the party's over.

summer holidays are officially over. this past week everyone was back in class including me! i am excited to be back learning like a bookworm, and i graduate from my pre-undergraduate degree this year, but i cant help but feel stressed and overwhelmed by all the work that will be upcoming. every semester the architecture program i am in gets a design project that lasts the course of the semester. we break up into groups of usually 3-4 and get handed a list of requirements. for the past 2 years we've done two houses, a culinary teaching school, and a mixed-use building (retail, office, and residential space). the most we've had to endeavour is a 3 storey project.. but this year the project is 9 STOREYS!!! its neat because all our projects we do are real future projects that actually get constructed! anyways, about the project: its the future home of the health sciences building for george brown! im excited and completely nauseated at the same time about the work that is ahead of me.. this is what one of our studio teachers had to say about the project after he told us about it: "this is a project that an architecture firm would assign 30 people to.. so GOOOD LUCK!" thaaanks for the encouragement :)

anyways, enough about me rambling about my schooling.. this weekend was pretty low key for me. on friday i spent all day in classes and then went out for some drinks with alex and some friends! i had an orange-grapefruit moijito that was DELICIOUS! and then saturday was sort of a bluur. im not sure where the day went, but i went to yoga in the morning, then dropped off my dry cleaning, and then picked up some lemons for what i was making for dinner, and then... POOOF the day was over. today, is my lazy day. i caught up on my readings for school, re-wrote a page of my notes that i couldn't bare to have in my binder, got showered, and made a panini for lunch. later on, i have to swing by walmart to pick up a needle and some thread. i washed my cardigan through an aggressive cycle, and two buttons fell off.

well, i need to tidy my room a bit and then figure out what is for dinner!
there is a tree in the park across the street that is starting to turn colour.. which means summer is nearly ovvver. hope the trees are bright green where you are :)
xx

today: revolver - madonna feat. lil wayne

kamikaze airplanes in the sky.

its friday night: im curled up on the couch with a blanket, a cup of chinese tea, alex's laptop, and my new read... Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson. i just got back from a wonderful night with my aunts, uncles, cousins, and nieces. i love spending time with them! my life with my parents isnt the "picture-perfect" relationship that i would like to have had with them, so its awesome to have a feeling of family in my life.. its everything i could ever want.

anyways, tonight a bunch of us cousins decided we would cook diner for the "adults". and mind you, all the dishes we cooked, none of us had previously made before. BUT it turned out great!!! we made a vietnamese feast! 7 items altogether, none of which i know how to say or spell in english.. so i wont try. 7 dishes seems like we were doing some SERIOUS EATING, but there was 15 of us, so it turned out just right.

on other things, tomorrow i am meeting up with them for some late night bubble tea, and during the day i am running errands and hanging out with alex. sunday a bunch of us are going to the CNE! which is like a fair, but times a million! its almost like an amusement park, and super fun!

i have my long weekend jam packed with fun things as one big hoopla before school starts up again.
hope you all have a terrific labour day weekend!
xx

today: sink or swim - tyrone wells

80's heartbreak.

i am so sleepy today. for the past couple nights ive had such a hard time getting to sleep! last night i was up until 5:13am when the sun was about to rise, and the night before that it was 3:58am! im not sure what it is, but i know that i need to get a good nights sleep tonight. i just finished catching up on my emails, bills, and other such things. now, i am just debating on what to conjure up for dinner.. i was originally planning to make something from my new cookbook, but im just not feeling it up to it. maybe just a quick salad with some soy sesame tofu i have in the fridge. bah! im so tired, but i don't want to nap for fear that i will spoil my sleep for tonight.

this past week i spent most of my time down at alex's place. it was so nice out during the week that i took advantage of the fact that he lives at the harbor front and went for a run everyday! its a nice combination of hot weather, with the breeze of the water :)

tonight, i think i will be a bookworm and finish the rest of the time traveler's wife! i haven't let myself see the movie until i finish, so hopefully i will be able to see it sometime this week!!!

anyways, im going to watch some gilmore girls! its taking me forever to finish the seventh season because ive been watching it online and im too broke to buy it at the moment. every time i get to one of my favorite episodes, the thing pops up and says "you've watch 72 minutes of MEGAVIDEO! please wait 54 minutes to watch more!" argh...

hope you have a goodnight!
xx

ps. ive been forgetting to post my favorite tunes for the day.. so i will catch you up on what ive been listening to.

today:
runnin' - doman & gooding feat. dru & lincoln
it takes two - rob base & DJ ez rock
good girls go bad - cobra starship feat. leighton meester
breathe in - frou frou
run this town - jay-z feat. kanye west & rihanna

a hard day's night.

whew! i have finally made it through another exam period, and i am still standing. these measly 3 classes weren't much compared to my regular school schedule, but for some reason i was so nervous for them!
anyways, i have about 3 weeks until the fall semester starts, and then its back to the books (sort of).. i still have to finish up one of my online courses and book my exam.

for the past few days ive been hitting the gym lots, its been too hot to go for runs outside. with the temperature of 30 degrees, plus the humidity factor making it 40, i almost died when i went for one the other day. anyways, for the past few days alex and i have been finishing up his place with making last minute purchases. im really happy that its finally coming together. its been a bit of a struggle in this heat wave because the air conditioning hasnt been working, but its ALLLLMOST done.

tomorrow, im going to get a new front entrance mat for the condo, and a bathroom organizer of some sort. the bottom shelf of my vanity is out-of-control! anyone have any ideas? im sort of lost on what i should get to try and get it under control. (hair ties, bobby-pins, clips, blow dryer, curling irons, flat irons, hair products, medical items... etc. BAH!) after that, i want to try and catch a hot-yoga class (its a great work-out. you come out dripping of sweat, but its awesome.) and then i have dinner plans with my cousins! ive been able to see them quite a bit this summer, and im loving every minute of it!

anyways, im going to make some tea, and curl up with my new read; the time traveler's wife!
sleep well!
xx

picture time.

here are a few pictures of shan and abel's wedding.. (like i promised)

the ceremony location

the tea ceremony in the morning

annd the bride and groom!

you jump, i jump, jack.

its another gorgeous day here. its 26 degrees, so not as warm as i would like it, but still great! right now, i am making oreo truffles for our new neighbors that moved in last week. my cousin made them a little while ago and they were DELICIOUS! sooo anyway, they are currently refrigerating for 60-80 minutes. on a different note: i cant believe its already august.. this summer has just flown by. oh! and my sister just recently got married at the end of july. i will post pictures at some eventual point, but i just cant be bothered with it right now. anyways, it was a gorgeous outdoor ceremony in king city. we totally lucked out because the forecast called for a thunderstorm.. it rained all morning and then stopped just in time for the ceremony, cocktails, and photo-sessions, and then the instant we left, it down-poured! it was a gorgeous day, and they are now on their honeymoon. (which means that ive had the house to myself for a week. until sunday..)

moving on.. my summer school is alllllmost OVER! i have my finals on the 13th of august, and then i am FREE FREE FREE! and alex and i were thinking of taking a trip up to the niagara vineyards for a little road trip before school starts. we originally planned to save up enough money to vacation to hawaii (my favorite place on earth.. ive been there at least 5 times), but its just too darn expensive! oh well, maybe next year.
anyways, back to the truffles!
xx

we (he) got the condo!!!

just sit tight.

its hot hot hot here! ive spent the past two days getting all my homework, cleaning, and other such things out of the way, so tomorrow i can spend the day with alex! we haven't seen much of each other since ive started my summer classes and work, so it will be AWESOME to have the day together!
tomorrow we are going to look at two condos down at the harbor front. hopefully they will be potential buys! and then its yoga, and some last minute buys for shan's wedding, and alex has to look for some dress pants and a tie. OH, and the most eventful thing tomorrow: midnight market! it's a chinese market that is one night only, and they have a million kiosks selling all sorts of things. (food, books, trinkets, etc.) exciting exciting!

anyways, i'm off to look at some more of my statics. (i want to try and get ahead of my reading.. wish me luck!)
hope its a hot day for you tomorrow!
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we are rockstars.

a lot has happened since my last post. its been a while, but now i have much things to report!

SO! where to start...
1. i got a new job! i currently work at tommy hilfiger as a sales associate. its not the greatest, but it pays alright, and they give me about 40 hours a week, and are flexible with my school schedule.
2. i wasn't accepted to ryerson university (a huge disappointment: a lack of me being studious in highschool) but it gives me an opportunity to work harder on my portfolio.
3. i am taking 1 course at school, and 3 courses online to upgrade my high school marks.
4. my cousin got married!
5. my other cousin had a little baby girl (her name is caylee, and is now 1 month and 6 days old)
6. annd last but not least, alex didnt get accepted for student housing, so we have been apartment hunting, and we are going to look at 2 potential condos on friday. they are small, but are in a brand new building, and on the harbour front! (for those who don't live in toronto, its a PRIME spot to have a condo)

anyways, tonight i have some serious homework to catch up on. last week, i worked overtime because of the holiday, so i need to catch up on my statics work. and other than that i need to clean the condo, and cook some dinner!

tomorrow, i have hot yoga in the morning, and then work from 1-10... and then home for some gilmore girls! i am almost done season four, and then i have to go out and get season five.

anyways, time to start making dinns.
:)

today: don't trust me - 3oh!3

because threre's beauty in the breakdown.

hello wednesday. ive been back in toronto for just a few days, and i have been doing a whirlwind of things. the job hunt is still on.. yesterday, i applied to over 10 places, so hopefully someone will PICK ME! when i first started applying for jobs, i was only applying to places i really wanted to work; but now, i think i will almost take anything.

its already quarter after noon, and i havent been very productive this morning. well, i did go to the gym.. but since then i have been rutting around the condo for things to do.

today: i plan on getting my butt in gear sometime soon to shower, and getting outside. its gorgeous outside today! sunshine, partly cloudy, and 20 degrees. like i was saying, i am going to another mall today to hand out more resumes, get some groceries for dinner, maybe make a trip to rogers to rent a movie, and then the rest of the day is up for grabs.

alright, i need to shower.
i hope there is sunshine where you are.
xx

today: let go - frou frou