Job shadowing! October 21, 2013

“Survived 3 passenger assistance alarms on the TTC just now.. Good thing I got out of the house with lots of time to spare and am still somewhat early. *shakes fist at the passengers who caused the delay* #mypoorbladder”

Those were my thoughts at 9:30 am this morning when I was on my way to job shadow a court reporter today. Continue reading →

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Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant in Richmond Hill

Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant

It’s hard to come by a Chinese restaurant who has their website readily available for you to pursue their menu to see what is available to eat.  Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant is a friendly and high quality vegetarian Chinese restaurant.  They serve mock meats, mock seafood, vegetables, noodles, and rice served in authentic Chinese-style dishes.   Continue reading →

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Colours of Hope: Completing My First 5K

October 19, 2013

I did my first ever 5K yesterday as part of the Canadian Cancer Society Colours of Hope 5K event!  When I first received the e-mail from the Canadian Cancer Society about the event back in September, I knew wanted to do it.  The event is similar to the very popular “Color Me Rad” one in which participants run through stations in the path where (non-toxic) coloured powder are thrown into the air.   Continue reading →

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The Return of Job Shadowing

It’s been a while since I’ve shadowed a court reporter on a job.  Today, I had the great opportunity to sit in with my friend and the girl who introduced me to stenography and taught me how to steno my first letters, punctuation, and word(s) on the stenograph!  It’s a big deal. 😉   Continue reading →

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Go Girl Bootcamps

I’ve been doing a lot more exercise lately, both to improve my own health and also because I’m finding out more and more fun ways to work out.  I’ve still been going to my Zumba classes weekly (sometimes 2-3 times a week) just because it’s so darn fun.  I know almost all the dance moves in the songs now compared to when I first started and was flailing around all over the place.  Dancing to the beat of high energy songs is just way too much fun.   Continue reading →

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Japanese-style Pasta at Shiso Tree Cafe

Close-up of the Okonomiyaki Fries

I’ve heard a lot about this place and have frequently seen my friends post up food pictures from Shiso Tree Cafe so I thought it was high time that I went to check it out as well.  It is a small cafe located in Japantown in Markham.   Continue reading →

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Yummy Yummy at Fin Izakaya [Defunct]

Pork Katsu at Fin Izakaya

Today, for the first time ever, I ate at a restaurant all by myself!  Up until this point, I’ve always dined with at least one other person out in public and the thought of eating alone always made me a little uncomfortable.  Today, circumstances allowed me to eat alone, and I actually really enjoyed it!  I was so pleased with the me-time that I even splurged a bit while I was eating at Fin Izakaya.  Haha, let me tell you what I ordered for one. 🙂   Continue reading →

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DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 10. July 25, 2013.

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I ate a scorpion today!!!!

Today we didn’t do too much; it was the only day where we had only one event in the itinerary. After a so-so breakfast (they had hot milk and sausages on a rolling grill), we went to the Lord Mengchang Mausoleum where it was so hot that even when we were standing there listening to the people talk, we were sweating. Continue reading →

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DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 9. July 24, 2013.

Daming Lake

Today we went to Daming Lake and Confucius’s mansion, temple, and cemetery. Daming Lake was nice and lunch was really good too since the presentation of the food looked really nice and there was a live performance too. The rest of the day was filled with incredible heat and humidity. I sweated through my 5-short…   Continue reading →

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Happy 100th Blog Post!

I started blogging on a whim on March 21 of this year and holy mackerel, last night, I published my 100th post!  Woohoo!  Time flies and it’s been a good 7 months with weeks of travelling abroad, several new steno adventures, a sprinkle of musical outings, fun volunteer experiences, and of course, TONS of food posts!   Continue reading →

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