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DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 1&2. July 16-17, 2013
hiiii! it turns out that wordpress might not work in china after all. boo. i’m also not using to typing using the qwerty keyboard for more than 5 mins since i’ve been accustomed to writing everything on my stenograph in … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged China, group, Mon Sheong, plane ride, summer, travelling, Trip to China 2013
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NOVA scienceNOW: Can I eat that?
The foodie and nerd in me popped its head out during the 13-hour flight to China with the DiSCOVER clan. Instead of watching a blockbuster movie provided during the in-flight service, I opted to watch a documentary instead. I love … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel
Tagged cross-section of food, documentary, food, in-flight entertainment, NOVA scienceNOW
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Summerlicious 2013 Restaurant #5: Bymark
I remember the very first time I went to a Summerlicious/Winterlicious restaurant when I was still a university student and combing through the menus to find the restaurants that offered prix fixe menus at the lowest end of the price … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged @BymarkDowntown, Albacore Tuna Sashimi, Bymark, Bymark review Toronto, dining experience at Bymark, disappointed, downtown, expensive, Financial District, fine dining, food blog, foodie, poor service, restaurant review, Strawberry Rocky Road, Summerlicious 2013, Summerlicious at Bymark, Toronto
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Summerlicious 2013 Restaurant #4: The Rosedale Diner
My friend suggested going to The Rosedale Diner after seeing it shown on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives on the Food Network. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I don’t have this channel — I would probably be watching it 24/7 to scope out … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged @RosedaleDiner, duck poutine, Flourless chocolate torte, food blog, foodie, midtown, midtown Toronto restaurants, poor service, poutine au canard, restaurant review, restaurants near Rosedale Station, Rosedale Diner reviews, Summerlicious 2013, Summerlicious at The Rosedale Diner, Tarfufo, the Rosedale Diner, Toronto
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Almost done teaching at CCVS
My students are so awesome. This is the last weekend before I leave for my trip on Tuesday and the last week where they have to submit their progress reports since I’m leaving. Instead of choosing to be bitter about … Continue reading
Posted in Steno
Tagged awesome students, marking, packing, preparing to finish a course, time management
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Summerlicious 2013 Restaurant #3: Pan on the Danforth
The other Greek restaurant that I’ve been on the Danforth for a ‘licious event was several years ago at Ouzeri. I remember the portions to be huge and the food was very authentically Greek. Although a completely different restaurant, dining … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged 516 Danforth Avenue, @PanOnDanforth, delicious, food, food blog, foodie, Greek, Greek cuisine, Pan on the Danforth, patio, prix fixe, restaurant review, Summerlicious 2013, Toronto
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Summerlicious 2013 Restaurant #2: Lisbon by Night
Portuguese food has never tasted so good at Lisbon by Night. I loved the fish soup that I started off with. This restaurant is really well known for their fish dishes and when I ordered the fish soup, even the … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged delicious, food, food blog, foodie, friendly servers, Lisbon by Night, live music, Portuguese, prix fixe, restaurant review, Summerlicious 2013, Toronto
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Summerlicious 2013 Restaurant #1: Splendido [Defunct]
Why, hello, hello! The season of Toronto’s most beloved food celebrations is here! Say hello (for the third time) to Summerlicious! Hundreds of restaurants across Toronto choose to participate in this delicious 3-week affair of fine dining with prix fixe … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged @Splendido_TO, downtown, European, excellent service, fine dining, food, food blog, foodie, hangar steak, prix fixe, restaurant review, Splendido, Summerlicious 2013, Toronto, unique dishes
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Captioning the Asian Film Awards with Jade King
On March 18, 2013, I attended the 7th Annual Asian Film Awards with Jade King in Hong Kong. I met up with Jade at 11 that morning to get to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. I was beyond … Continue reading
Posted in New Experiences, Steno
Tagged 2013, Asian Film Awards, Asian Film Awards 2013, captioning done by stenographers, captions, closed captioning, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Asian Film Awards, Hong Kong stenographers, Jade King, job shadowing a captioner, Kong Kong captioners, live captioning, live captioning events, shadowing, simultaneous interpreters, stadium captioning in Hong Kong, steno, stenography
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Done deal!
Never in a million years did i think our house would be sold in a matter of 24 hours or so! Woohoo! And now the packing to move homes begins now. 🙂 The stress i’ve been feeling for the past … Continue reading
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