I don't know how many of you have been keeping track of my 101, but I figured it was about time that I gave you an update. In case you haven't noticed I've made quite a bit of progress: 17 of the goals are now complete and 7 goals have been started. I don't think I'll write an entry for every goal that I've completed, but I will write a few. Here is the first of a couple installments to come in the next few days (or weeks, depending on how much time I have)
66. Find 5 restaurants I've never been to and eat there
#1: August 21, 2010:
Johnny and I went up to Calgary for the day and before we came home he took me to this all-you-can-eat sushi joint. It was delicious! Johnny ordered 1 of almost every kind of sushi they had. We had to eat 36 pieces of sushi! By the end of it, eating had become a chore and I'd decided that if I never had seafood again it wouldn't be soon enough (but we're still planning on going back, ha!). There was also a BBQ in the middle of the table and Johnny ordered a crap-load of Korean BBQ meat for us to grill. It was pretty cool, but again, way too much food. And apparently, ladies, men are under the impression that we are incapable of grilling food properly over a barbecue. Bah! Who cares about cooking food over hot coals anyway? That's what stoves are for...
#2: September 26(?), 2010:
The sushi place we went to for dinner in Victoria with the rugby girls. We were given a $12.50 budget and I only went over by 40 cents with a set of prawn rolls and chicken udon noodles for $12.90 - very filling.
#3: September 27(?), 2010:
The other sushi place I went to with Annika in Vancouver. Again, $12.50 budget, I had tempura and some rolls. Satisfied.
#4: October 1, 2010:
Johnny and I were in Vancouver for the Jack Johnson concert and found a little Indian place to eat at called Sitar. The food was delicious. I had the chicken tiki masala and Johnny had the something-something-butter chicken. I can't remember the name, but it's a classic Indian dish that I would recognize if I heard it again. The service was really good at this little place. After we ordered, the waiter brought us a little dish of chip-like things to munch on while we waited for our food. So if you're ever in Vancouver and find yourself on Powell Street around the Gastown area, check out Sitar.
#5: October 2, 2010:
Another sushi place. Metrotown. All-you-can-eat. Really good. 19$ per adult. BBQ eel rolls, prawn tempura rolls, yam tempura rolls, california rolls, rolls with salmon and crab (mmmm), teriyaki chicken kabobs, prawn and vegetable tempura, salmon and tuna sashimi... much better all-you-can-eat experience than calgary. And much cheaper too.
There have been a lot more places that I've been to since the last restaurant on the list and there have been some pretty good ones. Here's a couple of my favourites:
Edmonton - I was up there with the team and we went for dinner at this Greek place downtown (can't remember the name of it). I had their lamb souvlaki and it was amazing. The service was fantastic especially considering the fact that there were 30 of us and when our meal was done we had a belly dancer entertain us. She put on quite the show.
Swiss Chalet - when Johnny found out that I had never been to Swiss Chalet he made it his goal to take me. I really liked it there. The atmosphere was really friendly and I was particularly impressed with the host when he offered to give a woman a free meal when she wasn't satisfied with the one she'd ordered. The chicken at Swiss Chalet was delicious and their sauce was super yummy. For dessert we each got a piece of pie: I had coconut cream and he got the classic apple. I regretted getting the coconut once I tried Johnny's piece - it was to die for!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
In the Blink of an Eye
You know what this world needs?
Superpowers.
Actually, no. There's too much speculation that people would abuse their powers for evil, so the world doesn't need superpowers.
But I need superpowers.
You know what superpower would be awesome to have?
Teleportation. And I'm not just saying that because my boyfriend is currently living 6 hours away from me for his new job training. (And that, my friends, is a lie)
But seriously, I would save so much time if I could teleport wherever I want without freaking people out. I'd never have to worry about travel time any more. All I'd have to do is make sure that I'm ready at the time that I need to be someplace and at that exact time, I just poof myself in.
I would never be late for anything ever again! I could easily poof back and forth between my house and school in between classes whenever I want. It'd be like walking from my room to the bathroom. Except I would have to make sure I'm dressed properly before I walk out my door.
Have you ever forgotten something you need, but don't want to go get it because it would take too much time to go back for it? You know, you just get on the road for your big vacation and you realize you forgot your toothbrush, but it's too late now cause you've already been on the road for an hour so you'll just have to buy one at the nearest Walmart. That wouldn't be a problem with teleportation. All you'd have to do is poof yourself back to your house, grab your toothbrush, poof back and you'd be good to go.
I'm forgetting things all the time. It's never worth it to go out of my way to get whatever it is I need, so I just learn to deal with out it. But with teleportation, I'd never have to "deal with it" ever again.
Forget my wallet? Piece of cake, I'll just poof back to my house, grab my wallet and I'm back in thirty seconds.
In the middle of baking a cake and there's no eggs? Easy peasy lemon squeezy! I'll just poof out to the store, buy some eggs and be back in no time.
Craving lemonade? Don't have any lemons? Simple, I can poof out to a lemon grove and get myself freshly squeezed lemonade in a matter of minutes.
If you could have any superpower, what would you want? In the past I've always been partial to the classic super strength and flight, but right now teleportation has really caught my eye. And I don't know why. (Again, another lie)
Superpowers.
Actually, no. There's too much speculation that people would abuse their powers for evil, so the world doesn't need superpowers.
But I need superpowers.
You know what superpower would be awesome to have?
Teleportation. And I'm not just saying that because my boyfriend is currently living 6 hours away from me for his new job training. (And that, my friends, is a lie)
But seriously, I would save so much time if I could teleport wherever I want without freaking people out. I'd never have to worry about travel time any more. All I'd have to do is make sure that I'm ready at the time that I need to be someplace and at that exact time, I just poof myself in.
I would never be late for anything ever again! I could easily poof back and forth between my house and school in between classes whenever I want. It'd be like walking from my room to the bathroom. Except I would have to make sure I'm dressed properly before I walk out my door.
Have you ever forgotten something you need, but don't want to go get it because it would take too much time to go back for it? You know, you just get on the road for your big vacation and you realize you forgot your toothbrush, but it's too late now cause you've already been on the road for an hour so you'll just have to buy one at the nearest Walmart. That wouldn't be a problem with teleportation. All you'd have to do is poof yourself back to your house, grab your toothbrush, poof back and you'd be good to go.
I'm forgetting things all the time. It's never worth it to go out of my way to get whatever it is I need, so I just learn to deal with out it. But with teleportation, I'd never have to "deal with it" ever again.
Forget my wallet? Piece of cake, I'll just poof back to my house, grab my wallet and I'm back in thirty seconds.
In the middle of baking a cake and there's no eggs? Easy peasy lemon squeezy! I'll just poof out to the store, buy some eggs and be back in no time.
Craving lemonade? Don't have any lemons? Simple, I can poof out to a lemon grove and get myself freshly squeezed lemonade in a matter of minutes.
If you could have any superpower, what would you want? In the past I've always been partial to the classic super strength and flight, but right now teleportation has really caught my eye. And I don't know why. (Again, another lie)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
I Liiiiiiive!
So tell me what the problem is, Great Ancestor. Just say the word and I'm there. If anyone messes with our family, vengeance will be mine!!!
Okay, enough of that tangent.
I bet you guys thought I'd abandoned you, didn't you? Well - in way I did. You see, I vowed to keep my laptop use to a minimum over the Christmas break so I could spend some quality time with family and friends. But you forgive me right? You knew deep down in your heart of hearts that I would be back someday, right? There was that little blip I left you on Boxing Day, that was a nice surprise, wasn't it? All that matters now is that I'm back and I promise I'll try to be better - unless I forget. Or if school gets totally crazy. Or the world comes to an end.
But anyway, I hope all of your Christmases treated you well. And I hope your 2011's are going well so far. My year started out pretty good. Until I had to say an early goodbye to my bestie, Selina, who went back to Utah before school started. But here's the kicker, Johnny got a job with some big shot oil company and they need him to go up to Edmonton for training for SIX WEEKS. So he left a week after Selina left me. I never thought I'd do a long distance relationship, but I don't think this one will be so bad because there is a definite end to his awayness.
Moving on... (No you will NOT see a mopey girlfriend on this blog!)... I've started school again and I think my classes will be a lot more challenging than last semester. However, there is one class that I am totally stoked about. And that class is yoga. I had my first yoga class yesterday and as we started doing some beginner's poses, I had such a hard time concentrating. My mind was thinking about the next class I had to go to, what I did at FHE the night before, Johnny, when I was going to buy my textbooks, anything but the class. But eventually my mind calmed down and I relaxed. I stopped worrying, stopped planning and stopped thinking. And then I fell asleep. I couldn't help it, I mean, she gave us blankets for goodness sake! I bet she has students fall asleep in her class all the time.
Either way, I must say, my yoga class is going to be an excellent start to my day every Tuesday and Thursday.
PS: 100 cool points to whoever can name the movie I quoted at the beginning of my blog.
Okay, enough of that tangent.
I bet you guys thought I'd abandoned you, didn't you? Well - in way I did. You see, I vowed to keep my laptop use to a minimum over the Christmas break so I could spend some quality time with family and friends. But you forgive me right? You knew deep down in your heart of hearts that I would be back someday, right? There was that little blip I left you on Boxing Day, that was a nice surprise, wasn't it? All that matters now is that I'm back and I promise I'll try to be better - unless I forget. Or if school gets totally crazy. Or the world comes to an end.
But anyway, I hope all of your Christmases treated you well. And I hope your 2011's are going well so far. My year started out pretty good. Until I had to say an early goodbye to my bestie, Selina, who went back to Utah before school started. But here's the kicker, Johnny got a job with some big shot oil company and they need him to go up to Edmonton for training for SIX WEEKS. So he left a week after Selina left me. I never thought I'd do a long distance relationship, but I don't think this one will be so bad because there is a definite end to his awayness.
Moving on... (No you will NOT see a mopey girlfriend on this blog!)... I've started school again and I think my classes will be a lot more challenging than last semester. However, there is one class that I am totally stoked about. And that class is yoga. I had my first yoga class yesterday and as we started doing some beginner's poses, I had such a hard time concentrating. My mind was thinking about the next class I had to go to, what I did at FHE the night before, Johnny, when I was going to buy my textbooks, anything but the class. But eventually my mind calmed down and I relaxed. I stopped worrying, stopped planning and stopped thinking. And then I fell asleep. I couldn't help it, I mean, she gave us blankets for goodness sake! I bet she has students fall asleep in her class all the time.
Either way, I must say, my yoga class is going to be an excellent start to my day every Tuesday and Thursday.
PS: 100 cool points to whoever can name the movie I quoted at the beginning of my blog.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
4 Things to Pass the Time
4 shows I watch:
1. Big Bang Theory
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. Survivor
4. Ellen Degeneres
4 things I am passionate about:
1. Church
2. Rugby
3. Art
4. Music
4 phrases I say a lot:
1. For reals??
2. Son of a (hampster/motherless goat/nutcracker/etc)!!
3. This is sucks!
4. H'okay
4 things I have learned from the past:
1. Don't stress over the things you can't do anything about.
2. Prayer can lighten your load and brighten your day.
3. When baking, don't get the sugar and salt mixed up.
4. You don't have to spend a lot of money to have fun.
4 places I'd like to go:
1. New Zealand
2. The Maritimes
3. South Africa
4. Japan
4 things I did yesterday:
1. Made french toast for breakfast
2. Opened presents with my family
3. Had Christmas dinner at the church with most of the famajam
4. Played excessive amounts of card games
4 things I am looking forward to:
1. Giving Johnny his Christmas present
2. New Years
3. Next rugby season
4. Trying out the new mutes for my violin
4 things I love about winter:
1. big, chunky snowflakes
2. hot chocolate
3. ice fishing
4. freshly fallen snow
4 things on my wish list:
1. Reunion with my dad's family
2. Go to New Zealand again and spend a good chunk of time there
3. A fully stocked art studio
4. A horse.
4 people I tag:
1. You.
2. Yes, you.
3. Why do you doubt me? I mean YOU!!
4. Don't make me say this again, I choose you!
1. Big Bang Theory
2. So You Think You Can Dance
3. Survivor
4. Ellen Degeneres
4 things I am passionate about:
1. Church
2. Rugby
3. Art
4. Music
4 phrases I say a lot:
1. For reals??
2. Son of a (hampster/motherless goat/nutcracker/etc)!!
3. This is sucks!
4. H'okay
4 things I have learned from the past:
1. Don't stress over the things you can't do anything about.
2. Prayer can lighten your load and brighten your day.
3. When baking, don't get the sugar and salt mixed up.
4. You don't have to spend a lot of money to have fun.
4 places I'd like to go:
1. New Zealand
2. The Maritimes
3. South Africa
4. Japan
4 things I did yesterday:
1. Made french toast for breakfast
2. Opened presents with my family
3. Had Christmas dinner at the church with most of the famajam
4. Played excessive amounts of card games
4 things I am looking forward to:
1. Giving Johnny his Christmas present
2. New Years
3. Next rugby season
4. Trying out the new mutes for my violin
4 things I love about winter:
1. big, chunky snowflakes
2. hot chocolate
3. ice fishing
4. freshly fallen snow
4 things on my wish list:
1. Reunion with my dad's family
2. Go to New Zealand again and spend a good chunk of time there
3. A fully stocked art studio
4. A horse.
4 people I tag:
1. You.
2. Yes, you.
3. Why do you doubt me? I mean YOU!!
4. Don't make me say this again, I choose you!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
essays should be allowed to be written in blog format
There are so many things that I love about the Christmas season: the snow (in moderation), visits with the family, the food, and the music. But every silver lining has its cloud and that cloud is finals.
Right now what is killing me is the final essay I have to write for my english class. If essay writing were like blogging, I'd be set. But it's not, and that's why I just spent the enitre afternoon and evening in the library only to get two paragraphs down that I will probably end up re-writing tomorrow. On the bright side, I've been doing some really interesting readings for my research topic, but that doesn't make the writing any easier.
Anyway, enough of my complaints. I'm sure that if you have any other university friends that's all you're hearing from them as well. I just have a question to ask of you, my readers. Is it sad that today is the 16th and that I've only just set up my Christmas tree this morning?
Right now what is killing me is the final essay I have to write for my english class. If essay writing were like blogging, I'd be set. But it's not, and that's why I just spent the enitre afternoon and evening in the library only to get two paragraphs down that I will probably end up re-writing tomorrow. On the bright side, I've been doing some really interesting readings for my research topic, but that doesn't make the writing any easier.
Anyway, enough of my complaints. I'm sure that if you have any other university friends that's all you're hearing from them as well. I just have a question to ask of you, my readers. Is it sad that today is the 16th and that I've only just set up my Christmas tree this morning?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Baby It's Cold Outside
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love the song Baby It's Cold Outside. There's been a million versions of this song and I've always loved the classics. But now I have a new favourite:
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Winter Wonderland
With the all the cold weather we've been having lately here in Alberta you would think that I of all people would be locked up in my house hidden under a warm pile of blankets. But it is not so! Life goes on in the frozen wasteland that I call home.
I feel like with all the snow, there's been so much more to do. With the arrival of all our snow, a whole bunch of things comes with it. And so I give you my list of my favourite things about winter:
- Touques! I had to break out my winter jacket last week as well as my mittens and my lovely variety of touques. My current favourite is an old ski touque that my grandpa used to wear. It's awesome because it has the Canadian flag on it.
- Hot chocolate. mmm, mmm. What better way to have your chocolate than in liquid form? I am a master at making hot chocolate. I love experimenting and finding new ways to make my favourite drink even better.
- Winter boots. And I don't mean the fashionable ones that go in and out of style (like uggs, UGH!). I mean the classic, ever practical SorelsI've found that the key to staying warm is to keep my feet warm and sometimes the cutesy little boots I own just don't cut it. I honestly love wearing the big clunky winter boots that go out of style once you leave elementary school.
- Toboganning! I may not be a huge fan of ice-skating and I may have never been snowboarding or skiing before, but I love toboganning. It's fun, it's cheap and it has so many great childhood memories attached.
- Ice fishing. Johnny was shocked when he learned that I love ice fishing. He figured that since I'm Tongan I would avoid the snow at all costs. All I can do is blame my dad. Nothing can keep him from fishing, not even minus 30 weather. He's dragged me out every winter since I was a little girl and now it's become tradition.
I feel like with all the snow, there's been so much more to do. With the arrival of all our snow, a whole bunch of things comes with it. And so I give you my list of my favourite things about winter:
- Touques! I had to break out my winter jacket last week as well as my mittens and my lovely variety of touques. My current favourite is an old ski touque that my grandpa used to wear. It's awesome because it has the Canadian flag on it.
- Hot chocolate. mmm, mmm. What better way to have your chocolate than in liquid form? I am a master at making hot chocolate. I love experimenting and finding new ways to make my favourite drink even better.
- Winter boots. And I don't mean the fashionable ones that go in and out of style (like uggs, UGH!). I mean the classic, ever practical SorelsI've found that the key to staying warm is to keep my feet warm and sometimes the cutesy little boots I own just don't cut it. I honestly love wearing the big clunky winter boots that go out of style once you leave elementary school.
- Toboganning! I may not be a huge fan of ice-skating and I may have never been snowboarding or skiing before, but I love toboganning. It's fun, it's cheap and it has so many great childhood memories attached.
- Ice fishing. Johnny was shocked when he learned that I love ice fishing. He figured that since I'm Tongan I would avoid the snow at all costs. All I can do is blame my dad. Nothing can keep him from fishing, not even minus 30 weather. He's dragged me out every winter since I was a little girl and now it's become tradition.
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