Cristian's Farewall Party

Today is Cristian's last day in the lab. He's going to start his graduate study in Michigan State this Fall. So, all his friends held a farewell party for him today since he will be flying to Ecuador tomorrow morning. We had the good-bye dinner in Buffalo Wings, a renowned sport bar in Ohio that specializes in buffalo wings, which happens to my favorite American food. Buffalo wings is not the wings of buffalo as buffaloes on the Earth never have wings except buffaloes in the heaven. It's actually chicken wings dipped in 'hot' sauces that was made famous in Buffalo, New York. Although the sauce was supposed to be hot, it's never spicy enough for me :)

So, Cristian is/was the technician in the Finer's Lab. A young man from Ecuador. Likes to party, always persuades people to drink and dance in party. Though my work requires little interaction with him, we always chat in the morning or during free time coz his bench was next to mine. While everyone in the lab is working with soybeans, he did research on sunflowers, which is my favorite flower (I even asked him to give me some when I saw him collecting the flowers from the greenhouse :p). I never expected that he would leave the lab before we, the interns, did. So, it's kind of shocking when he told me last week that he's leaving. It's indeed quite rush for him, Dr. Finer and the lab. But, it couldn't be helped; he has to get all the documents done before going to grad school. So, tomorrow will be his leaving date.

We had dinner in the Buffalo Wings at 7pm. The Tuesday special menu is buy six wings get six for free.. I ordered my wings with 'Caribbean Jerk' hot sauce, which was supposed to give a sizzling feeling but it definitely did not happen... What a disappointment~~ I should have called the 'Mango Habanero" that is named third from the last on the spiciness line. Six wings was what I ordered, and I ended up with twelve. Usually, I can only eat 6 wings at one meal when we used to have wings for dining hall take out. Luckily, I managed to finish up all 12 wings (but the deliciousness has somehow transformed into disgust at the end :S)

Also, Tuesday is the Karaoke night at the restaurant. People, good or bad in singing, started to inundate us with their voice at 9pm. Food was finished, and some friends were leaving at the time. Only few of us stayed to listen to the singing, watch sport channels that were broadcasting several baseball leagues (Red Sox, Indians....), and drink beer as another Tuesday special is a pitch of beer for $6. So, without much words and chatting, we quietly enjoyed the night until we're done with 3rd pitches of beer and left at 11pm.

So, it was my another special and eventful day in Wooster, the day when Cristian left, the day I went to all-American sport bar, the day I drink beer legally in the public space, and the day not to be forgotten. Thanks Carlos for inviting me, and Good Luck to Cristian.

(p/s: It's also the first time I got a lil, just a lil, drunk.... Believe me, I still can blog :)

(Left) Cheri and Cristian (both from Finer's Lab

(Right) Limbania, Carlos (my supervisor/mentor), Nancy and me





<---- People on the left, who are you from LA?