About Dog Chow
OK, first off, a lot of the food here resembles doggie chow. Brownie would have mauled yx to death if he saw her eating those meatballs we had on Sunday for brunch. They looked (and tasted!!) like something straight out of brownie's can!
And today I had really cheap Mediterranean food ($5) for lunch, it's pilaf rice, caesar salad and sirloin whatever; basically just sirloin ground up and cooked with sun-dried tomatoes, fresh parsley and dried tarragon and rosemary. The whole thing tasted really good, but while eating the ground beef I kept thinking of doggie chow.
And, not to mention, the GIGANTIC portions of food. I couldn't finish my lunch.
Back from shopping at the shopping area, they have REALLY interesting shops there. And cheap alcohol, as usual. Bought a lime gin mix (24 ounces for $3??) and a bottle of ice wine. Absolut Vodka costs only $19 here, while it sells for $70-80 in Singapore. Also bought a nice scarf for mom, some interesting hot chocolate mix and a book for someone's birthday present. It's an interesting book, showing pictures of different ways of pointing the middle finger at people!! Hahaha ... Like rummaging in your pockets for a while after telling someone, "Oh, I've got something for you", then whip the middle finger out!! Most amusing.
They have weird shops selling things I'm sure I'm not allowed to bring into Singapore, plenty of clothes shops (cheap clothes!!! And shit, NOW I remember I forgot to buy a skirt I saw for mom, cripes ... ), loads of food places and interesting stuff like witchcraft supply shops.
Anyway, we visited the Capitol building here in Madison, and it was ... WHOA!! Magnificent! In fact, it's believed that this Capitol here in Madison is higher than the one in Washington, DC. The entire structure is made of marbles from all over the world, like Italy, Africa, Greece, France and some natural red granite from Wisconsin herself. Some of the marble actually came from the seabed, and there were fossils in some of the walls! The entire interior is leafed in gold, and we actually visited the Senate, Assembly and other rooms. Something was happening in the High Court though, so we didn't go in. All these are housed within the Capitol itself. There were also 4 glass mosaic murals on the 4 walls, with pictures of Liberty, Justice, Government and Legislation, each made of more than 10,000 glass pieces. And a very very nice ceiling painting of "The Produce of Wisconsin" was painted right at the top of the Capitol's dome. Will post pics as soon as I get them transferred to the com.
Almost got locked out of the room! YX had to go for lessons while I shopped, and forgot to give me the apartment keys. Thank goodness her roommates were in!! Waiting for her to get back in about 1 hr, then we'll be off shopping for groceries for tonight's dinner and later at night we'll be off ice-skating.
Oh, and it snowed today! The snow's very different from that in Chicago. The Chicago's snow was hard and icy, while Madison's snow is actually nice and fluffy and floats down like little marshmallows or little wisps of cotton. Nice!
OK, more later tonight I guess. Time to read book and drink my gin. =D
OK, first off, a lot of the food here resembles doggie chow. Brownie would have mauled yx to death if he saw her eating those meatballs we had on Sunday for brunch. They looked (and tasted!!) like something straight out of brownie's can!
And today I had really cheap Mediterranean food ($5) for lunch, it's pilaf rice, caesar salad and sirloin whatever; basically just sirloin ground up and cooked with sun-dried tomatoes, fresh parsley and dried tarragon and rosemary. The whole thing tasted really good, but while eating the ground beef I kept thinking of doggie chow.
And, not to mention, the GIGANTIC portions of food. I couldn't finish my lunch.
Back from shopping at the shopping area, they have REALLY interesting shops there. And cheap alcohol, as usual. Bought a lime gin mix (24 ounces for $3??) and a bottle of ice wine. Absolut Vodka costs only $19 here, while it sells for $70-80 in Singapore. Also bought a nice scarf for mom, some interesting hot chocolate mix and a book for someone's birthday present. It's an interesting book, showing pictures of different ways of pointing the middle finger at people!! Hahaha ... Like rummaging in your pockets for a while after telling someone, "Oh, I've got something for you", then whip the middle finger out!! Most amusing.
They have weird shops selling things I'm sure I'm not allowed to bring into Singapore, plenty of clothes shops (cheap clothes!!! And shit, NOW I remember I forgot to buy a skirt I saw for mom, cripes ... ), loads of food places and interesting stuff like witchcraft supply shops.
Anyway, we visited the Capitol building here in Madison, and it was ... WHOA!! Magnificent! In fact, it's believed that this Capitol here in Madison is higher than the one in Washington, DC. The entire structure is made of marbles from all over the world, like Italy, Africa, Greece, France and some natural red granite from Wisconsin herself. Some of the marble actually came from the seabed, and there were fossils in some of the walls! The entire interior is leafed in gold, and we actually visited the Senate, Assembly and other rooms. Something was happening in the High Court though, so we didn't go in. All these are housed within the Capitol itself. There were also 4 glass mosaic murals on the 4 walls, with pictures of Liberty, Justice, Government and Legislation, each made of more than 10,000 glass pieces. And a very very nice ceiling painting of "The Produce of Wisconsin" was painted right at the top of the Capitol's dome. Will post pics as soon as I get them transferred to the com.
Almost got locked out of the room! YX had to go for lessons while I shopped, and forgot to give me the apartment keys. Thank goodness her roommates were in!! Waiting for her to get back in about 1 hr, then we'll be off shopping for groceries for tonight's dinner and later at night we'll be off ice-skating.
Oh, and it snowed today! The snow's very different from that in Chicago. The Chicago's snow was hard and icy, while Madison's snow is actually nice and fluffy and floats down like little marshmallows or little wisps of cotton. Nice!
OK, more later tonight I guess. Time to read book and drink my gin. =D
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