Modern History.
You know how many people have blogs and for every post they more or less tell you what they did for the day? It appears that their blog is their diary. Only that they dont reveal that many secrets because the internet isnt exactly the most private of places.
Let me tell you what i had for dinner today. In essence, Queens University has a more flexible meal structure than UWA, in that you load a certain number of meals and "flex dollars" onto your student card and you can eat up to that limit anywhere on campus. The pre-determined meals are more or less like normal buffet style dining in selected areas, which function very much as cafeteria.
Having eaten military meals and combat rations i would say my dinner comprising of shredded ham, turkey and steak coupled with letteuce, cheese and tomatoes from the salad bar was quite appetizing. I also had westernized lemon chicken with even more westerned rice with hint of thyme. I added some pasta and had 2 cups of apple juice. For afters, i had a pumpkin pie and a cookie. I think for $8 CAN it was quite reasonable, although i do experience first hand that cooking is undoubtedly cheaper.
However, i was told that it is the same menu everyday. Very much the same in fact, if you consider leftovers. Furthermore, i seem to be used to combat dining, which sounds like an oxymoron, but makes you eat every meal in exactly and approximately 15 minutes.
This thus concludes my really boring post for a really dull, lecture-filled, first day at school, monday. I have effectively captured a historic slice of my life, somewhat for all eternity, in a modern method of communication. Which thoroughly reminds me of my dining venue. Ban Righ Hall -- 'dine in style, in a truly historic setting' they advertised. Well, the size of the hall was proabably the only thing that seemed ancient. The chairs were made to look old being those replica heavy wooden ones. I naively expected to see chandeliers instead of cornices. And the right smack in the middle salad bar was a steely aluminium, flourescent-lighted, mass produced object. But what really struck me was the ease of returning trays. There wasnt any need to throw leftovers and then separate the utensils; the whole tray was left on a conveyor belt which rolled your garbage into another compartment. Much like making it history.
Let me tell you what i had for dinner today. In essence, Queens University has a more flexible meal structure than UWA, in that you load a certain number of meals and "flex dollars" onto your student card and you can eat up to that limit anywhere on campus. The pre-determined meals are more or less like normal buffet style dining in selected areas, which function very much as cafeteria.
Having eaten military meals and combat rations i would say my dinner comprising of shredded ham, turkey and steak coupled with letteuce, cheese and tomatoes from the salad bar was quite appetizing. I also had westernized lemon chicken with even more westerned rice with hint of thyme. I added some pasta and had 2 cups of apple juice. For afters, i had a pumpkin pie and a cookie. I think for $8 CAN it was quite reasonable, although i do experience first hand that cooking is undoubtedly cheaper.
However, i was told that it is the same menu everyday. Very much the same in fact, if you consider leftovers. Furthermore, i seem to be used to combat dining, which sounds like an oxymoron, but makes you eat every meal in exactly and approximately 15 minutes.
This thus concludes my really boring post for a really dull, lecture-filled, first day at school, monday. I have effectively captured a historic slice of my life, somewhat for all eternity, in a modern method of communication. Which thoroughly reminds me of my dining venue. Ban Righ Hall -- 'dine in style, in a truly historic setting' they advertised. Well, the size of the hall was proabably the only thing that seemed ancient. The chairs were made to look old being those replica heavy wooden ones. I naively expected to see chandeliers instead of cornices. And the right smack in the middle salad bar was a steely aluminium, flourescent-lighted, mass produced object. But what really struck me was the ease of returning trays. There wasnt any need to throw leftovers and then separate the utensils; the whole tray was left on a conveyor belt which rolled your garbage into another compartment. Much like making it history.
posted by efarmer at 11:32:00 AM
3 Comments:
CAN YOU BELIEVE all these marketing strategies? They are really becoming blatant liars because i am super sure they have never read my blog. Why would anyone check out their credit card deals if they just anyhow flatter and deceive? Thus i am leaving their comment there because i think it is inherently funny.
haha.. yeah.. lots of spam these days.. wonder how they chance upon all these blogs ah? maybe they have a selection criteria.. like irrelevancy.. or something like that..
Nice- I like this entry. Maybe cos it's about history and food. haha-Lou
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