Chicken wings & meaty conversations
As promised, Beatrice treated us (Janet, Louie & I) to Rooster's right after the finals. We had some hot & donkey hot chicken wings and some potato skin fries and boy were they yummy!
Janet & Beatrice are originally from Kenya, and Louie was born in the US but he is of Hispanic descent (mestizo). So we had this cultural diversity going on. We talked about our native delicacies - Kenya's ugali (dough-like substance made of corn flour or maize and water) & nyama choma (burnt meat); Authentic Mexican dishes and how they are different from the ones sold at US restaurants like Don Pablo's; and of course Filipino dishes like adobo, sinigang (my fave), etc. We had a conversation about the cultural shock we went through when we moved to the states and so on. Janet mentioned her observation about how people here in the states easily open up to other people. They tend to overshare information even if you just met them. And she mentioned about this lady she met one time, who matter-of-factly said she got crabs. We were like "oh no, she didn't!" And then there are those morbidly obese individuals who dress up with all their flabs flying all over the place. I don't mean to be rude or anything but come on now. And then there's this thing about people here who just pass gas in front of other people. And Beatrice was like "in our place, that would be unacceptable!"
And then we talked about environmental policies: the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, SUVs vs. hybrid cars, energy-efficient homes, etc.
And of course, we ranted about our 304 class and how incompetent our professor was.
Beatrice invited us to go to their house in Columbus for New Year but I don't know if I'll be going.
Janet & Beatrice are originally from Kenya, and Louie was born in the US but he is of Hispanic descent (mestizo). So we had this cultural diversity going on. We talked about our native delicacies - Kenya's ugali (dough-like substance made of corn flour or maize and water) & nyama choma (burnt meat); Authentic Mexican dishes and how they are different from the ones sold at US restaurants like Don Pablo's; and of course Filipino dishes like adobo, sinigang (my fave), etc. We had a conversation about the cultural shock we went through when we moved to the states and so on. Janet mentioned her observation about how people here in the states easily open up to other people. They tend to overshare information even if you just met them. And she mentioned about this lady she met one time, who matter-of-factly said she got crabs. We were like "oh no, she didn't!" And then there are those morbidly obese individuals who dress up with all their flabs flying all over the place. I don't mean to be rude or anything but come on now. And then there's this thing about people here who just pass gas in front of other people. And Beatrice was like "in our place, that would be unacceptable!"
And then we talked about environmental policies: the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, SUVs vs. hybrid cars, energy-efficient homes, etc.
And of course, we ranted about our 304 class and how incompetent our professor was.
Beatrice invited us to go to their house in Columbus for New Year but I don't know if I'll be going.
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