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It’s kind of crazy that it’s only been 3 days since I last posted yet I have so much I want to say.

1) I wrote my last difficult exam this morning. It was kind of horrible. Luckily I only have one more easy(ish) exam to go and then I’m DONE this semester!! I will spend all tomorrow memorizing feelings stuff and then Thursday around lunch time I will be officially on winter break.

2) We decided that Scott isn’t going to come to Fiji. :( It sucks, but Scott has another family wedding to go to next July. (I can’t go, again, because I have clinical). We agreed that it is only really responsible for him to go on one of the two trips, and he chose Australia. He also wouldn’t be able to get enough time off work for both even if we did sacrifice some of our savings. He IS still going to join me for the L.A. portion of my trip though, which is awesome.

3) I bought the LAX-NAN-LAX part of my flights! And now I will pretty much have my fingers permanently crossed until the trip is over. Fingers crossed that BCIT doesn’t go on too long of a strike, the hospitals don’t go on too long of a strike, my flights don’t get delayed/changed, it doesn’t rain the entire time I’m in Fiji, etc etc. I just keep reminding myself what Kate told me a while back: things generally work out for me. I suppose she is right. ;)

4) I found $8 Santa suits for Santa Skiing!! And there is skeleton the day after Santa Skiing! (BEST WEEKEND EVER COMING UP)

5) Ginger cookie fro yo sandwiches are a really freaking delicious dessert.

6) Scott gets home on Friday! Finally!

7) Sounds like Rosemarie had a great time in Melbourne. I made her a big list of all my favourite things to do there and I think she actually did each thing on the list! It must have been a really fun week and I’m so glad that Scott was able to (and is nice enough to) spend so much time hanging out with my sister. You can read her blog here: http://threepiece.wordpress.com/

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Scott and I redeemed our vaneats.ca DD Mau voucher the other night. The package came with two half banh mi sandwiches (one grilled lemongrass chicken, and one crispy roasted pork) and a smoothie (we chose avocado) for $9.50.

The sandwiches were really really good. All the fresh veggies tasted great and the bread was crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle. The crispy pork one was definitely the best, but the chicken was still good too!

(By the way, if you haven’t tried banh mi sandwiches yet, you should! They’re Vietnamese. They typically have cucumber, pickled carrots and daikon, mayo, cilantro, some type of meat, and hot sauce on them. DELICIOUS).

The smoothie was good also. It was made with avocado and almond milk. The avocado taste wasn’t super strong. I liked it much better than the time Scott and I tried to make avocado smoothies at home.

It was a great meal. The package was enough for two people to split for lunch, or one hungry person for dinner!

I will totally go back to DD Mau sometime. I want to try their BBQ duck banh mi, and I would totally order the crispy pork banh mi again. YUM!

DD Mau Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

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We ate this a while ago but it was too good not to mention. Long weekend brunch at Red Wagon on Hastings @ Nanaimo.

On the left is my Crisp Pork Belly breakfast with delicious pork belly (under the garnish), poached eggs, hollandaise, grilled tomato, potatoes and toast. Oh I’m drooling again.

And on the right is Scott’s Pulled Pork Pancakes. In between each of the pancakes was pulled pork, and the syrup over it was Jack Daniel’s flavoured. It tasted great! Love that sweet salty combo.

We were both super happy with our meals. We had to wait a while for a table but it was totally worth it.

The Red Wagon Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

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Last Friday Scott and I went to see Dan Mangan, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. I thought it was a great show! Robots got a bit tedious after the 150th “robots need love too, they want to be loved by you” but other than that I had lots of fun.

I always enjoy it when a musician talks in between songs, and he did that. If they’re not going to talk you might as well just stay home and listen to the CD really loud!

His electric guitarist (on the left of this pic) was really funny. I give him an A+ for enthusiasm!!!

For the last song of the encore he came right out in to the audience. Right after I took this picture he told everyone to put away their phones and cameras and just enjoy being in the moment. We all sang along and it sounded pretty cool in the big theatre. That girl right underneath his left elbow looked like she might pass out from happiness from being so close to Mr. Mangan. Hahahaha.

If you still don’t know who Dan Mangan is you are missing out. He’s from Vancouver and has a lovely gravelly voice. Check him out! Here’s a video from a performance for CBC.

In other news I made eggs benedict for our breakfast this morning, complete with home made Hollandaise sauce. I am pretty proud of myself. The part I still need to work on is how to get all of the elements ready at the same time so they are still hot when it’s time to eat. Tricky! I won’t be trying this again for a while though… this breakfast is definitely a “sometimes” food.

BTW, this is the Hollandaise recipe I used. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/hollandaise-sauce-recipe/index.html Works out to one egg yolk per person you are cooking for.

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On Wednesday Leslie came to visit us on her way to Korea. It was really great to see her, and I can’t wait to hear about her upcoming adventures!! She already has more plans in the next month than I do!!!

We brought Leslie to The Eatery because she is an adventurous sushi eater. :D It’s pretty far from our house but it’s so fun and tasty! I love that restaurant. It always seems worth the journey.

Now that Scott and I have been there a few times we have a better idea of the good and not-so-good rolls and we ended up with a really really good meal. All the food was awesome.

From top to bottom:

  • Viva Las Vegas: crab, eel, avocado, cream cheese, spicy misonnaise (tempura style)
  • Italian Stallion: prosciutto, papaya, eel, cream cheese, hot pesto sauce
  • The Figa Roll: figs, blue cheese sauce, tempura crunch wrapped with prosciutto
  • Green Hornet: tempura prawns, avocado, mango
  • Electric Banana: eel, avocado topped with tempura banana
  • Buddha Roll: tempura yams, red pepper, asparagus and lettuce, with dragon sauce

And the one on the right:

  • The Volcano: tuna, scallops, salmon and avocado (tempura style) on a lava bed of spicy crab meat

I loved the Figa Roll and the Italian Stallion the most, as usual.

I guess the drinks were the weak part of the meal. The waitress brought Scott the wrong beer, the blender was broken so I couldn’t get a sake margarita, and Leslie’s snakebite didn’t have any grenadine in it. :/

The Eatery Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato
Then we came home and played Ticket To Ride. Yay board games.