Saturday, 21 December 2013

umm, RUDE !

December 21st, 

Today was a good day, remember I mentioned that there was a gathering with the alumnus  well that ended up well, but had a shitty kick start. This is one of the posts where I completely vent ! Okay, so here's what happened...this know-it-all asshole from my grad class and a couple of others including myself arrived there first, so the casual meet and greet with the new staff is a must at one of these social events. So, as we're talking, one of the staff asked about what we're studying, and I said I am majoring in Asian Studies, and he (the asshole) burst out laughing (literally an LOL) ! HOW RUDE !! and I asked him whats so funny? and he said oh nothing, I just find it funny that you're tracing down your roots. My reaction was completely shocked and basically filled with a WTF. Okay, so you're a well educated person and you laugh at other people's interests? Many people think Asian Studies is a category that leads to a poor life, basically it will get you nowhere. Maybe it's true, but at the same time, being in business school or heck, even if you're a doctor ! and in this case, he's neither of the above, he's just in the criminology program - anyways, it doesn't guarantee you a prosperous future ! For all I know, several, not all, elite "A students" in for say, business school that become economists have an actual job ! Most of them, in fact, end up being freelance economists living on their own. And to say that you laugh at an Asian Studies major, the only question I'm asking is who are you to laugh at others when you're nothing yourself, how rude and disrespectful !

Thats all my venting today, feeling much better, I don't know if people actually see this stuff, but anyways, thanks for 'listening'.

Lots of love ❤️,
es. 

Friday, 20 December 2013

Snowday Workday.

December 20th, 

What a nice day it is today ! We're finally seeing snow here in Vancouver ! Remember my recent post about the snow day that had a minimal amount of snow ? Well today is different, there's actually enough snow to make a snowman. I know it's an exciting day for lots of students around town because it's the last day of school, but more importantly, it's a snow day ! I kinda feel like the snow around here just releases my inner LG haha ! Anyways aside from the beautiful snow day, it's also a work day for me... Because my car doesn't take snow too well, I got a ride & was dropped off at work like hmm... 2hrs early !!! So, disregarding that, I'm right in front of the barista counter at Starbucks enjoying a salted Carmel hot chocolate ! It's #redcups season at Starbucks, so enjoy ! This is what the holidays are about - staying cozy in a warm coffee shop & enjoying the magnificent winter scenery ! Tomorrow is a, I guess an exciting day, I'm up for an alumni gathering with my fellow grad class etc. It's kind of weird don't you think so? It's just people change, and of course, I probably have too, but once you gather in a group, you'd immediately think of how life was 'back in the days' and just start missing those high school days.... Anyways have a great weekend & be safe as Christmas approaches ! 

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Foodporn German Style.

December 18th, 

Officially the last day of exams campus wide - yay ! You know what that means right? That means all the friends are back from their school & it's definitely the time to chill & catchup with the gang, how lovely. Alright, so an update from my weekend day trip to the states, due to the limitation of goods that can be brought back, I only got a pair of A&F super skinny jeans - and oh my god... they are absolutely the most comfortable skinnies ever ! The cutting is perfect & not to mention the fabric, oh so soft, and as a plus 1, the infused A&F perfume is like the cherry on top of the cake ! These are my favourite jeans so far, and if you make it in time, I believe their 50% off sale is still on - so ladies, and gents (of course) enjoy your shopping spree there ! Really, what made my weekend so fun was that the manager was offering me an opportunity to work there - such flattery, but I denied as I was a visitor, but yeah, that thoroughly made my day ! 

Today was a fun & exciting day (more like night) as well, the night was spent at a local christmas market in downtown. Its a market that strives to be similar to a petite German town. I went here mainly to taste all the German delicacies & my oh my, I was in for a treat ! Some friends said the food was great here a couple years back, and I'm usually not a big fan of food stalls, but hey ! might as well give it a try right? But anyways, to sum up, we tried a couple of different, more traditional & highly recommended stalls - we ended up trying a German savoury waffle (with cheese & oh yes, bacon bits), traditional sausage in a bun (I thought of it as a 'hot dog' but that's really not the German term for it) & finally a long pasta dish that in terms of taste, was a bit more sour than what I'm used to - but I was already told that it'll be sour. And to finish the night, my friends and I were looking around downtown for a coffee shop, or a petite cafe that was opened at that hour and ended up in a little French patisserie, we had a shared lemon meringue tart that was quite delicious to be honest. Our mini journey today can be summed up in one word - #FOODPORN to the max ! 

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Movie Marathons.

December 15th, 

Well, well, well, guess who's ready for the holidays ! yup - that's me ! And to begin with the holiday spirit, I just dashed hope ecstatically after my last final, had dinner, and plunged myself in front of the TV. That's right, just finished watching two movies today (Stuck in Love & Monsters U). They both were equally good movies - to be honest, I watch Stuck in Love just for Lily Collins, I'm completely in love with her after the The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie (which was AMAZING !) Although I've never been a fan for much things including movies, actors, songs, artists etc. I truly believe that I'm a fangirl now after watching TMI - can't wait for the next one to start filming. Seems that my holidays are starting off the right way...today is a day (more like a quarter of a day - fine. a few hours) anyways, a day of movie catching and just pure relaxation post-finals. Tomorrow, well I've got big plans - it's a complete shopping day to make up for the semester of no shopping. It was literally brutal especially when group projects took up my entire weekend. Regardless, it's just about 1am, and I shall continue catching up with the dramas I've missed for a while & in the meantime, to all those who are still studying - bonne chance !

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Friday, 13 December 2013

Hells Week.

December 13th, 

AHH - Friday the 13th ! jokes. jokes. stuff like that doesn't bother me that much haha. I'm just taking a break from all the studying (more like no studying) so far... and yea... maybe because it's the final stretch of exam season, that's why I'm so lazy today ! I just can't wait till tomorrow is over... T-16 hours & HELLLLLO HOLIDAYS ! I don't know if any of you are HK drama-ers here, but I must share this... yesterdays episode of "The Hippocratic Crush II" (a.k.a. On Call 36) was so touching. I'm really not the type of person that cries while watching a movie or drama or whatnot - more like I'm not really a crier - anyways, yesterdays episode made me ball my eyes out !!! Like WOW. I was so surprised how sad & touching it was ! Definitely one of the better dramas that I've watched - highly recommended if you guys haven't caught it yet ! Alright, that's about it for today - wish me luck on my last final & have a great friday the 13th - stay safe ;)

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

December 11th, 

Just K.O'd another exam a couple of hours ago, an of course...I gotta lay back and relax for a bit ! First of all, I was so sad yesterday that I couldn't catch the vs fashion show last night - I don't have cable & live stream doesn't work in my region... sad life, I know. BUT.... good thing is GlobalTV uploads a full version on their website ! Can you guess what I'm doing? You got it ! Catching the vs fashion show... as always the angels are STUNNING !!! & Taylor in it this year is just cherry on top of the cake - pure PERFECTION. Anyways I'm still catching it, excuse while I'm in awe. You guys gotta forgive me, it is #womancrushwednesday by the way ;) 

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

December 10th,

Best feeling ever. Waking up in my cozy bed and looking out the window to find that its SNOWING ! Although there isn't much snow (really, trust me on this, theres like.. <5cm) BUT.... considering that I live in a region that is basically a snowfall free zone, just a mere layer of white snow on the ground is snow ! Hopefully, there be much more than just flurries  and bring on the heavy snow !!! 

Anyways, I'm half way to finishing all my finals , one tomorrow and still writing here (great - queen of procrastination strikes again) Just can't wait till everything is over and start the holidays ! Personally, I've seen so many amazing photos from the Christmas market - I think thats what it's called - but I've never been, I'm always hibernating under my blankets with a good old movie ! I actually really want to go this year ! I think I'll be going to a little German village like place called Leavenworth in the states for a week or so, I've never been there either... supposedly it's really nice when they do the light show - pretty excited for that ! Sadly, this year our family has just been too busy dealing with family stuff that we've had no time at all to decorate the house, or even put up our mini christmas tree !! Guess what I've been up to lately during my study breaks ! I literally think I'm aging like dramatically cause all I've been doing is learning how to knit !!! I used to knit several scarves during high school and have them donated to the Union Gospel Mission, but that was a few years ago. Lately I've started on two scarves, one is just a normal scarf in baby blue yarn - maybe I'll give it to a baby? I don't know. haha. And the other is a "knit two purl two" patterned circle/infinity scarf in black thick yarn. This is one that I just started yesterday and I just undid the scarf I made last year (as it was too big as a single loop circle scarf) and just started making a longer one so that it can loop twice ! Well, I guess thats my granny activities for the winter... 

Oh yeah ! I've been so busy lately that I completely forgot to make some ginger molasses cookies ! They're definitely a holiday favourite ! I don't know why but it seems to me that there is always a seasonal appreciation for ginger - if you know what I mean - its okay if you don't - let me explain... Don't you realize that once december, or more precisely, when Christmas is near, that ginger everything come into season? Like seriously, ginger molasses cookies, gingerbread starbucks drinks, even ginger hand sanitizer - yes those exist ! And once new years arrive - BOOM ! those ginger everything all disappears...Try noticing that this year, so maybe its just me... 

Anyways, wish all you a fabulous holiday, hopefully I will be back here soon, and to those finishing their exams like myself - all the best and ACE those babies ! Mua - happy holidays !

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Thursday, 5 December 2013

December 5th, 

I'm back ! Phew ! Its been such a crazy week or so, I've barely left my room ! This past week has been packed, and I literally mean PACKED with essays over essay, over essays ! I finally finished my last one today and is super happy to get that over with. Then again... finals are coming up... great. Oh yeah ! best motivation from yesterday was that I finally got my first Herschel Supply co. backpack ! It's in a nice red colour with a leather bottom and I have to admittedly say, looks quite hipster. Right now I'm thinking of doing one of those Herschel well packed photos on Instagram, if I get time to do that, I'll make sure that there'll be one here as well ! Anyways, I'm just super ecstatic to use it !

It's December &  the best time of the year is here again ! woop woop ! Can't wait till the days I can sleep in on a cozy wintery day ! Ahh, just reminiscing the good ol' days... Anyways it seems like thats enough writing for today, it's time for me to start power studying for finals ! Good luck to me & lets start praying for some snow around here !

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Monday, 25 November 2013

November 25th, 

YUP! It's just about 3am and I'm still up. This only means one thing.... I'm procrastinating !!! Honestly I'm just drowned in papers lately !! Like seriously this is the time, for serious procrastination ! I never realized till a few days ago that, this time of the year, when uni first term comes to an end, is really the most stressful time of the year. It really doesn't get to me in the spring term... But WOW ! I'm really feeling the stress this year ! It's funny how school work takes you to the worst time of the year, filled with paper and projects then exams... Then life brings you back to best time of the year, CHRISTMAS of course !! No school, eat, sleep, repeat, now that's what I'm all about !!  It's really just a roller coaster of stress ! 

Anyways I was just taking a break from paper writing and decided to check back to my blog ! So far so good ! Hopefully I'll be back soon ! Time to kill this paper !

Lots of love ❤️,
es. 

Saturday, 16 November 2013

November 16th, 

What a busy day its been ! For quite a while now, I realized that I haven't done this much work, meaning school work on a Saturday since... wow, possibly since high school ! But, to be honest, I've been losing so much focus since gramp's passing, I haven't done any schoolwork or catch up to any of my readings for hmm... a few weeks now. Its definitely not something to blame since this basically happens every term - me being so enthusiastic about starting the year, where I'm all up to date with assignments & reading ahead for classes and by the end of the term, I'm more like blehhh, whatever, reading can wait, I just need more sleep ! Anyways, I don't know if its just me, or do you guys experience it as well, but I'm really not a "do work ahead of time" kind of person ! I often have quite a bit of time on Fridays & Saturdays but NOPE ! I never (and I mean NEVER) do work ahead of time on either days ! I am definitely a "procrastinate on Sundays" kind of person ! Maybe this applies to you as well - I work better under procrastination - I tend to have more focus & get things done faster. I know its not the best way to do things, but hey ! if I can get the job done, then that's how its going to go right? Just do what you gotta do & be what you want to be - thats life & no ones there to stop you ! 

P.s. I wonder if people really see what I post, I mean theres page views and all, but you know...

Lots of love ❤️,
es.

Thursday, 14 November 2013

November 14th,

Ahhh... now this is the weather I love ! Although the breezy winds still come at me, the sun can still shine through the thinnest layers of clouds. That feeling of the warm sun on my face  just brings back the best summer memories. Nothing too special today... 

Cheers to a good day ! 

Lots of love ❤️,
es. 

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

November 12th, 

It's been such a busy day today - early classes, chilling with the buds, cleaning my room, yadee yadee yadahh... things that people do all the time. To be honest, what's making me tired is the fact that there's been so much going on at home : gramps death, grans in the hospital & just purely the thinking I've done lately that's making me so sleep deprived. To summarize it all in one word, it'd be - FRUSTRATING. So I've been thinking, back in the baby booming days a standard family would have 2+ kids. Okay, that sounds normal. The parents would spend their whole lives caring for their kids, again, normal. But, how do the kids repay their parents when they're all grown up as adults ? By abandoning your mum & dad? By stripping them from the money they've saved up their whole lives ? NO ! That is definitely not the way to repay those who've raised you. I honestly don't understand how people become so materialistic! Lately I've been learning about the idea of filial piety - meaning for kids to care for their parents when they're in old age. This idea has been around since the earlier development of china. All in all, I just don't know how people can put money over family. As a note to you guys (myself included) - please be grateful for the love that you take granted for everyday & have family above all. 

Alrighty ! Aside from the frustration, let's share some positive feedback of the day. A high school friend of mine left for a different university and came back recently (YAY) so of course we hung out, reminiscing the good ol' days that we had - it was definitely a great way to catch up. Also watched Ender's Game (the movie) today! If you guys haven't read the book or seen the trailer,don't worry, this movie won't disappoint ! Myself, as someone that isn't really into action movies actually found Ender's Game to be quite a surprise. I won't spoil too much of it for the time being, but one last comment...I really thought the ending could've been better & not leave me hanging :( 

Favorite part of the day was the tarot card set I got from my friend. I'm quite into art history, so once I opened the 'manual' the informative description of each card and it's symbolic purpose really kept me intrigued. So far I've still got a bit to read until I finish the book & learn the ways of the tarot cards. For the time being, I will be studying the manual & talk to you guys soon ! 

Lot of love ❤️,
es. 

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

November 11th,

First post, great. Let's do a bit of an intro.

Do you guys remember teasing people for telling their life story with a "deeeear diary, today I blah blah blah ... " Yup. I do, never thought I would ever (yes, EVER) start a blog, and to say that its a dear diary blog, mind blowing. Anyways this is just a place for me to say what I want. I'm not the person that speaks up for every little thing, and definitely not a good expresser of my own thoughts - I know I should but...well, that's how I roll (haha). Back on track, this little dear diary is where I "speak" up (more like WRITE up), a place for me to vent and a place share the good times!

I've started a blog a long time ago, I swear there was only one post hanging there for the past couple of years. Hopefully this dear diary will survive for longer than that !

P.s. First post will be up soon - lots to say & even more to get off my shoulder
P.s.s (or is it P.p.s ?) sharing the last minutes of Remembrance Day with you, lest we forget.

Lots of love ❤️,
es.