I Did It, Finally [White Castle]

If there is a restaurant that could be as divisive as the politics between republicans and democrats that restaurant is White Castle. People either love or hate the place and its famous (or infamous) slyders.

I’ve been living in Minnesota for 5 years now and never placed a foot in that joint, Carolyn says eating there is more degrading than eating at KFC, however, I’m from way south and I don’t know why, but we like fried chicken.

Never being able to give my opinion [not that it matters] when lovers and haters argue about White Castle, I knew I had to do something about it. So, yesterday I drove to one and took the step of faith. I didn’t know what to order so I just got two bacon cheeseburger (see picture). I knew the slyders were small but I was surprised to actually see how small they were, no wonder people order 5+, I downed the two in about 2 minutes…it was fun.

So, what do I think about it, well…everyday I’m more convinced I should become Swiss, I usually find a way to stay in neutral grounds during divisive arguments. White Castle will not probably be my place of choice whenever I’m hungry, but they are not as disgusting or gross as haters make it sound like. One thing was obvious though, the ingredients were the lowest quality ingredients you could ever get, plus, I checked the nutritional information today and I’m thankful I only ate two of them…But they are really fun to eat, so small

Three Is A Magic Number [Schoolhouse Rock]

I couldn’t stop listening to this song last night. It is addictive.

Schoolhouse Rock

Menu At The Summer Olympics

The Olympics are just around the corner, this is something I’m always looking forward to every four year along with the World Cup; it is way more exciting to see sports events where countries compete against other countries with athletes/players whom actually are from the country/team they represent.

The Beijing Olympics are going to be very interesting, I don’t understand how China being a communist country just like Cuba or like Russia was before gets honored in many aspects in a way that Cuba is not or Russia was not, aren’t communists supposed to be the enemy? Alright, this post is not about politics, or human rights, or pollution, this is about food.

Yes, Asian countries are famous (or infamous) for having quite a different taste for food, I heard Jay Leno saying that they are even taking dog off the menu in restaurants, he said it during his monologue, so I don’t know whether it’s true or not.

Somebody sent me this very graphic presentation of the different kinds of food can be found on the streets in China, or at least that’s what it claims. I’ve never been to China and I don’t know if it’s actually in China, the people look chinese. Enjoy.

Fast Food In Beijing (PDF)

The Beginning Of The End

This morning the car transitioned into the 100,000 miles world, I think my eyes teared up a little bit. As soon as the odometer hit the 100k mark I felt the car jerk a little bit and it started driving a little bit different, I don’t know what it was, maybe I need to have it checked

I’m pretty positive that it’s all going to be down hill from now on. Especially these days when cars are not made the way they used to, but that’s another subject for a different post.

Sorry about the blurry pictures, it is not easy to take a picture at 6:30am in bad traffic, while changing lanes and getting on a clover ramp.

Brain Development [My Theory About Job Dissatisfaction]

Scientists say that the human brain is not fully developed until one reaches 21, and that’s the reason why teenagers have poor judgment and make a lot of wrong decisions.

So, here is my question, how come we have to make one of the most important decisions of our life at age 17-18? I’m talking about college, career, profession… We just graduate from high school, we barely know how to take care of ourselves and boom, we have to decide what do with our life.

Could this be reason why most people are very unhappy with their jobs?

Richer Than You Think

Money is quite a controversial thing. Some people have too much, others have too little. The ones that have a lot want more, the ones that have little want more. At the end we all think we don’t have enough.

It is really easy to get lost in this culture of consumerism and materialism, without realizing how privileged we are and the moral obligation we have (whatever your beliefs are) of helping those less privileged without judging them, regardless of their circumstances.

Once I heard if you had another form of transportation other than walking, another set of clothes to wear other than what your are wearing right now and another choice of food to eat other than what you ate this morning then you were in the top 9% richest people in the world, I thought that was pretty shocking.

Do you want to find out how rich you are compared to the rest of the world? Then go to Global Rich List enter your annual salary and hold on to your chair. This website does a pretty good job putting it in perspective.

Thoughts On The Miss Universe

• This is an American owned, organized and ran contest but it is far more popular in other countries than in the US.
• According to Wikipedia the contest was started in 1960 and it lists the USA as the country with most wins, however, it shows the US won in ‘54 and ‘56…hmm
• After the US comes Venezuela with 5 wins, the latest one was last night!
• Miss USA fell down last night again, looks like it is becoming a tradition.
• I don’t know how it was played in the contest but the CNN article reads Miss Venezuela was once kidnapped back in the homeland. I don’t know if that’s something I would be proud about my country.
• The contest was hosted by Jerry Springer and the Spice Girl Melanie Brown. I don’t know, but I feel quite disturbed to have Jerry Springer and a Spice Girl host anything together.