Like a scene out of Joy Luck Club..
This is a conversation from Sunday while having dim sum at Flower Lounge in Millbrae. The setting is your typical dim sum place on a Sunday afternoon: loud talking, lots of asian people, steaming food everywhere. At our table, was 13 people, 1 of which was NOT asian.
Emily introduces me to her friends.
Emily: ..and this is Patrick and his girlfriend Anita. (Patrick and Anita are chinese.
)
Patrick: Oh. Actually she’s my wife. We got married recently.
Later…
Emily: So Patrick, where did you guys get married?
Patrick: Oh at the Yangtse–
Emily: Wow! You guys got married in China??
Patrick: Oh no. Yangtse Restaurant down the street…
Only in the Bay Area.
Totally separate from this. I have to rave about my favorite online radio station, Radio Paradise. I used to listen to it a bunch at my old workplace. I haven’t listened to it in over half a year. But tonight I felt too lazy to turn the other computer on (which has all my iTunes music), and so I just went back here. They played some American Analog Set which has a funky electronic sound to it. Then they played Sunday’s Summertime which is an all time favorite! How can you not love the beautiful voices of ingenues with a guitar? After this they played a New Order song called Ceremony. Great STUFF!!
Anyway I totally recommend it if you have an interested in discovering new music. The range of music taste is across the board. From the great old stuff to great new stuff, it all can be found here.
July 24 2006 09:29 am | ;P
August 7th, 2006 at 6:04 am
I met a couple on a number of occasions who were friends of my friend. They had been dating for years. I met the guy again at my friend’s wedding which was just over a year later.
Scene:
Me: Hey Eric, where’s your girlfriend?
Eric: Oh, you mean my pregnant wife?? *Big grin on face*
Me: Really? Wow!
*Eric points to a pregnant woman on the floor…. NOT the girlfriend that I had seen him with just a year earlier*
Me: *confused and shocked” oh… great. huh. okay… talk to you later…
She was at least 5 months pregnant, hmm… maybe got caught cheating, broke up with first girlfriend, knocked up 2nd girlfriend, wedding, on the way to a family?
August 9th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
So many questions, so much drama. It probably makes for an interesting story.