Near to you

Thanksgiving weekend couldn't have been better.. spent with friends and boyfriend+his family.
I should be studying right now but.. nope, just waiting him to land.

Friday: Dim sum with friends at an awkward time of day but was so fun! I totally didn't think of taking pictures..
I wanted to go to summers to get ice cream but dim sum was sooo filling so maybe the next time he comes back? :(
Changed, and was almost late but it was like pouring outside :( Decided to walk to Il Fornello instead of streetcar... why? :( But anyway got there and.. almost everyone was there already.. oopsies lol. hehe, it was lovely to see everyone again. and the presents! <3 Then just hung out for a bit afterwards..

Saturday: Morning walk to haircut place (so nice and peaceful!). His haircut lady was commenting on how I've matured through the years since she met me.. that was sweet of her and nice to know :). Stopped by mcdees for a quick breakfast. lol, waited around while he got his hair cut and decided to walk around st. lawrence market.. Our second breakfast consisted of a hot crepe with chocolate, hazelnut and walnuts. It was soooo good! Then walked towards Smoke's Poutinerie, I got the traditional while he tried the chicken peppercorn. That was pretty good!

Sunday: Family thanksgiving dinner at his house. I can't say enough how much I love their family gatherings and just their family in general. There's always so much food and people. And the baby cousins! The most adorable kids ever.. they've grown so much since these past two years. love love love <3 Played Beatles rockband, it was pretty fun :) It's nice to know most songs and try out the harmonizing.. Continued playing with just the sisters after the guests left :) hehe.

Monday: Needed to get working/studying.. so just studied for most of the day. I say we are pretty good with staying with studying tasks except for food distractions. Haha, had dessert from the night before (apple crumple and pumpkin pie) for an afternoon snack. MMmmm so good!! After that.. tried to study ... lying down in bed - not a very good idea! Fell asleep until dinner.. haha. Turkey soup for dinner from turkey last night, so delicious :) Then it was goodbye time :(

Wow it took me so long to type all that, his plane probably landed alreadY? yay. So pictures time, didn't take much really.. :(

Chicken Parma .. it was okay! not amazing but was a surprisingly large portion!

Linguine di Mare

delicious birthday cake.. omg. so good.

so come home cause i've been waiting for you

Sushi at .. Sushi Tower? I don't remember.. wasn't the best meal ever. The sushi was kind of.. lacking and the soy sauce was way too .. salty.

Nuit Blanche was kinda a disappointment. I never.. realized how crowded it's gotten.. I remember it's first year, there was like.. like not even half the amount of people I saw Saturday. It's getting too overrated.. though I wish I was in a better mood and had more time to explore some of the more hidden works.
My favourite was.. the Imminent Departure at Union Station Grand Hall. Something I could relate to at least and it was just so creepy, so gorgeous and so mysterious at the same time!

2.5 more days!

somebody to love

Oct 1: Art show thinger at school, had 5 of my photos on display. It was okay... All stars afterwards! First time.. lol.

the sea of love

Distracted from doing school work, I decided to make the DIY heart bokeh for my prime lens!
I used left over cardboard from the build it yourself pinhole camera, it took like 2 minutes.

Result:


The effect is that the .. normally circular bokeh would be in heart shapes! It's still bright outside for now.. so this is a picture of my night light in the hallway. lol

Very exciting! I'll maybe take more pictures later when the sky is actually dark :) Yay.

Oh, I've also started shooting in raw format. We'll see how that goes, it eats up memory like no tomorrow but at least I have two fairly large memory cards!

tonights going to be a good night

On thursday I was bad and I grabbed a 24 and started doing the crossword on it. Newspaper is leisure to me, picking one up is deadly because I know I won't be studying any longer but instead, would be reading the newspaper or doing the crossword.

It's so hard to resist though, newspapers are everywhere around campus! Anyway, back to Thursday - I was so surprised I was able to finish so much of the crossword. Back in... grade 11(and 12?), he and I used to do the 24 crosswords everyday. He would bring one in every morning and we would pass it back and forth in class/lunch to work on it together. Okay, so he claims I got mad often, and I did.. it is frustrating working with someone that is 23082309 times smarter - someone who fills in all the word spots before you even get to any. But anyway, on Thursday, I finished most of the crossword by myself and was so proud! I had never done it before, I swear this is the closest I've gotten - and ever will.

Today I sent him a picture of the unfinished crosswords and just like.. 2+ years ago, we worked on finishing this crossword together again! I'm not going to lie, I was a little mad when within seconds of receiving the photo, he filled in 3+ words already. It was the same kind of jealousy I felt back in the day, LOL. Anyway, eventually he still needed my help ;) We finished it; "we're a good team".

Some things never change <3

(1000) days

Early morning this morning! Breakfast at Markham Station, I hate eggs but I guess I like every other breakfast food :P

(lol, i wrote that but never got the chance to post it cause i was getting too tired!)

It was our (1000)th day, Sept. 21. I thought of dedicating a whole post.. or something. I wrote like half and felt bragging-ish so that will likely not happen anymore :P


a friend like no other <3

are we humans or are we dancers

Woke up early to head downtown for CTEP orientation. Boring but got free lunch! Oh.. and I finally met my first utsc friend! Makes me want to go the Athletic Centre to meet people.. haha

Walked through campus again, always such a sad time now. :( I regret not feeling more grateful last year of such a beautiful campus :( The new facilities and just everything. Ughh, couldn't find textbook at bookstore and walked back through campus to Yorkville area.

H&M sale was still on, I've gotten a lot of things from there lately. It's so easy.. things actually fit!!

Then we headed to Summer's. Trying to find the place was struggles but holy,. was it worth it. The ice cream was like heaven.


I ordered Toronto Pothole. SOOOOOOOO GOOD. and the waffle cone!!

Then walked to Flo's Diner, the little spiral staircase up to the diner was cute. The interior was so cute also, they also had a rooftop patio type thing however we wanted to see the inside!





We both ordered the same thing: Turkey Burger with mushrooms, caramelized onions and feta cheese topping with a side order of fries + coleslaw.



The burger was okay. The toppings were really good except the actual turkey patty was too hard and dry. Fries were pretty good too!

Walked down yonge to tiff events at yonge+dundas. Nothing really going on except for the free outdoor screening.



So tired, need to start doing homework tomorrow. :(