Up in the air

As some of you have known, I skydived about 2 weeks ago. It was fun and I had to convince my parents and especially my brother that I was going to come back alive and kicking. And as you know, I did survive my first skydive. 

I have been on the plane several times, and most of the time I sat next to the window so I could see the sky and the ground below. One time, I saw countless stars and constellations. It was a brilliantly beautiful scenery.

However, skydiving gave me something else. Being in the sky with no barriers or walls to block your view was just indescribable. The wind blows against your whole body, you could see everything around you... brilliant. Simply brilliant. 

Being on the parachute was great but the harness made my thighs hurt a little (but hey, safety comes first!). But what's really nice about parachuting is the fact that you are descending pretty slowly. You can take your time to take a look at the scenery. When I jumped, half of the leaves were red, so it was like looking at a bunch of colors from the sky.

I really want to do it again but it's getting cold and I will be moving out of this area soon. It's expensive, though. Oh well, at least now I can tell people that I've done it once! :)

I got a video from the skydive.

YAY :)

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Philadelphia Food, Wine and Spirits Festival

It's late but I'll post some pictures from the event :)

Basically it's like the mini version of the Institute of Food Technologists Suppliers Night where people from different companies (in this case, restaurants and wine sellers as well) came to promote their products and give out free samples. Well, it's not really free since I had to pay $30 entrance fee.

Considering I'm not really good with alcohol, $30 is a little too much for me to pay. I came back home with a little sad story about me throwing up and fainting in the bathroom for a few minutes. I skipped the tipsy stage. And I didn't drink that much, other than the accidental Remi Martin and cognac that I tasted just because I didn't know how strong they were.

Here are some of the highlights:

1. Cheese Steak cookie

Who could have thought cheese steak cookie would be really delicious! I've had sea salt cookies and bacon chocolate chip cookies before, they're good, but they're okay. They're not really the kind of food I can crave for. But that cheese steak cookie was superb, I'm not kidding. Sriracha mango was okay, but not too bad.

2. "Life is too short to be crabby"

It's a pretty cute tag-line from a jumbo lump crab cake shop. 

3. Tomato basil soup with avocado

Normally you'd think everything would be tasty and innovative. Not THIS one. It's so weird. WEIRD. I mean, the avocado was like really cold and the texture is just so... wrong.

3. Jose Garces culinary demo

I paid an extra $10 for this. Actually, I felt kind of cheated. No recipes given, no details on temperatures, cooking time... nothing. It's like he's not willing to teach us anything.

Okay got to go on the plane. I'm leaving to Napoleon, Ohio for business trip. The flight was delayed for about 1 hour due to fog and I thought I would have more time to type. Haha.

NOT GONNA HAPPEN. OK BYE SEE YOU LATER <3

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iPod Touch apps

I just tried downloading Blogger app for my iPod Touch. I think it wasn't there before because I remembered searching for Blogger and there was no official app out from Google.

I can post pictures but I can't determine where the picture goes on the body.

Anyways, I miss taking purikura and a while ago my friend was talking about this purikura app on her Twitter.

It's pretty fun to use, but you have to pay to use the sparkly stuffs (which I really love when it comes to purikura). Otherwise, the free version of 楽画Cute is not too shabby ;)

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