in the past 8 days, i have gone to the gym 4 times. day 1 - i only spent 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer, since i didn't want to kill myself. day 2 - another 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer plus 30 minutes on the treadmill. day 3 - 30 minutes on the treadmill and 20 minutes of free weights. day 4 - see day 2. i'm slowly making it a habit to go every other day, and so far it's been working out really well - hopefully i can maintain this routine! our gym has decent hours (5 a.m. to 11 p.m.) so it pretty much covers everyone's needs.
i'm really gung-ho about exercising right now, i'm not sure why. perhaps because i have good music to listen to, or perhaps because i'm just tired of being a couch potato, or perhaps it was the fact that i tried on every single dress in the lower mainland and none of them were looking good on me :P i haven't really changed my diet because i HATE everything healthy and LOVE everything greasy and salty. i've cut out some of the unnecessary in-between snacks, and i try to eat more vegetables and drink more water. i've also cooked a few decent meals at home, and i have a picture to post later. this week has been a bit of an anomoly though......i haven't cooked at all, and i probably won't until friday night. i think the term "everything in moderation" applies to me :)
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
i love weddings :-)
they're even more fun when you're just a guest! the only stress i encountered was trying to find something to bloody wear! so this year i have 4 weddings to attend, pretty manageable, especially since they're spread across the seasons :-) sunny & geoff's was in may - my (spring) dress was already picked out me - yah! jannie & pierson's wedding was this past saturday. for the past couple months, i've been on a rampage to find something summer-y to wear. on friday night, i finally bought a brand new outfit from banana republic - a black flow-y skirt and a white sparkly tank top (both new to the late summer/early fall season). my next (fall) wedding is priscilla & dave's.....i might pull a deja-vu and wear the same black & white outfit. alternatively, i do have another dress i picked up from banana republic on friday......it's brown with an empire waist and "sash". it's definitely more fall-ish. or i could save that one for viv & chris' wedding which is in november, borderline winter. i'm so pleased i actually have options now :-)
anyhoo, back to jannie & pierson's wedding.....we didn't make it to the ceremony because chris had to work, and i was actually having a roll-screen door installed in the morning. the reception was at floata (chinatown), and it was the standard 10-course dinner banquet. our table was the high school group, and ironically i was the only non-hamber person at the table. mind you, i started hanging out w/this group in grade 12 (on an almost daily basis) so sometimes i forget i went to point grey :P
this was the largest wedding i've ever been to - we had heard that the invite list was somewhere between 600-800 ppl! when we walked in, we were escorted right to our table (#39) because there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the table placements. once we sat down, i took a look around, and two tables behind us was #92. good grief, i thought! could there actually be over 920 ppl attending this wedding? i thought the max. capacity of floata was 1,000 ppl. turns out that the table numbering was a little less than conventional - there were no number 4's anywhere, and i think they were grouped by family/friends, etc. so at the end of the night we found out there were about 600 ppl in total AT the wedding.
i think pierson's very thankful that they didn't have a videographer - he probably wouldn't want anyone to replay his speech over and over again. after he openly admitted that he didn't have a speech prepared, by the time he was finished speaking he needed a backhoe to dig himself out of the hole he had dug! it provided a lot of laughs from us at his expense. i don't think any of us will forget his opening line to jannie. it started along the lines of....."my wife. oh my god, what a hard word to say. wife!" hahahahah! hopefully he's learned to say "wife" a bit better :-)
ah, good times, good times.
anyhoo, back to jannie & pierson's wedding.....we didn't make it to the ceremony because chris had to work, and i was actually having a roll-screen door installed in the morning. the reception was at floata (chinatown), and it was the standard 10-course dinner banquet. our table was the high school group, and ironically i was the only non-hamber person at the table. mind you, i started hanging out w/this group in grade 12 (on an almost daily basis) so sometimes i forget i went to point grey :P
this was the largest wedding i've ever been to - we had heard that the invite list was somewhere between 600-800 ppl! when we walked in, we were escorted right to our table (#39) because there didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the table placements. once we sat down, i took a look around, and two tables behind us was #92. good grief, i thought! could there actually be over 920 ppl attending this wedding? i thought the max. capacity of floata was 1,000 ppl. turns out that the table numbering was a little less than conventional - there were no number 4's anywhere, and i think they were grouped by family/friends, etc. so at the end of the night we found out there were about 600 ppl in total AT the wedding.
i think pierson's very thankful that they didn't have a videographer - he probably wouldn't want anyone to replay his speech over and over again. after he openly admitted that he didn't have a speech prepared, by the time he was finished speaking he needed a backhoe to dig himself out of the hole he had dug! it provided a lot of laughs from us at his expense. i don't think any of us will forget his opening line to jannie. it started along the lines of....."my wife. oh my god, what a hard word to say. wife!" hahahahah! hopefully he's learned to say "wife" a bit better :-)
ah, good times, good times.
Friday, July 28, 2006
i think i failed my eye exam
i'm not sure how it's possible, but i obviously didn't answer the questions right, because i have to go back for a 2nd exam next week :P i think my eyes were just getting lazy.
i wanted to post last night, but due to my dilated pupils i wasn't able to read anything. i went for my regular eye check-up yesterday - i'm getting in the habit of going every 2 years, especially since i think my eyes are still changing - the optometrist (?) did the full work-up on me, and measured my eyes, checked for gloucoma, tested my prescription, etc. etc. in the process she informed that i have an astigmatism. well, i nearly fell off my chair! of course, i had no idea what an astigmatism was, so i'm not sure why i immediately started panicking (actually, i think it's due to my undiagnosed ocd/paranoia disorders). she told me exactly what i found on the internet this a.m.....
Astigmatism occurs when the cornea is shaped more like an oblong football than a spherical baseball, which is the normal shape. In most astigmatic eyes, the oblong or oval shape causes light rays to focus on two points in the back of your eye, rather than on just one. This is because, like a football, an astigmatic cornea has a steeper curve and a flatter one.
In regular astigmatism, the meridians in which the two different curves lie are located 180 degrees apart. In irregular astigmatism, the two meridians may be located at something other than 180 degrees apart; or there are more than two meridians. Regular astigmatism is usually easy to correct, but irregular astigmatism can be complicated and more difficult to correct, depending on the extent of the irregularity and its cause.
Many people with astigmatism believe that they can't wear contact lenses, or that only rigid contact lenses can correct astigmatism.
This was true many years ago, but now there are soft contacts that correct astigmatism; they are called toric contact lenses. Toric lenses have a special correction built into them and may also contain a prescription for nearsightedness or farsightedness if you need it.
While soft torics work well for many people, if you have severe astigmatism, you'll likely do better with RGP contact lenses or eyeglasses. Your eyecare practitioner will advise you.
so now i'm somewhat better informed on my astigmatism :-) once she gets my prescription nailed down, i'm going to get a trial pair of toric contact lenses and see how they feel. hopefully i'll pass the test on thursday :P
the one good thing about having your pupils dilated is that it makes it hard to read recipe books, so we ordered take-out from white spot :-)
ah yes, one more thing to post about yesterday......i was very glad i had my eye appointment, because that meant i was out of the building when the fire alarm went off! this time, it wasn't exactly a false alarm.......someone's cooking set it off! hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! the only after-effect that sucked was the elevator was out of service for a couple of hours. luckily i got home when the resident manager was trying to re-activate it, so she dropped me off at my floor. chris wasn't so lucky.......he had to walk (run) up 8 flights. oh well!
i wanted to post last night, but due to my dilated pupils i wasn't able to read anything. i went for my regular eye check-up yesterday - i'm getting in the habit of going every 2 years, especially since i think my eyes are still changing - the optometrist (?) did the full work-up on me, and measured my eyes, checked for gloucoma, tested my prescription, etc. etc. in the process she informed that i have an astigmatism. well, i nearly fell off my chair! of course, i had no idea what an astigmatism was, so i'm not sure why i immediately started panicking (actually, i think it's due to my undiagnosed ocd/paranoia disorders). she told me exactly what i found on the internet this a.m.....
Astigmatism occurs when the cornea is shaped more like an oblong football than a spherical baseball, which is the normal shape. In most astigmatic eyes, the oblong or oval shape causes light rays to focus on two points in the back of your eye, rather than on just one. This is because, like a football, an astigmatic cornea has a steeper curve and a flatter one.
In regular astigmatism, the meridians in which the two different curves lie are located 180 degrees apart. In irregular astigmatism, the two meridians may be located at something other than 180 degrees apart; or there are more than two meridians. Regular astigmatism is usually easy to correct, but irregular astigmatism can be complicated and more difficult to correct, depending on the extent of the irregularity and its cause.
Many people with astigmatism believe that they can't wear contact lenses, or that only rigid contact lenses can correct astigmatism.
This was true many years ago, but now there are soft contacts that correct astigmatism; they are called toric contact lenses. Toric lenses have a special correction built into them and may also contain a prescription for nearsightedness or farsightedness if you need it.
While soft torics work well for many people, if you have severe astigmatism, you'll likely do better with RGP contact lenses or eyeglasses. Your eyecare practitioner will advise you.
so now i'm somewhat better informed on my astigmatism :-) once she gets my prescription nailed down, i'm going to get a trial pair of toric contact lenses and see how they feel. hopefully i'll pass the test on thursday :P
the one good thing about having your pupils dilated is that it makes it hard to read recipe books, so we ordered take-out from white spot :-)
ah yes, one more thing to post about yesterday......i was very glad i had my eye appointment, because that meant i was out of the building when the fire alarm went off! this time, it wasn't exactly a false alarm.......someone's cooking set it off! hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! the only after-effect that sucked was the elevator was out of service for a couple of hours. luckily i got home when the resident manager was trying to re-activate it, so she dropped me off at my floor. chris wasn't so lucky.......he had to walk (run) up 8 flights. oh well!
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
the BEST sandwich EVER!
oh my god. seriously, oh my god. today i had the best sandwich i've ever had in my life. and anyone who knows me realizes how much i dislike sandwiches. they have to be prepared a certain way in order for me to eat them. first of all, it has to be the freshest and softest bread around, or a croissant, or if i'm in the right mood, a bagel. then, it can't have any toppings such as mustard, mayo, salt or pepper - i like my 'wiches plain. weird, i know, considering i can't eat french fries without a dip of some sort. so if those two criteria are met, then the fillings have to be right - i'm not a big fan of deli meats, but i do like canned tuna :P
so about today's sandwich......it started out with a super-soft baguette.....so fresh, i almost squished my sandwich completely! then there was the smoked salmon......i'm not talking about 2 thin slices of salmon, i'm talking multi-layer slices of salmon, i was definitely going to need gum afterwards! then there was the cream cheese - YUM! as if cream cheese wasn't enough, i added brie - holy cow! and the piece de resistance, CAPERS! good lord, this was going to be a good sandwich!
when i finally sat down to eat my sandwich it was pure bliss. every single bite of sandwich covered all the major food groups - oh my god, holy cow, ooooohhhhh, and aaaaahhhhh! i don't think a meal has ever caused so much excitement before. next time i order it, i'm gonna make sure i have my camera on standby - i can't imagine anything better than this sandwich for lunch! i might have to try it on the olive sourdough next time :-)
The Deli - Family Gourmet
1055 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Phone:(604) 605-3354 Fax:(604) 605-3354
Web Site: www.delivancouver.com
so about today's sandwich......it started out with a super-soft baguette.....so fresh, i almost squished my sandwich completely! then there was the smoked salmon......i'm not talking about 2 thin slices of salmon, i'm talking multi-layer slices of salmon, i was definitely going to need gum afterwards! then there was the cream cheese - YUM! as if cream cheese wasn't enough, i added brie - holy cow! and the piece de resistance, CAPERS! good lord, this was going to be a good sandwich!
when i finally sat down to eat my sandwich it was pure bliss. every single bite of sandwich covered all the major food groups - oh my god, holy cow, ooooohhhhh, and aaaaahhhhh! i don't think a meal has ever caused so much excitement before. next time i order it, i'm gonna make sure i have my camera on standby - i can't imagine anything better than this sandwich for lunch! i might have to try it on the olive sourdough next time :-)
The Deli - Family Gourmet
1055 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
Phone:(604) 605-3354 Fax:(604) 605-3354
Web Site: www.delivancouver.com
too hot for the puppies!
ah, yes, if you thought you were hot the past few days, the puppies were just falling over from heat exhaustion last night! i thought i was going to have my hands full last night by myself w/3 boys and 3 girls; however, the girls (paris, lilly and terra - all yellow labs) just wanted to sleep inside their kennel, so i just let them be. the boys (robo - yellow lab, killarney and flip - black labs) stayed outside and were a bit more rambunctious, but that lasted all of 10 minutes before 2 of them just keeled over. the youngest pup, robo, had the most energy, and just lay down while keeping an eye on my whereabouts. he tried and tried to get the other boys to play w/him, but to no avail.
the puppies were really sweet last night, mostly because they were just too hot and tired to get into any mischief :-) just the way i like them! hahahaha! next week i'll take my camera with me - i haven't taken any decent pictures of the pups recently.
the puppies were really sweet last night, mostly because they were just too hot and tired to get into any mischief :-) just the way i like them! hahahaha! next week i'll take my camera with me - i haven't taken any decent pictures of the pups recently.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
weekends go by too fast!
well, it's another sunday night, and i'm sad to be going to work tomorrow. it was another jam-packed weekend.
friday night i had take-out sushi w/van and rog from kita sushi. another yummy meal! it's a bit more pricey than some other take-out places, but they have a different kind of flavour to them. i like them. now knowing natasha's daily routine, i kicked back while she ate her dinner (i fed her 3 bites before she screamed her head off at me), and then read my book during bathtime. i've seen the show a few times now, so there's nothing new there :-) natasha and i chatted for a bit - for the past month i've been trying to explain to her that it's somewhat gross to stick one's foot in their mouth and suck on your own toes; i guess at 8 months, there's nothing more amusing then sucking your toes :P
later that night we headed out to see you, me and dupree @ oakridge. for those ppl who haven't been there in a while (that would be me), please note that they do not have air conditioning inside the theatre. the lobby/concession area is air conditioned, but that's about it. the theatre was quite stuffy - i will never go there again on a hot summer day. so much for escaping the heat. the movie itself was cute - not hilariously funny, but i'll give it 1.5 thumbs up. i really like kate hudson, so she made the movie worthwhile.
saturday - the heat meter is rising in our condo. i woke up w/a headache from the sheer stuffiness in our bedroom. it's like the morning sun rises in our room, and just stays there for the rest of the day. of course on this particular day i had decided to clean the condo. it's been a few weeks, and the dust bunnies are out of control. needless to say i sweated my way through the cleaning. gross. then as a reprieve from the hot condo, i headed d/t to pacific centre. i had a bunch of shopping to do. originally i was planning on skytraining, however, the skytrain ride home on friday after work was enough to make anyone want to vomit. the heat is disgusting, ppl stink something horrible, and for some insane reason everyone's trying to cram in, rather than wait for another train. ugh.
in the evening, i hooked up w/my co-workers for hot pot. i did most of the ordering, and went with the following: soup combo (chicken broth and satay soups), fatty beef slices, chicken fillets, salmon sashimi, snow pea tip, chinese mushrooms, fish balls, shrimp balls, japanese udon, vermicelli noodles, wonton and chive dumplings. a very yummy meal, enjoyed by all!
on sunday i attended priscilla's bridal shower. i was kinda lazy and didn't take any pictures - i figure everyone else will eventually share their photos :-) it was an asian fusion theme, and appropriate attire was recommended. i did have an "outfit" in mind, but due to the heat, i packed it along in a bag instead. i was wearing the jade pendant my in-laws brought back from china, along w/my gold bracelet they gave me during the tea ceremony at our wedding. my parents had gone to japan a few years ago, and my mom brought back a japanese robe for me. obviously it's not something i would just wear out anywhere, so the shower was the perfect occasion to bring it out. i had it on for about 5 minutes before the heat got to me :P even in an air conditioned room, i have trouble aclimatizing (sp?). the shower was lots of fun w/lots of good food to eat :-)
tonight chris and i finally saw superman. it was just another excuse to stay out of our hot condo. we saw it in imax, and it was pretty cool. i tend to get sick during 3-d movies, but there were only 4 clips that were in 3-d so i managed ok :-) SUPERMAN IS HOT! i wish i were in kate bosworth's barefeet so i could actually kiss him and ride on his boots! bloody hell, i love him lots! i think i'm going to have to rank him above my beloved #16 now. sorry trev! actually, i think i'd put superman right up there w/my other husband from the thunder from down under! anyways, i really enjoyed this movie because superman's just so hot! he's got abs of steel :-) yum yum!
friday night i had take-out sushi w/van and rog from kita sushi. another yummy meal! it's a bit more pricey than some other take-out places, but they have a different kind of flavour to them. i like them. now knowing natasha's daily routine, i kicked back while she ate her dinner (i fed her 3 bites before she screamed her head off at me), and then read my book during bathtime. i've seen the show a few times now, so there's nothing new there :-) natasha and i chatted for a bit - for the past month i've been trying to explain to her that it's somewhat gross to stick one's foot in their mouth and suck on your own toes; i guess at 8 months, there's nothing more amusing then sucking your toes :P
later that night we headed out to see you, me and dupree @ oakridge. for those ppl who haven't been there in a while (that would be me), please note that they do not have air conditioning inside the theatre. the lobby/concession area is air conditioned, but that's about it. the theatre was quite stuffy - i will never go there again on a hot summer day. so much for escaping the heat. the movie itself was cute - not hilariously funny, but i'll give it 1.5 thumbs up. i really like kate hudson, so she made the movie worthwhile.
saturday - the heat meter is rising in our condo. i woke up w/a headache from the sheer stuffiness in our bedroom. it's like the morning sun rises in our room, and just stays there for the rest of the day. of course on this particular day i had decided to clean the condo. it's been a few weeks, and the dust bunnies are out of control. needless to say i sweated my way through the cleaning. gross. then as a reprieve from the hot condo, i headed d/t to pacific centre. i had a bunch of shopping to do. originally i was planning on skytraining, however, the skytrain ride home on friday after work was enough to make anyone want to vomit. the heat is disgusting, ppl stink something horrible, and for some insane reason everyone's trying to cram in, rather than wait for another train. ugh.
in the evening, i hooked up w/my co-workers for hot pot. i did most of the ordering, and went with the following: soup combo (chicken broth and satay soups), fatty beef slices, chicken fillets, salmon sashimi, snow pea tip, chinese mushrooms, fish balls, shrimp balls, japanese udon, vermicelli noodles, wonton and chive dumplings. a very yummy meal, enjoyed by all!
on sunday i attended priscilla's bridal shower. i was kinda lazy and didn't take any pictures - i figure everyone else will eventually share their photos :-) it was an asian fusion theme, and appropriate attire was recommended. i did have an "outfit" in mind, but due to the heat, i packed it along in a bag instead. i was wearing the jade pendant my in-laws brought back from china, along w/my gold bracelet they gave me during the tea ceremony at our wedding. my parents had gone to japan a few years ago, and my mom brought back a japanese robe for me. obviously it's not something i would just wear out anywhere, so the shower was the perfect occasion to bring it out. i had it on for about 5 minutes before the heat got to me :P even in an air conditioned room, i have trouble aclimatizing (sp?). the shower was lots of fun w/lots of good food to eat :-)
tonight chris and i finally saw superman. it was just another excuse to stay out of our hot condo. we saw it in imax, and it was pretty cool. i tend to get sick during 3-d movies, but there were only 4 clips that were in 3-d so i managed ok :-) SUPERMAN IS HOT! i wish i were in kate bosworth's barefeet so i could actually kiss him and ride on his boots! bloody hell, i love him lots! i think i'm going to have to rank him above my beloved #16 now. sorry trev! actually, i think i'd put superman right up there w/my other husband from the thunder from down under! anyways, i really enjoyed this movie because superman's just so hot! he's got abs of steel :-) yum yum!
Friday, July 21, 2006
what are ppl thinking?!
ok, so it's 28 degrees outside right now. throughout this week it has been getting hotter and hotter, right? this weekend is supposed to be the mother of all hot-ness in the lower mainland. to us, it's as close to desert-like as we can possibly get without actually having to be in the desert :P i can't even imagine being in europe right now where temperatures are approaching 40 degrees! yikes!
on the skytrain the past few days, i have seen ppl wearing the most ridiculous things. it's pretty safe to leave your taiga jackets at home ppl! i don't think we're gonna get some crazy rainstorm in the middle of the day! i also don't understand ppl who have layered their clothes. i think a t-shirt/tank top and a cover-up are more than enough - i can understand that sometimes air-conditioned environments can get chilly, but do you really need a sweatshirt on top of that? put your ugg boots away, girls! bring on the flip-flops and strappy sandals!
on the skytrain the past few days, i have seen ppl wearing the most ridiculous things. it's pretty safe to leave your taiga jackets at home ppl! i don't think we're gonna get some crazy rainstorm in the middle of the day! i also don't understand ppl who have layered their clothes. i think a t-shirt/tank top and a cover-up are more than enough - i can understand that sometimes air-conditioned environments can get chilly, but do you really need a sweatshirt on top of that? put your ugg boots away, girls! bring on the flip-flops and strappy sandals!
Thursday, July 20, 2006
back to cooking / physical activity is highly overrated :P
so tonight i cooked a proper meal. it's been awhile! tonight's menu was halibut steaks w/tropical salsa and roast potatoes. i forgot to buy some vegetables to accompany dinner, so i made sweet corn soup as a filler. asides from the labour required to make salsa from scratch, this was a pretty easy (and healthy) meal to prepare. my original recipe called for tuna steaks, but for some reason they're hard to find, so i substituted w/a different white meat. i had my camera out to take a picture, but then i completely forgot about it. such a shame since it was a really good meal. oh well :(
i'm actually glad we ate a light meal, because we didn't eat dinner until almost 9:30 :P chris came home from work early (early for him is 7 p.m.), and decided we would finally seek out a tennis court and play together. i bought a prince racket from tad's (on granville street) several weeks ago, but due to chris' work schedule and my social schedule, we just haven't had time to put it to use. well, i was pretty gung-ho when we first started playing - the first 3 minutes were great! the black lab puppy running around the park was really cute! he kept chasing his ball while his owner talked on her phone. why do ppl do that? i don't think the puppy was older than 10 or 11 weeks. so cute :-)
anyways, back to tennis. so at the 3 minute mark i realized that i suck. we hadn't hit the ball back and forth for more than 2 hits. total. that would be one hit each. hmmmm, this isn't so much fun. we spent more time chasing the balls from the other courts than actually playing. the cute puppy is still running around! but now there's another dog playing w/him. ah, i wish i could run around w/them! oh wait, i am running......after the freaking tennis ball! chris has more skillz than me - i'm not sure what part of the racket i was hitting the ball with. every time it connected, it made a different sound. ah well, perhaps it's cuz chris said i don't even hold the racket properly. chris was kind and went to retrieve the balls that i hit over the fence :P
all i could think of was how hungry i was getting. what was the last thing i ate today? why am i so hungry? hmmm.....damn it, i still have to go home and cook dinner. darn tennis......what was i thinking? i'm not sure if we even played for a full hour, but i was pretty sick and tired of chasing after the tennis ball. now i know how dogs feel after playing fetch. it just isn't amusing anymore. of course the ppl in the courts around us were good players, and rarely crossed into our court. i felt slightly bad for these ppl having to put up w/me apologizing and yelling "HEADS!" is that what you say in tennis if the ball is about to hit someone on the head? what if it's in your own head, and you don't see the ball coming? not to worry, i made it off the court blood-free, but i had a couple close encounters w/the ball. again, i'm not hitting the ball right and i've developed a skill to hit the ball straight up above me. i guess the word would be vertical. i don't think two's or doubles are anywhere in the near future - anyone who played on the same side of the net as me, might risk serious injury. ok, so i don't know any tennis terminology. i know the word "love" is involved somehow. right now, i can't even imagine tennis & love being in the same sentence.
ah well, it was my first time playing tennis in 10 or 12 years. what did i expect? i'm no ______ (fill in the blank w/a female tennis player - i don't actually know any)! i only know pete sampras. does he still play? oh yeah, and kirsten dunst from wimbledon (the movie).
i'm actually glad we ate a light meal, because we didn't eat dinner until almost 9:30 :P chris came home from work early (early for him is 7 p.m.), and decided we would finally seek out a tennis court and play together. i bought a prince racket from tad's (on granville street) several weeks ago, but due to chris' work schedule and my social schedule, we just haven't had time to put it to use. well, i was pretty gung-ho when we first started playing - the first 3 minutes were great! the black lab puppy running around the park was really cute! he kept chasing his ball while his owner talked on her phone. why do ppl do that? i don't think the puppy was older than 10 or 11 weeks. so cute :-)
anyways, back to tennis. so at the 3 minute mark i realized that i suck. we hadn't hit the ball back and forth for more than 2 hits. total. that would be one hit each. hmmmm, this isn't so much fun. we spent more time chasing the balls from the other courts than actually playing. the cute puppy is still running around! but now there's another dog playing w/him. ah, i wish i could run around w/them! oh wait, i am running......after the freaking tennis ball! chris has more skillz than me - i'm not sure what part of the racket i was hitting the ball with. every time it connected, it made a different sound. ah well, perhaps it's cuz chris said i don't even hold the racket properly. chris was kind and went to retrieve the balls that i hit over the fence :P
all i could think of was how hungry i was getting. what was the last thing i ate today? why am i so hungry? hmmm.....damn it, i still have to go home and cook dinner. darn tennis......what was i thinking? i'm not sure if we even played for a full hour, but i was pretty sick and tired of chasing after the tennis ball. now i know how dogs feel after playing fetch. it just isn't amusing anymore. of course the ppl in the courts around us were good players, and rarely crossed into our court. i felt slightly bad for these ppl having to put up w/me apologizing and yelling "HEADS!" is that what you say in tennis if the ball is about to hit someone on the head? what if it's in your own head, and you don't see the ball coming? not to worry, i made it off the court blood-free, but i had a couple close encounters w/the ball. again, i'm not hitting the ball right and i've developed a skill to hit the ball straight up above me. i guess the word would be vertical. i don't think two's or doubles are anywhere in the near future - anyone who played on the same side of the net as me, might risk serious injury. ok, so i don't know any tennis terminology. i know the word "love" is involved somehow. right now, i can't even imagine tennis & love being in the same sentence.
ah well, it was my first time playing tennis in 10 or 12 years. what did i expect? i'm no ______ (fill in the blank w/a female tennis player - i don't actually know any)! i only know pete sampras. does he still play? oh yeah, and kirsten dunst from wimbledon (the movie).
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
mosquitos, firetrucks, sushi - oh my!
as much as i love seeing my puppies on monday night, sometimes they just suck up all your energy! the 3 little boys were rambunctious as heck - they were playing/fighting with each other, and i could barely get them back into their kennels. what a different the 3 little girls were - they couldn't care less, and they play/fought with very little energy. they kind of sauntered quietly back into their kennels. it's hard to believe that these 3 energetic boys and 3 indifferent little girls are going to be assistance dogs for somebody next year.
after a solid hour of being outside in a tree-d area w/6 puppies, with the washed down smell of pee and poo in the air, it's no wonder i got nasty mosquito bites! i have matching bites on my ankles, just at my sock line. i always wear my runners w/the puppies, because one time i wore my old navy flip-flops, and on the wet concrete i walked right out of them, and almost landed in some poo :P anyways, back to my ankles......the bites have turned a shade of purple, and i can't sit cross legged, because i'd be resting on the bites - and they hurt like a bee-atch! i've been scratching at them, but nothing's popping or bleeding. it just turns to a darker shade of purple. i put after-bite on them last night at my parents', but that didn't help much.
tonight, i was at home watching tv when i heard sirens in the distance. since i'm a naturally nosy person, i kept an eye out the window to see what was going on. good grief, i thought, they're coming down my street! oh my, they've stopped somewhere in front of the commercial property! darn it, now i can't see what's going on. ring, ring, chris, where are you? i proceeded to tell chris the news, and told him i expected a full report of the happenings outside. (mostly i was curious cuz i thought it could've been an incident at the sushi place we were gonna have dinner from tonight!) anywhoo, he was home within 5 minutes and reported that the 3 firetrucks arrived for an incident across the street from us. the sushi place was safe!
so we decided to try the new sushi place, kita sushi, for dinner tonight. it only opened on monday, so obviously it's very clean inside. the only problem i see for us is that they don't have full cooking functions - no gyoza! no chicken karrage! ok, that's all i wished they had. but they've got a decent selection of (standard and "inventive") sushi. today i had the spicy tuna sushi bowl with a miso soup. the spicy tuna sauce is definitely different than what i thought it would be - usually it's the vietnamese hot sauce, or something red and similar to that sauce. but this was more liquidy and orange - i'm not sure what was in it, but it was quite tasty. chris is always willing to try new things so he ordered the dragon roll (california roll topped w/bbq eel), dynamite roll (same old), house roll (a variety of fish sashimi - looked like an alaska roll) and a miso soup.
since we weren't eating during the "dinner rush", our food was ready promptly, and we came back upstairs to eat. the prices were a bit high, so i'm not sure if i would eat there very often. i'll admit that it's very convenient to have take-out nearby. they do have seating for about 10 ppl. hmmm, obviously my food critic-ing skillz aren't quite like tara's.....i'll be the simplified and small-word version of tara :-) hahahaha!
after a solid hour of being outside in a tree-d area w/6 puppies, with the washed down smell of pee and poo in the air, it's no wonder i got nasty mosquito bites! i have matching bites on my ankles, just at my sock line. i always wear my runners w/the puppies, because one time i wore my old navy flip-flops, and on the wet concrete i walked right out of them, and almost landed in some poo :P anyways, back to my ankles......the bites have turned a shade of purple, and i can't sit cross legged, because i'd be resting on the bites - and they hurt like a bee-atch! i've been scratching at them, but nothing's popping or bleeding. it just turns to a darker shade of purple. i put after-bite on them last night at my parents', but that didn't help much.
tonight, i was at home watching tv when i heard sirens in the distance. since i'm a naturally nosy person, i kept an eye out the window to see what was going on. good grief, i thought, they're coming down my street! oh my, they've stopped somewhere in front of the commercial property! darn it, now i can't see what's going on. ring, ring, chris, where are you? i proceeded to tell chris the news, and told him i expected a full report of the happenings outside. (mostly i was curious cuz i thought it could've been an incident at the sushi place we were gonna have dinner from tonight!) anywhoo, he was home within 5 minutes and reported that the 3 firetrucks arrived for an incident across the street from us. the sushi place was safe!
so we decided to try the new sushi place, kita sushi, for dinner tonight. it only opened on monday, so obviously it's very clean inside. the only problem i see for us is that they don't have full cooking functions - no gyoza! no chicken karrage! ok, that's all i wished they had. but they've got a decent selection of (standard and "inventive") sushi. today i had the spicy tuna sushi bowl with a miso soup. the spicy tuna sauce is definitely different than what i thought it would be - usually it's the vietnamese hot sauce, or something red and similar to that sauce. but this was more liquidy and orange - i'm not sure what was in it, but it was quite tasty. chris is always willing to try new things so he ordered the dragon roll (california roll topped w/bbq eel), dynamite roll (same old), house roll (a variety of fish sashimi - looked like an alaska roll) and a miso soup.
since we weren't eating during the "dinner rush", our food was ready promptly, and we came back upstairs to eat. the prices were a bit high, so i'm not sure if i would eat there very often. i'll admit that it's very convenient to have take-out nearby. they do have seating for about 10 ppl. hmmm, obviously my food critic-ing skillz aren't quite like tara's.....i'll be the simplified and small-word version of tara :-) hahahaha!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
the end of a great weekend
i think this ranks as one of my better weekends in a long time.
friday night - girls night :-) after work we all headed over to van & roger's to spend time w/baby natasha. she definitely kept mom & dad busy, and us girls entertained, when she pooped in her bath water. take 2.....a new tub of water, and no sooner had she sat down in it when she decided to pee. take 3.....she's all empty, and bath is a go! after an exciting start to the evening, we headed to continential centre in richmond and enjoyed dinner at Ellie. pris ate her own meal of noodles & soup and a green onion pancake. the rest of us shared snowpea tip w/garlic, 3 sauce chicken, hainanese chicken rice, vermicelli noodles, deep fried tofu w/fish flakesss and roti canai. for $13/per person, this was a great meal :-)
we then watched the devil wears prada. i read the book a couple years ago, so i remembered the gist of it - i give it an OK rating. it had it's funny moments, and great outfits, but i didn't think the movie was a 2 thumbs up calibre.
saturday morning - any day that starts with a skoah facialicious facial can't be wrong! van and i shared a dual treatment room where i was promptly reminded how heavenly it is to have someone pamper your skin, and give you a mini-massage. oooh, so nice! i think my esthetician, lisa, thinks i'm a facial junkie - i've seen her 3 times since may :P judging by the amount of time on my extractions, i think it was a much needed facial. $90 very well spent :-) i also had to buy some products as well for my dehydrated skin. skoah is really great, because they have great products - for once i can actually see the results - and if you don't see results, you can exchange their products for something else in the store. i might have to do that w/my face skotion - it's leaving me a bit dry, but hopefully the hydradew mask will help out :-)
unfortunately i did develop a headache later in the day, but thank heavens for excedrin, advil and a 2 hour nap :-) i really needed to kill my headache because we had dinner plans at milestone's later that night. again, more good eats this weekend.
then the best part of my weekend. the rock. initially i didn't really want to go because i was still on tilt from the elbow, but i also didn't feel like staying home alone on a saturday night. so off i went w/chris and mike to the casino. i was back in my $2/$4 element! i was having unbelievable luck last night. most of the hands i played held up......crazy enough it was the 2/5 clubs that won me the flush and the 2/4 suited that got me 2 pairs. i also had higher cards, like ace/3, ace/5, and i would win on the flush or the straight. i was having unbelievable luck, and when we left the poker room @ 3:30 a.m., i was up almost $200 :-) i think i stunned the other players at my table w/a few of my hands, because i could see them shaking their heads. what can i say, i just lucked out? er, i mean "I'VE GOT SKILLZ!" hahahahaha!
friday night - girls night :-) after work we all headed over to van & roger's to spend time w/baby natasha. she definitely kept mom & dad busy, and us girls entertained, when she pooped in her bath water. take 2.....a new tub of water, and no sooner had she sat down in it when she decided to pee. take 3.....she's all empty, and bath is a go! after an exciting start to the evening, we headed to continential centre in richmond and enjoyed dinner at Ellie. pris ate her own meal of noodles & soup and a green onion pancake. the rest of us shared snowpea tip w/garlic, 3 sauce chicken, hainanese chicken rice, vermicelli noodles, deep fried tofu w/fish flakesss and roti canai. for $13/per person, this was a great meal :-)
we then watched the devil wears prada. i read the book a couple years ago, so i remembered the gist of it - i give it an OK rating. it had it's funny moments, and great outfits, but i didn't think the movie was a 2 thumbs up calibre.
saturday morning - any day that starts with a skoah facialicious facial can't be wrong! van and i shared a dual treatment room where i was promptly reminded how heavenly it is to have someone pamper your skin, and give you a mini-massage. oooh, so nice! i think my esthetician, lisa, thinks i'm a facial junkie - i've seen her 3 times since may :P judging by the amount of time on my extractions, i think it was a much needed facial. $90 very well spent :-) i also had to buy some products as well for my dehydrated skin. skoah is really great, because they have great products - for once i can actually see the results - and if you don't see results, you can exchange their products for something else in the store. i might have to do that w/my face skotion - it's leaving me a bit dry, but hopefully the hydradew mask will help out :-)
unfortunately i did develop a headache later in the day, but thank heavens for excedrin, advil and a 2 hour nap :-) i really needed to kill my headache because we had dinner plans at milestone's later that night. again, more good eats this weekend.
then the best part of my weekend. the rock. initially i didn't really want to go because i was still on tilt from the elbow, but i also didn't feel like staying home alone on a saturday night. so off i went w/chris and mike to the casino. i was back in my $2/$4 element! i was having unbelievable luck last night. most of the hands i played held up......crazy enough it was the 2/5 clubs that won me the flush and the 2/4 suited that got me 2 pairs. i also had higher cards, like ace/3, ace/5, and i would win on the flush or the straight. i was having unbelievable luck, and when we left the poker room @ 3:30 a.m., i was up almost $200 :-) i think i stunned the other players at my table w/a few of my hands, because i could see them shaking their heads. what can i say, i just lucked out? er, i mean "I'VE GOT SKILLZ!" hahahahaha!
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