I'll always remember the first time

I experienced something last night I had never done before. Peer pressure made me do it. When I told my friends I had never done it before they were completely surprised. It was a bit awkward and a little messy. I'd never do it on a first date unless I was already really close and comfortable with the guy. It was not at all like what I expected, but I liked it. I'd do it again. I wish my mouth was a bit bigger though. I brought my camera because I wanted to share it with you guys.

So by now you've probably figured out that I had sushi for the first time last night. I met up with a bunch of people from work at this small place on South Pembina called Masa. We had a lot of fun. It surprises me that this group never gets together outside of work. Hopefully this will be a new trend.

I didn't really have any fears of sushi, the whole raw fish thing. I went with two salmon rolls (BC Roll and Philadelphia Roll) and one cooked beef roll. I wanted to try a tuna roll but they didn't have that one available. Hollene was kind enough to let me try a piece of tuna from this dish of stuff she ordered. I loved it. Why on earth do we cook this stuff? It's like the difference between well done and medium rare/rare beef. Yes I know Rob, I'm such a savage.

I wasn't kidding up there though, I did find it a bit awkward and I would NOT want to do it for a first date. You don't have much choice but to put the entire piece in your mouth. The chipmunk look cannot be attractive. I worked the chopsticks alright at least. The one surprise was that we were sat at one of those traditional Japanese tables--table in the pit, cushions on the floor y'know? I was feeling springy that night so I had opted to not wear socks with my new flat shoes so it felt a bit strange sitting at a table with no socks or shoes on. How is that I keep having these socks and shoes problems? Me! The shoe girl!

So who was there, let's see. Me, Abby the designer, Joanna from E-Media, Amara my team mate and new neigbour, Hollene the designer, Jean the French proofreader and his partner Nathaniel, Alexis from the admin team and her two kids Isabelle(2) and Jose(12?). Alexis warned us that Isabelle really likes boys and so she took quite a shining to Jean. Poor girl will eventually learn that no matter how cute she is and how much she bats those long eyelashes, she won't always be able to get the guy she's after. Hehe.

After the restaurant the girls stopped in at Winners before calling it a night. We all agreed it was too short. Hopefully there will be a repeat outing that will last longer and include more drinking.