CelebrAsian.

I have to say that it was a pretty darn fun weekend to say the least. Anna and I made to our first Farmer’s Market of the season. The weather was a little cool, but as long as we were in the sun, I thought it was fine. Anna wore my jacket because she had forgotten hers. We met up with John there and just had a great time eating and walking around. After that, we went to the Imax movie of Roving Mars and it was a pretty darn exciting show. I remember reading an article in Time regarding the rover so it was cool seeing it in all its Imax glory.

After the show, we motored our way over to the CelebrAsian which was the annual Asian heritage festival. I’ve not been to the festival for a number of years because I was disappointed each time I went. This year, I figured it would be a good opportunity to showcase some Asian culture to Anna. There were different villages all throughout the grounds broken down by country. Each village showcased their culture and food. We walked around each village before finally narrowing down what we wanted to eat. Anna had the Laotion version of Pad Thai. I went to the Indian village and tried some chicken biryani rice and vada from this restaurant that I’ve been meaning to visit for some time. The food was very good and authentic. I’m excited to go to the restaurant for a real meal. Last year’s best food winner came from the Tibetan village and they served chicken curry with rice and pork dumplings. The curry was different in a good way, and pork dumpling was pretty good. While carrying my food, I bumped into Panom and the kids. David and Panith were close by. I invited them to join Anna and I at a table. We had a blast trying each other’s food and the kids were having a heck of a time running around being kids. How fun to bump into them at the festival. I had sent Panom an e mail letting her know that I’ll be there on Saturday and it would be great if we did bump into one another and I’m glad we did. After the festival, Anna and I headed back to the Imax theater for another movie. This time it was about deep sea life, and it was just awe-inspiring to say the least. Anna was a lector at Mass, and I was scheduled to work at the restaurant at 5:30PM so we were not able to go to Mass together. It worked out fine really because the second Sunday group was to sing on Sunday.

I had a great time singing on Sunday and it made for a great day at the restaurant. It was a steady busy during the Sunday brunch hour which was nice because I got to chat with the customers. There was a family of seven that came and they were celebrating the daughter’s thirteenth birthday. I had a lot of fun with that table just chatting with everyone. They shared with me that one of their relatives was originally from Malaysia and married into their family. Talk about a small world. Once brunch was over, things kind of died down, and I go to do a lot of the side jobs in the restaurant. Personally, I really do like working from noon to 8PM on Sunday. I believe that will be my regular schedule. It also looks like Mondays will be my day off once the restaurant is open on Monday starting June 1st. I’ll be working all the other days. One of the things I’ve learned while working in the restaurant especially as a server is knowing how to treat the customers right. Whenever we go out to eat, we always want to have a good dining experience and the server can have a major impact on your experience. My personally suits serving very well. I’ve had a number of people ask me if I was the manager/owner of the restaurant and told them that I was not, but thanked them for the comment because it’s a tremendous compliment.

That’s how the weekend went for me. Overall, it was a just a great weekend. The weather is supposed to be warm starting the middle of the week which would just be perfect for Memorial Day weekend. The last thing you want is cool and crummy weather for the official start of summer!