here and there

Finally taking the time to gather some pictures I've been taking here and there from these few weeks. I really hate putting off blogging because I'm forced to upload so many pictures at the same time..The problems with this are: too many pictures to go through and edit, uploading so many pictures at once takes way too long, I can only choose one or two pictures from one very eventful day, I can't go into detail explaining why I chose the pictures I chose etc. After all, blogging is important to me because I need to occasionally look back and see what I've been doing. With my memory, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast. Speaking of breakfast, I've come to realize that breakfast foods have become a real staple for me. It's usually cereal, yoghurt, toast, fruits etc. all day. Especially with how busy school has been lately, unless it's leftovers from the night before, I'm usually just grabbing whatever I can to put into a tupperware so that I can quickly get out the door.

Our first home cooked meal

What we did during the hurricane: ate junk food and watched Project Runway (what we still sometimes do..)

Everything closed and prepped for the hurricane

Late dinner one night

Sockerbit ..mmmmmM!

Display at Dylan's Candy Bar. I walk by that place everyday, twice a day. Definitely not good for my major sweet tooth

At Cha Chan Tang. 

Malaysian food…can't remember the name of this place…the wait was crazy!

After volunteering for an event during NYFW. The producer being interviewed

LOVED this collection!!!

One of the designers doing an interview

Volunteering at the Metropolitan Pavilion for NYFW

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Cool sterilized water dispenser in our school's D building. Found this while leaving school one day. Reminder to myself: Must try

Urban Outfitters was doing a preview, and were giving out little snacks

Cheese dukbokki

Hells Kitchen Flea Market

Dinner at Lina Frey

Hopefully, I'll be more consistent in my blogging in the future. 

In the meantime, 

XO,

C

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Dressed in fashion for FNO in New York city

Finally got to experience FNO in New York city. Met up with my cousin today after class. Too bad we weren't able to go to more places, and there were too many lines for the stores. We ended the night sitting by the sidewalk, eating with a couple of beers, and people watching. And by "ending the night" I obviously mean: before we had to take the subway and hike home. In Toronto, walking for more than a couple of hours a day is insane. Here, two hours is the very least.

Have been a bit too busy to blog lately. School has been taking up almost 98% of my time. Working way into the early morning hours at home, and finishing up at school between 11:00 pm-2:00am. Thank goodness I will be dropping two courses this semester. I am currently way over my head. 

In the meantime, 

XO,

C

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cherries, oh cherries

Without noticing, this weekend past by so quickly. I was sitting in the car during the ride back from cherry picking thinking that tomorrow is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday... Although I didn`t really take any pictures, I went to Night It Up, a night market held over the weekend per annum with lots and lots of food, on Friday and Saturday night. It`s usually a bit farther from where I live, and I wouldn`t have considered going this year if it hadn`t changed it`s a venue to a closer one with more parking space. I brought my little sister the first night considering I`ll be leaving soon, it`s only right if I try to spend a bit more time with her, no? It was crowded and exhausting lining up for food, but it was still a blast. Especially when I unexpectedly ran into so many people I haven't seen in a while. Cherry picking on the other hand, was not crowded at all, since it`s the end of cherry picking season, but it was oh SO hot. I absolutely love picking fruits though so I had sososososo much fun!!

I bought these suspenders a long time ago and have only worn them a handful of times. To match the occasion, I even wanted to wear a pair of cherry earrings but had accidentally left them in the car. Believe it or not, I was so hungry before we got there, but upon leaving, I could barely walk because I was SO full! The ratio of my rabid cherry eating was probably 1-3. I assume that on avg, every fourth cherry I picked, I ate it. I was ecstatic over the amount of cherries we picked, but from the picture above, I`m sure it`s obvious that my dad couldn't hide his excitement either... No biggie though because I'm pretty sure our family consumes a larger amount of fruits than any other food group. We seriously love eating fruits...Probably not so normal, but what the heck. Where's the excitement in normal? (Who am I kidding)

Due to the slow progress of my little summer project over these few days, I was so determined to work once I got home. After taking a shower and having a small snack, I`ve realized I`m way too tired to do anything but sleep.

Xo, 

C

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TGIF--In Polaroids, Meet My Parents

I recently downloaded a new application on my phone which gives you a few options to edit the pictures you take on your phone's camera. I played around with it today while having afternoon tea with my parents. They don't like posing for the camera so I took some candid shots of them..hehe

A few days ago, I also went to a Katy Perry concert with one of my best friends. I had a blast. The theme for her concert was so cute, and I loved her stage outfits so much. I wish I had remembered to charge my camera..but I hadn't. Instead, I took some pretty lousy photos with my phone and a billion videos for my little sis (who loves Katy Perry, but wasn't able to go).

First are my apologies for the quality of the pictures...I know I have to remember to charge my camera but it ALWAYS slips my mind! Second, my dad actually made the request for me to feature him on my blog when he saw me taking pictures, trying out the new application on my phone. Because of his request, I started taking pictures of him just for fun and then later decided, why not? 

I made this skirt a while ago, inspired by all those flowing and pleated skirts that are appearing in everyone's closests. I can't remember owning a skirt in this length but didn't want to buy one when I felt I could make one for much cheaper. I didn't end up making it until a month or two after the idea originally came to me. So I guess that makes me a bit late in this trend, but I still love the feeling of wearing something pretty and breezy, so I'm sure I'll be wearing this very often this summer. I also bought a cookie the size of my head before the concert started...cool, no?

And of course, today is a very special day for us Canadians as it is our country's birthday! Happy birthday Canada! Bonne fete Canada! 

xo, 

C

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