Glacier Explorers, Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand. April 2015
This is actually a truly rare sight. I was travelling in New Zealand last year and visiting the famous Mount Cook Aoraki area. Part of the itinerary was the Glacier Explorers tour in the Tasman Glacier terminal lake where we wore lifejackets and sat in a boat to view the amazing glaciers and mountains around us. Low and behold, we chanced upon a look at a freshly fallen iceberg. Continue reading
Jynx reminds you with a slap to always check your work locations ahead of time! 😛
This is a PSA to my fellow stenographers. You probably don’t need it. But I definitely needed it this morning as I headed to my job for the day. 😀
It was a beautiful summer day in Toronto, not too hot but still a little muggy and humid. I was so confident and excited and a little cautious about my job today for an interview being held at a building that I regularly work out of. Or so I thought :-O. Continue reading
India’s Taste located at 680 Denison Street in Markham (they have an updated logo)
Updating this post with a recent visit on February 3, 2024:
I visited India’s Taste in Markham with my own family for their lunch buffet this past weekend. It’s surreal that the bottom post was last published in 2016. India’s Taste still has the same appeal for all-you-can-eat Indian food for an affordable price. I am really grateful that they survived the pandemic and are still able to offer lunch and dinner buffets. Continue reading
Boil King located at 333 King St W in Toronto
There is another new seafood boil restaurant in town! Boil King is now open and located in the Entertainment District on 333 King Street West close to Blue Jays Way.
Boil King is a family-owned restaurant that serves the Louisiana tradition of Cajun-style seafood in the heart of downtown Toronto. With a kitchen led by a chef with over thirty years of international culinary experience, the restaurant invited me to a casual family-style tasting event with other Instagram food enthusiasts of Toronto last night! Continue reading
Charles de Gaulle Airport located at 95700 Roissy-en-France, Paris, France
Thursday, April 21, 2016. Day 9 flying home.
This morning, had to actually wake up half an hour earlier than usual (we had been waking up to breakfast at 7 a.m. every day on the tour) at 6:30 a.m. to eat breakfast and to go directly to the airport (Charles de Gaulle).
Check-in was at 8 a.m. sharp so we were the very first ones in line. Continue reading
La Maison du Chocolat located at 5, rue du Cercle, Aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2F1, Zone sous douane, 95700 Roissy-en-France
We arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport early ready to board our flight back home. After we proceeded through customs and x-rays, I saw that there were many boutiques and souvenir shops. Typical of Paris, France, there was also a Ladurée shop! Even though I had tried my first French macarons from there already, I still wandered into the shop to peek around. 🙂 Across from it though, there was a La Maison du Chocolat that also had displays of chocolate and macarons! Continue reading
Bateaux Mouches, Paris, France. April 2016
Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Day 8. Paris
What an absolutely amazing last day in Paris!!! This trip has been so fantastic and fun and adventurous that I cannot help but be 100% thankful and grateful for every little moment. I’m so blessed ^_^.
This morning, we woke up again at our usual time of 6:15 a.m. ish and had breakfast in the dinky dining area. Continue reading
Watch this video:
Yikes. This was what I conformed to doing in the past 2.5 years and I didn’t even realize it until lately. I’m waking up. I really am. Continue reading
Sushi Kiku Japanese Cuisine located at 230 Commerce Valley Dr E, #10 in Markham
Sushi Kiku Japanese Cuisine is a modern casual Japanese restaurant in Markham offering all you can eat lunch and dinner service as well as a la carte take-out options. It is located at 230 Commerce Valley Drive East where there are other restaurants like Tapagria, Duo Patisserie, Bombay Bhel, and Congee Queen. Continue reading
La Place located at 194 Avenue de Choisy 75013 Paris, France
For our final meal in Paris, France before we flew out the next day, we dined at a truly authentic French restaurant called La Place, on recommendation from the tour guide.
We quickly went in since our free time for dinner was limited (we had a guided city tour scheduled later that night around the city). La Place had a dining lounge both inside and outside where their glassed-in outdoor patio was divided into a smoking and non-smoking section. Continue reading
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