I'm so glad that this term I was able to make such good friends. I wish it was like this all year. Then it would have even been more fun than it has been. I took a few days off from class last week, so this week was a regular week. The only exception is that I went out with my friends a lot. Whenever we go out, we always have fun. This week we went shopping at Xi-men. We got dinner and then walked around. I normally don't go into the shops and explore, but with these guys, I go into every shop! The only bad thing is that I discover there are a lot of things I like and I want to buy them!!! What made this trip special compared to all the other times I have been to Xi-men is that I read an article about an ice cream place that make really funky flavors. So it became a mission for us to find this ice cream place. It took about 30 minutes...but we found it! I was expecting some grandeur place, but it was just a hole in the wall like place. Despite the way it look, it was exactly what the article said...weird flavored ice cream! There was pigs feet, wasabi, curry, and alcohol flavors. I decided to be adventurous and get the curry flavor! My friend Pei-Lan got the wasabi...well, it was really a mistake. The menu said it was mustard flavor, but when we got it and all tasted it, we knew the English translation was wrong. No one could actually eat that one. It was way too spicy..and isn't really a good ice cream flavor. The curry...well, tasted like curry. I also couldn't finish it. It was just too weird. Both Pei-Lan and I went back and got "normal" flavors, papaya and honey dew. It helped kill the other tastes. It was fun, but I think I'll stick to vanilla and chocolate in the future.

Two days later, we decided to go out to dinner. It was so fun because we got to eat a lot of fun foods. It was so yummy! My friends and I decided that since we went all out on dinner...we might as well finish it off with desert and drinks! How else can you end a fun night! Since this place is such a trendy place, we got to drink our drinks after dinner on the comfy sofas in a separate section of the restaurant. All the drinks and deserts were presented really well. It made it easy to spend two hours there just talking, drinking, and eating. We found out that this place is cheaper during lunch time, so we have already decided to go back for seconds. Well, the next place on our list is to go out to an Indonesian restaurant. This one is a little scary for me because I know it's all going to be spicy foods. What am I going to do! I guess I'll have to let you know if I can survive the hotness!