I must say that it was a pretty good weekend. Worked went well at the house. It was a very quiet weekend and everything turned out pretty darn well. Oh, I made this amazing baked chicken with different kinds of seasoning and all the residents and staff utterly loved it. It was very flavorful and the best part about it - the chicken was moist, not dry. It was served with Fettucine Alfredo and let's just say everyone had more than enough to eat. I know the dinner turned out well when my colleague commented that it was by far the best meal she's had in all the years she's worked at Westminster House. Oh, I ended up buying a cake from Costco because my team leader made the comment that it was International Women's Day on Saturday and kept going on and on about it. I read the papers and there was no mention of it whatsoever so I told her that if she could prove it to me, I'll bring a treat. Needless to say, I had to lick my wounds because I came back and surfed the web and lo and behold on the UN website there it was - International Women's Day March 8th. We had a great banter going on yesterday.
On Saturday, John and I went to the DM Symphony and I must say that it was probably one of the interesting symphony performances ever. Different sections of the symphony were located at different places in the Civic Center. The strings section were on the main floor while the percussions were on the right of the seating and the woodwinds were on the left. It gave the audience kind of a surround sound symphonic experience. Right up front behind the conductor was this guy who was synthesizing the different sounds that came from the audience and the symphony. His sounds were incorporated in the performance. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed it but I have a feeling a good number of traditionalist in the audience just did not get it.
Oh, the big news in and around DM is the fact that Drake's Basketball program won the Missouri Valley Championship yesterday by literally trashing Illinois State by 30 points. Drake's team this year has constantly defied every expectation in the books and just when you think they are going to lose, they somehow pull out a win. Drake's basketball team has become Des Moines basketball team and it's downright amazing how many people have come out to support Drake. It makes me extremely proud to be a Bulldog! This Sunday is selection Sunday and Drake will figure out what their ranking will be and who they will be paired with in the national tournament consisting of 64 teams. Let me just say it's extremely exciting times at Drake right now.
Another big news from the weekend is the results of the general election that took place in Malaysia. I've not been following it too closely but it's a shocker to see how many states were lost to opposition and in the parliament there's no longer the majority but a simple majority. Needless to say, no one expected such a thumping defeat inflicted upon the ruling party. I guess the people are really wanting a change and those in leadership positions need to wake up. Such is politics. I'm just thankful that people did not take the winnings or losses to the streets. 1969 comes to people's mind whenever something as significant as those results happen.
That's all the news from me this week. This coming weekend will be a pretty busy weekend too but more on that next week. Oh, clocks have sprung forward and that's an FYI!
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