Toronto Turkey Time!

I had an awesome weekend back in Toronto for American Thanksgiving. It's really funny that Americans believe that Canadians don't celebrate Thanksgiving at all...(we do it's just in October and it's not a 4 day weekend).

Flew back on Thursday morning -taking the metro before 6 in the morning is not a good idea...I will be taking a taxi from now on. Had Dim Sum with my parents for lunch at Sam Woo's BBQ house. Went shopping and then to Ketan's vegan commune ahem...I mean co-op for a vegan potluck. Friday I met up with Tiffany and went to lunch at Cafe la Gaffe on Baldwin, met up with Keith in the afternoon and at night saw Anika, Caitlin and Ebru and ate at the Yellow Griffin. I had a lamb burger dressed with garlic, sausage and grilled veggies with a side of sweet potato fries. Saturday I made traditional thanksgiving dinner with my family and at night joined Kitty's birthday karaoke get together.

All in all it was a busy and fun-filled weekend except for the delayed flight back to NYC with a the slight land-miscalculations... -Can't wait to go back during the Christmas holiday break -I'll be back between the Eve's of Christmas and New Year's!

I'll be home for Christmas...I mean American Thanksgiving

Nov 22-25 i'll be around Toronto sort of. So I'm taking early Christmas orders. Whatever you want from the states whether it be a sweater from Banana Republic to iPods etc. I'll pick it up and you can pay me back with the strong Canadian Dollar (oh how I miss the loonie)

Okie...taking requests for your capitalistic appetite to be satiated from the weakening American dollar!

Professional Development

My school got a grant from the US government and allows me to get free professional development in order to better my biological training. I've been going to Floyd Bennett Field Science Education Center (on the coast in south east brooklyn). It's a field center in Gateway National Recreation Area. It's been really fun -so far I've done a soil analysis and pond water analysis lab studies and also been trained in problem inquiry based learning. I also get free courses from brooklyn college in science education.

Happy Halloween!

I went to the Halloween parade to take in the sights. Didn't take any pictures. Notable costumes: a flashing Dorothy transsexual, numerous Star Wars characters, condoms and penises and girls in binkinis...Along with a bald britney spears (male) and countless Amy Winehouses.

Also went to eat dinner in east midtown on wednesday night and had Indian food at "Taj Mahal". The odd thing is that kids in NYC trick-o-treat at restaurants and stores because there are too many apartment buildings. Dinner was interrupted often by kids begging for candy.