This weekend was full of relaxing activities.
On Friday we ate dinner with family and watched the Power Rangers movie. On Saturday we celebrated my brother's birthday and met up with some friends to go to the salsa congress. Yesterday we went out for lattes at Purple Perk and went to Yann Haute Patisserie to pick up macarons and had some amazing Japanese food at our friends' house. My stomach felt pretty awful after the steamer I had from Purple Perk. :( I might be lactose intolerant?
It was a pretty eventful weekend! And with that, Monday has already flown by. I had a busier day at work today, so that really helped. We made potato smiles, carrot slaw and mushy peas for dinner and now I am just editing.
I missed a package from Canada Post (my Simons order!) so we'll be picking that up later this evening.
I started editing my unboxing video! Should be done soon and ready to upload this week. I love editing videos for YouTube, it reminds me of the days where I was in school editing school projects. I have an idea in mind and I'm editing to that.
I'm also hoping to post another blog post as well... just not sure what about. It's tough getting new products and reviewing them. Maybe I could do a fashion post of some sort? Spring fashion en route!
Monday, March 27, 2017
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Productive
This weekend was waaay more productive than the last one. On Friday evening we went to my parents' house to eat and then we took Tofu out for a walk in the park. I thought everything had dried up by then, but there was still mud, snow and ice at the park. Tofu's paws got sooo muddy, so we took him to the dog wash and tried to wash his paws, but then he got dirty again just walking back... so I spent about half an hour wiping his paws with paper towels, then we chilled with him for a bit and took him back home. The next day he got a haircut and took a bath, so good thing we took him out right before.
On Saturday we went out to One18 Empire and had brunch. It was really good and we had two $10 off coupons, so our total was just under twenty bucks for the two of us. :) Then we checked out Simons, got some placemats and I also got a nice sakura cami. The store is really cool, it has a nice range of prices and there's a lot of affordable items. I ended up placing an order online for more stuff because it was on sale/there was free shipping and some items I just couldn't find in the store. We also checked out a free art gallery (Contemporary Calgary) and we watched Beauty and the Beast in theatres. It was good! I also won $1 off frozen yogurt from Timeplay, so we used that to share a cup together.
Afterwards we just chilled out a bit and had chicken nuggets and salad for dinner. I then di some cleaning, laundry, etc., basically stuff I had put off for the whole week because I was so lazy after work.
Today we went and did some groccery shopping, had lattes at Higher Ground, did some more cleaning/chores and cooked some chicken breast for dinner with salad and Smile fries! We sprinkled ao nori on the fries and it tasted great, and also sprinkled some on the chicken to add flavour. Yum! We also went to Lukes to pick up some conditioner and just to enjoy the weather and walk outside. Went to the gym too, and I prepped my lunch and a snack for tomorrow.
Oh I also cleaned out my closet again. I have a big bag of clothes I want to donate. I just need to wash the clothes and then drop them off at the bin. I'm trying to update my warddrobe and just take out what I don't wear anymore and what I don't really like anymore. My style has really changed throughout the years. I do enjoy the sight of casual office wear, but at the same time I love casual stuff, I'm wearing sweatpants again and I like dresses, t-shirts and sweaters. The patterns I like are usually floral or just simple stuff or character-based.
I haven't done any colouring at all. I really should!! But adult colouring books actually kind of put me in deep thoughts, lol. I want something simple or really unique!
On Saturday we went out to One18 Empire and had brunch. It was really good and we had two $10 off coupons, so our total was just under twenty bucks for the two of us. :) Then we checked out Simons, got some placemats and I also got a nice sakura cami. The store is really cool, it has a nice range of prices and there's a lot of affordable items. I ended up placing an order online for more stuff because it was on sale/there was free shipping and some items I just couldn't find in the store. We also checked out a free art gallery (Contemporary Calgary) and we watched Beauty and the Beast in theatres. It was good! I also won $1 off frozen yogurt from Timeplay, so we used that to share a cup together.
Afterwards we just chilled out a bit and had chicken nuggets and salad for dinner. I then di some cleaning, laundry, etc., basically stuff I had put off for the whole week because I was so lazy after work.
Today we went and did some groccery shopping, had lattes at Higher Ground, did some more cleaning/chores and cooked some chicken breast for dinner with salad and Smile fries! We sprinkled ao nori on the fries and it tasted great, and also sprinkled some on the chicken to add flavour. Yum! We also went to Lukes to pick up some conditioner and just to enjoy the weather and walk outside. Went to the gym too, and I prepped my lunch and a snack for tomorrow.
Oh I also cleaned out my closet again. I have a big bag of clothes I want to donate. I just need to wash the clothes and then drop them off at the bin. I'm trying to update my warddrobe and just take out what I don't wear anymore and what I don't really like anymore. My style has really changed throughout the years. I do enjoy the sight of casual office wear, but at the same time I love casual stuff, I'm wearing sweatpants again and I like dresses, t-shirts and sweaters. The patterns I like are usually floral or just simple stuff or character-based.
I haven't done any colouring at all. I really should!! But adult colouring books actually kind of put me in deep thoughts, lol. I want something simple or really unique!
Sunday, March 12, 2017
I skipped a post :O
I just realized I didn't blog at all last weekend. Can't quite remember what I did last weekend, which is why I blog on here to remember. Lol.
I think we watched Logan last weekend. It was a great movie! The little girl who is in the movie though, reminded us so much of Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things. And we thought it was her... and I told this to everyone that I talked to about the film. But then last night I discovered that she wasn't Millie, but Dafne Keen. That made so much sense why her voice was so different/sounded dubbed (Dafne Keen can speak fluent Spanish so it makes sense now!).
I remember playing the Sims last weekend, and then I'm not sure what else we did... I think we went groccery shopping? Not the most exciting weekend but it was a relaxing one.
This Friday we went to watch Derek Selinger's The Gift. I haven't watched a magic show in a while and it was pretty good! We then went on a Pan & Teller spree afterwards and watched more magic on tv. Then I played Sims again and we went out to Mango Mania for some drinks, despite it being -17 outside. It was ferociously cold...
Today we watched Tokyo Ghoul and then played Heroes of the Storm with a friend. After losing a few games and winning one game, we went out for some ramen at Jinya Ramen. It was pretty good! I would definitely come back for more, but I think the price was more pricey than other ramen places I usually go to. It's nice that they provide fresh garlic cloves to add for free, and they have the whole concept of kaedama as well. I want to try kaedama sometime but maybe that's too much food, haha...
For the rest of the night I will make it a relaxing one. Prep some lunch, maybe colour and just watch some stuff with tea. :) It will be another busy week!
I think we watched Logan last weekend. It was a great movie! The little girl who is in the movie though, reminded us so much of Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things. And we thought it was her... and I told this to everyone that I talked to about the film. But then last night I discovered that she wasn't Millie, but Dafne Keen. That made so much sense why her voice was so different/sounded dubbed (Dafne Keen can speak fluent Spanish so it makes sense now!).
I remember playing the Sims last weekend, and then I'm not sure what else we did... I think we went groccery shopping? Not the most exciting weekend but it was a relaxing one.
This Friday we went to watch Derek Selinger's The Gift. I haven't watched a magic show in a while and it was pretty good! We then went on a Pan & Teller spree afterwards and watched more magic on tv. Then I played Sims again and we went out to Mango Mania for some drinks, despite it being -17 outside. It was ferociously cold...
Today we watched Tokyo Ghoul and then played Heroes of the Storm with a friend. After losing a few games and winning one game, we went out for some ramen at Jinya Ramen. It was pretty good! I would definitely come back for more, but I think the price was more pricey than other ramen places I usually go to. It's nice that they provide fresh garlic cloves to add for free, and they have the whole concept of kaedama as well. I want to try kaedama sometime but maybe that's too much food, haha...
For the rest of the night I will make it a relaxing one. Prep some lunch, maybe colour and just watch some stuff with tea. :) It will be another busy week!
Monday, February 27, 2017
This weekend felt short, but I did stuff!
Earlier this week I got my no make no life box in the mail. It's full of cute and great smelling Sakura goodies. Unfortunately there's no makeup included, as the box is mostly full of skincare products, but that's okay with me! I am usually really picky with my makeup, and I've wanted to try Japanese skincare for a while. I filmed an unboxing video and I plan on editing that this week and uploading it, but first, I need to take some nice insert shots as it might be hard to see the products in my original footage.
I'm halfway through editing my makeup video though, slowly building up content!
On Friday we had a very chill day and played boardgames, as I had to sleep pretty early because on Saturday I went for a ski trip with my work.
It was my second time skiing and my body had forgotten how to stop on top of a downhill... oops... so I ran into the bunny hill gate and knocked it over, haha! I did a few runs on the bunny hill, and we took a break at the lodge, then I thought I was ready to try a green hill... so I went on the gondola with my co-workers and I didn't realize how tired I was, but I couldn't really control my speed/stop. I kept running into my VP who was trying to help me... then eventually I took off my skis, and she carried them down and I slid on my butt down the hill... It was too slippery to walk in ski boots!
We tried to put my skis on again but I just didn't have enough strength to clip the back in... so, I waited about half an hour for a courtesy ride in a tobaggan down the hill. It was pretty fun! It was very bumpy and I was riding backwards, but it was a cool experience. Next time I go skiing I will try the green runs/yellow runs first... and wih a lot of help, or I'll just stick with the bunny hills. It's still fun haha.
That lasted the whole day as we went for dinner in Banff right afterwards (we were skiing at Lake Louise). We went to a restaurant called Park Distillery, it had great food and great service! :) I am planning on going back again. It is a bit on the pricier side, but the portions were really good.
I passed out after I got home and napped for two hours. Then yesterday we went to Blaze Pizza for dinner. It's this fast food pizza place where you can customize your pizza with unlimited toppings for only $11.65! Sooo good. Then we watched The World's End and had some ice cream and matcha. We also finished our boardgame that we left off from Friday.
As my Saturday was a full day and my Sunday was so chill, the weekend felt very short. Only four more work days until the upcoming weekend, though!
I have lots of editing to do tomorrow as I passed out from waking up much earlier today. Naps feel so good!
I'm halfway through editing my makeup video though, slowly building up content!
On Friday we had a very chill day and played boardgames, as I had to sleep pretty early because on Saturday I went for a ski trip with my work.
It was my second time skiing and my body had forgotten how to stop on top of a downhill... oops... so I ran into the bunny hill gate and knocked it over, haha! I did a few runs on the bunny hill, and we took a break at the lodge, then I thought I was ready to try a green hill... so I went on the gondola with my co-workers and I didn't realize how tired I was, but I couldn't really control my speed/stop. I kept running into my VP who was trying to help me... then eventually I took off my skis, and she carried them down and I slid on my butt down the hill... It was too slippery to walk in ski boots!
We tried to put my skis on again but I just didn't have enough strength to clip the back in... so, I waited about half an hour for a courtesy ride in a tobaggan down the hill. It was pretty fun! It was very bumpy and I was riding backwards, but it was a cool experience. Next time I go skiing I will try the green runs/yellow runs first... and wih a lot of help, or I'll just stick with the bunny hills. It's still fun haha.
That lasted the whole day as we went for dinner in Banff right afterwards (we were skiing at Lake Louise). We went to a restaurant called Park Distillery, it had great food and great service! :) I am planning on going back again. It is a bit on the pricier side, but the portions were really good.
I passed out after I got home and napped for two hours. Then yesterday we went to Blaze Pizza for dinner. It's this fast food pizza place where you can customize your pizza with unlimited toppings for only $11.65! Sooo good. Then we watched The World's End and had some ice cream and matcha. We also finished our boardgame that we left off from Friday.
As my Saturday was a full day and my Sunday was so chill, the weekend felt very short. Only four more work days until the upcoming weekend, though!
I have lots of editing to do tomorrow as I passed out from waking up much earlier today. Naps feel so good!
Monday, February 20, 2017
Family Day Long Weekend
I didn't edit my makeup video... haha...
I just don't really like the footage. But I'll edit it eventually and make it fancy somehow. It's a challenge that I'm willing to take on.
This weekend we did quite a few things. First was Stage West's Drinking Habits play with buffet on Friday evening, then on Saturday I went out for ramen at Shiki Menya with Angela. We also had the Choco Julip at Alforno for the yyc hot chocolate festival. Too much bourbon! O_O And on Sunday we attended a housewarming at our friends' new place, and got them a nice terrarium from Plant.
During the housewarming we talked for several hours. Our friend is actually a real estate photographer, and after talking on that subject I started day dreaming... about how I want my videos to look, not just for YouTube, but professionally as well. I love depth of field, I love close-ups and I love creating a story for my videos.
I think that's why it's tough for me to create on demand content with little editing/effort. I want to put more effort into my videos, make them more stylish, and worry about editing stylishly later. I want the mise-en-scene to make sense, to look appealing. I love cinematography.
And that's what I will aim to do. It's going to take a lot of work and possibly some new lenses and equipment.
On that note, I received a notification that my website domain renewal is soon and well, I haven't worked on my website AT ALL!! What the heck?
And that's why I need to make more better quality videos, because I need to update my portfolio. I haven't really done much since 2014... embarassing. I'm going to do my own videos for a bit and in the meantime I will try to find some freelance gigs. Some simple ones to start off would be nice. :)
My goal is still to work in video for a full-time gig. It'd be cool if I could get something similiar like my friend, but in video! I'm not unhappy but I just want to do more.
Oh this week I also posted a blog post. I need to figure out a new post now...
I just don't really like the footage. But I'll edit it eventually and make it fancy somehow. It's a challenge that I'm willing to take on.
This weekend we did quite a few things. First was Stage West's Drinking Habits play with buffet on Friday evening, then on Saturday I went out for ramen at Shiki Menya with Angela. We also had the Choco Julip at Alforno for the yyc hot chocolate festival. Too much bourbon! O_O And on Sunday we attended a housewarming at our friends' new place, and got them a nice terrarium from Plant.
During the housewarming we talked for several hours. Our friend is actually a real estate photographer, and after talking on that subject I started day dreaming... about how I want my videos to look, not just for YouTube, but professionally as well. I love depth of field, I love close-ups and I love creating a story for my videos.
I think that's why it's tough for me to create on demand content with little editing/effort. I want to put more effort into my videos, make them more stylish, and worry about editing stylishly later. I want the mise-en-scene to make sense, to look appealing. I love cinematography.
And that's what I will aim to do. It's going to take a lot of work and possibly some new lenses and equipment.
On that note, I received a notification that my website domain renewal is soon and well, I haven't worked on my website AT ALL!! What the heck?
And that's why I need to make more better quality videos, because I need to update my portfolio. I haven't really done much since 2014... embarassing. I'm going to do my own videos for a bit and in the meantime I will try to find some freelance gigs. Some simple ones to start off would be nice. :)
My goal is still to work in video for a full-time gig. It'd be cool if I could get something similiar like my friend, but in video! I'm not unhappy but I just want to do more.
Oh this week I also posted a blog post. I need to figure out a new post now...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Thrown off schedule
Blaaah.
I didn't edit my video in time for Valentine's Day. Why? Well, I took a look at the footage and I didn't like it. I also needed to record a voiceover in time to get it done, but I had too much editing to do for my volunteering. I was taking on extra work than usual and so couldn't really focus on my own projects.
Today would've been a good night to edit and upload but we went grocery shopping for a while and did some meal prep for lunch tomorrow...
I plan to edit the video eventually and make it a date night tutorial instead. If I had uploaded it today, I would have written in the description that I missed the cut-off for Valentine's uploads. Oh well.
I also need to film some insert shots of all the products I used.
Oh yeah that reminds me... the eyelash glue I ordered came in the mail the other day. I ordered two to keep a good stock, but when I tried to squeeze out the glue, nothing came out. I thought that perhaps the cap was still sealed, so I used a safety pin to poke it through... turns out the glue is like a different consistency. I'm not sure if it got frozen and defrosted during transport, but it seems like that's what happened. Only a clear bubbly liquid comes out and one of the glue broke at the side because I put so much pressure on it to squeeze the glue out. :(
Looking for a new glue and possibly a refund... Maybe I'll try brush-on glue.
I'll definitely get some stuff done tomorrow!!
I didn't edit my video in time for Valentine's Day. Why? Well, I took a look at the footage and I didn't like it. I also needed to record a voiceover in time to get it done, but I had too much editing to do for my volunteering. I was taking on extra work than usual and so couldn't really focus on my own projects.
Today would've been a good night to edit and upload but we went grocery shopping for a while and did some meal prep for lunch tomorrow...
I plan to edit the video eventually and make it a date night tutorial instead. If I had uploaded it today, I would have written in the description that I missed the cut-off for Valentine's uploads. Oh well.
I also need to film some insert shots of all the products I used.
Oh yeah that reminds me... the eyelash glue I ordered came in the mail the other day. I ordered two to keep a good stock, but when I tried to squeeze out the glue, nothing came out. I thought that perhaps the cap was still sealed, so I used a safety pin to poke it through... turns out the glue is like a different consistency. I'm not sure if it got frozen and defrosted during transport, but it seems like that's what happened. Only a clear bubbly liquid comes out and one of the glue broke at the side because I put so much pressure on it to squeeze the glue out. :(
Looking for a new glue and possibly a refund... Maybe I'll try brush-on glue.
I'll definitely get some stuff done tomorrow!!
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Skiing
This week was steady. I had a headache on one of the days so I didn't come into work (I told everyone, don't worry!) and I think it was because I woke up dehydrated and was woken suddenly by our ice maker... the headache lasted the whole day but I feel much better now (with much needed sleep!). We went for wing Wednesday with some friends and tried to take advantage of Hudson's 1cent wing deal but the line-up was crazy and it was cooooold outside. About an hour later we went to The Unicorn which still had a great deal. :)
On Friday we rented ski equipment and went to Canmore to visit Dan's parents for his birthday. We then went skiing at Norquay and it was my first time ever so I did the ski lesson with an instructor who's first day instructing was that day as well, haha! It was fun but I still need to get used to the weight of the boots and skis as well as the boots hurt my shins a lot. I wonder if non-rental skis are much lighter, my instructor's seemed so much lighter as those were her own, so I may look around for some before going on my next ski trip with work. Bunny hill for me! Dan was more experienced as he took lessons a long time ago, but we both had fun together. :)
Today we went to a friend's house to play Orleans the boardgame. Pretty fun, I came in last with 44 points but now I know how the game works so I'm ready for another haha. We then went to Ajisai for some sushi. I think I ate the rolls too fast as my stomach was kind of hurting from pressure lol, and it got so cold outside afterwards. It was much warmer this afternoon so I didn't take my winter coat with me.
I also filmed a Valentine's day look today. I was planning to do a swatch pic for my blog as well but that didn't happen today so I'll have to do that tomorrow or on Tuesday. I have a busy week this week! Lots going on at work and a lot of things going on for the Family Day long weekend! :)
On Friday we rented ski equipment and went to Canmore to visit Dan's parents for his birthday. We then went skiing at Norquay and it was my first time ever so I did the ski lesson with an instructor who's first day instructing was that day as well, haha! It was fun but I still need to get used to the weight of the boots and skis as well as the boots hurt my shins a lot. I wonder if non-rental skis are much lighter, my instructor's seemed so much lighter as those were her own, so I may look around for some before going on my next ski trip with work. Bunny hill for me! Dan was more experienced as he took lessons a long time ago, but we both had fun together. :)
Today we went to a friend's house to play Orleans the boardgame. Pretty fun, I came in last with 44 points but now I know how the game works so I'm ready for another haha. We then went to Ajisai for some sushi. I think I ate the rolls too fast as my stomach was kind of hurting from pressure lol, and it got so cold outside afterwards. It was much warmer this afternoon so I didn't take my winter coat with me.
I also filmed a Valentine's day look today. I was planning to do a swatch pic for my blog as well but that didn't happen today so I'll have to do that tomorrow or on Tuesday. I have a busy week this week! Lots going on at work and a lot of things going on for the Family Day long weekend! :)
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