Mar
20th

What I love: spending an entire morning at Chapters with a coffee and surrounded by books and fitness mags.

After starting the day with a yummy breakfast, of course.

Love love LOVE Shanghainese food. One of my favorite Asian cuisines.

A typical night at a girlfriend’s place…

…and she always makes us a delicious kimchi stew with lots of spam.

The beginning of another great dim sum adventure.

This is my favorite thing Boyfriend’s mom makes (other than bun bo hue); her udon noodle soup.

God, I love poutine so much…

And anything with roasted duck in it.

Especially PEKING DUCK WRAP!!

Speaking of wraps, the cafeteria at work serves a piece of heaven wrapped up in delicious goodness. The saddest feeling is taking the last bite.

I craved for and ate sushi almost every night last week.

This was the funnest sporting event I’ve been to (even compared to a Canucks play off game) from screaming until I could barely talk and throwing ponchos at TFC fans. Remind me never to go to an away game.

Imagine if you were under the flag that made it’s way around the stadium several times and we scored a goal. I would’ve been so choked!

Anyway, I have to get back to work. =(

Speaking of work, dogs make a happier and more productive work place (despite amusingly watch one chasing it’s own tail for 10 minutes).

Mar
11th

• Queen Seon Deok. Best. Drama. EVER. I love historical dramas and the very first one I watched was a Chinese historical drama way back when we first moved to Vancouver. I even got Boyfriend to start watching it but then we both love intense shows with lots of action (and martial arts fight scenes). My favorite characters are Mishil, Alcheon-Rang, Jukbang and Godo. Who were yours?
• Rimmel Vinyl Bronze Lip Gloss. They are shiny, lightweight, tastes/smells good and isn’t sticky. Don’t you hate it when it’s windy and your hair gets stuck on your lips?
• Mango Juice with Coconut Milk, Mango + Pomelo chunks and Sago. Mother actually got me addicted to this drink and I’m craving for it everyday. Not good. Check out the review @ Vancouver’s favorite foodie blog, although I usually get it at Little Bean in Yoahan.
• Upright Stationary Bikes. My new favorite cardio machine (at the moment) is the stationary bike but I can’t wait till the weather gets warmer and go biking for real. Except I’ll have to go buy a new bike first… I haven’t owned one since elementary school when my friends and I had a little bike crew where we’d go out every night and rampage our neighborhood with our 12-year-old selves. Anyway, do you prefer the upright or recumbent bikes and why?
• Sesame Mochi Ice Cream. No, not my puppy but mochi is sooo good. I think I ate a bunch every night for the past two weeks because it was on special at T&T and I stocked up.

Dec
17th

• Sheer Tights – It maybe too cold for tights but who cares?
• Baby Doll by YSL
• Chocolate Cupcake Lotion by Dylan’s Candy Bar – Smells soooo good. I feel like a walking chocolate cupcake.
• Oakley A-Frames – I need new goggles and of course, Oakley’s are the sexiest goggles on the planet. PS. Buy them in the states if you live in Canada!!
• 3rd Generation iPod Touch – Upgraded and the screen is a lot clearer, there are speakers, I have more space and although it still occasionally freezes but I love it. My Blackberry is my soulmate (shhh, don’t tell Boyfriend) but I can’t wait for Apple to come out with an iPhone that has a damn qwerty KEYBOARD!! I’d ditch my BB right away (I’m sorry but Blackberry’s interface is hella ugly and they have retarded browsers).

  A funny comment from the Crackberry forums:

  I like using BBM because you have an understanding with the other person that you’re both on a BB, and type equally as fast…

• Smashbox Photo Finish Bronzing Primer – I switched to this after running out of my last bottle of their regular primer and I’m soo glad I did.
• Persimmons – My favorite fruit at the moment. Nomnomnom.

Nov
12th

• Starbuck’s Orange Mango Banana Vivanno. It comes in grande but the guy gave me a venti yesterday!
• Soondubu Jjigae. One of my FAVORITE Korean dishes which is basically a spicy stew of tofu, seafood, veggies and lots of chilli powder . Wanna learn how to make it? Check out episode 6 PAM CAN COOK. SOO GOOD.

  

• Vietnamese Egg Soda. Am I the only one who LOVES this? It’s club soda + condensed milk + 1 EGG YOLK. Would you drink it?
• Chinese Desserts. Black sesame soup, red bean coconut jelly, sago soup with coconut milk, silken tofu in ginger syrup, shaved ice and the list goes on… and on.

  

• Getting my nails did. It’s hella inconvenient (and LOUD when I’m banging away at my keyboard at work) but I’m a girly-girl after all. I’m going to TJ Nails in a couple weeks… what should I get?

Sep
18th

• Health! Lately, I’ve been obsessed with getting healthy, working out and nutrition. I won’t cut my favorite foods (ever) but I’m eating it in moderation and eating more foods with higher nutritional value. Being and feeling healthy is an awesome feeling!
• Water. It seems like all I drink nowadays is water (and coffee). I took a sip of apple juice this morning and the sweetness almost killed me. What the fuck happened to you, my dear taste buds? I’m not complaining but still.
• Hot Pot. All hail cold weather… the time for hot pot is arriving!! Well, we do it in the summer anyway but it’s funner and cozier doing it in the winter. The only downside of it is the clean up but thank god for all the all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurants in Richmond.
• World Without End (Ken Follett). I finally got around to reading this book (sequel to The Pillars of the Earth) and can’t believe it’s over! I hope Follett continues the Kingsbridge legacy. Five stars. Has anyone read any of his other books? Are they good?
• Soju. Best drink ever… after Grey Goose shots and Chi-Chi’s.