Julie and Julia

Just got back home after watching Julie & Julia, and thought that it’d be a great idea to blog about the food that I’ll be making in the kitchen. So here’s to the new life of this blog!

TONIGHT’S MENU
Sauteed chicken breast with creamy gorgonzola sauce
Steamed broccoli with creamy gorgonzola sauce
Quinoa

Creamy gorgonzola sauce
I thought I’d be creative and use up the greek yogurt sitting in the fridge. Loosen the greek yogurt with milk if necessary, and add a tablespoon of olive oil, then add to a small sauce pan with heated butter. Mix with a spatula, careful not to boil or simmer the mixture. Add in crumbles of gorgonzola, be careful not to add in too much since that blue cheese is fairly powerful. The amount of gorgonzola should provide enough flavor that you will not need to add salt to the white sauce.

Between Love and Goodbye

Although the Times gave it a thumbs-downish/lackluster review, I fell in love with the soundtrack the moment I saw the the trailer.
www.loveandgoodbye.com
here’s my favorite song (Boyfriend and Color of Love both come to a close second)

The Inertia Kiss

Summer @ NYU…

Is perhaps many young college students’ academic getaway (excluding, of course, people who actually goes to NYU during the academic year), and so here I go again, writing about pretty petty little things that will undoubtedly gain a big readership due to the lacking or outdatedness of NYU housing info on the internet.

Of course, there’s always the housing website, but they will never tell you the shitty points of each dorm on there now will they?In this post, I’ll summarize several apartment styles that are offered.

Gramercy Greene (yeah yeah swoon in the sound of the name)

-Gorgeous. You might even be able to get away with thinking that you’re on a MTV reality show featuring college students. I’m going to skip the talk about its view on the Williamsburg bridge (only available on, let’s say, 15th and higher) and granite countertop finish and touch screen microwaves. Do you really need all that for your six weeks stay? Consider the distance between Greene and WSP (Washington Square Park), and the lack of activity in the area, I wouldn’t really wanna stick with this place; there are busses (route E) that pick up the residents though, so if you can bear the 5-10 minutes ride everyday, then knock yourself out.

University Court

-Haven’t been here, but from what I’ve heard Gramercy Greene would be the evil stepsister and University Court is the forgettable Cinderella without the fairy Godmother. Avoid at all cost.

Third North

-Soviet style kitchens and varying suite sizes with a close proximity to St. Marks and 10-15 minutes walk to WSP. Just hope you’ll get lucky with the size. (I’m currently living here and have ended up in one of the smaller/est suites possible in this dorm.

Palladium

-It has everything. Despite being built atop of a once glorious disco/night club The Palladium, Palladium hall has everything one could ask from a dorm. The suites I’ve seen appear to have a similar layout to that of UHall. With amenities such as gym, pool, cafeteria, study lounges, and a trader joe’s in the same building (not connected, but a part of), the place should be able to fill all needs a student should have.

Gossip Girl meets Lady Gaga? Nah

So there’s been some murmur on the net regarding the Chace lookalike in Gaga’s Poker Face MV, and so I thought I’d post a close shot of the video, and you can all decide.

 

he does look like him

 

but I don't really think so

Fashion! Lady GaGa!

Went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic yesterday, and very surprisingly, most of the songs are captivating and worth listening to (that is, if you have a high pop tolerance). Below is Fashion by Lady Gaga, yay for new song!

When you drink alone on the V-day… your 18th V-day, nonetheless, alone

Well, if you can’t understand what I meant by the headline, then maybe you shouldn’t be reading this blog, after all. 

Single, alone, in one of the most populated city with the most desperate people, on Valentines day, while in one’s prime is, well, not a very good feeling. For the record, I just had three shots of 70 proof vodka, life is good, or fucked, depending.

Whatever happened to my weekend? First the Colombian hottie thought on Thursday that he isn’t ready to step into a relationship, and then we have the last night’s good friend’s “I don’t wanna dance like that.” Timothy is a Cornellian visiting his friend here, who happens to live in my dorm. After the not so awesome night last night, where I was the only guy out of the 20 or so people that I went to the Columbia dance with not making with anyone in particular by the end of the dance, the last thread which breaks the camel’s back finally came in. I stood outside Timothy’s friend’s room for a good five minutes hearing the noises from inside, only when I rang the doorbell did they all go silent and pretend no one’s there. I mean, seriously? So there goes the origin of three vodka. Well, at least I can still type, right?

 

savior

Gone with the old, in with… the new?

JuicyCampus. There, I said it. It is one of those things that you don’t forget after one visit. I’m happy to inform you that the site has been shut down (for reasons unknown), and in replacement we got CollegeACB. Nope, they just won’t die.

What is the point of a nutritionist…

… in a nation where less than a normal population is actually obese? Is there a use for us if the said nation already does healthy eating?

Well what do you know…

We all have moments in our lives when something from the past suddenly reappeared in front of our eyes again, but with every bit of clarity that we wished such said thing had in the past. Today’s haunting past for me is, ex-summer school love(?). It wasn’t until I saw that this said person is “In a relationship” today on my newsfeed did it struck me with more force than ever. It seems like everything decide to really start ever since Chinese New Year. Yes, I believe every iddy bit of it, as much as some people (re: senior yr english teacher) claim it as a false system of trickery.

Windows on the Square

I would go as far as to say “even better than the West 4th Starbucks.” Pless Hall first floor lounge, best of all places for people watching!