YuHeng's blog

Sunny’s was disappointing today. Heavily oiled eggplant, bland and normal. Garnish on top (garlic, xo…?) gave it flavour, but otherwise was meh. HK black pepper was too peppery. The grains were too big, so that the whole dish was too salty and too much. Once you get to the bottom of the dish, the vegetables are coated in pepper, and every bite felt like a sting to the pallet. But I biked around the city the whole evening, going from home to Sunny’s, Sunny’s to Hogo, Hogo back home. I got a Cabano burger in the end because apaprently, that’s a top burger place after looking at many reviews. I had one from there last year but it was so oily that I never wanted to go back. But it is so close to my place that I thought I should give it another shot. Turns out they had fried chicken burger, which I just wanted so I got one. The chicken though was very salty. The seasoning tasted like the one from Costco. The pickle was also very salty, though it was obviously pickled, so salt is natural. But overall, it was not bad. If it was a bit lighter, then the bun, lettuce, and cheese would’ve rounded out the flavours just right. Most of all, the weather was very fine today. 14C during the day. A bit of wind, but not cold wind. i was on a high about dreaming this afternoon. I had a rush of euphoria that I didn’t want to do anything, knowing that there was much to do. I think it’s because the admission office ended up accepting my EJ submission, which is good enough for me. I didn’t expect that, and all I wanted was a chance to enrol. Whether I get it or not is beyond me. It’s not part of me anymore. i’ve done my job, and now it’s time to move on. H. inspired me to not dwell too much on the past, or least favourite moments. It only perpetuates the cycle and the present is always leaving you behind. So, for now, I can focus on just writing more poems. lately, I’ve felt the sense of being rooted, of seeing the reality, of seeing what is outside of me, which is a kind of personal detachment. And I think that is maybe what Eliot felt. Like a camera lense zooming out, and I can see the whole picture better now. Hoya is also very cute today. She is a fine lady, as we call her now. Tomorrow, I’ll need to prep for new year’s dinner. And finish my reading ASAP. I need to start finishing those esays. Oh, and I’ve figured out the word for BeiDao’s poem. Nostalgic displacement. Goodnight.

And Happy Lunar New Year!