Author Archives: stenoodie

About stenoodie

I'm a stenographer, foodie, avid traveller, and mom of 3 who loves to share her experiences with the world.

Summerlicious 2013 Restaurant #1: Splendido [Defunct]

Posted on July 9, 2013 by stenoodie

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 | 3 Comments

Captioning the Asian Film Awards with Jade King

Posted on July 8, 2013 by stenoodie

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 | 7 Comments

Done deal!

Posted on July 7, 2013 by stenoodie

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 →

Posted in Life | Tagged moving, the stress of selling a home | Leave a comment

Being sick in the summertime is the worst

Posted on July 2, 2013 by stenoodie

Caught a cold over the weekend. Too many events to attend. Not enough sleep and lack of nutrition. Haven’t been working out lately due to said events. Too much stuff going on otherwise. And officially 2 weeks before I leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged busy, don't take your health for granted | Leave a comment

Dragon boat workshop

Posted on June 30, 2013 by stenoodie

This past Saturday in the DiSCOVER 2013 program, instead of sitting in the classroom in our usual Mandarin class and business/Chinese culture workshop, we went out to the lake shore and did a 2-hour crash course on the wonderful water … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, New Experiences | Tagged DiSCOVER 2013, dragon boat, first dragon boat experience, how to dragon boat, Lake Ontario, learning, Mon Sheong, new experiences, strength, teamwork, technique, Toronto waters, water | 2 Comments

Rubbing earlobes

Posted on June 27, 2013 by stenoodie

I’m kind of stressed. I can’t wait until this is all done and over with. So much to do and everything is falling within the next 3 weeks….

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Protected: The learning never ends

Posted on June 25, 2013 by stenoodie

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TO Food Fest 2013!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by stenoodie

I attended the second annual TO Food Fest yesterday in the blistering heat. The event features well known food trucks and eateries selling their most popular yummies in a food show. It’s sort of like the night markets except during … Continue reading →

Posted in Food | Tagged 2013, babi on a bun, camel burger, first TO Food Fest experience, food, food blog, food trucks, foodie, grizzly bear pizza, line-ups, lobster roll, Scarborough, shrimp ceviche, summer, summer food festivals, TO Food Fest | 3 Comments

My First Time Dining at JaBistro in Toronto

Posted on June 19, 2013 by stenoodie

There’s been a lot of talk about the Japanese restaurant called JaBistro that opened up in the Entertainment District in downtown Toronto, so I was quite excited to get a chance to go. It just so happened that I visited … Continue reading →

Posted in Food | Tagged 222 Richmond St W, @JaBistro222, downtown, Entertainment District, first time at JaBistro, First time to JaBistro for dinner, food blog, foodie, foodie in Toronto, Ginger Truffles at JaBistro, JaBistro, JaBistro experience, JaBistro reviews, JaBistro tasting menu dinner, Japanese cuisine, must-try sushi restaurants in Toronto, restaurant review, salmon head, soft shell crab, sushi, Toronto, Toronto food blogger | 4 Comments

DiSCOVER 2013 retreat

Posted on June 18, 2013 by stenoodie

This weekend was a bit of a prelude to the 2-week trip to China that I’ll be partaking in during July as part of the culminating event to the 6-month DiSCOVER youth development program. We went up to Blue Mountain … Continue reading →