November 17-29, 2010

Went to Symposium for dessert with Freda, Jeff, and Allen. I'm so sick of their dessert now. I had red velvet cake, which was really good, but wayyy too rich and filling.


Don't get me wrong, I LOVE coffeehouse nights and live music, but this girl was so loud absolutely NO ONE was able to carry a conversation. We went to have a conversation over dessert and ended up having to shout at each other. It was really frustrating.


We tried out a new sushi place called "Conception" and I didn't enjoy it at all!


I went to the UnMarketing book tour at the Delta Armouries with my coworker (my boss was originally supposed to go but he couldn't make it and gave me his ticket) and it was awesome. Scott was hilarious and the whole night was full of networking. I was very noticeably the youngest person there, but somehow that made everyone want to talk to me... haha. It was a good networking session! Almost the entire design/social media/digital ad community of London was there and it was nice to meet so many industry professionals.


I got my book signed :) and that was my name tag, haha. Haven't read the book yet, but I plan to after exams are over with!


Nicky made us whole wheat banana flax seed muffins. They tasted... healthy.


Skype sing-a-long sessions with Alex... and Allen (his foot).


We found this hidden gem in a residential area on the corner of Richmond and Waterloo St. It's the cutest little restaurant ever. I'm sure it's going to start becoming one of our regulars.


My collage on consumerism. I have to admit I didn't spend very much time on it, and it clearly showed in my critique. My prof took one glance at it and told me it was "too obvious". MEHHHH. ONE MORE WEEK OF THIS DREADED ART CLASS AND I'M DONE.


Brrrrr... it suddenly got really cold. Time to whip out the winter gear!


Saturday brunch at Milestone's with the girlfriendsss ♥


My brother brought home this block of wood and told my dad to carve it into a car for his Cub scouts. Apparently it's a "contest", which I actually think is really dumb because it's supposed to be a "father-son" project, but in carving a car, what can a kid do anyways? My dad clearly took this way too seriously, drew sketches, paint swatches... but that's my dad for ya. He even went as far as taking some real car paint from work.


Dinner and catch up time with daddy over thai food.


First snowfall this year! (Well, that I've witnessed anyways) The snow just came down hard out of no where, but it melted by the end of the night. What's going on this year!?


Dinner with Livia <3 She may be tiny but she has a big appetite!


Hilton Toronto washroom... lol.


The Eaton's Centre was absolutely packed this weekend, it was ridiculous!


Shopping with the girls before meeting up with the guys for dinner.


My paycheques go straight to Club Monaco, but how can I resist? :P And Sunny D is the best cure for thirst after a long day of shopping!


... Bar timeeee. (My drinks were naaaasty though!)


Yonge-Dundas at night. Pretty lights as always.


Goodbye lunch before heading back to London again. We ate out so many times this weekend I feel so sick from it! My stacker sandwich from Casey's was so so delicious though.

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Must be something more.

One. I talked to Justin on the phone last week and in the same conversation he told me not once, but twice, that I sounded depressing. I wasn't sure what he meant. He said it wasn't necessarily the tone of my voice, but more so the context of what I was saying and my choice of words. Really? I let that slide. Today I met up with Livia for dinner. I haven't seen her in two weeks and the first thing she says to me is, "are you okay? Something seems off." It was kind of like a punch in the face. Do I really give off a negative vibe now? Do I really wear my emotions on my sleeve?

Two. Drove around aimlessly for an hour and let the GPS guide me home afterwards. There's something calming about blasting music and driving around. It's an unnecessary waste of gas, yes, but calming to me nonetheless.

Three. I take back what I said about money being able to buy happiness. My birthday is rolling around the corner and I have friends asking me what I want. I have no answer. I mean, of course there are things I want. My life has always been about wanting (more, more, more). But I've spoiled myself. I always get what I want. It has come to the point that there's no longer a need to put something on my 'wishlist' because it doubles as my 'shopping list'. There's nothing I want for my birthday. Everything I "want" I can buy myself. Everything else, money can't buy.

Four. Reading back on my entries, even this one alone, I guess I have been sounding kind of cynical lately. Happy Becky, where are you? Please find your way home... I know you're missed.

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Opening act Robert Francis. Reminded me of John Mayer... a little bit.


Dear Jason, you are an amazing performer.




Yeah... we got pretty close.


Can't leave them out now, can we?




The full crew.

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November 5-16, 2010

My cousin's new whip. Porsche numero deux. She's a beautyyy.


My dad's new whip... haha, which is put to shame by my cousin's porsche, but that's alright. It's a Lincoln MKT. And then again, my cars are always "new" because my dad works for Ford and we switch our cars every six months. I'm loving this one though. I went home for the weekend and drove it around everywhere. Super smooth ride... I just hate parking this giant thing.


When you reverse, the camera in the back turns on and you see it on the screen. My friends and I were having fun with that, along with the other crazily unnecessary options in the car. :P (ex. changing the colour of the cup holder ring light...)


Instead of studying, I forced Allen to join OMGPOP and play with me hahaha. We actually spent that entire night playing Balloono. I'm still so shit at that game and I scream whenever someone is chasing me, but I swear I can't help it. :P


Art class, drawing with crayons, using anything but our hands. So ridiculous. My friend Gen (on the right) used her head and had a huge headache by the end of class. I don't blame her.


Aaron breaking his wooden appendage at the end of art class out of frustration. Again, I don't blame him either. We've decided we need to take shots before going to art class. I don't know how else I'm going to get through this semester.


Crossing the border to Buffalo for some States shopping! Gotta take advantage of our strong dollar ;) It was so foggy and hard to drive, though.


Niagara fashion outlets already have Christmas decorations up. I love it!


Oh Juicy... my guilty pleasure.


A trip to the States isn't complete without a taste of my favourite Jack Daniels steak at TGI! Yum!


Due to lack of sleep from the previous night, I got really tired during shopping and decided to stay in the car when everyone else was looking at home-ware stuff. It was a nice day so I had the vista roof open up wide and took a nice power nap. :)


Karaoke at Star K! LOL. The machines they have are fully in Korean so it was ridiculously hard to manuveur through songs and stuff but by the end of the night we got the hang of it. Also, check out that video. All the background vids were random Korean scenes.


Treated my parents out for some sushi. :)


Picked up Livia from the GO station. For once I'm not the one ON the train... and I love it.


Oh hey bestie. ♥


Joe & Alex at Bamboo. Joe hates this picture, bahaha.


Late night bowling with Liv, Joe, and Alex. I know, I know. We have an odd obsession for bowling. Orrrr we just got super competitive with each other. The latter, I'm pretty sure.


GUESSS WHAT CAMEEEEEEEE =) Hint... It's from Nordstrom! It felt like Christmas morning!


Fooling around with Nicky & Connie <3


I spilled a water bottle in my bag and it soaked my Macbook case. :( My poor Macbook was a little damp but thankfully it still works. I don't think I could ever forgive myself if it didn't!


Hey, sleepy head.


Waiting for a table at dim sum is absolutely ridiculous. I went with a group of ten friends and it took forever to get a table. They were calling out numbers and when it was FINALLY our turn, we all SCREAMED (a natural instinct after waiting FOREVER :P) An old man said it sounded like we just won the lottery. Haha.


Cora's breakfast with Liv before heading back to London. Miss you my love.

Work is busy, busy, busy. Much busier than school, but that's alright. I get my perks too! Going to the UnMarketing tweet-up/conference next week at the Delta London Armouries compliments of work. Complete with a meet and greet and book signing, I think I'm really going to enjoy myself. On another note, this might be the first Winter break in as long as I can remember that I'm not going on vacation. I hope that changes and I pull off some last-minute vacay or something. :( I take vacations and traveling for granted... I know.

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