This week was rather busy again…

Monday – Scout volunteer event at Ceili’s with H.

Tuesday – Victoria Sushi with a couple of Point Grey coworkers.

Wednesday – This happened:

Went to G-Men with R. I LOVE THIS NOODLE. The soup is thick and creamy. The meat and the noodles are cooked just right. The egg is the best part, yolk is perfect. I think this came to $15.00 each. Don’t bother with fried chicken next time.



Thursday – Yoga
Friday – Made some dumplings with P and H.
Today – Work at the Vancouver Farmer’s Market, bought some Pork & Apple sausage from Stapleton Sausage. Good brunch materials. 33 Acres Brewing was there today, being all L33T with the B33R. #nerd.

It's actually pretty hard to do some of the tasks that are required for setting up the market. I'm small and not used to the manual labor. Carrying those barricades are THE WORST. Usually when I help out at HSCPC events, I wouldn't touch that stuff and somebody (usually a big buff guy who wants to go into policing) would step up. If you see me there next time, please take pity and help me out.

Tomorrow will be the first day I get to relax a bit, although things likely won’t slow down until the end of June.

Another summery song by R3HAB:

You were my conductor of energy, director of fantasy…

...ate at Biercraft on CommercialBiercraft, where they really do have the best mussels for such a great price (under $20 for a full pound), and such flavor. We got the one with the chorizo, and the Elderflower margarita and Blood Orange beer. The margarita reminded me of the ones at Las  Margaritas, but in a smaller and safer portion. H thought one of the servers was cute, and I admit she was actually very nice and not all looks.











...worked at the Vancouver Farmers Market at Trout Lake. I’m not built for manual  labor, but Purbread is so amazing.

-went to to A’s wedding, where she choreographed a dance with D, based on a mix of Ed Sheeran, Grease, and others. Even though it smelled worse than Richmond, it was an adorable little wedding out in BFN (aka butt fuck nowhere) with Mt Cheam in the background:

...played dodgeball at the Vancouver Dodgeball League playoffs this afternoon

Cash Cash coming out with all the hits… Song of Summer2016?

One two three
I been running from the pain
Trying not to feel the same
But it's a shame that we're sinking
See my confidence is shaking
And my heart is feeling vacant
So you try to fill it in
You say "I can fix the broken in your heart
You're worth saving darling"
But I don't know why you're shooting in the dark
I got faith in nothing
But love, pray for me
I never had somebody
So I don't know how to love
Pray for me
I know I need somebody
So I can learn how to love
I know it's been a while
Cause my memory's on trial
For the way I used to be
My head is running miles
Round in circles and I try
To find the little light in me
You say "I can fix the broken in your heart
You're worth saving darling"
But I don't know why you're shooting in the dark
I got faith in nothing
But love, pray for me
I never had somebody
So I don't know how to love
Pray for me
I know I need somebody
So I can learn how to love
I know I need somebody
I know I need somebody
I know I need somebody
So I can learn how to love
How to love
How to love
So I can learn how to love
How to love
How to love
How to love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, oh
I know I need somebody
I know I need somebody
I know I need somebody
So I can learn how to love
(Need somebody now
How to love, love
How to love, love)
Read more: Cash Cash - How To Love Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Announcement of the Facebook VR rig using our cameras came out recently, and we're all pretty proud of this. I got my laptop dock, so I’ve switched over to it, and fiddling with it/getting used to it has wasted a bit of time. Brought work home for the past few days. I could feel myself crashing before lunch today… This week has been busy, and the answer to motivating your employees is GOOD FOOD.

Probably not enough coffee today too. NO PROBLEM! Fixed it with a batch of chocolate dipped butter cookies that our kitchen staff brought out after teriyaki chicken lunch. Here’s a few other desserts we’ve had in the past for Friday Birthday Lunch:

CRACK BROWNIES.

I love working here. There are a few things that could make it better, like not being in the middle of nowhere in Richmond. They could hire a few more people, maybe an assistant just for me to do all my expenses and data entry and screen some phone calls. Along that note, they could hire an in house Japanese chef to cook for all of us, because we ALL love Japanese food. I think I get the recognition I deserve and my opinions are listened to. The job’s not too stressful, and any job that involves working with the public will have its own quirky aspects (customer’s always right?), which I find hilariously entertaining.

Just blast my music and motivate myself to type faster – Tritonal – Blackout (Madison Mars Remix):


It’s you and me, you and me, against the world. Don’t you worry baby, there’s a fire for us. No we’re not going down in a blackout…

Anybody looking for a job? Pay attention to this: www.ptgrey.com/careers

CIOCCO GINGER NESPRESSO before I left the house, a bowlful of coffee before checking my emails at work, and CARAMELIZED HONEY LATTE STARBUCKS at lunch (it was way too sweet, and I could’ve  mixed honey and milk on my own…). I borrowed W's reusable mug. Isn't it pretty?!

I thought all the important people who buy our cameras would take the day off for Easter. COME ON PEOPLE. I suppose people in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia don’t all follow the same holidays. China has tomb-sweeping coming up this week though.

Listened to this at work today to block out all the other noises and distractions in the office. Had some of my favourite hits from 2013, and reminded me of Paradiso...

(Top: turkey cranberry sausage; Bottom: Mango Blackberry Pie).

Hit up Acme Cafe with my LAG (little asian girl) crew, TPL and TAL (airport codes?) after 8:30AM hot hatha yoga at Chopra to replenish all the nutrients I sweated out. We were there more for the pie than the real nutritious stuff. The service was sort of lacking. Was the server hung over from Good Friday celebrations the night before? Who knows. I could’ve used some scrambled eggs instead of sunny side up (do hipster cafes not ask customers how they’d like their eggs done anymore?) and whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on the pie (bring my own next time?). So many questions. Perhaps my expectations were too high, and I’ve always had great service on previous occasions. I’d probably go back just for the pie. Make sure it’s takeout.

Needed some extra moisture after skiing. Great time to use the Sephora Pomegranate Sleeping Mask:

It’s anti-fatigue and energizing, AND it smells good. How could I not buy this again? This little package lasts 3-4 uses, as long as it’s kept in a cool, dry place, such as a mason jar in my room.

Heard a snippet of Porter Robinson's Sad Machine on somebody's Snapchat, at the Pacific Coliseum this weekend. I went last year when he was at the Vogue theater and I'm sure his show this weekend was just as amazing. Good ol' days, not worrying about dumb shit. I'm such a boring old fart now. Home by 11PM + 1 drink limit to make sure I can still operate heavy machinery. This YouTube link to it is just not the same as the live version.



She depends on you... She'll go alone and never speak of this again... I'll depend on you. 

When’s the next adventure? February, at the latest. Today, earliest, cause everyday is an adventure, amirite?

BUT FIRST… COFFEE…

Working the Nespresso machine. It comes with about 24 capsules in different flavours, including decaff (ew), and I tried Kazaar this morning. I think this is one of the most intense at a level of 12. Beautiful crema… I love my Nespresso. Thanks again, H, for getting it for my 27th birthday.

Been listening to this Tydi mix for the last few days (4 days ago is when it came out). Turn it up!

Cypress on the 30th. This is where I crashed and slid straight down the slope. Stupid moguls. I need a helmet.
It’s now 12:21AM, and I’m sorting through my photos from last year. What a tremendous year of changes – new job, new car, new hobbies, new relationships, new injuries, new prime minister. This year, I traveled mostly by car around BC and Alberta (Clearwater, Banff, Sunshine Coast, Whistler… I guess Whistler doesn’t really count). Horoscopes this year seem quite unreliable, but who cares what the feng shui masters say? I’m going to make 2016 great and full of more new things. Here’s a list of things I plan on doing:

• Travel to Iceland (tickets are already booked!)
• Travel to San Francisco (I should be going for work anyways)
• Ski on Mt. Baker
• Go snowshoeing
• Camp at Tin Hat Mountain
• Donate some money to a good cause
• Read at least 12 books (1 a month sounds reasonable)
• Invest in property (have you heard about the Vancouver housing market?)
• Protect the environment by using 0 disposable cups (this is going to be hard)
• Eat a lot and not gain weight  
• Blog more…

Yesterday, I made an egg boat for breakfast.

And now it’s 1:20AM, and I’m only halfway through the Gareth Emery Music That Made 2015 podcast. Listen to it here:

Tonight was a good night. Above & Beyond. Andrew Rayel. 3Lau.

Music is best enjoyed when shared. There were so many bodies at BC Place tonight for Contact 2015. I think it was more packed than last year!

2012 (or 2013) version at Get Together: https://www.instagram.com/p/XRCMz5xxjv/

Life, happens when you're making plans
Flying high & shaking hands
The song will write you, you don't write it
I, didn't mean to fall in love
Rhythm that created us
I was running, we collided.

Baseline, I will always make times,
I just wanna know that feeling’s in your heart for me
Baseline, after all the great times,
I just wanna know that feeling’s in your heart...

When the beat drops out
And the people gone
We still be there, still be there
For me child.

When the lights go out
and the morning comes
we still be there, still be there
for me child
When the beat drops out...

 

Went to see my first Canucks game. Not a fan of hockey or the Canucks, but it was still fun. Try everything once…

I want you here,
Right by my side…
We’ll run away,
Never look behind.

They gonna watch us fade out into the susnet,
We’ll feel young like the first time we met….

 

How persistent can one be before it gets annoying? Apparently, Capricorns like persistence, but personally, I think I’d get annoyed if it goes on for too too long. But yeah, I need income guys.

Nothing’s ever what we expect

But they keep asking where we’re going next

My left eye has been twitching for at least 5 days. I Googled it. Here are the reasons:

1. I may have a brain or nervous system disorder.

2. Too much caffeine, alcohol, tobacco.

3. Dry eyes, light sensitivity.

4. Stress & fatigue

5. It’s a sign that good fortune is on its way. Or bad fortune.

Probably too much Tsum Tsum.

SimCity addiction might be over. Finished building my Arcology in my region… But it might start up again, ‘cause I want to get an Omegaco.. (OMG I JUST USED A SHORT CUT FOR WORK TO SWITCH WINDOWS… I spend too much time there…).. or Academy. Slept only 3 hours last night because I wanted to finish stocking up on Metal, and before I realized, it was 3AM.  It’s been at least a week since I started this, and it’s really getting in the way of my sleep. I’ll even come home during my breaks to play it.

Yoga-ed. Simcity-ed. Volunteered. Simcity-ed. Drink. Simcity again.

Listened to Axwell & Ingrosso’s Can’t Hold Us Down:

 

Just skip to 3:30. No one, can hold us down.. I’m walking 10 feet off the ground, every time that you’re around…

Forgot to sleep today after my graveyard shift because of SimCity… Probably not the best idea I’ve had recently, and I’m sure it’s not good for me, but… Oh well. Here’s a song for you:

And  I was right, there was no good news today. However, there is this song I wish to share: 

Went to try their regular coffee with pumpkin syrup… Still tasted like cardboard. Don’t get it. Not even worth a photo. Tim Hortons, WHY SO FAIL WITH PUMPKIN?

On another note, wind storm in Vancouver was dreadful - trees and branches falling over, it was like the end of the world. Today, the sun came out and I went for a run because boredom and sad from BEBHWBAKAM hasn’t spoken to me in a few days. Above & Beyond also keeping me company. We’re all we need.

“Exceptional patience is required” today, and it’s really difficult, but this is helping me get through it:

If I expect this to be a bad week and prepare myself for it, is it possible to lower my expectations so that I end up having a good week instead? Like the opposite of hyping something up? JC says no. Maybe it won’t be so bad.

Well, I have red wine and Andrew Rayel’s UMF 2014 set to keep me company while I clean my room.

It's too early, I'm alone in my section of the office. I can't work, so I'm blasting Tydi's Global Soundsystem #226 on Soundcloud instead.  I'd put the link up, but Soundcloud is blocked at work. Ridonculous. I'll put it up later.

FSCT8010 final was decent, and my midterm mark was stellar (48/50).  Not worried about passing.  This class was so unorganized. The material should be interesting (psychopaths, stalkers, homicides, paraphilias... etc.), but it was taught like PowerPoint had just been invented. Glad I made some good friends in that class who shared my pain and suffering.

EDIT:

Lyrics:

When I met you in the summer
To my heartbeat's sound
We fell in love
As the leaves turned brown
And we could be together baby
As long as skies are blue
You act so innocent now
But you lied so soon

When I met you in the summer

[Instrumental]

When I met you in the summer
To my heartbeat's sound
We fell in love
As the leaves turned brown
And we could be together baby
As long as skies are blue
You act so innocent now
But you lied so soon

When I met you in the summer

[Instrumental]

When I met you in the summer
Summer…

[Instrumental]

Source:http://www.directlyrics.com/calvin-harris-summer-lyrics.html

 

Are we going to hear this all summer 2014? I can see this getting annoying, but it’s good for studying now.

FSCT8010 almost over! Writing the final paper now, and doing the exam tomorrow… This course was majorly disorganized, but going on fieldtrips to Pacific Institution and the Belkin House was a different experience.

Best breakup song ever.

You can hold on if you want to
But you know I'll never let you go
Ain't nobody there to talk to
Nobody's at home and this
Heart might deform
If only you can see the bright side
Of waking up and being alone
If only you could see the future is
So yours now

Cause I know I'll be higher without you now
Keeping I will last somehow
Oh, you’ll be lighter without me girl
Feeling alright somehow
I'll be higher without you now
Keeping I will last somehow
Oh, you’ll be lighter without me girl
Feeling alright somehow

Cause I know I'll be higher without you
Higher on my own
You'll be higher without me
Higher on your own

Higher without you now
Keeping I will last somehow
Oh, you be lighter without me
Feeling alright somehow
Cause I know I'll be higher without you now
Keeping I will last somehow
Oh, you’ll be lighter without me, girl
Feeling alright somehow…
Feeling alright somehow…
Feeling alright somehow…

You can hold on if you want to
But you know I'll never let you go
Ain't nobody there to talk to
Nobody's at home and this
Heart might deform you
You can see the bright side
Of waking up and being alone
If only you could see the future is
So yours now.