Pei Ying’s Graduation

Unlike my graduation which was held in the Diag (for the first time I think), the Class 2009 graduation took place at the usual venue, the Big House. For me, py’s graduation reminded me how fast time has passed since I graduated.

This happened just one year ago:

And now it’s this:                                                                           

The bad thing about graduation in Big House was that after the ceremony, we had to walk a long way from there to East Hall to attend the actuarial ceremony.

Flowers that I bought for py after reminded by friends :P

Congrats class 2009!

Notice the box added to the Big House

 

This year’s speaker: Larry Page, co-founder of Google

Happy graduating!

 

Group photo with py’s parents

PY, welcome to the working world! All the best :)

Pei Ying’s Birthday

PY turned 21 on a Friday, and that means we could celebrate that day together. We decided to take advantage of the birthday discount to dine in the Chop House. For the most of my college life, the Chop House was known to me as the most expensive restaurant (it has since been replaced by Gandy Dancer). The jaw dropping cost of dining here had prevented me from visiting this place throughout my college life, but on the 17th of April, the time was finally ripe for a visit.

 

What we had for the dinner:

Appetizer:

Smoked North Atlantic Salmon

Salad:

House Salad

Entree:

New York Strip, 15OZ (mine)

Dover Sole Meuniere OR Amandine (py’s)

Side:

Garlic Smashed Potatoes

and a martini.

We were so full by the time we were done with the entrees that we did not have space for dessert. All in all, the food in the chop house was excellent and definitely worth a second visit (provided wallet is fat enough).