I'm in Chi-Town! I got here on time. The bus driver sped a little I think. keke. My sis and I rode megabus to the Union Station and Micheal picked us up! Yay! Then we went to a restaurant in Chinatown called Chi Cafe. It was really yummy! I had a hot lemon tea, which was alright, but the food was overall delicious. Usually when we eat Chinese food in Michigan, it's way too salty/oily/sweet/msg/etc...but it was just right here. We ordered an orange peel fried chicken with broccoli (I only had a small piece of the chicken, but it was really good), Chinese spinach with garlic, and abalone congee, fried dough sticks. Yum Yum Yum.

After that, we went to a grocery store to pick some stuff up. Then, my sis and I headed to her gym, FCC. It was awesome, but we waited for a longass time for them to get me started with a guest pass. Grrr. We had an awesome workout though. After the workout, we went to the sauna for a bit and then met Micheal to go to Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods = Heaven to me. It's so awesome there. I usually have to resort to what I can find that's organic or somewhat healthy, but here, I don't really have to worry. I think I can get 80% of the things in the store without having to worry about its healthiness. Luvs it! I definitely will check out the one in Michigan. Yahooo~ Tmr, shopping!

**note: pics below are taken when half of the food was already eaten!

I'm done with the contest! Sorry if I sounded like I won something, but I didn't. hahaha. I did well though. Everyone was extremely good this year. I was blown away by everyone. I sort of feel bad for the judges actually. They probably pulled a wad of hair off from judging. haha.

My sis came from Chicago to see me perform my speech, too. :) After the speech contest, we went to BiBimbap in Novi to eat lunch/dinner. I ordered the assorted vegetables grilled Korean style. It came with a bunch of different kim chi. SO delicious! mmmmm....
Then, after that, we went to 12 oaks mall for a little bit. I got a pair of BCBG flip flops for under $10.00! Woo hoo! :D

Tomorrow, I am heading to Chicago with my sister early in the morning and I didn't even start packing yet, but I don't care. kekeke. :P

Today, I went to Golden Harvest with my mom to eat dim sum. I haven't had dim sum in SO long. I knew that I had to eat egg tarts and Ma Lai Go (Malay steamed sponge cake) for sure. (Can you tell I have a sweet tooth? keke) Luckily, the first thing I saw on the cart was Ma Lai Go! I ordered it before my mom even sat down. hahaha. I ate most of the humongous Ma Lai Go... I gorged myself with dim sum today since I haven't had it in so long. Golden Harvest's dim sum is alright. The dished weren't hot enough and taste wise, it was alright. I would give it 2.5/5 stars.

After dim sum, we went to the new Walmart Supercenter on 14 mile, Van Dyke. It was incredibly busy. There were a lot of produce there, but not a lot of organic choices. We only had time to go through the produce and foods section. I got a box of chocolate Pocky! I ate sort of bad today, to say the least. haha. It was wellllll worth it though!

***If you want to find out more on the dim sum I ate, check out the dim sum link above. It lists out many of the items I have put into my belly. :)

au pat yik a.k.a. beef tripe

Dan Kat a.k.a. Egg Tarts

au chap (beef stomach with daikon)

dou meel (chinese spinach with garlic)

soon jook goon (pork and mushrooms wrapped in tofu skin)