Olives and Buses

Hello again! As you will see, an important part to our Daisakusen adventures include finding new places to satisfy our palate. On April 14th, we journeyed to Olives, a Mediterranean cafe in the basement of Building 160. They serve falafels, pizettas, chicken skewers, and other Greek salads. The portions were quite big for a low price -- a good deal for the poor and starving Stanford graduate student!

Melissa had some wonderful chicken souvlaki with rice pilaf, salad and pita bread. The tzatziki sauce was delicious but the chipotle hummus wasn't to par. She washed it all down with Sobe Green Tea.






Angel had two ginormous pizettas and she ate ALL of it. One was the vegetarian one (since she is of course semi-vegetarian) and the other was a chicken pesto with sundried tomatoes. The chicken pesto surpassed the vegetarian because of its unique taste. On a personal note, in the future...eat less cheese in one sitting.










The following Tuesday, with about an hour to spare before the infamous School Board simulation, Superintendent Yeh and Conservative Board Member Chan hopped on the Marguerite to experience the busing situations that the Andrew Jackson students faced on a daily basis.

We were on our way to visit a classmate, Julie, who was bed-ridden as a result of knee surgery. We ventured through the jungle a.k.a. Escondido Village Graduate Housing. Due to construction closures, we got lost, but managed to find our way with a trusty map and desperate phone call to Julie. We found the light at the end of the tunnel and had a nice little visit before rushing off and being late for our school board meeting.

And now...off to a violin concert, Postcards from China, which is a part of the Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival. Until next time, stay tuned for more!

Hisashiburi!

In Japanese, that means "Sorry, it's been awhile." This little phrase makes a lot of sense as the title for this post, since it's been a whole MONTH since we last updated this and we fully apologize! Spring Break was a lovely period of relaxation and endless drama watching, including a Kurosagi marathon! Although we haven't had a lot of time to go hunting, we did manage to sneak in a few shots last week! And when we say "sneak," we were really sneaking around ;) So here goes!



Spring Quarter began on April Fool's Day and with numerous scheduling issues, we finally managed to settle our classes this week. Here are some fun moments captured from Week 1 of Spring Quarter...




Here's Angel trying to express the creepy and scariness of the Green Library stacks that we try to avoid at all costs. We swear we didn't put this Caution tape in, we just happened to get lost in a restricted area...



Probably the only cool thing about the Green are these two-way stairways... Unfortunately, as Melissa was trying to set up the self-timer on the digital camera, a library employee walked by, staring at us suspiciously. He informed us that we needed to get permission to take pictures in the library. While we may have considered sneaking another in anyway, he continued to lurk near us for a few minutes, so we bolted :)









On a more fun note, Melissa accompanied fellow SF commuter Nick to the Burnham Brawl, to check out some Muay Thai Kickboxing action. Although this was a first for both, it proved to be a crazy and eye-opening experience. We cheered on our dubious T.A., Donna "Scarlett O'Hara" Winston, as she duked it out for 3 rounds. Unfortunately, she didn't come out victorious, but she put on one hell of a fight!


This event was sponsored by the Stanford Muay Thai Kickboxing club and the Thai-American Intercultural Society (THAIS). During intermission, musicians from THAIS performed some beautiful musical pieces.












Again, we apologize for the slow updates, but we hope you're all gonna stick with us as we continue our adventures! Stay tuned for more!