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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 menus and drool-worthy items. Every year I go a little crazy and attend as many restaurants as I can with friends. How can I ever say no to prix fixe meals at some of the best restaurants in town? 🙂

For my first Summerlicious restaurant this season, myself and three friends ventured to Splendido for dinner. Continue reading →

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Captioning the Asian Film Awards with Jade King

Posted on July 8, 2013 by stenoodie

Jade and I

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 excited to be attending such a big event with her – it is the equivalent of the Oscars in North America! Continue reading →

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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 week has literally rolled away. Hehe. Now i can go out as per my original plans. Heeeeh 😀

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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 to China! I hope I get better before I leave. And Summerlicious starts this week… also, there are 3-4 assignment/presentation things to work on for the DiSCOVER program. So busy…. Continue reading →

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Dragon boat workshop

Posted on June 30, 2013 by stenoodie

First time dragon boating!

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 sport of dragon boating. I’ve seen people dragon boat many times and ate those lotus-wrapped rice balls during Dragon Boat Festival but never had the inkling to try it out for myself. We spent the first part of the hour warming up, doing stretches, and jogging on the boardwalk. It was a really cool and gloomy morning.
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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 the day. The event began at 1 p.m. and lasted until 6 p.m. 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

JaBistro located at 222 Richmond St W in Toronto

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 on International Sushi Day, June 18. 😀 Who knew there was such a thing? Continue reading →

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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 in Collingwood, Ontario, and lodged in a very well facilitated resort house for the weekend. Continue reading →