Summer Planning

I start work May 6 until August 23rd so that means I will only have one week of rest before starting my internship (as I finish my last final on the 29th). Thus, I’m going to write down a list of things I intend to during that short week, as well as other things during the Summer and last week before classes start again~ For personal reference only and to be edited at any time.

Apr 29 – May 5

-friend from Toronto coming into town, dinner after last final on 29th!
-bday gift shopping on the 2nd
-work attire shopping
-friend’s bday 3rd (KTV!!!)
-Korean BBQ
-meet up with HS friends

Summer activities

-friend’s bday dinner 11th
-dye hair
-pub night
-sushi buffet
-resto hopping again~
-waterpark (in June when it opens)
-NYC in August (yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh~! so down for this! it’s been 2 summers and last time was not enough!)
-college reunion thing that friend is planning (he wants to rent a castle LOL)
-Museums day (free admission =D)
-Matsuri festival in August
-International Balloon Festival in August
-fireworks night

April 2013 in Photos

From Easter break when my friend from HK came to town, to mid April snow (wtf Canada), to finals time, to one night of post finals, to all kinds of random shenanigans~

 

 
Counting funds in safe…find all kinds of random things donated. Including Toronto metro tokens…

Mid April snow

 

The results of studying

Ludovico Einaudi’s Music is Absolutely Breathtaking.

I just discovered him today. What the heck. Where has his music been all my life? It is amazing. It breathes emotions. If feelings could make sounds, this would be it. His piano playing is wonderful and I just can’t believe all this amazing music was composed by him. He conveys so much emotion as he plays.

I started off with ‘Experience’ from his newest album, In a Time Lapse, and was swept off my feet. I’ve been listening to his concert all night with my headphones on. He’s coming to my city in May…I sort of want to go. He is absolutely phenomenal. Seriously, he’s a musical genius.

April 2013 Wishlist

I’m on a no shopping ban until after finals. There was a zipia order and I resisted. Actually I want to buy stuff on gmarket…AFTER FINALSSSSSSSS. I have to do some more work clothes shopping anyway.

feminine star pattern BL @ Zipia
-want to buy a print blouse…I know there are quite a bit at F21 but they’re never exactly how I want them. often too short

MANGO
Miranda Kerr is modeling for Mango this season and UGH I have such a girl crush on her!!! I just want to buy everything she wears. She’s so gorgeous T.T She can turn any boring ass sweater into something amazing, I swear. I’ve been looking at Zara’s stuff too but I can never just go through their stuff their models are so scary looking and stick thin.

simple basic color long CD @ Zipia
Repeated again, I have an obsession with cardigans. BUUUUUT it’s only $12 on Zipia so I’ll probably end up getting one. There’s quite a number of colours, but I think I’ll get it in navy. There’s another one I really like on Zipia with pretty pastel colours but it’s $30.

stripe patten knit T @ Zipia
I KNOW I shouldn’t buy more knits…and striped too…I KNOW…but the peach coloured one is so prettyyyyyy

simple classy feminine medium bag @ Zipia
I’ve been seeing the Givenchy Antigona totes and they are sooo nice but there is no way in hell I can afford one. $2,000 for a bag? Insanity for me. I spotted a bag on Zipia with a very similar design for $41 USD. It’s not nearly as nice but LOL you’re comparing a $40 bag with a $2,000 bag.

Michael Kors Rose Gold Watch
I’ve had my eye for a while on a MK watch because they really are gorgeous. Rose gold in particular is the colour that attracts me. The watch I have now I actually got it quite a few years ago (I think the year I graduated high school…so that’s like…almost 5 years ago o.o) but it was the first more expensive watch I ever owned. It’s a silver watch with a black face from Casio and it cost around $70 CAD. The ones I have my eye on are $250 USD but I can’t really decide on which. I’m thinking of getting one after receiving internship salary this summer~ They have totes too that are cute but eh, again, no. If I splurge a bit, I’d rather splurge on a watch which will last for a really long time rather than a bag. I wear my bags out XD The nicer ones are like $1,200 USD and the ok ones aren’t really worth $300 USD to me. Poor uni student has more priorities XD

Red lip tint
I literally haven’t bought any makeup since coming back from HK. YES EVEN CHRISTMAS. That’s 7 months now. I’ve been doing the gradient lip look mostly with a marker form lip stain but I want to get a liquid one. I don’t want to spend $30 for the Benefit one…if only I could get my hands on the Lioele Blooming Pop one that’s apparently just as good as the Benefit one…but I won’t be in HK anytime soon =(

Bath and Body Works True Blue Spa Anti-Cellulite Firming Lotion – Bring Up the Rear
Summer is coming up and I need to honestly tone up after lazing around all Winter and sitting on my butt for hours on end studying…this stuff isn’t miracle working but it does help tone up a bit. It smells soooooooooooooo good too. I love the smell. It’s orange-y and citrus scented. And technically even if the toning doesn’t work for you, it’s an extremely good moisturizer, no joke. Obviously, with BBW, wait for the sales. Then you can get like buy two get one free. Sort of a really good deal.

Nature Republic Soothing & Moisture Aloe Vera 92% Soothing Gel
I almost bought this in HK because I came across it at a random Korean cosmetics boutique. Didn’t. Wish I did now LOL. Apparently this stuff sells like MAD in Korea because it’s so good. It’s a huge 300ml tub of aloe vera gel that can be used for just about everything. As facial moisturizer, makeup base, after shave, mix in with hair treatment, eye soothing pack, body moisturizer, mask, nail conditioning, etc, etc, etc.

NON-MATERIAL WISHES…

1) Keep up GPA, if not improve it. My usual end of semester wish!

2) Gimme a freaking EXO comeback already T.T it’s April now! It’s their anniversary today. I don’t think any rookie kpop group has ever taken so long to make a comeback. On a related note, I did so much fangirling over Luhan at the Super Joint Thailand concert…my tumblr dash was just flooded with photos and fancams from the concert (because I probably follow to many fyeah exo-like blogs XD). Iwasn’t digging his newly dyed platinum blond hair a whole until this concert…whoever did his hair, you are amazing. Then Baekhyun too from the Seoul Girls Collection show. The hair colour that replaced his bleached platinum hair looks amazing on him! And omg his performance with Kyungsoo for “What is Love” was fantastic.

But honestly, the hairstylists are going to make them all bald with the rate EXO are changing hair colours. All the colours of the rainbow, likely. Especially Sehun LOL.

Reading Week in a Nutshell…and March Updates

I’m not really in the mood to write about everything that happened in during my Reading Week (which was the first week of March) but these photos summarize one specific day during the week that started out amazing and ended sort of…not so great. I drank faaaar too much and ended up puking >< it was fun while it lasted.

Went dessert/resto hopping~

 

Met up with a large group of friends after an afternoon of eating. Went to a Japanese resto/bar…sake bomb! =D Hella expensive but whatever. One is ok.

A napkin of which a few friends and I wrote with a friend’s number, intending to give to a random waitress. Unfortunately a male waiter cleaned it up instead LOL.

We went to another pub after but ugh it was packed and impossible to get into, so we ended up going to a friend’s place and drinking there. As I said…I drank far too much. I don’t want to get into the details but it was NOT pretty.

Oh I watched a Korean film called The Berlin File during Reading Week. Pretty good. I saw a French-Canadian film called Upside Down too but ugh it was hooooorrible. It started off with a nice premise and the visuals were really nice to look at, but the ending was absolute crap. It just ruined everything about the movie. EVERYTHING.

Other than that, March has been a decent month but…finals in less than 3 weeks!!! *cries* It’s Easter break now though. Pretty much the last weekend to enjoy before hell month hits. A friend I met in HK during my internship at KPMG is coming into town tomorrow though! =D She went to the same university I went on exchange to, but I didn’t meet her until KP. She’s on her way from Washington right now, and should arrive tomorrow morning. I’m so hyped! She’s been on exchange the whole year. Went to Beijing’s Tsinghua University for the first semester and University of California Santa Barbara for the second semester. UCSB has a weird quarter system thing that I don’t understand so she has finished her finals. She technically has another 3 months until her exchange ends (quarter system…) but she’s requesting to cut it short. She can’t really transfer any more credits anyway. She’ll be here for a few days then off to Toronto before flying home to HK.

I have another friend (also met at KP) likely coming into town at the end of April as well. Her sister’s friend is getting married, and her sister asked her if she wanted to come too. So that’ll be awesome =D I met with her when I was in Toronto briefly during the Summer, after we both had returned to Canada. God I’m so glad I interned at KP, seriously. Met so many awesome people. Still will probably one of the best Summers of my life…

Speaking of Summer, I had an interview on Thursday morning to intern at CN’s accounting department. I had to go through 5 aptitude tests last week (LOL) then got contacted Monday for interview. I really enjoyed myself. I was so freaked out before, but it turned out ok. The interview lasted 1.5 h (45 minutes with 2 people, then another 15 minutes with a 3rd person, then 30 minutes…another aptitude test LOL) but it didn’t feel as long as I thought it would feel. They were really nice and quite easy to talk to. I’m really hoping I got the job because I’d really like to work there!

Besides that, I downloaded wechat finally after being nagged by a friend for a while. Sort of glad I listened to him because I’m in love with the adorable emoji. I laughed my butt off at them! I also started talking to an old friend that I hadn’t been in contact with for quite a while. He goes to Waterloo and since getting wechat we’ve been talking pretty much everyday. I’m glad, because he’s a good friend. Some stuff happened before I don’t really talk about, which caused us to stop talking, but it’s nice that things are like before again~

Music wise, I continue with my k-indie love.

Just discovered a k-indie band called Sesame and Cotton Candy today. Listening to their new album right now and I love it! It’s really hard to pick a favourite track. But here’s one of my favourites.

Sweden Laundry, a female k-indie singer. The song’s called ‘However Once You’

Ra.D, not a k-indie singer since he’s signed with Loen, but his song style is a lot like k-indie. He actually is a producer, so his stuff is quite good. He composes and writes all his own music. The title track is called ‘Thank You Thank You’and the MV stars actress Kim Seul Gi (aka panda eyed editor in Flower Boy Next Door). The MV is really cute. Not my fave track on the album but I really like the MV. The song I like the most is probably ‘I Cry When You Cry’

Lights’ ‘Cactus in the Valley’ ft. Owl City is beautiful. She has a lovely voice and I have a friend absolutely obsessed with her. Her electronica stuff is really good too!