CXIV : Gluttony and Girl Talks

My definition of a friend is too... profound? or so what somebody told me. This pretty lady beside me is named Chiui (visit her blog -click- ) and I met her maybe over a year ago when she left a comment on my blog.

First meeting, 2nd meeting, 3rd meeting and then this... 

That week I surprisingly had 5 days straight without work so I texted Chiui if she wanted to hang out. 

Moving on.. Original plan was to do a cruise around Vancouver but unfortunately, it was raining that day so we had to change plans.. Chiui and I met up at Landsowne. 

It was my first time around the area, I was quite surprised by how many restaurants there were on Alexandra Road. So.. Chiui wanted Korean food.. according to her.. there's two Korean restaurants in the area. One looks expensive and the other place was "cute" as described by her friend. She haven't tried any of the two yet..

Anyhoo it turned out that the expensive restaurant she was talking about was Jang Mo Jib. Ive been to their Vancouver -Robson St branch a couple of times but I cant be sure about the prices. And since Ive tried it already and we were curious about what that "cute" meant.. we decided to go to the other restaurant which was called Haroo.

The restaurant was kind of hidden, I think. I really like the atmosphere inside the restaurant! The mismatched tables and chairs.. it just gives you that welcoming aura, the feeling of being at home. Service wasnt as formal too and the owner/waiter was even wearing a floral apron and you could see him making kimchi on the back whenever he's not serving or taking orders, which I think was cool.

We both got something from the lunch special. I dont really remember how much it was but it was pretty cheap compared to other restaurants. I got the jajangmyeon with ganjang tteokbokki which I enjoyed the most!!  Chiui had the Bulgogi fried rice thingy? The jajangmyeon tastes different than what I had before and I dont know which is more authentic. 

After the meal.. we were looking for a cafe for tea and possibly dessert but neither of us had cash (and most of the restaurants here only takes cash - so if you're planning to go don't forget cash!!) We ended up going to Well Tea and had bubble tea (that I dont have a picture of). 

Funny part is.. there was this store nearby w/c was called superbored. The windows were tinted and there were two businessmen-looking guys outside. Chiui and I came up with these weird and dirty thoughts.

Scenario : Guy 1 was "superbored" and was looking for "something" to do.. Guy 2 was asking Guy 1 his type of girl.. cause you know ;) special service.. 

We were so curious so we went inside the store and was surprised to see that this was actually a clothing store. Imagine our faces when we got inside :)) hahaha so dirty minded LOL. 

After a long chat over bubble tea.. We decided to go to Richmond Centre, I got some stuffs from Fruits and Passion, Chiui got an earphone. We went to F21 but we got frustrated and just walked out :P

We then went to White Spot for our late dessert... 

We both had this trio thingy of desserts. I liked the apple pie the most!!! we also had a strawberry mojito which tastes sooooo gross.. eek

And of course, whats a day with a girl friend without taking pictures?

CV: Stamp Collecting

A few weeks ago me and some co-workers went out to do the tourism Challenge. I actually finished mine the week before but since it was my day off I decided to come with them.

So we met at the Canada Place where we were supposed to take the Hop On-Hop Off Buses but all the buses were full so we ended up taking the shuttle to the Capilano Suspension Bridge..

with Bryan and Jean

I didnt bring a camera so most of the pics are stolen from Jean and Joshua or taken through my phone

The last time I went here there was only 5 people in that bridge but look how many there are today..

We went back to Downtown for lunch at a Japanese Restaurant somewhere in Robson.. I told you I became really picky with food after Culinary school.. so I didnt really enjoyed the food. ><

with Bryan and the really bland Miso soup

We then went to Fairmont Pacific Rim (work) to meet up with Joshua and get a stamp from the Cafe. 

Then we went to Gastown and rode one of those Tour buses

We got off somewhere near Granville Island and rode a ferry to Vanier Park..

while waiting for the ferry

Yarin (Jean's son) and one of the displays at the Vancouver Maritime Museum

Posing with the displays at the Museum of Vancouver .. dont tell anyone I went up

and Bryan did a better job XD

We then rode the trolley to Chinatown --- Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden and walked all the way to the Vancouver Lookout to get their final stamp and our Tourism challenge ID.

And here's a random sel-ca~~ hehe IDK what you call these mirrors but I love em.. instant fisheye effect!

XCIV: Bye Twenty-Eleven

Twenty eleven brought a lot of changes.. I thought about giving up this blog, but I ended up keeping it (glad I did).. though 2010 had been more exciting, 2011 brought a lot of unexpected and yummy things.. XD

So the usual year-end summary (?) :)

January~~

I look soo different haha

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LXVIII: FAQ

hhheelloooooo!

did you missed me? :D

Ive been feeling down lately

blame it on the weather or it could be PMS or home sickness

Oh well~

I wish I could share/rant about some things here

but because people I know in real life

that includes my Dad and my little siblings

reads my blog!

Im afraid I couldn't do that

funny eh?

haha

I am missing all the FUN

I wasnt able to enter Melody's 

Camwhore Competition

see entries and winners here ~ click

and I wasnt able to catch up

with your updates/new blog entries

It wouldve been fun to share all my camwhore moments

at least for me haha!

it'll be boring for you cause Ive got hundreds LOL!

Anyway 

I guess its time to answer some FAQ ~~

and share some camwhore pictures *insert evil laugh here
here are some questions that i got from some readers :P

I am Filipino!!!!

I get the most questions regarding my race/nationality hehe

are you a Japanese? Or you just like everything or somethings about them? I'm really wondering about it.

hey there :) I want to know if youre a half korean:) because it seems like:)

are you Japanese?

etc etc...

So No, Im not Japanese, not Korean and not Vietnamese neither

Im pure Filipino! born and raised at Manila, Philippines..

at marunong ako mag.tagalog! :)

Uhm I love watching and drawing anime

so I got interested with the Japanese culture

I tried self-learning the language

sometime during high school

that Katakana and Hiragana became our secret code

when it comes to exchanging letters with my friends during class

Im 19 y/o

and  i dont want to get any older than this :(

My hair is half rebonded and half permed

My hair was done by a Korean stylist~~ so maybe thats why you guys are always asking me if Im half Korean hahaha (cause of my hair ? XD probably)

Im not a model 

even my teacher asked me if I was a model during the first day of class

and even a security guard from a grocery store once stopped me and asked if i was a model LOL!

I did a VTR for a modeling agency and signed under them before though

I did a few segments for a lifestyle TV show
a few photo shoots and stuffs but nah I dont really consider my self as a model~

lovelife?

if you ever had a chance to get back with any of your ex-'s, who? and why?

do you have a boyfiend??if no then are you interested in finding one?


what is the most impt thing to you in a relationship?


are you happy with your current boyfriend?? 

don't you think you deserve someone who's much cooler and good looking than him?? 

so I heard youve dated your ex's for 3 years? dont you regret that you two broke up?

my friends call me bitter / emo
"trust" is probably the most impt thing (but not the only one)
well too bad I dont trust people (esp guys) so......
haha and stop sending me hese kind of questions
It makes me think that i might prolly be really unlucky with love..

ah whatever

ending the post with the latest camwhore pictures

the first pic on this post is taken on the same day

I will answer other questions some other time~

if you have one

you could always leave a comment

or ask me through my formspring

Good night everyone!