i got this email from someone today:

Hey zet, This is kind of a strange request...do you have a recipe for chicken balls? We're having a Chinese Easter. Instead of have a meal with ham, we're having homemade chinese food. [My husband] and I are in charge of chicken balls, or any other deep fried item.

it's questions like these that really make me bewildered. do people really think chicken balls are Chinese? especially with sweet & sour sauce? now, much like egg rolls, i'm not saying that they're not tasty, i'm just saying that it's not chinese!! goes right in there with the chicken flied-lice!

on that note, it makes me wonder if greek people really eat souvlaki or tsatziki sauce? ...do lebanese ppl really eat donairs or shawarmas and the more garlicky the better? ...do japanese people really eat sushi all day??(well, actually, i know the answer to this one) ...do italians only eat pasta and pizza? i make fun of my (indian) friend and always ask her if she's had curry lately! and, the biggest question of the day is, do swedish people only eat meatballs??

endless questions boggle the mind!!

went to the dentist this week. for not going to the dentist in like, 10 years, i have surprisingly good teeth! no cavities, baby! the only thing is that i have to get my wisdom teeth out. i'mma gon' be dumb.

not much new and exciting this week. i got my birthday present from phill in the mail today. i think he brought it back to UK at Christmas and he'd gotten his brother will to send it to me come march. i got a pair of south african wooden statues. now, before you think it's some ooga-booga lookin' statue, it's more the tall, thin, slender, dark wood statue. they're a little over a foot tall, and one is of a lady carrying a clay pot on her head...i have yet to exactly figure out what the other statue is doing. i think it's laughing with its hand to its mouth, but it seems to have only that one arm. in any case, they're quite pretty. i'm not exactly sure where to place them, but i'll find a home for them somewhere in my room. thanks phill!! :D

in other news, happy birthday to jon nip (march 14th) and to the one and only kalun (march 15th).