Sick and Tired

I've been so sick and tired of bluffing, stupid students. That's why I spent two weeks for nothing, NOTHING! I'm so angry, thinking that I have wasted my time, and at the same time, I feel enervated.

I still like those kids who seem (or pretend) to be enjoying my class, but I'm sure that I don't like teaching.

Here begs a question: Why am I doing Ph.D.? Then, I feel more enervated, or alienated (Marx!) from what I'm doing. I don't feel like doing anything other than drinking ...

Shutter Island

DiCaprio is a good actor, yeah, that's for sure. The story ... well, I may have watched several similar plots before. But, this is a Scorsese movie so that it's worth watching.

Sunset

We had a beautiful sunset tonight though the weather during the daytime was aweful: thundering, raining, cold, etc. etc.).

Happy Mother's Day

Well, I'm not a mother, and I won't be. But, DS invited me for Mother's Day dinner and gave me a card signed by her family, which is nice. Also, she and her boyfriend gave me a bottle of wine and bottle holder as a souvenir from Florida. Of course, they were travelling Florida, and I was house sitting while they were out of town. It is nice of them because I didn't expect. Anyway, it was not a big deal to house sit her house and kids, and actually I enjoyed staying in her house, drinking her alcohol, driving her old car, and having people to speak to all the time. I will miss it.

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Viva, British Cult Comedy!

Man, I'm addicted to Green Wing. Characters and characterization were awesome. To be honest, I didn't like this comedy when I started watching Season 2 because of course I didn't understand the story. So, after watching several episodes, I gave it up. But, guess what? I have things to do (e.g. preparation for class, revision of my papers, so on and so forth). Then, I easily escape from reality to something else. This time, I was addicted Green Wing. A-ha, logical, isn't it?

Anyway, I started watching Green Wing from Season 1. For one reason, I was missing pub culture in the U.K. that is frequently depicted in Green Wing. I'm going to the U.K. this summer, yea!

Anyway, Season 1 helped me understood the whole plot, of course. Then, I kept watching it until the last episode. It, especially the ending, was really good. It was different from ordinary happy ending drama (or comedy), yeah, it is kind of happy ending, but not quite. Oh, I love this kind of quirky (or sophisticated) sense of humor of British people.

Yes, I'm coming to the U.K.!

Home Made Clam Chowder

Ho-ho, this tastes very good, and furthermore, it is easy to make. I blindly believed that clam chowder is difficult to cook, but YS gave me this easy recipe.

2 tbsps. butter
1 medium onion, finely diced
2 celery stalks
3 tbsps. all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken stock
2 (10-ounce) cans chopped clams in juice (*1 can is good enough)
1 cup heavy cream (*half-and-half cream is thick enough)
2 bay leaves
1 pound potatoes
salt and pepper

Basically what to do is saute the diced onion and chopped celery stalks, and add the rest of ingredients. That's it. Easy, huh? And tasty.