Recap

So today I found out I didnt' get the job @ ITServices UBC. I'm a little upset (the pay is $15/hr), but @ the same time excited to try out being a driver @ Hertz. My friend told me he got to drive Mercedes and other luxury vehicles around the city. What fun! And if I get hired in the summer, I'll be cruising the Vancity streets on bling. Ha ha ha.

Yesterday I signed the insurance papers for the Civic, so now I legally own the Civic. Then, I went over the Drew's and learned the riff for Talk.

Monday, got home, relaxed.

Sunday was pho with the church guys. Good time and good food. We've been going to this pho place on Main for years and I still don't know what it's called. But it has great pho.

Saturday went over to Drew's to watch the hockey game and a Korean war movie. Brother of something (when translated). More gory than Saving Private Ryan. The pacing was horrible, it was full of cheese and battle sequences that dragged on for hours (ok, not hours, but they were plain long and unnecessary), followed by slow mo sequences and emu.

It basically tells the story of 2 brothers forced in to the Korean war. 1 brother eventually betrays S. Korea and goes and fights for the Commies, and dies as one. The other brother goes home to his mother. And scattered inbetween is a badly written love story, and battle sequences which looked like they were filmed in a high school gym. (Props also looked like props from an elementary school play).

Editing and pacing was horrible. Horrific battle sequences were intersperced with talk sequences. After a talk sequence, the film would cut to a scene where soldiers were running and shooting and dying. It's like talk talk talk talk BAM! someone dies. The movie could have worked better if it was made up of ALL talk sequences and no fighting or gore.

It was a crappy movie. ** (2 stars)

Friday was fellowship; nacho night. Mmmmm. Caleb made eggcellent avacado dip.

Thursday.........was guitar. Calvin dropped by and played some NHL. Nucks vs Nucks. He won. I tried the same game. I lost 8-4 or something like that. What the deal?

Aqua Riva

*****

Yes. Five stars. My favorite fine dining joint.

The ambience was great, the chairs were comfortable, we had a huge table to share for two, service was emaculate, and the food was excellent, just as expected. Nu sucks. It really really sucks.

We had a window/corner seat. It was perfect, looking over Canada Place and the harbor.



I had a seafood trio & wood grilled asparagus. Jess had dungenous crab & portebello mushrooms. My seafood dish came with salmon, sable fish, coconut rice, and 3 tiger prawns. My favorite was the tiger prawns, sauted in a mandarine orange sauce. Amazing. The sable fish was melt in you mouth goodness all around. The salmon was cooked perfectly, not too dry. The portebello mushrooms were amazing - I love shrooms. The asapagus was great too; each bite had a wood grilled zing to it.

To top it all, we shared a white chocolate bread pudding which was sweeeeeeeeeeet. The experience was just perfect. Almost flawless. I would definately return.

3.9.06

So today marks Jess & I's 3 year anniversary. We'll be going to Aqua Riva tonight, and I've requested a window seat. We chose Aqua Riva because we've had some fond memories of it: great food, good price, excellent service. Way better than Nu. My review of Aqua Riva will come tomorrow. I'm anticipating ****.

Yesterday, Jess & I had a conversation again about what our future holds. Right now, it's as clear as milk. Things are not only on rocky roads, but things are on off-road terrain. We need the Faith In God 4x4 by Jesus to help us through. We're currently riding on a unicycle throught the desert. But whatever happens, I believe we'll both see the greater good, and what's best for us. We'll believe that Jesus will carry us through the valleys of shadows and pain and that we'll emerge victorious! on the other side. But whatever happens, I'll always have a place in my heart for her.

On top of that, Jess learned that her grandfather is dying of lung cancer, alone in a hospital in China. He has no phone, so he's out of touch from the world, and just counting down the seconds. Where is God? Where is the Faith In God 4x4 that we're looking for? It seems we're both riding in a Faith In God hatchback through the Amazon with no path. Things seems grim. He's not a believer. We can only hope that grace and mercy work now, and Jess can make it China on April 15 to see him and tell him the Good News.

Can things get any worse?

Z520a

I just bought a Sony Ericsson Z520a from someone @ work.

It's such an awesome phone! I'll stick with it for a few years. Honestly, I've always had bad luck with phones; either I buy a phone that's phasing out, or I buy a new phone that's crap.

The Z520 has been given good to very good reviews across the web. The internal display is very nice for a midrange phone. It has bluetooth, infrared, mp3 ringtones, video and picture...all the cool stuff. Even better, it's really light. It also came with a cool gray faceplate, which I switched with the default blue. I'm very happy with this phone so far.

Whistler

So I went to Whistler on a day trip w/ Master Lau and Drew. It was spectacular. Aside from the fog that made its way across the mountains, and the light snow flurries, it was sunny with unlimited visibility. For the first time, I didn't touch a green run; all blue. Yup. That explains why, 2 days later, I'm still aching. On top of that, I ripped some skin off my fingers while trying ot tighten my boot laces. Damx. Thanks to Drew, who supplied me with 2 bandages.

What happened on Sunday? Oh yea, went to Ikea with Jess. Then dinner @ Wilson's house. We chillled a bit after, watching Iron Chef's very last episode ever in "let's-party-like-it's" 1999.

After that Ruth called and arranged a bubble tea sessio @ Big Head Boy near Metrotown. I was actually ready to go home and crash after dinner, because I was so sore and tired, and felf a bit sick. Yup, I'm still feeling a bit sick from Feb. 11. Must be my diet; not getting my vitamins :(

Today is a ramen party @ Pete's for Drew's birthday. And I'm going to get my new phone: Sony Ericsson Z520a, a nice mid-market phone with high end features. Reviews all over the net give it good to very good. Yea, this is my 3rd phone in 6 months. Got a Z500 in September, a T630 in February, and now a Z520a. Hopefully I'll be able to stick with this one for a few years. I got the Z500 for $25 after rebates, sold it for $100, bought a T630 for $70 and sold that for $100. So made a $130 profit. Muahaha. I'm going to use that to buy the Z520a, which I bargained down to $130 from $175, brand new.

Nella Fantasia

Nella fantasia io vedo un mondo giusto,
Li tutti vivono in pace e in onestà.
Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere,
Come le nuvole che volano,
Pien' d'umanità in fondo all'anima.

Nella fantasia io vedo un mondo chiaro,
Li anche la notte è meno oscura.
Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere,
Come le nuvole che volano.

Nella fantasia esiste un vento caldo,
Che soffia sulle città, come amico.
Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere,
Come le nuvole che volano,
Pien' d'umanità in fondo all'anima.