Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Santa Ana Zoo

Santa Ana Zoo
1801 E. Chestnut Ave
Santa Ana, CA 92701
http://www.santaanazoo.org

For my Animal Handling and Restraint class, we took a field trip to Santa Ana Zoo.  We had a special lecture and zoo tour from one of the zookeepers.  It was very informative and fun.  Santa Ana Zoo is small, but they speciaized in primates.  Lots of monkeys.  Since monkey is my favorite animal, I really like this little zoo.

Santa Ana Zoo by you.

The zookeeper gave us a 1 hour lecture about various animals in the zoo.  She also brought couple lived one for us to play with.  She was holding a iguana in the picture.

Monday, October 27, 2008

[Alhambra] [Fusion] Savoy Kitchen

Savoy Kitchen
夏蕙西餐

138 E Valley Blvd
Alhambra, CA 91801-5130
(626) 308-9535

I told Dr. Park about the famous Hainan Chicken Rice at Savoy every time we pass by the tiny restaurant.  There are always people waiting on the sidewalk.  After hearing me talking about how great the Haiana Chicken Rice is at Savoy, Dr. Park suggested to try it on a Saturday night.  The wait was not as long as we expected.  15 minutes, got a table inside.

Iced Cappuccino @ Savoy Kitchen by you.
Iced Cappuccino ($2.00)

We started the meal with a cup of iced cappuccino.  I've always liked Savoy's cappuccino.  Perfect blend of sweet and bitter.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Shambala Preserve

Shambala Preserve
6867 Soledad Canyon
Acton, CA 93510
(661) 268-038
http://www.shambala.org

For my Exotic Animal Management class, we took a field trip to Shambala Preserve.  It is a rescue center for big cats.  They have more than 70 cats, including lions, tigers, cougars, black and spotted leopards, servals, bobcats, Asian leopard cats, jungle cat, lynx, and liger.  The preserve was founded by Tippi Hedren, an actress who starred in the move "The Bird".  We had a very informative and fun tour at the preserve.

Shambala Preserve by you.

The entrance, also a small gift shop inside.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

[Los Angeles] [Bakery] Tous Les Jours

Tous Les Jours
2736 Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90006
(213) 382-8494

After our lunch at Jeonju, we walked across the street to the Korean market for a little grocery shopping.  On the way back to our car, we passed by Tous Les Jours and was lured in with the fresh baked bread aroma at the door.

@ Tous Les Jours by you.
Canele ($1.25)

I love Canele.  Dr. Park also fell in love after trying it last time.  Their canele was great.  Soft custard center with thick caramelized crust.  Perfect afternoon snack with a cup of coffee.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Evil Tracy at Work

* This is a venting post. *

Generally, I believe the goodness of people. Even people I don't like, I still won't think them as evil. But today at work, I found evil.

There was an incident between co-worker Tracy and I a few weeks ago. She made some mistakes on a customer's call and the customer called back angrily. I got the angry phone call and didn't really know what happened. I put the customer on hold while asking Tracy what had she done. She pretty much did everything wrong, even spelled the customer's name wrong. So I told her right there that she made a mistake. Instead of just admitting her mistakes, she went to our team lead and said that I embarassed her in front of other co-workers.

When our team lead told me about her complaint, I really didn't think I did anything wrong. I had to ask her about the previous call in the office because the customer was waiting on the phone. If she didn't make mistakes, why would she be embarassed? But this was nothing personal, it was just about work. I tried to be more considerate in her position. I guess for some people "face" is very important. To avoid tension in the office, I tried to be a bigger person and wrote her an apology note for "embarassing her in front of other people" according to her. She then told me that everything's cool between us and asked me not to tell he manager about the incident.  But I still told our manager the incident because I just think she should know about it.  I'm really glad I did that.

So issue was solved.  She stoped talking to me but that was fine.  I thought things were ok.... so I thought.  Until today....

[Los Angeles] [Korean] Jeonju Restaurant

Jeonju Restaurant
2716 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90006
(213) 383-4133

I read about Jeonju Restaurant on Potatomato's blog.  We always go to that plaza for soontofu but never knew about Jeonju's famous bimbi bap.  The photos on Potatomato's blog look so good.  We had to try the restaurant.

Jeonju Restaurant by you.

Only Korean writings on the outside.  I would never know about this restaurant if I didn't read about it.  Thanks, Potatomato!  ^^

Monday, October 20, 2008

[Culver City] [Italian] Fraiche

Fraiche
9411 Culver Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 839-6800
http://www.fraicherestaurantla.com

We've been talking about going back to Fraiche forever.  We finally did!  It was just as wonderful as the first time.

@ Fraiche by you.
Blueberry Martini ($11.00)

I started out with a blueberry martini.  It didn't taste like blueberry, but more like tart raspberry martini.  It wasn't bad, but I like the strawberry martini I had last time better.