Today we met up with both Arlene's friend from yesterday and two more of her friends. We went to a mall and played in the arcade, I played a game where you press buttons to a musical beat a few times. We got bubble tea and I bought dried fish from a Chinese store, and we wandered around. We took "secret passageways" though various parts of the mall, which were just hallways that the staff normally use. The staff at this mall patrol while wearing roller blades. There was rumours that the mall was going to shut off the lights at eight at night because it was Earth Day, but after waiting we asked some staff members and they said they hadn't heard of such an event.

There's an Asian shopping center across the street from the more regular mall. Although both have lots of Chinese everywhere the shopping center is like you're not even in Canada anymore once you get to the marketplace that's inside. They sell a lot of food I can get in Seattle but there's some things that I either can't find at home or don't know where to find or can't get simply because going home with them would take too long and they'd spoil, like meat.

Arlene's friend from the first day had to go to a birthday party and the mall was closing, so we decided to go back home. We wanted to get pig hearts at the shopping center because I hadn't been able to try them in Iceland, they were about $2 for two, but we didn't manage to get there in time before the center closed. So we went back to Arlene's house and ate dinner which was sticky rice and pasta with shrimp and ginger in it.

I forgot to bring my camera so there's no photos for today, but tomorrow I'm going to a fabric store and I'm going to buy those pig hearts so I'll take photos then. Snorri gave me a recipe for how to cook them:

Clean the meat of fat, sinuses, veins etc.
Cut into bites (not too small).
Roll them in flour with salt and pepper mixed in. A clear plastic bag is a good option.

Brown the meat (don't burn it) on a big pan with cooking oil or margarine and olive oil.
Add water to the pan so it's just floating above the meat.
Add a bouillon cube.
Wait for the water to boil.

Lower the heat and let it simmer for 30 minutes with a lid on.
Stir every few minutes and add water if you think it's needed.
Have a taste too, you add spices as suits your tastes.