Jersey City



Today's adventures took us to the Filipino district in Jersey City. We drove around the city looking for Filipino drivers we could ask directions to Fiesta Grill for. I hadn't had lunch and I felt like eating everything in sight. Batchoy, bopis, dinuguan. They had this turo-turo (literally point-point) counter where steaming trays of Filipino dishes were begging to be picked, just like carinderias back home. A meal with two dishes and rice or pansit costs $3.95! Afterwards we went across the street to Tindahan where I got VCDs of Keka and Shake Rattle and Roll III, loads of goodies like sampalok (sweetened tamarind)and polvoron, and the last pack of Nissin's Yakisoba in the store. Then we passed by the Indian street fair and my friend haggled with an Egyptian guy to sell us these thick, incredibly warm, queen-sized blankets for thirty bucks. Not bad, especially because he was originally selling them for forty.

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My Netflix queue is just getting out of hand. 108 movies and I'm adding constantly. Lately I've been lagging behind my three-movies-a-week ideal rate. But then they're charging even less starting November ($17.99) so that takes some pressure off beating the system.