Friday, April 17, 2009

Fourth time's a (long-awaited) charm.

The slow cooker has been quite the puzzling addition to the Woo family.

Mrs. Woo has twice attempted pork and once beef. Mr. Woo has graciously eaten every last bit of each meal, but his wife is fully aware that the meat and veggies were extremely dry and salty, respectively. She had used soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, and water for the liquid that covered the contents. She is quite upset about the wasted ingredients, time, and money.

But then(!) Mrs. Woo made a couple changes:
(1) She used drumsticks.
(2) She placed all the veggies at the bottom, and the meat resting on top.
(3) The meat was not submerged in the liquid.
(4) She cooked it on high for 1 hour, then 11 more on low.
(5) She made strict restrictions to not let the lid be even the slightest bit ajar.

Results: Beautifully tender chicken and just-the-right-amount-of-flavor veggies!

What say you now, slow-cooker! You WILL submit!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Looking like a family

After Easter service, Cy and I decided to go watch "Monsters Vs. Aliens" in 3D. We also decided to take Fred and Leland.

Cy and I were walking hand in hand. Fred carrying the cajon and Leland next to him. The four of us were walking linear down Sproul (enter memories of colorful flyers popping my personal bubble space) when Andy walks by and says, "Haha, you guys look like a family!" How funny. I guess we look like it.

Then, we cross Bancroft and Leland announces that he wants Jamba Juice. So we bought him the Strawberry Whirl and split it into 2 cups; I took the other. He's happy and we're on our merry way.

We find our seats and put on our spiffy 3D glasses and Leland proceeds to narrate about the various preview previews (the ones that repeatedly tell us to turn off our cell phones and go out and buy popcorn) and even entertains us with his rendition of the Star Wars soundtrack.

After, we ask if he enjoyed the movie; he did. And it hit me - this is exactly what we would do if we had brought our own kid to watch a movie. Wow, I feel so grown-up.

Fred and Leland, you're always welcome to the Woo Family. :)

I even baked chocolate cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday to Fred when he came over for dinner, only to find out that I was 7 days early... This was the same weekend that I had the sub send home a flyer that was supposed to go home the following week and my anticipation of meeting with a sister which was also the next weekend... -_- No brain once you're married.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

What a gangster do

An episode with Mrs. Woo waiting with her students for parent pick up...

Student #1: Mrs. Woo, he touched my mouth. Mrs. Woo, he slapped me in the library.
Student #2 looking smug.
Student #1: (Facing Student #2) You shouldn't slap. It's not offfff Gooood.
Student #3: Oh! That's what a gangster do!

On another note, I have twins in my class, and their birthday is today! How great is that for an April Fool's joke to their parents. :D