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Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.  -Wiki
Seriously need to reconsider how I analyze myself in order to change the perceptions of others. The most necessary change starts from within.


Been eating and exploring as always, some highlights and adventures:


 It's cheese fries from I.B.'s! My secret pleasure :) I was craving them for quite some time

 Group visit to the Jelly Belly factory before skydiving

 Janice and her passport at Kirala before I ate the most delicious sashimi I had ever tried. 

 Finally tried the ever popular baked potato at Northside Cafe... Guess I'm not really a baked potato kind of girl. 

 Fried mantou (steamed bun) at Mandarin Garden... It was eh. 

The group of students I led for tours during Senior Weekend. What a bright and beautiful bunch :)

 Hu tieu trieu chau from VH noodle house. Don't really get the rave reviews...

 French dip sandwich at last from Northside Cafe

The last turkey cranberry sandwich I may ever get from Northside Cafe... I'll miss you!
Chili from Northside Cafe... eh.

Garlic Naan from Himalayan Flavors. Gah, I'm drooling.
Mango Lassi


Chicken Tikka Masala and a Bhutanese dish... Deliciousness as always from Himalayan Flavors :)

Say cheese!


A visit to Cafe Biere for bottomless mimosas. Go big or go home! We went home after just 2. lol.

I've become a ginger snaps snob. These ginger thins are too light on the ginger flavor for me. No kick to them

Crispy chicken from King Dong. Why so stingy?
Roast duck lunch special from Happy Valley. Tasty, kinda overly salted.


Caramel macchiato! Ahhhh, it's that time of year again! Happy hour at starbucks, I am overjoyed :)

Some sort of a salmon roll from CU Sushi... delicious.
 

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