Maybe its purpose is to beat those winter blues? Hmmm…
Here she is: my darling Vietnamese friend in Ottawa! So we met last summer at CIDA during my co-op term. In Ottawa, Asians are sparse and so when you see one, well, you definitely take a DOUBLE TAKE…I like to… Read more ›
Well, I’m up. I had 3 hrs of sleep and 35 mins or so of rest…30 mins of fb and now I shall blog til I’m tired again. It was my second last day in Ottawa. Tomorrow night I fly… Read more ›
When Cathy is feeling good, she eats well and actually cleans the house! David Rocco’s recipe is super yummy: achovies, red wine, pasta!!! AND I think I need not get into my LUSH advocacy here… It’s been ages since I… Read more ›
So I had a dinner party, VNese style… = I cook, U eat 🙂 My mom said that the dish would not be complete without all the fresh herbs and condiments on the side. She was right. Rice porridge is… Read more ›
Check out my backyard: It’s been like this for a few months. Snow is better than rain: flakes don’t leave splatter marks on my glasses. So yesterday I was eating a very gooey, sticky caramel apple (thx Cassie!) and immediately… Read more ›
Winterfest at University of Ottawa = la tire (frozen maple syrup lollies), dogsledding, outdoor snow camping (count me OUT!), beaver tails (fried doughy snacks with cinnamon sugar), a traditional Quebecois sugar shack meal (boo, I was in class) and it… Read more ›
So the cake says Happy BirtHay FYI 🙂 I have iced cakes before for ppl’s bdays and I have never seen this before 🙂 No, it was not an ESL error. It was just kinda funny 🙂 And no, I… Read more ›
That’s what I was thinking today. Sometimes I have these “rebellious” thoughts. I just get fed up wearing bland, dark solid colours like they do here in Ottawa (black, grey, brown, more black, dark blue). I just want to burst… Read more ›
