MizzSandyChau

Why I am never going back to Cha Me. Cha

2014-11-16T21:23:00.001-05:00

Excuse me while I let off some steam.

The fiancé and I decided to go to this nice little Taiwanese bubble tea place/restaurant to have dessert for dinner. They serve hot food, appetizers, bubble tea and dessert. You know the usual. Mind you I have absolute no problems with the food, it taste like how Taiwanese food should taste. We ordered just a green tea shaved ice to share, this was at 8pm. We were patiently waiting while a lot of tables around us were starting to empty out. 15 minutes later, the table across from us who came in after us had already gotten their order. I'm thinking, where is my food?

5 minutes later, I asked a waiter to check on our dessert because it's been a while. I saw him speaking with the kitchen staff but he never came back, so we just continued waiting.

It has now been 25 minutes and I was getting livid. I mean how long does it take to make shaved ice??? Turn on the damn machine and let that thing do it's job, no? I see other tables getting theirs, but where the hell is ours?

Not only was our dessert taking a million years to come out with no explanation from the previous waiter, it was so hard to call someone over! We raised our hands and tried to get their attention, but they either see us and ignore us or they just don't want to bother.

Finally we got the attention of a waitress, I told her we've been waiting for 30 minutes for one dessert. She said it's been busy and that's why it's taking a while. HELLO???!!! BUSY? Are you kidding me, the tables around us have been empty for a while and the waiters are just standing around chatting with each other! Please tell me what part of "busy" are you referring to!

I told her to check on our order and if it's not made yet, to cancel it. She went without a word, and came back 3 minutes later with our dessert.

Seriously? It takes a customer being angry and speaking out for you people to get your butts working? And I didn't even get an apology, they literally said nothing to me. We waited 30 minutes for something that can be made within 3 minutes and that is not even including the time that we had been trying to get an attention of a waiter to take our order and then ask about our order. At least an explanation or an apology would have suffice, but you just left us with our food that we couldn't even enjoy anymore.

This is the second time we came to this place, the first time we waited 30 minutes for our meal as well, but that time we ordered hot food so I didn't mind as much.

The attitude of the staff is just ridiculous, don't try to wiggle yourself out of the situation and make up excuses when confronted!

Like I said, there's nothing wrong with the restaurant or the food, but rest assured we won't be coming back ever again.

Here is the dessert we ordered, it was good, but I couldn't enjoy it.

Halloween Fun

2014-11-03T19:02:00.000-05:00

Sorry for being MIA again guys. As usual, life got in the way.

Been really busy with wedding planning mostly. I don't know why people think it's fun, because it's far from being fun. If you have the budget, i would say SAVE YOURSELF! HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER!

But we did get most of the important things done though. I did find my dream dress and the bridesmaids dresses...what's left is….i guess a whole lot of other things.......it doesn't end.

Whatevs, life goes on.

I didn't do anything for halloween last year, so i made sure to celebrate this year. It was suuuuuper fun!

We celebrated at work with a pumpkin carving contest for each team, a costume contest and i was incharge of taking pictures for our photobooth concept. That, and LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of candy consumption. Urgh, my stomach hurts by just thinking how much candy is still left over.

I got my costume a year beforehand, decided to be a fun UNICORN!!! I fell in love with onsies after wearing this costume =D

The management team all dressed up as Minions from Despicable Me

Fooling around with my work sisters

We are called the "Animals of Admin"

Some cool pumpkins from various teams

This one is from the Merchant team, they won best pumpkin. Very well deserved.

At night, we all went and booked a party room at a friends place to have a Halloween costume party. Had a good time seeing them, life gets too busy sometimes and quality time with good friends are hard to come by. It was really great seeing everyone dress up.

I love it when everyone dresses up!

Boardgames are a must!

Dark fairy and cyclopes

Dorothy and little Bopeep

Banana in Pajamas and an angel

Pirates

Scream guy with a unicorn and a creeper from behind

Scream dude and Dark Alice in wonderland

Decided to try on the scream mask and make a funny pose

Time to hot the Piñata

We ended the night with lots of candy in our bellies

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Lady Gaga and Katy Perry Concert

2014-07-25T19:45:00.001-04:00

Hi Loves!

This month has been busy!!! Lady Gaga and Katy Perry were both in Toronto this month and their concerts were one week apart from each other.

The first one i went to was the Lady Gaga concert #artrave (with k-pop band Crayon Pop opening for her), being a fellow monster, i was super excited! Until i found out my seat sucked. I was pretty much at the edge of being behind the stage, so i couldn't really see anything unless i watched the giant screens or if she walked out onto the extended stage, but even then, she was tiny.

Regardless, the concert was AWESOME, her fans are really out of this world, so many people dressed up, wrote her letters and threw her hand made items. She being such a sweetheart, read one of her fan letters out loud, which was very sad by the way, and she invited her up to the stage to sing "Born this way" with her.

First things first, gotta have an early dinner at #bigfatburrito mmm…so yums

K-pop band "Crayon Pop" opened for her

The very next week was KATY PERRRRRRYYYYYYYYY!
This was part of her #prismaticworldtour and she was in Toronto for 3 days! I was definitely more excited for this one, maybe because i knew i had better seats. But she was super awesome! Really kept the crowd going, my bum was out of the chair throughout the full two hours.

Ferras and Capital Cities opened for her, they were both very exciting as well.

Blurry picture of Ferras

Capital Cities performing

DO I LOOK EXCITED!??! Yes i realize my facial expressions are the same for every picture

Dark Horse

Blurry pic of acrobats

DANCE CAM!

That's her flying across the crowd

And of course she ended the concert with real fireworks, singing her song "fireworks" =D

I'd love to see them again, concerts are so much fun. it it wasn't a weekday, i would have wore a wig and dressed up like all the other kiddies too =D

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New York City Trip

2014-06-22T20:53:00.004-04:00

Finally got around to getting my New York vacation pictures up from last month. I am the queen of procrastination! Shame on me!

I love NYC, i would love to go back every year, i don't think i would ever get sick of this city.

Arrived at Times Square

There's always interesting people everywhere :)

The infamous red staircase

love this place! it's called wasabi, they sell a la cart sushi and tons of different bentos

In the giant toys R us hanging with minion

Giant gummy bear

Grand Central station

CAKE BOSS!

SHAKE SHACK!

museum kinda day

street guros:)

Apple store

Nintendo store

The Rockefeller centre

Found the love statue

On the ferry looking at NYC

The statue of Liberty

5th avenue looking up

New York stock exchange

The golden bull

First meal upon arrival to chain town. C'mon, this is a must

They sell fresh cut mangos on the street! omg

At the 911 memorial site

on brooklyn bridge

Looking at manhattan bridge

Night view of the city is so pretty

On the high Line

Lady M. The millie crepes are amazing!

At the Sony Wonder technology lab creating music

last day of our trip, back to central park before going home

Churros!

2014-06-15T22:58:00.001-04:00

I went to the Taste of Little Italy festival this weekend, i was a bit disappointed though because there weren't a lot of food that i liked. Maybe i went to early, or maybe be venders were too busy watching the soccer game to open their booths but it wasn't that exciting this year.

However, i still got my beloved CHURROS! omg i love churros like you would not believe! Unfortunately i only see them around during festivals. Caramel and churros with cinnamon is so omnomnomnomnom

I'M ENGAGED!

2014-05-28T17:56:00.002-04:00

I've been really busy at work, and really been stressing myself out, so I'm sorry for not updating anything until now. I hope some of you still read this blog!

I've actually been engaged for quite a while now, May 3^rd to be exact! It actually happened when we were on vacation, and I didn't even let anyone know until two weeks later, when I finally put it on facebook and started texting people. I was still trying to settle down all these emotions and I didn't know how to tell people, I didn't know how people will react, so after much senseless panicking, I thought what the hell. Out with the news.

The Story:

The boyfriend and I…ahem…I mean the fiancé and I (Do you know how hard it is to suddenly say fiancé all of a sudden?) was planning a New York City trip for a long time. I've been there several times but those times were when I was younger. I never really had the chance to travel and go everywhere myself, as in holding a map and asking for directions. This was a much needed vacation, for me at least because I've been so stressed and emotional over work and basically so unhappy to the point where I start to cry over nothing anywhere and anytime. So a week away from everything is just what I needed (for the sake of my sanity).

Anyways, we decided to take the Megabus from Toronto to New York City (Never again!), it was a 12 hour ride and I can never sleep during bus rides, so I was wide awake or half awake with my back aching, my bum sore and me grumbling throughout the ride. My other half? Oh he slept totally FINE!

We arrived in New York in the afternoon, after getting lost in the subway and walking around clueless while lugging around our luggage, we finally gave up and hopped on a taxi to check into our hotel. My plan for our first day was to take a LONGGGGG nap, because I didn't get any sleep. I passed out right away once I got on the bed, didn't even have a chance to change out of my clothes.

He wakes me up 10 minutes later saying "Let's go to Central Park!" I was super grumpy, I didn't want to go anywhere, all I wanted was my nap, but he was so persistent, and if I wasn't so tired I would have probably became super suspicious and would have figured it all out because he was dressed in a dress shirt and dress pants and he kept asking me to put on a dress because it was a "nice day out", so I just threw on the first thing I saw in my luggage. While we were looking for the subway station, there was some sort of festival going on, and I wanted to go (mainly to buy watermelon, I was craving SO bad), but he said no, and that we’ll come back later :(

Once we got to Central Park, me being me, I wanted to stop and take pictures of EVERYTHING! But he kept pulling me along (he kept looking at the time and at the park directions). So we reached the lake/pond area where there were a lot of people boating/canoeing, and I wanted to go on one too, but he kept pulling me away. He said let’s go on that bridge over there! (Bow Bridge). Unbeknownst to me, he had hired a sneaky photographer to meet us at the bridge and she had already started snapping pictures of us the moment we stepped into the park within range. That’s why he was so worried about being lost and being on time.

So he had brought me to the center of the bridge, and we were just watching people on the boats, and when I turned around to face him, he was already down on one knee…and asked me to marry him.

And I said yes.

That’s when I finally noticed the photographer, who was rapidly snapping shots of us, but at that moment I wasn’t even there anymore, I was still in a daze, I didn’t know where we were going, what was going on, we just followed the photographer around and did as she said. Like I said, if it wasn’t for me being so exhausted, I would have figured everything out! And if I had know there was a photographer involved, I would have touched up a bit more before I left the hotel. My hair was unwashed, my eye bags were huge, my makeup was blah, and I was wearing a huge frumpy sweater as not to expose my giant arms. And probably out of all the 200 she took, I was only okay with a handful haha. Mind you, she took beautiful pictures, I just wasn’t happy with the me in them lol

But it was a very special moment, and I felt very loved. Once the photographer left, I finally let everything sink in. I feel so blessed. And I’m glad it happened on the first day, it made our trip that much better.

I thought it was going to take forever for me to get married. I mean the majority of my friends are already engaged/married and some are even mommy’s now too. I was stressing myself all the time with “what if I never get married?” “What if I’m too old to have kids?” “what if my kids hate me because I’m not cool?”. You know stupid stuff like that.

But anyways, this post has gotten too long. Just wanted to share some pics the photographer sent us from that day.

Bow Bridge- where he proposed

Most memorable vacation ever

Oasis of the seas (Part 4)- The food

2014-03-07T16:45:00.002-05:00

Alright this is the last part of the Oasis of the sea series. I didn't take pictures of all the foods because

a. lighting was too dark
b. didn't have my camera with me
c. too busy eating it to actually remember to take a picture

i hope this won't make anyone too hungry

Oasis of the Seas (Part 3)- Jamaica and Mexico

2014-02-27T19:34:00.003-05:00

In continuation of my last post, the second port we stopped at on this cruise was Falmouth, Jamaica. Beautiful place, but too bad i didn't take many pictures. We didn't going any excursions on this port because i was with my parents and they didn't want to do anything and i didn't want to do anything by myself. It was also realllllyyyyyy hot, so lugging a huge camera around just drains me of my energy.

This port was mostly shopping. The first thing you do when you get off the ship is SHOP! Everyone rushes into International Diamonds and goes gaga over everything. I mean i would too if i had hit jackpot on the ship's casino, but i didn't so i can only look at all the pretty sparkly things :)

Taking a picture of the port from the buffet. Decided to eat lunch first before i head out to a full day of walking under the sun.

When the ship is parked there like that, doesn't it look like the island grew a condo out of nowhere?

People were dancing to the music

The last port we stopped at was Cozumel, Mexico. I've been here before on my last cruise, but luckily it was the opposite side, so it was still a new experience for me. We actually went on an excursion here. I bought the package for a The Mayan Ruins and Island Overview. You know those people who predicted the end of the world? There was a lot of history there, but sadly we didn't have a lot of time, so we didn't get to see much on this excursion. Too much talking to tell the truth, and i seriously don't mind the history lesson, but when mosquitos the size of my palm are flying around everyone trying grab a free lunch, that's when i get cranky. And nobody likes a cranky Sandy.

On the brochure there was this infamous castle like ruin right beside the sea, and i was pumped up to finally see it (that was the main reason why i chose this excursion), but then we didn't even have time to see it. the tour guide said it's a 2 hour hike from the entrance, and we only had an hour total for this place! How frustrating! False advertising!

Jack Sparrow there was charging people money to take pictures with him

A tomb for women

After we left the Mayan Ruins, the tour guide took us on an Island overview. We went to this beach…well i wouldn't call it a beach because the waves were much too big and too dangerous, but it was beautiful!!! I stood a bit too close to the waters although i thought i was far enough, but in a blink of an eye the waters came rushing towards me and i managed to run in time except i got my shoes completely soaked! The waves were realllllly strong. There were also lizards everywhere but i couldn't get close enough to one to take a picture.

A little beer/snack hut

Walking back to the ship, there happen to be a smaller Carnival cruise also in Mexico. Look at the size difference! It's like Shark and fish

Oasis of the seas (part 2)- Labadee, Haiti

2014-02-21T17:59:00.000-05:00

Our first port of call was at a private Island in Labadee, Haiti. It was BEAUTIFUL, with multiple beaches. The sand was a bit rocky and a bit hard to walk out into the water but the sight was still very pretty. There lies one of the world's longest zip lines.

See the zip line above the water?….yea probably a bit hard to tell, but look for those 2 yellow balls

Royal Caribbean- Oasis of the seas cruise (picture heavy)

2014-02-13T17:45:00.000-05:00

This is an over due post, but back in October, i treated my parents to a cruise, since they've always wanted to go on the largest ship in the world. And i have to say, the ship is really megasized. My eyes bulged out of my sockets just starring at it. I didn't take a lot of pictures on this ship, at least not a lot of good ones, let's just say being on a ship that's basically just eating and lazing around can make you kinda…well… lazy.

They had a good time though, that i'm happy about. I did too, but i didn't get to do a lot of activities i wanted to because i'd be doing it alone, and i didn't want that. Next time when i go with friends, i think that will be a lot more exciting.

We went on the West side this time. The 3 ports were Labadee- Haiti, Falmouth- Jamaica, and Cozumel mexico. We took off from Ft. Lauderdale Florida.

One of the many pools on the ship

This is the Solarium where only adults can enter. Yay for no screaming kiddies. theres also a jacuzzi and a buffet

I make sure to at least walk three rounds on this walk/running track that goes around the entire ship. Ate too much. Urgh.

The Royal Promenade

The rising tide bar

Boardwalk

I go on the marry go round every day haha. There are always more adults than kids on it

one of the 2 rock climbing walls

The first welcome parade they had on ship

my room with a ocean view balcony <3 td="">

On ship mini golf under the hot hot sun

Zip lining!

watching people learn how to surf

The outdoors water show

Hairspray was a really good show

Performance on the ice rink

Another musical. Darn i forgot the name!

Watched turbo in 3D :)

Sometimes when i can't sleep, i'll come out for a midnight stroll around the ship

Another parade featuring dreamworks. Remember How to train a dragon?

We can also learn how to mob dance.

A HUGE mob really formed

Sometimes i'm tired so i stay in my room to watch some superman

Sometimes i catch really nice sunsets

When we stopped at a port, i happened to catch a carnival ship with my sunset pic

Cake making contest with the three captains. this was HILARIOUS

SEE?! HILARIOUS!

Sometimes i learn how to make baloons

On the last day, they had a huge party at night at the Royal Promenade

Even Kung fu Panda came out to play

Felt like an all age night club!

A very late DECEMBER update!!!

2014-02-07T18:07:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone!

I'M ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!

I know, i'm the absolute worst blogger EVER! I was used to able to blog every week but somehow something always get in the way. Something called PROCRASTINATION! until i see my pictures are starting to pile up, and i start feeling the stress and then the guilt. But i'm SORRY everyone! To whoever still read this blog.

This is a very late update of December. That being the busiest month for me, being my birthday month and all, thus making it the most exciting month :)

Before i forget. MERRY(belated) CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, and HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

I wish everyone Good fortune, Success, beauty, wealth and happiness!!!<3 p="">

During the Christmas holidays, i hosted a party in a party room. I love the holidays because it's the only time where i can get a bunch of friends together whom i have't seen for a long time. These times are very precious to me because i tend to feel very lonely most of the time. we did our traditional secret santa (plus steal) game, except no one stole this year because everyone enjoyed their gifts :)

Getting ready to pick a present

Emergency Christmas outfits :D

We also went to the Annual Christmas Market. It was cold as always, but very enjoyable.

On Christmas Day, The family and i all gathered around the Christmas tree to open presents.

My Birthday is forever a few days after Christmas, so my presents are usually always combined haha

Aww so sweet, i always wanted a tiny purse from LV

This has got to be my favourite! I always wanted a polaroid camera, and it's PINK!!! LOVEEEESSSSS!!! I'm still camera obsessed. I keep collecting but never use them enough.

LADY GAGA and KATY PERRY concert tickets!!!! SO EXCITED!

Infinity ring from Tiffany's

And the matching infinity necklace to go with it

Girlfriend got me these super cute studded flowers from Pandora

A very cute charm from a girlfriend. I love notebooks!

I also did a bunch of baking this holidays. I made tons of batches of cookies and succeeded in making egg tart for the first time (though they were a bit too sweet, but still edible)

Banana oatmeal and oatmeal raisin cookies

The preparation was so messy

It smelled good!

I also celebrated my birthday with some friends. I find that as i get older, all i want really is to be close to family and friends. Just dinner and conversing makes my day. I haven't "parties" since i was a teenie.

My friend baked me a cake!! OMG it's gorgeous! i didn't even want to cut into it! She is so talented!

I love how she made it Tiffany blue!

ALL Engineers and Doctors except me! *sobs*

On my actual Birthday, my boyfriend took me to the Windsor Hotel for High Tea. I always wanted to high tea (i've only been a few times in my life), especially this particular one because it has high reviews and you have to book at least half a year in advance just to get a spot for the holiday season.

In the evening, i had a birthday dinner with some friends

With the girls

With the boys

Friends visiting from Hong Kong :)

And finally putting my Polaroid to good use!

Ottawa- Montreal trip (picture heavy)

2013-10-27T23:17:00.001-04:00

Just this past weekend, boyfriend and I went on a road trip to Ottawa and Montreal. I’ve been there multiple times with a tour but this is the first time driving there. I like the fact that we were able to plan and go where ever we wanted to and do everything according to own time.

It was actually quite a bad weekend to go though, not only was it freezing but it was constantly raining and gloomy the whole week. I think we only saw the sun once. The first day when we reached Ottawa, the rain was so bad that I had to run to the nearest mall just to buy a pair of boots because my flats were completely soaked through. Yuck.

But other than that, I had a really good time. We did a lot of sightseeing and visited the main tourist attractions. I realized that I should really re-learn some basic French because all the signs and menus were all in French. The locals didn’t help much either. I constantly had my phone out on the Google translate page just so we know where we were and how to do things. Like a true tourist! Parking signs were especially a hassle, but at least I know Monday-Friday in French now =p

My favorite is the condo we rented, it was beautiful and modern. I wish we could have stayed longer haha. We had a balcony that we unfortunately didn’t get to enjoy due to the weather, but the whole thing was very spacious for just the two of us. Hotels are so yesterday! J

Once we reached Ottawa, we stopped by at the Science and Technology Museum since we are both nerdy like that. I am standing in front of space telescope

I also had a lot of fun playing with these blocks. They had books of things you can build and a lot of children and adults were trying to build them. Some were very creative. I went to the gift shop since i wanted to buy these blocks, but they were selling it for $400 for 1000 pieces, so uh…no thanks.

My bf the human hamster creating electricity

We made it to the Parliament Building, but it was pouring rain :( It got so bad at one point that my flats were completely soaked through, i had to run to buy boots.

In front of the infamous WW| and WW|| statue

We went up to the Peace Tower (The tall part of the building with the clock) and this is the view from above

Books with all the names of the solders i think

This is the condo where we rented. I love it! i can't believe i never knew about renting condos for vacation instead of booking a hotel. It's practically the same price too! It was so comfortable and spacious, i can totally see myself living there :) It had a nice little balcony too, but unfortuately it was rainy every day so we never got to enjoy it.

Kitchen area

Living room area

We celebrated our arrival with champagne

Our first poutine experience in Montreal! This place is very popular and it's a must try! It's also opened 24 hours

This is the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal church. Very popular and big with a lot of tour buses stopping by every day. Very beautiful inside, the details are amazing

View from across the church

Spotted someone taking wedding pictures. It was such a cold and windy day

A front shot of the church. I love historic buildings!

We stopped by for some yummy nutella crepe

In old Montreal, a lot of buildings put up some halloween decorations

Another very nice historic building

Driving by Place Jacques-Cartier old port

We went to the Botanical Gardens, and across from there is the Montreal Tower/Olympic Park

Inside the garden: since they had an insect exhibition, they had all these giant butterflies and other insects made out of grass on display

We mainly went there for the GARDENS OF LIGHT show at the Chinese garden (they had many different kinds of gardens, we bought tickets for the chinese garden and the japanese garden)

So pretty

After we left, the bf drove us to onto of a mountain to see the Montreal night view. It was so pretty, the Montreal tower looks very beautiful at night, similar to the CN Tower

Lunch at St. Huberts

We went to this Montreal Island area where we saw this strip with amazing looking condos that looked like Lego blocks. It was crazyyyy. They were HUGEEEE and all connected. My mind was BLOWN! This place is called Habitat 67

Then we went around the building, and behind there was this huge lake with a bridge. There were so many people kayaking and surfing!!! Amazing place!

Someone is surfing in the cold weather!

we drove by the Biosphere but didn't have time to go in.

Went to another tourist attraction. Beautiful church called the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount-Royal (L'oratoire saint-Joseph du Mont- Royal)

We decided to drive to Mt. Tremblant since we were in Montreal and we planned to go snowboarding there one day. but it took us FOREVER to get there, it was pitch black at 7pm, and there was no light what so ever in the mountain roads. We turned into a wrong path once which was SO creepy. It was so dark, so quiet, no other cars were around and it was such a narrow road that we had to reverse to get out. We found a nearby hotel to ask for direction and so we finally made it there, only to see NOBODY. It was a like a ghost town! I thought there were still summer/fall camps going on but no. All the shops were closed aside from a few restaurants, we didn't want to waste our long drive so we had dinner there.

Last day in Montreal before driving home, we had poutine for lunch. This place is also very famous and i loved it because you get to create your own poutine. I'm sure i gained a few pounds during this trip and i'm back on my green juice diet. My arteries will thank me.

Beautiful weather when going home. Figures. lol

My new nerd domo misses Montreal already

The AGO- Ai Wei Wei Exhibition

2013-10-05T19:20:00.004-04:00

I've very recently visited the Art Gallery of Ontario mainly for the Ai Wei Wei Exhibition. I know there is tons of controversy about this person, but that doesn't mean his art is any less astounding. His art is so creative, so different and unique, i enjoyed the exhibition very much.

Timeline of his life (no he is not dead)

Took them apart and put them back together without the uses of any nails or screws, and turned it into one piece of amazing art work

I had no idea what these things were until i saw everyone looking through the hole in the centre...

Turns out you can see all of the moon phases, how freaking awesome is that. Mind is blown.

A piece of log from thousands of thousands of years ago, he managed to carve a map of China right in the centre. You see you see?????

CRABS

So look at this rebel, taking an urn from the era of the king's dynasty and dropping it like "mehh whatever"

So these are all urns from the kings dynasty which he dipped and dyed. "Taking something old and turning it into something new"

He took the names, age and school of 5000+ children who died during the Sichuan Earthquake

Took apart bikes and put them all back together as one. This was so cool

Part of his protest art

An urn with the coca cola sign

A snake made from 500 school bags. I guess it's a tribute of some sort to the children lost in the Sichuan Earthquake

Edward and Christy's wedding

2013-09-30T19:42:00.000-04:00

I'm alive!!!!!

Sorry for disappearing for months, i really have no excuses. I felt like life had gotten quite busy before my brother's wedding back in May, where everyone was running around. Then after that, i meant to post pictures but things have gotten in the way...

...mixed in with procrastination and laziness...

I'm guilty, i know. I have tons to update you guys on, but first i'm going to start off with my brother's wedding back in May. I'm so happy, and seeing them so happy makes me feel very emotional. Of course i cried like a baby that day haha. I'm such a sap. i ALWAYS cry at weddings.

I must warn you, this post will be long with LOADS of pictures.

Groom and groomsmen getting ready to pick up the bride

Door games: Roll the orange to the finish line with a dangling banana

Door games: drink a shot of vinegar mixed with soy sauce mixed with sprite *gross*

Door games: with only the mouth, slide a noodle across the can tab and build a pyramid

Success!

The beautiful bride is patiently waiting

Door games: extremely awkward bromance game where you do push ups on top of your partner while feeding him a chip with your mouth and they have to bite it off and spit it out on the tissue next to their head. Most spit out ship wins. This game was extremely hilarious to watch.

Enough torture, the groom finally gets to see his bride

Tea ceremony: mom and dad

putting on the bling bling

Even i have to pour tea and get a red pocket :)

My family just got bigger :)

The bridal party

At the church

Getting nervous

Pouring the sand

Now husband and wife *tears*

The wedding cake with its own waterfall at the bottom

Look how groovy my parents are, my dad still has his disco moves hahaha

This is our dance to start the party. We danced to Psy's "gentlemen". I wish i had the video to show you guys, it was epic. Of course the girls just sat there because of our poor feet while the guys showed off their moves.

The newlywed's first dance *tears*

It was freeeeeeezing in the tent, everyone was huddling around the heater

going around every table to toast

My brother decided to surprise all his guests with a lion dance

The lions even kissed

This is me deathly afraid of public speaking, making a speech for my brother.

At least i managed to make him cry. So it was worth it.

A very emotional group hug

The groomsmen with red lipstick

The game is to guess which one who kissed you is your wife?

Brother "no way, seriously man?" Don't worry, he got the kissed he waited for at the end though.

Throwing the bouquet. Look at all the girls afraid to catch it haha

Congratulations Edward and Christy! Muahzzzzz!

Moving from Google Reader to Bloglovin'

2013-06-24T22:15:00.001-04:00

I'm very sad to learn that Google is getting rid of Google reader on July 1st. I have been using Google reader since the start of my blog, and i am one of those people who does not like change :(
Not to mention the subscribers that i've gotten over the years.

Like many other bloggers, i have decided to switch over to Bloglovin'. It's actually catered towards more fashion and beauty related blogs, so i hope it all goes well.

THE SWITCH OVER

go to:
http://www.bloglovin.com/import/reader

afterwards, click on:

This will save you a lot of time adding each blog back one by one.

For my followers, if you guys still read by blog. Please follow me on Bloglovin' with the link below or click on the blinking Eiffel Tower on the right hand side.

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Wedding bells

2013-06-03T22:25:00.001-04:00

Time seems to be flying! April and May passed by so quickly, i felt like i had no time for anything!

One of my good friends, of whom i've known for 10+ years got married to her sweetheart recently. It was a beautiful wedding, and of course i cried like a baby. Happy tears of course.

Sporting Life 10k Marathon

2013-05-13T20:47:00.000-04:00

My first marathon ever! I'm so happy my friend convinced me to join. Now i find running to be very enjoyable. I've been jogging everyday at the park and i'm glad i didn't call it quits yet.

This marathon is supporting Camp Oochigeas for kids with cancer. I'm glad it's going to such a good cause.

Just after the finnish line

Sticking inspirational messages to the board

Parajumpers- Gobi Review

2013-03-12T17:28:00.001-04:00

Sorry i know this is a bad time posting this review up seeing as it's so warm outside, but i got this jacket about 2 weeks ago after wanting it for so long, i finally caved.

Remember when Canada Goose was the most popular jacket out there, i wanted one but didn't get one. Then i discovered Nobis and Moose knuckles, and i thought OMG i want a moose knuckle jacket! Those pom poms are too cute!

But then this year ( i know, i am a bit out of the loop), i discovered Parajumpers, and i thought you know what, forget about the rest! I want myself a Parajumpers jacket!!!!

But the funny thing is that it wasn't the design or the brand or how warm it is that got me, it was their signature yellow strap at the back of the jacket, and the hook on the front! It's designed to supposed to look like a parachute will come out. And you know, i always dreamed of sky diving, so for now i can dream a little.

Please excuse the non matchie loose fabric sticking out, it was not a photoshoot type of day.

I was debating over whether to get the red one or the black one, but since it was their last red i felt like it had to be mine.

The hood itself can split open, so you can wear it like you have a giant furry collar, but that look doesn't look good on me since i'm such a short person, it sort of looks like the jacket is trying to swallow me whole. So i keep it zipped up.

There's all sorts of pockets everywhere on this jacket

There's my parachute hook! It hooks on to the other side for extra warmth around the neck area, and all you have to do is pull on the yellow strap to release. Easy as pie.

There's my parachute release strap haha. This was the part that caught my eye the most =D

There's also pockets on the arms and lookie a cute little elbow patch =)

The Parajumpers logo. The previous year jackets had this badge removable, i don't know why they would do that since people can easily steal it and sell it for $30 (yup, people actually buy them). This one is sewn on, so i won't have to worry about it falling off or being torn off by someone, they also gave me an extra patch because they were so nice =)

The fur is made with Rabit fur and fox fur (or was it racoon...) it's super soft and extra warm and cuddly. Don't worry, no animals were harmed during the making, they made sure to state that in the booklet provided. All the fur trimmings as well as the buckles are all removable for easy wash.

Overall i love this Gobi jacket. It keeps me super warm and toasty. And it's a classic bomber jacket type, so i can wear it over and over and over and it will never get old.

- 90% Down

- 10% Feather

- Split hood

- water repellent (you can snowboard in this!)

- Detachable real fur trim

- Rabbit and Fox fur

I bought this jacket at JCY house after my size was sold out everywhere.

Original price for this jacket is $998 before taxes, they sold it to me for $925 after taxes. DEAL!

My jacket is size XXS, which i was really surprised about because i thought i need an XS or a small but the sizes run pretty big, and i'm so happy they had this last one at JCY house because i know for sure that if i go to Sporting Life, they wouldn't ever carry a size XXS let alone a red one!

I was planning on buying this next year since winter is ending and it was so expensive but the sales lady was so good at what she does i gave in. I don't regret it though, $925 is a good price compared to $1127 after taxes.

February Round Up!

2013-02-23T16:53:00.004-05:00

Hey everyone. I know I haven't been posting as much as before, I think it's because I haven't been taking a lot of pictures with my camera for a while and everything now is taken with my phone. And then I forget them and they just start accumulating and then I think "oh darn" too many pictures now, where do I start?!
Here are some from this month

Valentine's Day, the mister picked me up from work and we walked around before getting ready for dinner.

I'm happy to know that i still fit into a kid's wagon =D

After he dropped me home so i can change while he said he had to go "pick up something".
He came back surprising me with a huge bouquet of blue roses and a giant floating hello kitty balloon. Aww! I loved it! I was always saying all these years that i really wanted balloons for my birthdays, and i guess he remembered on valentine's day =D
I give him points for remembering i like balloons.

I felt really bad, because all i made him were cheesecake cupcakes from scratch. It was my first time making them so i didn't even know if they tasted good.

For Valentine's dinner, he took me to an Italian Restaurant called "Fraticelli's Italian Grill & Lounge", It was a very popular and busy place that apparently won an award. There were line ups at the door all night, and we stayed pretty late too.

I hate that we always forget to take a picture together.

After dinner he also gave me this House of Harlow necklace that i wanted really badly. I almost forgot about it. I love it! I know everyone owns this thing already, but i love it!

Last week, i finally got to go snowboarding at Blue mountain. We always go at least once a year. It was a really nice day though, the snow wasn't as icy and it wasn't unbearably cold.

After all that fun and exercise, we stopped by East side Mario's for a nice hot dinner. Servers in Collingwood are so much nicer and well mannered than those in Toronto. Housing is cheaper too! Hmmm

Warm bodies

2013-02-05T20:54:00.002-05:00

I saw warm bodies over the weekend and I LOVED it!!!
At first i thought all i was going to see were blood and gore and a hot zombie, but i thought the movie was very well done. It's funny, it's witty and it's romantic. I love the humour!
When can you ever find a comedy/romance/horror?

Now i'm starting to read the book. Books are always better than movies, i'm ecstatic!

Instagram update

2013-01-29T20:41:00.000-05:00

Hello loves

So how many of you actually made New Years Resolutions (and actually keep them)?
One of mine was to blog at least once a week. Obviously i've already broken that one. Another one is to eat healthier and go on a diet. I haven't broken this one year, but i did give myself to try this diet out for half a year. So come June, i can either say "screw it", it's too hard! or "This is a piece of cake!"

I just told myself that i'm not allowed to eat any red meats, and eat more leafy greens.
I limited myself to only 2 meals a day (lunch and dinner).
For dinner, instead of rice i'll eat salad, and with salad, i'll eat grilled salmon or chicken breast. I've been eating salad every single day, and my food has gotten soooo boring! It's a good thing i enjoy salad otherwise i'll cave.

With that, i'm taking my usual omega-3 fish oil pills, my vitamin C and vitamin D and i think i'm going to add those gummy bears multi vitamin into my system. Everyone's been talking about the gummy bears!

What are your new year resolutions?

This is an update of my January. I've stopped carrying my ginormous DSLR around because of pure laziness, so phone pictures it is!

So at the beginning of the month, i had a hot pot dinner with all of my old co-workers. it was so nice seeing familiar faces again! I miss hot pot, but they serve majority red meats so i had a hard time picking and choosing what i could and couldn't eat.

Finally started using the lipbalms i got for last ears sephora birthday present. I love these things!!!

A few late items i got over the holidays. I know i know it's nearly February. Hey! Don't judge me!

They were selling these sparkly misty sprays at bath and body works, and they smell so nice and all that glitter was so tempting. I don't know when i'll ever be able to use them though, i can't look all sparkly at work.

I've been obsessed with candles. These were the first two i bought, but now my collection has tripled! Smells so gooood!

I got this at the umbra store, it's a tree kind of stand that holds your photos. I thought it was a nice replacement for my Christmas tree after i took it down.

Here's just shot of my vanity table. My very messy vanity table! I added butterfly antenna's on my mirror to hang more jewlery.

Oh oh oh! I also went to horse shoe valley and went tubing for the first time! Best thing ever! I felt like a kid again when i used to go tobogganing in the park =)

I had some relatives that came to Canada for the first time, so i took them out to eat lobster. And here is the CUTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEE baby Tristan!! My cousin's baby. Sooo adorable.

The past weekend i went to Dave and Busters for a friend's going away party. Haven't been there in a long time.

I won 3rd place against my friends. Now i can say i have officially driven a motorcycle before! (not...D= )

I also just realized that i haven't told you guys that i had permed my hair for the first time!! (and dyed it brown) I did it during my Shanghai trip back in November. I'm terrible i know, i still haven't put up any vacation pictures. I have no patience to sift through 3000+ photos :(

It still holds pretty well, but blow drying takes foreverrrrrr, i finally figured out what a diffuser was used for. Every time i bought a new hair dryer, i always threw away the duffuser not knowing what it was used for, then now i finally figured it out and had to go out and buy one because i threw them all out!! I'm such a loser.

I was making veggie buns with my mom. They looked so boring so i made a turtle instead =)

Turtle =)

Now i'll end this post with a domo picture =)

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Scarf rack

2013-01-17T19:43:00.001-05:00

Just thought I'd share this wonderful creation I found in ikea, it's a scarf rack made with many hoops! Very steady and holds many scarves! Really brightens up the closet:)

Bling bling

2013-01-13T19:52:00.001-05:00

I love Shiny things!!!! My sister in law got me this blinged up iPhone case and a juicy couture watch when she went to New York! Love!

Louis Vuitton Monogram Multicolor Sarah Wallet

2013-01-02T17:03:00.000-05:00

Happy New year everyone!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful 2012 and hopefully an even better 2013!!

I wanted to share with you a wallet that i got for my birthday. The wonderful boyfriend had gifted me this beautiful wallet this ear on my birthday. I've been in need of a new wallet since forever since mine had tears and rips in it.

I love the box and the packaging!

He got me the Monogram Multicolor Sarah Wallet. I've been eyeing this for a long time, and it's the perfect size to carry all my cards!

Love it!

Originally he had gotten me the Red Vernis Sarah Wallet. And i also loved it a lot, but i really wanted this one more at the time.

I'm starting to miss it now. Nooooo. I love them both haha!

Christmas and Birthday round up 2012

2012-12-30T19:47:00.001-05:00

Hey Everyone,

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. The holiday is coming to an end soon, i'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts. Had a few Christmas get togethers and a few Secret santa events during the holidays and it was my Birthday yesterday. I turn 26 this year, birthdays are not as exciting for me like they used to be, sometimes i get embarrassed when someone ask for my age. I think it's because i feel like i'm so old, yet i haven't really accomplished anything in life. My mind is but a 18 year old, and yet time is flying by so quickly. Where has the time gone??

ooo my secret santa got me a gift set from Lush

The boyfriend got me a box filled with gift card and japanese/korean chocolates! Sweet!

It was my birthday yesterday, i enjoyed a nice dinner with some good friends at a nice Italian Restaurant called Il fornaro. Atmosphere was great and the waitress and waiters were so friendly.
After dinner, we went back to a friends house to do our late secret santa event and open bday presents =)

Secret santa time

Playing Slapagories, so fun!

Domo bee, so cute!