Wow, it's 9:48pm and I just got home after leaving my house at 10am. My day is very fun and very compacted.
First, my good friend Liaw and his two friend - Ifan and Venessa came down from Austin to see the Holocaust meseum in Houston. I think they are doing a project about how to improve a meseum. Before we go to the meseum, we met up with Tracy and Vincent (from Wash U) for brunch in this Chinese northern style noodles/bread place in Chinatown. The food is very good and I have soymilk, the real one! I am very happy to find a place in Houston that have good breakfast style food. I am definetly going back there sometimes.
After brunch, we say goodbye to Tracy and Vincent and head over to the Holocaust meseum. It's smaller than the meseum in DC, but still have many exhibit. There is no special exhibit today, so we just browse through the main exhibition. It's very sad for me everytime I read about it. This meseum is donated/sponsered by Houston area Holocaust surviver, so a lot of it is about their families and they provide many pictures. In some way, it feels more personal. One new thing I learn today is that people were forced to work as labor in BMW plant, but I am not sure if it's the car or the airplane division. There is also a film that you can watch about the survivor recounting their experiences. It's very sad when one lady says that the hardest for her in life is that she "can not forget and cannot forgive." It's a very educational and emotional. Liaw and his friends think it will be nice if the meseum have models of the concentration camp for visitor to see.
We then head over to Galleria to kill time before I have to head over to a bachelorette party. There is so many people there in Galleria on Sat. I really don't like shopping when there is so many people. It's just too crowd for me. But I found out that the new Dior store is open and the store is very cute :) I will go back some other time just to window shopping more. I keep seeing all these fur collar/scarf in the stores and they are very cute. Right now, I have my eye set on the one in Banana Republic
http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse/product/261/product_261366.htm?cs_catalog=BR%5FFall2%5FH1%5F2004&cs_category=202206. I also like this silk yellow shirt,
http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse/product/258/product_258972.htm?cs_catalog=BR%5FFall2%5FH1%5F2004&cs_category=200808, it looks easy to wear under a jacket. I will think more about the fur collar, since it's so hot in Houston, I am not sure when I can wear it. I also see my all time favorite bear, BONKERS in the store today! I am so tempted to buy another one because he is just so cute. I am debating if I need to keep a backup one just in case any accident happens to my current Bonkers. Here is a link to see what Bonkers looks like
http://www.bearst.com/bonkers.html.
I say goodbye to Liaw, Ifan and Venessa after Galleria and head over to downtown to attend my friend Victoria's bachelorette party. While drive to the restaurant, I ran into a crazy driver though. I was in the left lane and there is a left turn lane. The lady who is driving just keep driving straight when the light turned green. I keeping thinking she will turn left any second so I kept going, too. Finally, seconds before collision, I slam on my break when I realized she has no intension to turn but want to go straight. I was too stunned to even use my honk, should definetly do it next time.
I met Victoria two years ago when we took MCAT prep course in Kaplan together. She is so sweet and so much fun to hangout with. Andy met her before and he will totally vouch for me on this :) We went to Birra Poretti's in Houston downtown theatre district. It's a really cute place. I tried their spaghetti and meatball and it's one of the best that I have. Definetly have to go back for more pasta sometimes. Victoria's three bridemaids brought many props for her to start her night. First, we crown her princess with a fur tiara. Then, we made her wear a garter that later on during the night she has to ask a random guy to take it off. All the girls also got beads, so it kind of feel like Mardi-Gras :P There is this shirt that the bridemaid got with about 15 lists that Victoria has to complete before the end of the night. And everytime a guy perform one of the tasks, they get a bead. Our waiter, James, help Victoria completes her first task, which is to bend her over and spank her. It's very funny as Victoria is totally embarrased and finally, James only lightly did it with a napkin :P I will post a picture of it on here soon. Another waiter completed the second task, which is tell Victoria about his sex life. Well, I have to say the guy gets really into it and even act out his favorite sex position (he sits on a chair and the girl on top of him). I also have a picture of it while this guy is demonstrating this position, I will post it, too. Victoria's sister, Jacqline, brough a bottle of champagne to start the night. I have a sip of it, it's really good. After many laughter and fun, the dinner ends around 8:45pm and the group starts its night going bar/club hopping. I decide not to join the group since I have to drive and I live far away. I drove my friend Nausheen to her car and came home to Katy.
Wow, it is a long day, can't believed I typed this much :P Good night!
