the gang:) 

my first german beer, well, my first beer actually:) 

my first german chocolate cream puff 

2 days, 2 buffets. . .

totally unplanned but that's what happened. . . first buffet was at cici's pizza lunch at saturday. some people in my church threw a surprise birthday celebration for a guy in the music team which i was part of. leigh said that cici's can't be considered a real buffet coz they don't serve real pizza. well, what can you really expect from a $3.99 buffet? i was starving anyway, so the fact that the pizza was far from excellent was secondary. actually went through 4 plates so that's a buck a plate. not bad:)

today paul was back in town from omaha:) we (kev, leigh, paul and i) were supposed to go to a "peace-love-and-acceptance" festival (translation: gay/lesbian festival) at the park because there's bound to be cheap food there and the park's actually really nice. but it's like 95 deg outside and i very nicely demanded to be taken to an airconditioned restaurant. we heard that there was a haus and garten tour in the german village in downtown columbus so kev suggested going to schmidt's which is a traditional german sausage haus that has been around for 117 years. they also had a sausage buffet! and those were good sausages. i was thrilled to see that they also served fried rice. so all i needed was egg and i'd have enjoyed a german longsilog:) i also had my first bottle of beer. i picked a dark german beer that had "chocolate flavors and aroma", whatever that is. beer is definitely an acquired taste and i haven't acquired it yet. they all assured me that what i had was a very good beer but i'm not so sure. also had to have a huge chocolate cream puff because you could get any dessert for $1.50. soooooo good. . .

so i've decided that for this week, i'll only eat carrots. . . and maybe some tuna:)

taking taking it easy to a new level. . .

yep. it's my fourth day working in my lab and i'm still taking it easy. my boss said i would eventually get very busy soon. well, i'm still waiting. i'm so not complaining, mind you. this is really great! feels like that summer when i was working at msi. . .

i'm currently doing antibody staining of embryos which i've actually been doing for 3 days now. . . and would still be doing by tomorrow. this could conceivably be done in half the time (2 days) but you know those steps that say "incubate at 37deg C for 3-4 hours or at 4 deg C overnight"?. i (well, louise actually told me to) just happen to always pick overnight. and there are two steps like that in this protocol! ain't that great?!?

other work-related news. . . my desk is coming along nicely. i used my mini monet magnets to post photos all along the side of my desk. one side is wholly dedicated to leeron and zeth and the other side to family and friends. still lots of spaces to fill so if any of you would be so inclined as to send me an interesting looking postcard or photo or something that would be really nice. . .

boyps will be coming to columbus tonight! i'm cooking dinner since i'm woefully low on cash (or credit). probably breaded chicken of some sort and i'll try to make potatoes au gratin. and maybe coleslaw too. . . i'm actually cooking for another person. . . scareeee. . . for him that is. . .

aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh....

can't believe i have to start work tomorrow. . . i know i said i was actually excited about doing that but i've been on a week and a half hiatus that only involved movies, mario kart, frisbee golf, shopping and quality time with my boyps. . . which all required very minimal brain power. it's always tough getting my scientific juices (eeuw?!?) flowing after a break . . . speaking of boyps, he left for akron this afternoon which really sucks. so i ended up cleaning my apartment this afternoon which turned out well, i'd like to think . . .

saw miyazaki's "howl's moving castle" last night in a cute, little independent movie theater here in columbus. the movie was so cute. it's a fantasy/love story/ war commentary type of movie. usual anime stuff:) we say the subtitled version which had the voices of christian bale, lauren bacall, blythe danner and billy crystal. rather impressive cast list. the animation was so pretty. i've never seen 'spirited away' which was supposed to be a really good movie and seeing 'howl's' made me want to see it more. one more for my netflix queue.

brain is really not functioning. can't think of any other words to describe the movie other than 'cute' and 'pretty'. what is wrong with me? better stop writing then. . .

jealousy turning saints into the sea turning to sweet lullaby. . .

alam kong na-sentihan kayong lahat sa huling post ko. don't worry because not all my posts will be as sappy as that one:). starting with this one.

friday night paul and i (yiheeeee. . . hehe. . . couldn't stop that one) went to see the killers and hot hot heat at the promowest pavilion in downtown columbus. the ticket said 6pm but we got there at about 6:20 p.m. because i was at the lab til about 5:45 p.m. it turned out well though since apparently columbus time is much, much worse than filipino time. kasi pinoy time plus one hour lang. abah eto, pinaghintay kami ng 2 oras. it's a good thing we decided to sit on the hilly part of the pavilion (outdoor concert kasi ito) and not with the moshers. i really think i'm too old to mosh and it would just be too darn difficult to do anyway with all the gigantic americans there. anyway, the wait wasn't so bad since we were sitting on the grass and we had my labmates with us there who were all i varying states of drunkenness. they made for very good entertainment. we also didn't get dinner beforehand so we were just starving but we did find puny hotdogs (which paul inhaled in about 30 secs), chips and cokes. . . finally at a bit past 8, hot hot heat went onstage. they were pretty good but i think they got annoyed with the crowd because the crowd just wasn't getting into it. well for one, they mostly sang songs from their new album which i guess wasn't as popular as their first one. they did sing 'talk to me' which i really like. they played for a little less than an hour. then another hour-long wait before the killers came on. the oddest thing actually happened right before they started. because the whole time we were sitting there waiting, they were playing the oddest assortment of music including songs by elvis, david bowie and other old rock and roll stuff. and then when they turned off the lights finally signaling that the concert was about to start people of course started standing and applauding. and then "can't take my eyes off you" came on the speakers and people just went crazy! people were singing and dancing to it. this was a really old, perry como-esque version. that was pretty surreal but pretty cool too.

the killers were awesome live. brandon flowers is quite a performer and his voice sounds great. and he was wearing a pink coat! they played most of the songs from hot fuss. they didn't play 'everything will be alright' though which is one of my faves. i must admit that i didn't know all of their songs but i could sing along to at least 2 of them ('somebody told me' and 'mr. brightside'). so for the most part i would just jump and 'woooohooo'. they also sung a couple of new songs the only one i could remember went something like 'it's indie rock and roll for me'. . . it was pretty interesting. all in all, the killers gave a pretty solid concert. my only complaint is it was kind of short. they started at a bit past 9 and ended before 10:30. considering that they've only had one album (that made it big anyway) this shouldn't be a surprise. but i really think that they should learn a thing or two from worship bands who can sing a song that's essentially 2 mins long and stretch it to a 10 minute number. i mean, if people actually know the words to your song, it wouldn't hurt to just play it a bit longer. that's my opinion anyway.

was thinking about writing about the rest of the weekend but will probably do that later on. . .

yiheeeeeeeeeee! (at the asian festival). . . halata bang inaantok na ako. . . busog na sa bbq, pansit, adobo at turon e. 

taiko drumming at the asian festival 

somebody told me that you had a boyfriend who looked like the girlfriend. . .  

bad picture. . . but the important thing here is 1) he's wearing a pink coat and 2) the keyboard (and the stage actually) is covered in rhinestones! 

after a 2 hour wait. . . hot hot heat!!!