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El Kourmet | Panntea | Katy, Texas

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Salim always joked about having to pack an overnight bag and get a hotel whenever he makes a trip to visit me in Katy.

He committed to making that drive today and noticed just how far I trek every time I used to go out there for work, happy hours with ex-coworkers, or any hangouts with him I did.

He said he’ll do better in making our hangouts more equal but we’ll see it to believe it.

El Kourmet | Katy, Texas | Salim

He came to my house and I drove us to El Kourmet. He’s from Venezuela and I was told by my Venezuelan friends, this was the best. We ordered arepas and tequenos. Tequenos are like mozzarella sticks, but better. And the arepas were so freaking delicious. I want to come back and try the empanadas. He also ordered Maltin soda. Thankful we only got one since it was so sweet. It reminded him of home so I guess it did it’s thing.

We stopped by at Mallory’s to drop off her keys she left in my car. JJ was so dang sweet. He jumped into my arms and gave me so many kisses.

Panntea | Katy, Texas | Salim

Salim and I went on our merry way to our next destination for boba which has become a thing of tradition everytime we hangout. I chose Panntea since I’ve never been and if didn’t dissapoint. He got the regular Royal Milk Tea and I got the Matcha Brown Sugar Milk Tea. He liked mine more than his and I’d have to agree. We also ordered spicy popcorn chicken and a eel onigiri. both pretty good but nothing to rave about.

We went to HMart after hoping to find durian for him to try. He said he’s smelled it before and thought it smelled really good. We didn’t find the durian but found jackfruit and now that he things about it, he thinks the person trying to sell him durian lied and it was actually jackfruit.

When we bid our farewells, we talked about having to go back to El Kourmet for empanadas, get Crawfish, and durian. Not sure when our next hangout is but I’m already ready to eat!

Best Steak I've Ever Made

I took a nice nap and did some side projects before I made dinner. Mum got me a nice piece of steak and I paired it with roasted asparagus and broccoli. This is probably one of the best steaks I’ve ever made. Getting better every time!

More side projects and Gotham before bed. Night world!

Twistee Treat |Cypress, Texas

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Pho and Dessert Delivered Working at Home

Due to the water burst in East Houston we all got to work from home today. June didn’t have to work so she made plans with my parents for lunch and kindly brought something back for me!

Mellie Dee and Jacob Chilling

After work I ran some errands and headed over to Mallory’s. I had John’s early birthday present I wanted to give before I forgot but to also destress from such a shitty week at work. Jacob was nice enough to take a selfie with me. His eyes are so pretty. I love when he stares at me.

Habachi Dinner | Mallory

We ordered habachi dinners. Vegetarian for me, steak for Mallory and a whole bunch of fried rice for John. I always forget habachi has amazing fried rice! And they have one sauce that is to die for. Fits perfectly mixed with the rice.

Twistee Treat | Cypress, Texas | Mallory

Mallory, Jacob and I went for a sweet treat after dinner at Twistee Treat. Strawberry ice cream with a chocolate sprinkle waffle cone for me. A vanilla ice cream dipped in Cherry coating for Mallory. It is so dang simple yet so dang delicious. Their strawberry flavour doesn’t taste fake at all! This might be my new favourite ice cream place but it’s a little far.

When we got back I went with John and JJ to the clubhouse to battle Pokemons. They’re obsessed with the game and they’ve found others! So crazy. We won and I caught a Mewtwo so that’s cool.

Tasty Point | Katy, Texas

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Dairy Queen Steak Fingers

Yesterday after work I met up with Odell at Next Door Lounge. We threw back a couple of drinks and talked about random things. After awhile we bid our farewells. I saw a Dairy Queen and had to stop by. I ordered the steak fingers which brought back a lot of memories. I forgot how delicious they tasted. The fries, not so much. I wonder if they sell these in the freezer aisles …

Indian Food with Reservoir Engineers

Today, I finally got my Indian fix. I don’t get much of that nowadays so even though it’s not at my favourite Indian restaurant, I’ll take it anyway I get.

Work has been splendid all week. I have been the most successful in ticking off my tasks without my boss around stressing me out. I don’t think that I’ve ever felt so completed with my tasks as I did this week and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get it again. Here’s to hoping.

Tasty Point | Katy, Texas | Rose

Rose came and picked me up and we went to Tasty Point. It’s actually one of my newest favourite places with all the choices they have. We ordered too much as usual.

For appetizers, in the order of my most favourite to not, the pig ears, stinky tofu, super long fries. I’d probably only order the pig ears again.

As for the main entrees we got the black garlic oil ramen and porchini hot pot. I believe that’s what they are called. Both hit the spot since it’s so cold out but I’d probably stick with the hot pot next time.

We were going to go somewhere else for dessert but after much debate we decided to stay where we were. Instead of their plethora of dessert choices, we both ordered drinks to go instead.

Boba Ice Cream & Knitting with Rose

We stopped by Walgreens so I could buy more hand sanitizer then went over to her house for the main reason we were meeting up. To teach her how to knit. After a couple of hours, she finally got it down. She is still having issues holding on too tight with her right but other than that, practice makes perfect!

Kathrine was nice enough to hang out with us as we were knitting and she offered me boba ice cream. How crazy right? You’d think the boba would be hard but they weren’t and Rose said she read that the balls were made differently. She says there’s a taro flavour as well which I really want to try now. Super expensive for four but it’s now on my list of wants.

No work tomorrow means relaxation at its finest. Going to watch one of my many shows until I fall asleep. Night world!

2020 | Ethan’s One Month

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2020 Ethan's One Month | Ethan, Rizzo

Hi baby boy! Today we celebrated Ethan turning one month! I love this picture because Rizzo’s ears kind of looks like his. Rizzo is very interested every time he cries and always wants to be close by. I’m afraid he’ll attack but so far so good.

2020 Ethan's One Month | Lunch at Duck & Bao

We went to lunch at Duck & Bao. There’s a complete difference from the last time we went. Every definitely tastes way better and even Brudda and SIL agreed this is one of the best soup dumplings in Texas since the soup was very flavourful. I guess it depends who is in the kitchen because everything was on point today.

2020 Ethan's One Month | Zero Degrees

We all went home whole Sissy and BIL went and got us Boba from Zero Degrees. They played with Emmy for a bit before heading home. Everyone in our family took naps and woke up refreshed.

2020 Ethan's One Month | Mellie Dee & Emmy

We got ready and headed out the door to celebrate more of Ethan. Emmy and I had a photoshoot while we waited for everyone else to get into the car. She’s so silly and I’m sad she’s leaving tomorrow.

2020 Ethan's One Month | Dinner at Crown Seafood

We had dinner at the same place as Emmy’s, Crown Seafood. This isn’t even everything we ordered. We ran out of room on the table and had to merge dishes together. We all also took home majority of the foods!

2020 Ethan's One Month | Jenny, Mellie Dee, Ethan

Jenny and I got our photoshoot complete. We took some of the same ones when Emmy had hers! I was also very surprised at how chill he was as we made many attempts to get the right shots.

I’m pooped and sad that tomorrow is already Sunday.

Mala Szechuan and Bing Sui | Katy, Texas

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JJ & Emmy on the Trampoline

JJ and Emmy finally got to play together again! They got to jump on trampolines and make pretend foods and ride in the mini car. They even got to enjoy some Tiff’s I brought over. Sadly I left work an hour early and ended up working practically the entire time j was over. Luckily, SIL was able to join and meet Mallory so whenever Emmy needed something I could continue working.

Mala Szechuan | Katy, Texas | Brudda, SIL, Jenny, Le, Jennifer, Jimmy

Since the Dallas folks, Brudda, SIL, Jenny, and Le were in town, they made plans to meet up with Jennifer and Jimmy and I got asked to tag along. I’m always down for food so I agreed. Ethan came along as well. We went to Mala Szechuan for dinner. We ordered a bottle of wine and a great big number of dishes. Everythimg is always so delicious here. My favourite is the crispy chicken!

Bing Sui | Katy, Texas | Brudda, SIL, Jenny, Le, Jennifer, Jimmy

We decided to get dessert at Bing Sui. Somi Somi is still my favourite ice cream and takiyaki combo. Bing Sui gave out some stale takiyakis and the ice cream wasn’t as memorable as Somi Somi. They did like their shaved ice dessert though.

After we were all stuffed we all headed to Jennifer’s new practice. Her opening is tomorrow and it was nice to see it before the renovations. We were there for a while getting some free consultation for our eyes and joking about other things.

I’m so pooped now and ready to unwind and go to sleep. Night, world.