Last night was Scott’s work Christmas party. The speeches were boring. We had to pay for our own drinks! The food was yummy. I ate a whole bunch of seafood.
After the dinner they had casino tables for us to play with fake money. That was fun, except for the rude guy at the craps table who was taking the whole thing WAY TOO SERIOUSLY. It’s fake money dude, what’s your problem!!?! Scott and I won big at roulette.
My dress has stars on it.
Did I post about this meal yet? I think I forgot.
I made this healthier malai kofta a while ago and it was really yummy. It’s basically balls made of paneer (Indian cheese) and shredded potato, plus some spices, in a creamy tomato sauce. We ate it over rice, which you can’t see in the picture. Usually you would deep fry the balls, but for this recipe you just bake them. They crisped up nice in the oven and were really really tasty. I didn’t put raisins in because I don’t like raisins that much. I ended up just mixing the cashews right in with the other ingredients because it was too hard to seal them in the inside of the balls. The sauce was really nice, probably thanks to the evaporated milk. As usual, I only added the spices I already had.
A+, would cook again!!
The party yesterday was a big success. Everyone from my class came except one guy. I had lots of fun! We talked and laughed and ate and played some drinking games. I think everyone enjoyed themselves. I don’t know how we’ll all survive not seeing each other 30 hours a week!!
I didn’t study at all for math. Instead I made a cake! I love the cake, I think it was awesome. Even though the back collapsed under the weight of its own icing, hahahaha. I had to use a lot of icing to cover up all my mistakes. :D It was purple, green, and pink on the inside.
collapsed sides
And I guess someone took some pictures with my camera? Ummmm this was the best shot of them all. Lol.
Oh and I’m pretty sure I aced the math final. Yessssss I love math. Math is in my blood. Study-schmudy.
I also made peppermint Rice Krispie squares. Aka rice krispie squares with smashed up candy cane inside. They were good! We are having soft tacos tonight for dinner because we have lettuce and tomatoes to use up and avocados were only 67 cents this week and I bought two. Guacamole time!
I am 100% on holiday, and it feels so good. Time to get started on some homemade Christmas gifts!
Clementines are better than mandarines.
Yep. They are. Clementines win.
I have tried both, and clementines are better. They are less tough, and more juicy and delicious.
I have even converted one Western-born Canadian! She tracked them down here in Vancouver and brought me some today! BEST!!!
Can’t wait to eat more when I go home for the holidays.
In other news, there was a bear downtown today!!! Wicked.
Last night Scott and I watched a movie called The Way. It was about a man walking the Camino de Santiago, which is a ~800 km walk from southwestern France to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain where Saint James is apparently buried. A lot of people do it as a religious pilgrimage, but you can do it for a non-religious reasons too. It’s supposed to be a journey of personal growth or a spiritual adventure.
The movie was a little more religious than we liked, but the actual journey itself is pretty neat.
I know a girl who has done it. She talked about all the people she met along the way. I wish I had asked her more questions!
It seems most people take 2 to 3 months to do it, but I just found a blog of some person that RAN it in 19 days!!! That’s like running 19 marathons in a row!!!!
I’m not sure I want to do the Camino de Santiago in particular, because approaching St. James on my knees is not really something I care about, but I’ve always wanted to do something big like that kind of trip. Take 6 months off from life and go on a long journey. Remember when I was dreaming of biking from Nunavut to Chile?? Haha. Anyway Scott is keen too, so maybe some day we will take off and go on a really long walk.