PEACEFUL dinners, trades in the MIDDLE of games, SLB, Pho, and passports

Took transit to meet Steph and Lisa for dinner at Peaceful Restaurant, right off the Canada Line... I had to laugh at James' bad timing when he thought he could catch me before I went out, hahaha! Of course I brought Grandma's Chinese New Year / birthday cards, too! We had siu long bao, Shanghai noodles, hot and sour soup, culture, beef rolls, and Beijing Zhang noodles.... YUM! Talked about surprise that I'd come out tonight, Chinese New Year dinner, Michael Cammalleri being traded to the Flames in the MIDDLE of tonight's Habs / Bruins game, his "We prepare for our games like losers. We play like losers. So it's no wonder why we lose" remarks, Dad lecturing Steph about Eric having no cash for Pho on Sunday ("he's one of the family so we'll treat him!"), and my intentions regarding Eric Ho.

We also conversed about telling the cute boys at the next table to order beef rolls and SLB themselves, Jon and Harmony changing their phone number (?!), work, Steph unsuccessfully avoiding the hardcore religious Uncle Hansel and Auntie Cathy at church ("where have you BEEN worshipping?!"), Blackberry phones, passports, Eddie / Eunice, and more. Got good bus timing on the way home, so it totally worked for me... also heard that the Canucks had a 3-2 overtime victory over the Blues! Good times!