Meh

I feel like there's an underlying sadness & gloominess I can't seem to shake off.

Can't Sleep

When will I forget about this douchebag?  It's been a month already.

Best Pork Chop Ever!

It's so surprising that I didn't take a picture of it since food posting is THE thing to do.  But alas, I will rely on other people's pictures to demonstrate the greatness of this pork chop.

Yelp page on the Pork Chop

I love pork chops but usually hold off on ordering them in restaurants since most of the time, they are overcooked and tasteless.  But since I was at Emeril's restaurant Nola in New Orleans, I decided to give the pork chops a try.  When the dish came out, the pork chop was giant!  One bite of it and I was so happy - the pork chops were cooked so well, not overdone, actually soft and tender!  And even with the poor service (water glasses not filled when empty, bad waiter), the pork chop made up for everything.  The sweet potatoes went well with the pork chop.  The dish was so good my dining companions were eating from my plate.  If only all pork chops are cooked this well................

Spaghetti Squash

 Feels like I haven't baked/cooked for a long time!  I finally got around to making spaghetti squash!  I read about these a while ago but never got around to actually making it until now.  It was hard trying to buy these since the Asian supermarkets don't have them, the corner supermarkets doesn't have them, even BJs doesn't have them.  I tried Trader Joe's but they were all sold out, guess these squashes are pretty popular.  Finally I was able to find them at Whole Foods and they were on sale for $1.49/lb.  Even though I picked the tiniest squash, it still came out to $4 for the squash. 

I used 2 recipes:  one from the Pioneer Woman and one from Simply Recipes.  The hardest part was cutting the squash in half!  I used the Chinese cleavers which are pretty big and it still took me almost 15 minutes to cut it half.  After that, it was pretty easy, just putting it in the oven and cooking it until it got soft.  It definitely tasted better with tomato sauce than on it's own. 

On Repeat

                                                 Crooked -- Gdragon

"Nothing ever lasts forever
In the end, you changed There is no reason, no sincerity. 

Take away such a thing as love
Tonight, I’ll be crooked

Leave me alone I was alone anyway
I have no one, everything is meaningless. Take away the
sugar-coated comfort
Tonight, I’ll be crooked"

Credits: kkromanized

Shinee - Symptoms
Your cold eyes digs into my heart, cutting deeply through the center
If I don’t cure this wound, I might die, I might go crazy, I don’t know what will happen
The sickness that is you, the worse it gets, 

the more exhausted I get but the only medicine is you
If I can’t have you, I might die, I might go crazy, I don’t know what will happen
The only medicine is you I can’t live if I lose you

                                                 Credits: kpoplyrics

Jungsik

Had dinner at Jungsik the other night and it was really good!  Before going, I was told it was a "Korean French fusion" restaurant, so I was skeptical as to how good it would be.  We went on a weekday night and it was surprisingly packed.  I looked up the restaurant afterwards and found out it was awarded 2 stars by Michelin recently!  There were no empty tables and we were even booted out from the table (more on that in a sec).

We decided to share the dishes so we ordered the Octopus, Oyster, Bossam, Sea Urchin, Thai Lobster, Gangnam Chicken, Jungsik Steak, and Fish.  The food was sooooooo good, and filling even though the portions were pretty tiny.  The wine list was huge and we had a Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs, had no idea what it was, turns out it is a sparkling wine.  So after we ordered dessert (Green Team Cremeux, Plum, and Sweet Potato Tart), the waiter comes by and says if we would mind moving to the bar.  We asked him why we had to move and he didn't really give us an answer.  We told him that we had been there for only 2 hours so why did we have to move and he offered to comp the desserts.  We saw people standing by the bar waiting so we assumed they had overbooked, so we were nice enough to move.  Not a great way to end the meal but it was good overall.  Sad I didn't take any pictures of the food though.....

A promise is a promise, right?

So I need 3 recommendations for grad school, and I have two down, one to go.  This is all partly my fault because I procrastinated but anyways --- I had mentioned to a person that I was going to apply to grad school and asked her if she can write a recommendation for me.  At that time, she said yes.  I told her that I would tell her when  I needed the recommendation since at that time, I hadn't start the applications yet.  Two weeks before the deadline, I asked her again if she could write it.  She said yes and to email her all the info.  She didn't respond to my email, so I assumed she was writing it.  Fast forward 1 week, I call her to see how she was doing with the recommendation.  She tells me she has been very busy and didn't have time to look at the email.  She says she will be busy and won't be able to write it until a couple weeks late.

WTF?!?!?!?!?!

You couldn't tell me earlier??? You waited until I called you to tell me this??? Now, if I can't get anyone to write the recommendation, then I can't even apply to grad school.  

OMGGGGG I am so freaking pissed off.  I went home and binged on potato chips and ice cream.  Still feeling pissed off.