NY on holiday. He then came up with the idea of having me pass something to his friend who works in NY.

So I ended up bringing back a bottle of Italian wine to NY with just a piece of paper that had contact details. Heh, the wine was for his friend whom I never even spoke to. I tried calling but couldn’t get her, so left a text message on her cell phone (yes, Americans refer to their mobile phones as cellphones). So I got a reply and gave her my email address. Exchanged some messages through that and her best friend who works in NY would pick up the wine from me (she worked in some far, far away place in New Jersey, so I couldn’t meet her directly).

So with a bottle of wine I walked down to the appointed meeting place and this stranger comes up to me and asks if it’s me! Heh, so yes, I handed over the wine and we exchanged thank yous. So after another email, that is probably the end of it.

Strangely so, I’d normally never do these things, especially for a complete stranger. Maybe it’s my Chinese background at work to mind my own business, but somehow I just felt obliged to assist in this manner. I did check the contents of the gift to ensure I wasn’t carrying any illegal substances but I do feel that we should live in a more trusting society and lend a helping hand when possible. Sadly we don’t practise this very much in this day and age.

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Heh, everyday I think to myself. Some of us are always waiting for the ideal things to turn up in our lives before we will feel adequately happy. At times I want to cheer people on, and I do try. I do wish that people will give themselves more opportunity to be happy with what they have, and they have every reason to work hard and play hard. It’s not just trying so succeed in achieving something, but to take everything and grow while trying to achieve that success.