13 August 2011

orange iced tea

Downtown adventure with Rui ;D

First, we spotted the mythical new TTC trains. My internship co-workers wouldn't believe it without photographic evidence.



IT LIGHTS UP! Easily impressed I am.

But onto the actual reason why we headed down, for some brunch at Utopia Cafe :]

Patio seats ;D
Weather was a tad hot though, wish the walls aren't there to block any breezes.

Rui discovered the place due to it's poutine being featured on blogto, so obviously we had to see what the hype was about:

First thought: HUGE PORTION! We each ate half of it and was already full. It is really good though, especially the fresh cheese curds that actually stretch as you pull the individual fries apart *u*

The portions for the main course is huge as well e_e

Rui's chicken and avocado burrito at the back and my breakfast burrito in the front. Om nom nom, only had room for the salad though, the actual burrito and rice are being shafted to monday and tuesday lunch. Stomach space is a more precious commodity than money xD


Pepper plant behind us ;D I suspect the jalapeno pepper in my burrito was once in those planters.


Rui's pile of leftovers. She was beast enough to finish half of the burrito.

Afterwards we headed to Orange Alert, a cafe by the AGO.

My orange iced tea on the left and Rui's blueberry lemonade on the right.
Sooooo good. They're not kidding when they say freshly squeezed, we watched in amazement at the barista juiced oranges and lemons behind the counter. I want kitchen appliances for my wedding *hinthint* xD


Nice quite environment~

and lastly, Jetpens order came! ;D

Technically only the turquoise drafting pencil is from jetpens. Rui is nice and gave me a Natto MBDM to try, and the Sakura Micron is the result from a moment of weakness at Curries~

11 August 2011

many red cars

Today is a good day. ^who gets that reference
  1. Actually fell asleep on the TTC, so dreaded 930-1030 did not happen. This alone is enough for a good day haha.
  2. Found future city to reside in and future university for masters program, it's backed by MIT yo. Good things come from googling random details of people's resumes.
  3. Got praised for good tagging job at internship. It's honestly a hard task to do, I have no idea what 70% of the terms mean.
  4. Fridaaaaay tomorrow! Aka get off at 2 and ramen afterwards *u* Awesome enough to almost break into that song.
  5. Going to turn computer off so I can make more progress at Player Piano. Vonnecut's other book, Cat's Cradle reminds me of the reference that this post's title makes, at least in writing style and chapter structure. I hereby promise to post about the two books. Please yell at me if I don't.
edit: forgot reason 6, found this awesome webcomic: A Fairytale for a Demon Lord. I still have a soft spot for everything Norse mythology related cause of RO...but even so it's a good read!

10 August 2011

continuing

Shopping, window or not, proves to be effect at distracting myself from reality. Reality in this case being I'd have to sleep in 10 minutes to avoid the dreaded damned if I do, damned if I don't (gonna fall asleep if I stop working, gonna fall asleep if I read another line of resume) that occurs between 9:30-10:30 daily.


All items from Aritzia. I've recently started to love that store, wallet reacts by cringing in agony.

...evidence of sleep deprivation is my sudden realization that it's "flowy" and not "flowly". K off to bed.

08 August 2011

charmed

Most satisfied purchase in a long time, mostly due to the fact that I haven't been shopping T_T


Dress from Costa Blanca, charm bracelet from Fossil.
Gonna buy a new charm each year, the bracelet will be full once I graduate from university ;D

Fossil, by the way, is my absolute favourite accessory store. Brought Sarah and Patricia there, now all three of our wallets will bleed ;D I was a hair width away from snatching this from the shelves and running away. coughbirthdayiscomingsoonhopemoneymagicallyappearscough. I kid, maybe. Doesn't help the fact that I've wanted a portfolio/envelope clutch for the longest time, sighhhh.

Let this be motivation to find a job once summer is over.

07 August 2011

熟悉的侧脸

I would have a haul post up, but feeling extremely lazy atm.



那时我放开你的手
转过身只剩了保重
你话都没说 却哭了很久很久
我喜欢坏坏的女友
我喜欢刺激的感受
你单纯太过 多余了那些温柔

你消失在无名大街
从此就没有再见面
好长的时间 再没有你的来电
在后来酒吧的房间
舞池里跳动着音乐
熟悉的侧脸 喂

迷人的笑脸 吸引视线
慵懒的靠在陌生的肩
黑色的眼线 你的指间
有一点轻蔑

在谁的怀中会有感觉
被爱的深夜我在想念
明明是为你才会改变
却回不到从前

然后我安静的发现
两个人已经没有任何语言
曾经你纯真的永远
让我不顾一切开始怀念

04 August 2011

sparkle

My first impression of the area while waiting for the bus to arrive:
The houses around Royal York station look like they leaped straight out from a classic fairy tale. I'd expect some poor princess exiled from her kingdom by an evil witch living in one of those houses waiting for a prince charming to come through the surrounding trees on a white horse *u*
Must be the combination of luscious gardens and wooden accents on the facade. Bet they're cheaper than downtown condos too T_T

Think I'm quite fortunate to have my placement at a small company. They give me sooo much to do, there's some task to be done literally every minute. Two benefit of this include that I gain a lot more experience and that I don't fall asleep. Getting better at the latter.

Off to friday! The day everyone looks forward to cause we get off at 2pm~
Also excited for saturday, meeting with 2 other shads, Sarah and Patricia, for shopping&dinner date. Can't wait till bigger reunion later in the month!

02 August 2011

internship: start

6:15 wake up.
6:35 out the door.

Been a loong day haha.

Cronos is niceeee. Will expand on that once I'm feeling less dead @_@"