We wanted to try out the desserts at True Confections on Broadway and Alma last night, but it was packed and would’ve taken 20 minutes for a table for 3.  I was sleep deprived and slightly grumpy from the long ride on the 99 B Line (which was full of obnoxious people with no bus manners), so I really didn’t want to wait (actually, when do I ever want to wait?)  So, we took our cheesecakes and trifles to the nearby Almond Park:

 

Picnic in the dark. Reminded me of summer a few years ago in an alley behind Ebisu. Desserts were delicious.

What drug is the suspect being described in the above evaluation under the influence of, besides alcohol?

It’s never a bad day up on Whistler (just like Cypress).

Last time we went to 7th Heaven (the peak of Blackcomb), I could barely see my own hands in front of my face, but check out the same view from today:

My favourite run of the day was Cloud Nine.  On the Whistler side, at the Peak Express. We tried to make it up a 2nd time, but the chair was closed already.

The snow was melting near the base of the mountain, which means that Spring is coming.  Until next year... 

Is it sad that I’m excited to use my new post-its?

We went to Cypress this Sunday, and got lost not once, but twice, down the same run. There was no escaping the diamonds.

It’s always a good day when I get to go skiing, no matter how tired/stressed/angry/ANYTHING I am.  It’s like I’ve entered a whole new world (like Aladdin whisking Jasmine into the air on his magic carpet).  On the other hand, I’ve been sighing all day at work.  Make the phones stop ringing, and stop sending me emails!

 

This weekend, I went to La Amigo with some of my oldest friends. Sometimes I question why we’re still friends and how we’ve stuck together after all these years. 

I will never get bored of HK style cafes, like La Amigo, but it’d be nice to travel to a place that doesn’t have any.

Birthdays can be pretty awesome.   Cakes, dinners, presents, balloons.  My friends were pretty awesome this year.  Not only did we go to Cho Sun for Korean BBQ and hot pot, they threw me a surprise party. Most people I wanted to see were there, but it’s hard to fit everyone’s schedules. I definitely missed you if you were invited and not there. I missed you more if you were not invited and not there. If you weren’t really invited, but still showed up, I guess I’m okay with that too, but party crashing ain’t cool, bro. The balloons are still floating in mid air, bobbing up and down.

They start ditching out, not calling/messaging first, not calling/messaging back.  Worse yet, something happens (like last year, or the 3.5 years before that), and other than just drifting apart, you’re not even friends anymore.  Nobody wants it to happen, but it just does.  Then, when you’re put into certain situations, you pretend you’re friends to avoid causing an awkward scene for the rest of your friends. 

What’s a girl to do in situations like these? Drink&dance.

At the end of last summer, I went to Le Crocodile for a birthday dinner with 4 others.   We treated my then good friend, who was the birthday boy, and I think it was the most expensive dinner I ever ate.  They gave us complimentary crocodile chocolates though.

Today, one of the friends who was also at Le Crocodile and I were discussing friendship over a $7 bowl of pho.  At what point does a friend become an acquaintance? 

Module 9 for FSCT 8240.  The assignment involves filling in a chart for each of the drugs above.  The headings for the chart include:

-Chemical Properties
-Analytical Considerations
-Uses
-How it works
-Effects on the body
-Toxicity
-Adverse Effects

How it works and effects on the body… Toxicity and adverse effects… Why not clump them in one heading, Rick? Oh well, you’re the boss.

 

I Wanna Be Adored: Soho, lime, soda, cucumber.

 

Sunscreen, makeup, Oliver Peoples.  I’m such a girly girl sometimes. 

From left: iPod (Tiny Towers), Snoopy edition Moleskine agenda, Aero Peppermint Lamb, souvenir pen from China given to me by a good pen, pink highlighter, neon green post-its, The Principles of Forensic Toxicology under The Hunger Games.