Time to get my lazy ass into gear & BLOG!

Time: 2:26pm
Mood: Lazy...
Song of the Moment: Oasis - Roll With It

As you can see, I've really been lagging on this whole blogging business. I have to admit, I've been lazy. Ever since I submitted my thesis it's been lazying around and hanging out. I had plenty of time to blog.. but I just didn't. I've just got so much to write about.. you can pick and choose what you wanna read about :D

Foo Fighters Concert
Dude.. by far one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I actually enjoyed their concert more than the Coldplay concert... but I think I'm slightly bias in the sense that I'm a bigger Foo Fighters fan than a Coldplay fan. I took a fellow Foo fan w/ me.. my sister Kathy. First off, I wasn't really intersted in going to the opening acts? Why? They're usually not that good ('cept for when Sloan opened for Oasis.. now THAT was awesome!). Kathy was dead set on catching the opening act. She told me she had no idea who the opening act was (which was a bloody LIE.. more about that in a bit..). So we got down to the Molson Ampitheatre, and before we took our seats we checked out the merchandise stands. I did a double take. Not only did they have Foo Fighter stuff on sale.. they also had Sloan stuff on sale. Ahh :D Sloan was opening for the Foos! That's when my sister said "Surprise! Actually I forgot who was opening for them, but I knew it was a band you really really liked" hehe :D Awesome! Actually they had 2 opening bands.. The Constantines (they were... ok...) and then Sloan came out! Ah they're always great to watch! Then the Foos came out w/ a vengance. Oh I was in heaven.. they sang "Up In Arms".. my favorite Foo Fighters song! It was definitely a rockin concert! Would I see them again? Hell yeh!! haha :D

Wedding Dresses
Before Rita left, she told me she wanted to take me dress shopping. I guess it's never too early to start looking :D Anyway, so we booked an appointment at this small little boutique in Main St. Markham called Patricia. Let me tell ya.. it was SO much fun! I thought looking for a wedding dress would be frustrating but I had a lot of fun! I tried on a whole bunch...the one in the picture was pure silk... it looked like a cake! And man are they heavy! The ones w/ the long trains.. it was like dragging a child around! haha! But man I can't wait to go again!!!

Submitted!!
I finally submitted my thesis on Thursday. After months of hard work and grueling hours in front of the computer straining my brain to find the right way to fit all my experimental data into one neat semi-organized thesis, it's done. The day before was nuts... I couldn't get my glossary to work (I was using a program to format my thesis).. but it worked out in the end. All I have to say is... FIN! haha :D But I still have the defense to go... Sept 12 :S

Jehnan's Visit
My friend Jehnan, along with his friends Claire and Emma, came up to Toronto for a mini-vacation on Thursday. Jehnan came up from Toledo, Ohio where he's studying medicine. Emma and Claire were from Terre Haute, Indiana. It's funnie... Jehnan and I have managed to see each other almost every single year since our Taiwan "Loveboat" study tour! Anyway, their visit was in pefect timing considering it was the day I submitted! They met me in Hamilton and I took them out for dinner. Then we headed into the T-dot and went out for bubble tea. So it was a pretty laid back day.

Friday was the major tourist day :D It was also the day that Toronto got it's first tornado warning since.. I don't even know when! I mean tornados do happen around here.. just not in Toronto. Anyway, we spent the whole day downtown. The day started pretty good.. took them down to UofT and met up with Jimmy for lunch. We had downtown hotdogs.. a must have when you're visiting Toronto! haha! So good! By this time, the sky was getting pretty dark, but that didn't stop us. I walked them to Chinatown, then took a street car to the CN Tower. By the time we got to the CN Tower the sky was just dark.. there was thunder and lightening right above us but still no rain. We went up the tower and I pointed out some landmarks.. went to the glass floor (Emma got scared! hahaha!). After that I took them down to Yorkville were we met up with Jimmy. While in Yorkville we got a bit of rain.. not too much though. After walking around and showing them where all the rich ppl shop, I took them to Eaton Center, where we did some more shopping. We met up with Rob later on, and he told us how bad the rain storm was in Markham. Apparently it was just HORRIBLE.. our highways flooded.. roads got ruined... crazy! Rob described it was "Typhoon-type rain". I guess we were really lucky cuz we hardly felt rain the whole day! Loverly! haha! Later that evening, Rob left to meet up with some other friends, and we met up with Vivvie for dinner. We took them to Springrolls, a popular Pan-American restaurant. I love their Pad Thai :D

Saturday I took them to Pacific Mall and Market Village.. I guess it's a must if you're Chinese. haha to me it's like a freak show (who wants to play "guy-girl".. the game where u guess whether someone's a guy or a girl.. hahah!). After the over-exposure of Chinese pop-culture, I took them out for sushi buffet :D yum! We hit the CNE later that day. We were gonna go on the ferris wheel but shit! it was $6 to go on! haha no THANKS! Later that evening, we headed to Main St. Unionville to Jake's for Rob's farewell party. Rob's planning to study Chinese in Beijing.. he left just this past Monday. *Sigh*.. Taiwain crew... and then there were 4 :(

Sunday we went out for dim sum.. just so they can get their last bit of Chinese exposure before they head back to the States. They said they had fun.. I'm so glad! haha! I'm always up for showing ppl around good 'ole T.O :D See you next year sometime Jehnan! haha! Some pics below :D





Jehnan's doomed hotdog





Me and Emma on the glass floor @ the CN Tower (Emma looks scared... the picture doesn't show how tightly she's holding my arm! haha








Vivian, Jimmy, Me, Emma, Claire & Jehnan @ Springrolls








Claire, Emma, Me and Jehnan @ the CNE









Rob & Jehnan @ Jake's







Jimmy getting a big 'ole wet drunken kiss.. by me :D hahah






Vivian, Me, Jack, Vince (what's left of the Taiwan Crew...) & Jehnan. Rob's missing due to excessive puking ... he had to go home! (he got so drunk that nite!)


Retard Doctor
Just a funnie story I wanted to share w/ u guys. So I went to the doctor about a week ago because I was suffering from a nagging cough that just wouldn't go away (I still have it... but I'm getting better). My family doctor shares a practice with 2 other doctors. But when I called, my doctor was on vacation, so I opted with an appointment with Dr. Chan. I have been to him before and he's a bit sketchy.. but hell I was sick and I wasn't getting any better. I went to my appointment on a Saturday morning and waited what felt like an eternity. I hate waiting for the doctors.. there's never enough seats and you're in a room with sick ppl :S So I finally get in to see the doctor. I tell him what's wrong w/ me. He feels my neck for any possible signs of inflammated nymph nodes.. his fingers get to the bottom-back of my neck and he says "Oh.. you have a lump" I'm like "Excuse me?" Cuz I know for a fact what he's feelig isn't a lump. He says again "You have a lump.... oh wait sorry that's your spine" HAHAHAHA this is a DOCTOR that's mistakening my spine for a LUMP! HAHAHAH