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Weekly Photo Challenge: Elemental

Posted on August 9, 2017 by stenoodie

Shores of Lake Tekapo, April 2015

“For this week’s challenge, explore the classical elements of earth, air, water, and fire” — elemental. I dug up this photo that I took in New Zealand when we were touristing the Church of the Good Shepherd, a church in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. This view is of the shores of Lake Tekapo. It was a very sunny and beautiful morning with our tourmates and other tourists strolling along the rocky shores.

This photo shows all four elements: the rocks of the Continue reading →

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Saturday, August 5, 2017 morning dream

Posted on August 5, 2017 by stenoodie

I don’t usually make my dream posts public but I wanted to share this one because it’s significant (and now you guys know I publish private dream posts too XD).

I dreamt that I was with Ken in Shoppers Drug Mart and we were standing just Continue reading →

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The Shadower becomes the Shadowed

Posted on August 3, 2017 by stenoodie

Today, I had a student court reporter job shadow me for the first time! 😀 Originally, I thought it was going to be the one I had previously taught back in my CCVS days, but it turned out it was the other self-taught student that was working her way to the top of the steno speeds. I was really excited to meet her!

Unfortunately, today’s job turned out to be a non-appearance — my first one if I’m not mistaken although Continue reading →

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New York in Spring 2017 Day 3: Broadway, Best Cheesecake, Carlo’s Bakery

Posted on August 2, 2017 by stenoodie

Day 3 of our New York trip!

April 29, 2017: Day 3 of our New York trip began with a long-awaited desire to watch a musical on Broadway! We hopped on the subway in the early morning around 9:30 and dashed towards Times Square where the home of Broadway was. Seeing Times Square and the surrounding big box stores, lights, and billboards was a surreal moment after having only seen it in movies or photos before. It was every bit as exciting as I imagined it to be.

Two friends had told me about the discounted musical tickets available at TKTS. This ticket merchant sold heavily Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Textures

Posted on August 2, 2017 by stenoodie

Lake Erie, Ontario. July 2012

Textures: I remember putting my feet through these soft and wavy shelves of moss when I went camping for the first time in July 2012. It was a group camping trip with the Mon Sheong Youth Group at Rock Point Provincial Park & Lake Erie. It was so hot that day when we got to the campsite that all activities were postponed and everyone just went to the beach to cool off. I enjoyed walking through these Continue reading →

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New York in Spring 2017 Day 2: Shake Shack Burgers, Greenwich, Rice to Riches

Posted on August 1, 2017 by stenoodie

Day 2 in New York City!

April 28, 2017: Day 2 in New York!

After sleeping in thoroughly after a delayed flight from coming in from Toronto, we woke up ready to find breakfast and begin our foodie trip. In preparing for our trip, we looked at YouTube videos to find top food lists of New York and consulted friends to find coveted spots to eat in the Big Apple. It was a beautiful spring day and good enough for shorts and sundresses.

We consulted the map (handy wifi and Google Maps) and searched Eataly out as the first spot of the day. My friend Betty had recommended it to me as a spot to visit and since it was around the area and on route to Continue reading →

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New York in Spring 2017 Day 1: Take off!

Posted on July 31, 2017 by stenoodie

Dinner at the airport before flying!

This blog post comes nearly three months after we actually went to New York in April of 2017. Oops! With transcripts and work and being tired for two weeks after the trip and letting everything pile up, I had created another backlog for myself and thus never got around to blogging about this trip that we had. But no more! It’s going to be blogged this week before we head to another foodie city. 😀

This blog post covers our trip to New York starting on April 27, 2017!

I’ll begin with our dinner and Continue reading →

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Playing an Escape Game at Trapped in Markham!

Posted on July 31, 2017 by stenoodie

Trapped located at 3130 Highway 7 East in Markham

Even though Trapped is located so close to me, this was my first time going there to play an escape game. We were looking for an escape game that we hadn’t been to yet and this one was on my radar since I had heard about it through social media. I looked up the escape room themes that they had on their website and it appeared that the Death Note room and another one seemed the most fitting for us since we had four people (Death Note was for 2 to 6 people). Their website said that if you booked online ahead time, we would save on the cost (its regular price was $28 and after booking it online, it was just Continue reading →

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Dinner at Hong Far Hong Kong Cafe

Posted on July 30, 2017 by stenoodie

I have no photos for this restaurant. 😀 For a simple celebratory dinner, we went to Hong Far Hong Kong Cafe located inside the Richlane Mall at Leslie and 16th Avenue in Richmond Hill last night. The food was Cantonese style with set menus for dinner and a la carte options too. We had a set menu which consisted of eggplant and oysters in a hot pot, steamed fish, stir fried lobster, tofu with gluten, Continue reading →

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Mini Golf at Timber Creek Golf

Posted on July 30, 2017 by stenoodie

Timber Creek Golf located at 12772 Ninth Line in Stouffville

This wasn’t my first time mini golfing but it deserves a blog post because it was just so much fun at Timber Creek Golf yesterday! Timber Creek Golf is located in Stouffville at Ninth Line and Main Street area. It’s a huge golf course area with mini putt, a golf range, batting cage, inflatable bouncer for kids, and a cafe/ice cream parlour selling Kawartha ice cream.

We came here on a busy and very sunny and hot Saturday afternoon. The parking lot was so packed that cars took up even their grassy lawn. There were two mini golf putting courses, the Continue reading →