Author: F C

Ice Cream Dreams

I don’t eat a whole lot of dairy (that lactose intolerance thing) but I love ice cream, and Haagen-Dazs has too neato things this week. First, Green Tea flavor is now available in the U.S.!!!!  We first encountered it in Tokyo, where it was a gazillion times more rich and intense than the stuff you get at Japanese-American sushi restaurants. P- actually wrote the company to put it out, and they’ve finally done it.

Second, Tuesday is free Vanilla Honey Bee flavor day – free scoops from 4 to 8 PM. Profits from the flavor go towards protecting the honey bee, which makes possible agriculture as we know it today.

Asian Pacific Heritage + Mother’s Day

Saturday: worked a table at the CAPA Festival, held at the UN instead of Union Square because of construction. Attendence not quite as good as it usually is at Union Square, but the site is a lot better for the people there. First – actual trees that provide shade. Second, the Japan Society is across the street, and they have Toto Washlets – WOW, I really miss those restrooms in Tokyo. The current Shibata Zeshin exhibit is a tour de force in lacquer works – the lost art of painting with lacquer is something spectacular.

Dinner in Flushing for P-‘s mom at the Full House Seafood Restaurant – a whole steamed fish and calamari were spectacular, the chicken and beef dishes kind of ok. The thing to get that we missed out on was the steamed seafood casseroles.

Sunday: Studio photos with my mom courtesy of Microsoft, followed by lunch-dinner at Teresa’s Polish Restaurant, and then a hairstyling makeover for my mom with my hairstylist.  All worked out real well.

Identity Crisis

The Yale Daily News reports on a story of a Trinidadan Asian student who allegedly faked his application transferring into Yale. Apparently he claimed to be transferring from Columbia, and had previously transferred from NYU. Or did he actually go to Columbia, and had his identity stolen by NYU? Or did he take a leave of absence in Sri Lanka? He’s charged with larceny of over $40,000 in financial aid, and forgery, which together could result in a 25 year jail term.

In a NY Times fluff piece, people go searching out on the Internet for other people with the same name. I was only able to find 4 people of any prominence on the Internet, but there were 12 on Facebook.

Asian Alumni Dinner at the alma mater law school Thursday – should be fun.