I went to the Pacific Asia Museum today. It was a class assignment for my Multi-Culture Anti Bias class. The assignment was to go to a place/event that has nothing to do with my own culture. It was very interesting, saw a lot of artifacts. Surprisingly a lot of the customs we read about as we went through the museum reminded me of my own culture. There was one piece they had that said to hold an ancestor within it, I told Ericka that was "kinda creepy... but then again , no more creepy then having your deceased relatives visiting you in the month of November"... lol. Dia de Los Muertos.
We had the entire museum to ourselves, I guess not many people wanna visit a museum Friday night in Pasadena. I think I had the most fun in their Silk Road room, they had sets of Asian clothing you could try on, and a set with a giant Llama and instruments you could sit in and take pictures in. Lol. I tried on two of the outfits. :) They also had a touch table with different artifacts and magnifying glasses. I also enjoyed reading and writing in their guest book. A lot of people wrote their story or their ancestors story and why they came to the museum.
Afterwards Ericka and me went to our favorite Japanese noodle house, Hakata Ramen Shin Sen Gumi, and had a bowl of Ramen. I chased it down with a small bottle of cold Sake ;D and Ericka had green tea. For the most part it was a fun day. We haven't seen each other in a while so we caught up at dinner. Not everything we talked about brought a smile to my face, but it's nice to know she's there for me.
Anywhoo, I should go to bed. I plan on going to the year of the snake celebration tomorrow before work.
I'll post pics later.
Goodnight JD
