It wasn’t really a break; after all, I had been sick for past 2~3 weeks. But with my voice is finally coming back, tonight was the time for action. Especially after my family doctor’s diagonis that whatever I had is on the way out and my lung is now clear, I knew it was time for Karaoke. Action time!Usual haunt at usual time with usual crowd minus a few vocal cords missing/weakened. Richard, Andrew, Sean and Romano and I crowded in a dark small room; we were beyond feeling sorry for ourselves, by this time of course. And while my voice wasn’t fully recovered, we sang to our hearts content; from Mister Lonely to Funky Town, we pretty much covered usual songs and totally butchered few others. Fun times.

Soon after Richard left, we called it a night after 2 hours and a half, instead of our usual 3 hours quota; I was starving. At first, we entered Sodran (sp) a new/old restaurant that used to be called Dae Jang Kum, which must have changed the store name and venue due to copyright issues with the name. Apparently if you do not order food, there was a minimum of $2~$4 each person had to spend on either tea or whatever else we could pick from the menu. And the place wasn’t even crowded! While it’s at an amazing location of Yonge and Finch, we didn’t like that ‘restriction’ and thus left. Walking south along Yonge, we found Owl of Minerva, my latest favourite Korean restaurant. There, we ordered a pitcher (?) of Grape Soju, Tang Soo Yook (sweet pork dish) and Kam Ja Tang (Pork Bone Soup) for my self.

It met my expectation and as Michelle joined us, with very little amount of alcohol in our blood we had more fun times…though the riducule was usually directed at me…

An hour to next day, our gathering parted. I think I had a lot of fun despite my voice condition…very memorable day indeed.

Night all.

Updated:

I have found what the owl of Minerva means…

The word ‘philosophy’ originates in a Greek term, apparently coined by Pythagoras, meaning ‘love of wisdom’. The owl of Athene/Minerva has naturally come to symbolize philosophy itself. For example, the influential German thinker Hegel uses it to illustrate his conception of philosophy as understanding the world as it is rather than laying down the law about how it should be, when he says, “The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk” (Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Preface, T. M. Knox’s translation).

It’s from a philosophy page… In a way…it’s not something I expected from a Korean restaurant name…but I guess their idea is that you can come in and eat while discussing philosophy of life? Haha.. I am not sure. I always thought it was ‘Owl’ because they open late.
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