What I've learned so far:
1. When you're asleep and someone pokes you in the arm and you awake with a jolt and go "Uh?", that's the sound of E, Frenchified.
2. 我可以写中文。
3. Random tidbit from my Epidemiology class: never eat pork that is remotely undercooked. Trichinosis = parasitic worms whose larvae thrive in raw pork meat that can eat their way through into your muscles. This isn't really a major problem in the developed world, but there are still cases that occur. Trichinosis may have inspired certain pork prohibitions in various religions such as Judaism.
4. I will never catch up on my Biochemistry readings no matter how desperately I try.
5. I might have insomnia.
6. I have a scholarship foundation dinner coming up and it's located at the end of the world. It's a two hour subway ride and then another half hour bus ride because there are no train station near it. Thank goodness for Google Maps?
xkcd on Google Maps
, which is something I'd always wanted to do ever since I read the book. I enjoyed it. Usually, I hate the way books get turned into movies, but this one stayed pretty much true to the story and I liked it. Maybe it worked because Jhumpa Lahiri's plot and style have always been inherently simplistic, focusing on character development through side stories and imagery, and the film didn't have trouble cramming in more than it could take, but I thought the way the movie developed the parents' relationship was nicely done. It was certainly visually appealing to see many of Lahiri's intricate details and scenes come to life and it was a bittersweet ending that left the viewer pondering long after the credits rolled.
