Sunday, November 23, 2008

Gustavo Dudamel

Nice Things:

1. Made my flight home! Was exhausted and feverish and crazed, but I somehow made it, and I had a relatively chill flight. I had an aisle seat, and there was a blank seat next to me, and then a middle-aged man by the window who smiled and said "Hello" pleasantly when I decided to sit in his row. I was awake through all but 5 minutes of the short flight (I usually try to nap to avoid my plane nausea), and it was fine.

2. Mom and dad were so joyous and happy. We had sinigang, beef steak, and nilaga for lunch, and it was so great.

3. Was finally able to play the piano-clarinet duet pieces that I had photocopied and mailed to mom months ago. Having practiced the pieces a bunch of times up in the East Bay, I was able to play decently with mom. Mom and I both thought my sound was great today.

4. Jet is back from his two weeks in the Philippines! He is still my brother, which means he still says weird things that irritate me or make me scratch my head (as I am certain he thinks I'm from Mars too), but it is nice that he is back safe and sound. Mom and dad were trying to needle him into sharing cool stories about his adventures but he didn't have too much to say ("Being secretive!" Dad said when bro had left the room). He did tell us about his eating adventures (after I prodded him to tell us his best eating experiences). He listed off the great food he ate at one particular place...and I just got so hungry thinking about it

1 comment:

Chub a Lub said...

sinigang and nilaga? aren't they similar dishes? i'm jealous of the food you're eating!