name : tiffany
faith : christian.
nationality : cbc.
status : <3
living in : toronto.
school / major : UT / pharmacy
.: my stats, as of 11/05/06 :.
mood : tired.
likes : my friends. bunnies fronting as pillows. keeners.
dislikes : exams. lack of sleep. keeners.
wishlist : "connections".
current distractions : dexter, top model, heroes.
wondering : hmmm, is it too late for me re-learn study habits?
i'm back from ottawa and montreal!!! :) we got back monday in the late afternoon (but then decided to watch the awesome willy wonka movie and eat at master steaks <3 before heading home). gotta say that even though it's nice being home (especially since the two-toned brown mini-minivan's been replaced by a volvo), i really wish we could've stayed longer on the trip. it was so much fun - the places we visited were beautiful, the weather was gorgeously not humid, and the company was wonderful... what more could i have asked for? (besides less couche-tards driving around in montreal - they're nuts out there!)
ummm... there's no way i could really do the trip justice, but i'll blog if i think of anything of note that happened on the trip...
oh, here's the basic itinerary of the trip: friday - drove out east and had lunch/explored in my beloved kingston <3 (only beloved now b/c i don't go there anymore... it's all warm and fuzzy memories these days, no more cursing qcard! heh.), frantically detoured around closed roads to find a gas station (our chevy impala was a total gas guzzler), arrived in ottawa later on and explored the canal and the downtown area...
guys, i take back everything bad i said about ottawa before - it's such a nice city! i thought that it would be boring - all i really recalled of ottawa before was from one of my childhood agape trips where i was bored out of my gourd visiting all the museums and parliament buildings... but seriously, i didn't realise that it was such a nice place to walk around at night! it's clean, pretty, and there are enough people around for you to feel safe, but not crowded. i'm definitely coming back sometime and staying for a longer period! oh, and the next time i go, i'm totally going to that place where that restaurant/dessert place had all those people smoking hookahs... the air smelled like cotton candy! yum! :)
saturday - explored around ottawa in the morning some more (parliament, sussex, etc.) and then drove to montreal... never in my life have i ever seen such driving and reckless pedestrianism! :p seriously man, we were cut off by other motorists, buses, cyclists, and even this one rollerblader who came down the center line, cut us off, and then ran the red light! i wonder how many car accidents they have in that city each year... though once you get the hang of it, it's kinda fun - "you don't have to choose a lane! there aren't even any lines in this stretch! let's just take up both!" anyway, we arrived in montreal, dropped our stuff at the concordia res, and then spent the evening walking around old montreal (but not before spending, like, an hour searching for parking)
oh, it's almost midnight - i've got an appointment ;) i'll blog more later, ok guys? [in the next post: the grossness of the suzuki ppl at concordia, days 3 and 4, how we've turned into our parents... stay tuned!]
posted @ 11:57:00 p.m.[]
hey guys, pics are up from my ghetto foodies' excursion to "m.y chafing dish" - look for them on my flickr page.
btw, for those of you wondering, "ghetto foodies" is a blog that we've just started up... we experience food poisoning at toronto's "finest" so you guys don't have to!
alright guys, don't expect to see me for a few days... i'm off to montreal!!! :) (but feel free to leave comments anyways!)
posted @ 3:43:00 p.m.[]
hehe, you know your softball team's awesome when you react to a tied game outcome as you would if you had just won the championships! :p "WE DIDN'T LOSE! WE DIDN'T LOSE! WOOOOOOOO!!!!" had a doubleheader yesterday at 4 and 6pm... we were lucky that it didn't rain when we were playing, but the diamond was soooooo puddle-y. actually, despite the sopping wet shoes, it was kinda fun sloshing through the infield to get to the ball... plus, the added bonus of having mud-specked legs and clothes is that it makes you look way more hardcore than you actually are! you get dirty without all the bother of diving or even bending over for the ball! :p
had a great weekend in general. saw wedding crashers on saturday and it did not disappoint - vince vaughn is genius at talking about maple syrup! in the evening, went over to paulina's for a bbq and saw the girls (and hasib & felix!). heh, the best part of the night was listening to karen try to persuade hasib to come to her US clinic - "i promise i'll clean the wand for you! and i'm sure the gel has antimicrobial properties too.... (*ahem* but probably not...)"
then on sunday we had our doubleheader (lost the first one, tied the second) and then went to jack astor's for dinner. haven't been there since the time i won that bet with benita... :p (heh, remember the terms? you were *so* wrong!) anyway, it was just such a great weekend of spending time with friends - actually, this whole summer has been so unexpectedly wonderful... thanks guys! :)
posted @ 10:13:00 a.m.[]
hey guys, sorry that i haven't really been blogging lately... there's not too much blog-worthy stuff that i care to report on these days. if this keeps up, i'll have to start making my own news! but enough about me, how are you doing? :)
posted @ 11:50:00 p.m.[]
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Monday, July 11, 2005
i think there are fewer things that make me realise how vain i am than when i'm freaking out over a less-than-satisfactory hair cut.
posted @ 10:20:00 p.m.[]
went to demetre's last night to celebrate ebru's birthday. mmmmm.... brownie cheesecake a la mode (with nutella crunch ice cream) drizzled with triple fudge sauce... the desserts were awesome and i had a blast hanging out and swappin' stories with the girls.
so it's been an interesting weekend... filled with times of extreme frustration towards my family, periods of concern for my friends, and nice little moments of respite and companionship for which i was/am sorely grateful. don't completely feel like blogging about it (it'd take too long and i'm at work right now :p ), but feel free to give me a call.
brief breakdown of the long weekend: friday: war of the worlds, "my chafing dish", royal tenenbaums, came home "late" and got in trouble with mom saturday: still in trouble with mom... ribfest, dinner with the chans, msn sunday: tentatively ok with mom, downtown/eaton centre, and i don't remember what else
i've had a lot weighing on my mind lately... relationships with parents, siblings, and friends... courtship vs. dating, and friendship vs. intimacy... my walk with God and His plan for my life... i still haven't sorted things out, but it's been pretty interesting fodder for conversation anyway. you know, i've never really thought of myself as overly optimistic person. (heh, i've been called both naive and bitter/cynical by people) but despite my tendencies to sometimes freak out and worry, i think i really can be optimistic (as monty python says, "always look on the bright side of life"). maybe not necessarily happy-go-lucky, but i like to believe that you can always find good and hope in people (no matter how big of a jerkface they seem to be! :p) and failing that, there's always the goodness of God. the way i see it, we're always so focused on our own little lives that we really lose a lot of perspective - we forget that God's got His own plans and His own timing. whatever God has in store for us, it's worth waiting for... and whatever we go through - good or bad - has a purpose... and we're not doing it alone, either. you just gotta trust. :)
[hmmm... sorry if this entry is poorly written and unfocused, i've been coming back and forth to this throughout the day... i think i started it at around 10am...]
posted @ 3:58:00 p.m.[]
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Sunday, July 03, 2005
sometimes there's no better way to say it: ARGH.
not going into details, but besides seeing jenne and a few moments here and there, i have had a frustrating day.
posted @ 12:09:00 a.m.[]
