Apr
1st

Spot the photo bomber.

Home-made macaroons from our favorite bitch.

There ain’t no party without L.A. Chicken! The girl who bought it was the most popular person there.

Diplomat Cake for the birthday, Dark Chocolate-Lemon Cheesecake for the housewarming and Red Velvet just because. From the famous and delicious Diplomat Bakery.

Happy birthday to my BFF!

We had the decency to cut the cakes this time but we usually just dive in with forks.
Yep, that’s how us girls roll.

xoxo

Great words of wisdom from my lovely friends.

Jan
7th

Erin recently published an article on the Vancouver Dating Scene. I’m not going to make any comments on that since I have no experience in dating but I did see a comment by anonymous person about girls leaving the gym with a “don’t-talk-to-me bitch face.”

I’m one of those girls with a bitch-face but  don’t judge me! I can’t help it because I was born this way! I’m not one (most of the time) but my friends tell me I look like one and it was worse in highschool when I use to parade around the halls with my bitch-face on and headphones blasting— so that I seem to be ignoring everyone when they called out my name. I’m not going to walk around with a fake and cheesy smile on my face 24/7 like some girls do but I must admit, having a bitch-face really does have it’s perks and it’s easy to un-bitchify it too with a hint of a smile. Bitch-faces are useful, ladies! Know when to use it.

There is one place where I think the bitch-face is 100% appropriate: AT THE GYM.

1. The gym is NOT a place to socialize. A friendly hi is as far as it goes.
2. DO NOT TALK TO ME AT THE GYM. Even if I know you. Because for that hour, I don’t know anybody.
3. I hate it when my workouts are interrupted.
4. Gym routine: in, do your thing & get out.

There I said it.

Oct
17th

No matter how unpredictable the weather is here, no matter how much I complain about how there is nothing to do, no matter how much I hate the traffic and how expensive everything is, I still love Vancouver. We are surrounded by majestic mountains, beautiful oceans and most importantly, lots of good food. Nothing is more important than good food…

May
5th

Can you believe it’s MAY already?! What does that mean? MOTHER’S DAY is freaking coming up dude! We always procrastinate with Mothers/Father’s Day presents and always end up panicking in the end, and if you are like me, then here are some quick and easy gift ideas:

• Take her to the spa. Get a simple facial, a nice full-body swedish massage or hell, even a brazilian together (well maybe not in the same room to save from awkwardness), but I’m sure mother will love it anyway. Being in a spa always feels good even if you are getting hair ripped from your body. If you live in Richmond, BC, Raintree Day Spa at the end of No.2 and Steveston is my favorite place to be (plus they serve you delicious tea while waiting… if you’re a tea freak like me.

• Buy her a puppy! Well this is from my personal experience because my mom loves my Mochi and won’t stop spoiling her. Just don’t do what I did and tell her we are babysitting it for a couple months when in reality, I spent $800 on her. Oh, and make sure that you don’t have grandparents that eat pets; my grandma, as much as I love her, ate my grandpa’s goldfish so I’m keeping my six eyes on Mochi 24/7. Hehe, just kidding.

• Take her out for dinner. Or in my case, I think we’re just going to go out for dim sum because we are Chinese and can’t live without dim sum (well I can’t anyway). My mom usually goes out to dinner with her Chinese lady friends which I would rather stay out of just because I always feel awkward and bored in those situations despite the delicious food. I don’t think they like me much either because I’m rude and I use to talk about how much I despise Hongers in their presence.

^{Honestly, how can anyone not LOVE dim sum? If you don’t, I’m not your friend and I don’t like you anymore. Seriously. Photocredit: jenzcorner.com}

• Increase her collection of Korean dramas. If your mother is like mine and likes to watch sappy dramas and look at hot young Korean guys (which is kinda wrong).

• Give her a makeover. My mom hates it when I wear make up but I know she’ll secretly have fun if I give her one. Your will too (because I say so).

• Buy her shizz (other than flowers)! The easiest piece of advice I can give ya.

• Or don’t buy her shizz (especially flowers)! Some of them (like mine) don’t like their kids wasting money on materialistic things even if it is for them (umm.. not me though, you guys can buy me as many materialistic things as you want ).

Oh wait, I just thought of THE BEST TIP EVER: DON’T PISS OFF MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY or I can guarantee you that she’s gonna be pissing you off for the rest of the year.

Jun
21st