September 2, 2010

Hot Hot Barbecue!!

Filed under: Food, Parties & Events — Natalia @ 2:07 pm

More barbecueeees!!

I love packing my summer with my favourite activity :)

Barbecue @ My Place (9th of August, 2010)

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Mmm.. Meats Market. They have the best of the best!

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Whippin’ out our pit.

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Shrooms…. there was corn too (obviously) but I reckon everyone’s sick of seeing pictures of corn.

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Chillaxin’ indoors (kinda lame weather that day actually) while waiting for our juicy meats to cook!

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Hika; our dedicated chef.

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It’s always so difficult to get him to pose normally.

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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!

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B-B-Q!

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Naoki & a hidden Valerie.

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Lyo & Julianna.

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Watermelon! We only ate half of it… they gave us the other half & it sat in my fridge (I hate cutting fruits FYI) and molded 0_o I threw it out only 2 days ago. It’s September today.

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Admiring my wall of friends + family collage :D Usually the first thing guests tend to do when they first come in.

Finished the night with some good ol’ karaoke!!

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And only days later, the weather became scorching hot!!

The type of rare weather that occurs like… two days in the whole year in Vancouver.

Reminded me of being in Malaysia, actually.. with less ickiness of pollution.

Hot Barbecue @ Spanish Banks (14 August, 2010)

Went back to good ‘ol Spanish banks at the very same spot as when Lawrence was fungry for barbecue because we like it that much!

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Shawnster!

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K-dawg. Holy moly, will you check out those abs he’s got there!! Puts mine to shame!

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So ripped that I just had to take two pictures with him, lol.

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Manning the BBQ.

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As was Hika :D I always bug him to host barbecues and to attend barbecues… I think I know why he likes it less than I do with all the work he has to do and all I do is feed my face :p

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Maui ribs. Friggin’ juicy ass uber delish flank of meat!!

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Enjoying my maui rib with Clarabelle.

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With Hika :)

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With Wynnie & our ice cold coke, mmmm..

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The crew.

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Chicken wings!!

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The brothers from another mother.

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Mmmm…

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With Sarah & Rose.

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Never seen anyone so angry eating a celery.

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Lor; making sure the sun does not get the better of her!

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The king of queens & barbecue… or at least, that what he seems to think?  

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Ribs *drool*

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Wolfing it down.

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And it’s time for dessert!

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Shawn sure looks like he’s liking ‘em strawberries ;) Oh Shawn…

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“Okay, open when I count to three.” Hikaru fails.

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Peace out! :D

Until next time, lovelies & gentlemen :)

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August 23, 2010

Kayak Camping Trip!

Filed under: Miscellaneous — Natalia @ 10:17 am

Finally!!!

After half my life of schooling, I’M DONE :D
(given, of course, that I passed everything…. *knock wood!!*)

I am so incredibly stoked & I had such a good time celebrating yesterday (although the night can never end quite the best when your face ends up in the toilet) & opening up my first day of NO-SCHOOL with a great round of golf, hard to ruin my mood at this point!

Everyone who’s still in school right now & can’t wait until they are done (I know there are weirdos who actually like school..) probably hate my guts right now but hey! Hang in there and you can join the graduate club very soon ;)

So I have a breather now since Hikaru’s taking a quick nap before going for dinner @ Zakkushi & its about time I blogged about our kayak camping trip that was a be-jillion years ago it seems!

Kayak Camping Trip @ Granite Falls along Indian Arms (31st July - 2nd August, 2010)

Day 1

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Our “try to pack as minimal as possible… only essentials” luggage. Yeah, right.

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Jersey shore, baby.

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Group shot! All good & ready to go: Lawrence, Kait, Brad, Kirsten, Nick, Wynnie, Me, Tad, Hikaru, Jacob.

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Prepping up!

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Kirsten & Brad.

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Lawrence & Tad’s paddle.

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Hikapoo!

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Me! Yep, all I do really is take pictures, bwahaha. And enjoy the breeze ;p

After 4 gruelling hours (maybe for Hikaru, lol!), we reached our destination! :D

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Kait & Nick setting up their tent.

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Tad’s cute little one-man tent! It has a chimney! So cute.

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Our cozy home for 2 nights :)

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Jacob.. you are sitting on my chair. No wonder one leg’s all funny now.

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Wynnie sheltering in Jacob’s tent.

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Granite Falls!

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Reflection.

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Climbed up the waterfall!

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Brad & Kirsten.

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Our camp food dinner! Marinated sanma fish with egg, seasoning & rice. Yum! Pretty good for camp food.

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With Kait! Photobombed by Law :/

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Group shot! (Minus Hika).

And off to sleep we went! Pretty early (wasn’t even dark yet.. granted it gets dark at like.. 10pm) because we were all super stumped from kayaking & setting up camp all day.

Day 2

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Fishing in the wee hours of the morning! About 10ish am…. heh. My first fish of the day!

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My 2nd fish.. :( They are getting tinier.

I even caught a star fish!! But.. it was so small.. in comparison to:

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Hikaru’s uber huge starfish!! Which looks like a deceased alien, yuck!!

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And this is the back of it… or front… still! YUCK!!

Anyway, we obviously weren’t doing very well with our catches so we gave up & visited the falls again.

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Hika, probably sad we didn’t get a good catch. What will we eat for dinner then?!

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Flex.

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We got bored… and were reduced to rock-building.

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According to a Japanese saying, if you can stack 21 rocks without it falling, you will find your true love! Yatahhhhhh!!

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More rock-building.

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We stacked friggin’ 26 rocks! We’ll find more than one true love :p

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So, in the middle of the night last night, a bunch of douchebags with underaged girls came in this. Go figure.

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First bath of the trip! And last… the water was SO FRIGGIN’ COLD!! I’m sticking to wet wipes bath.

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Tad is one crazy sonofagun.

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Our squeaky clean from fresh water & biodegradable soap!

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Hahahah! This pic so funnay. Jacob looks like he just gave Kirsten a big one.

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We got bored again and decided to fish somemore! This time, we brought Kirsten & Brad and look what she caught! Something other than the lame rockfishes I was catching.

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Hikaru’s first fish! Undersized rockfish.

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Number #2 for Hikaru.

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3rd starfish that we caught of the day.

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#4 for Hikaru.

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Er… we tried to throw it back alive…….. usually they swim away. This one didn’t.

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#5 and the smallest rockfish ever.

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#6.. Hikaru’s on a roll!

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And the fourth alien we caught! I think this was my catch too.

And just as we were going to give up…

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We caught a big one!!! Yay, dinner!!!

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Good enough size :) MMM!

Day 3

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Back to Deep Cove we gooo… The peaceful waters in the morning.

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So… close………

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Numbah 1, babyyyy :) That’s right. We rocked that kayak hard!

Was certainly a fun adventure!

Oh, I hear Hikaru’s tummy growling.

Time for dinner, until next time, folks! :)

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August 20, 2010

1 + 1 = 11

Filed under: Miscellaneous — Natalia @ 3:39 pm

Makes hella more sense than 1 + 1 = 2, don’t you agree? :p

Anyhoo, am aware that I ought to be studying since it is less than 36 hours to both my finals but, hey, gotta take a break right?

Not a long enough one that I can finish up my blog post on my kayak camping trip though (promise I’ll do that right after!)…

So, it has been eleven months with Hika and it has be amazing :)

We’ve done so much in this short period of time & grown so much as well.

In 30 days, it’ll be the big one year ;)

Yesterday, after work, I discovered eleven ginormously HUGE red roses sitting on my bedside table!

I was really surprised because admittedly, I…. kinda of forgot? (I’m terrible with dates… get scoldings all the time for forgetting Birthdays & what-not unless there are pre-determined celebrations going on in which I mark my calendar)… which made me feel awful but also extremely grateful to have someone like Hika in my life who is incredibly thoughtful & sweet :)

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HUGE, I’m telling ya. I’ve never seen such humongo ones before that I am creating words that don’t even exist.

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Deep red. Lovely.

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Left a note & chocolates… Awww! I was at the brink of tears. Btw, lindor chocolates are friggin’ the most amazing chocolates ever. LOVE. THEM.

Thank you for being such a thoughtful sweetheart <3

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(=^_^=)

Ermmm…. okay, back to the books, SIGH.

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August 17, 2010

Exams. Suck. Ass.

Filed under: Miscellaneous — Natalia @ 1:13 pm

This is it.

2 more papers and I’m done.

Done.

Fin.

Kapish.

That’s it.

5 more days of torture & I am released from the wrath of school.

I.

Can’t.

Friggin’.

Wait.

BRB!

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August 10, 2010

Movie Review, Kooza! & Other Things..

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Movie Reviews — Natalia @ 3:42 pm

Movie Review

Salt

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Not a fan of Angelina Jolie (Team Anniston!!) after watching True Hollywood Story on her and found out what a weirdo she is.. So, I didn’t have very much expectations for this movie. Nonetheless, it was actually a decent movie but I admit it grudgingly. Also can’t deny that Jolie is stunningly gorgeous and a decent actress. Doesn’t stop her from being an evil husband-stealing seductress boooo!!! Anyhow, type of movie I’d watch once in the theatre and probably won’t think twice about it again. It was good while it lasted.

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Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Brilliant! A must-see!

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Exceed expectations. Two thumbs up!

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Satisfactory. Enjoyable.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Mediocre. Very average.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Bored to tears. Almost slept.

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us Functionally retarded. Left cinema.

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KOOZA! was aweeeesomeeee :D

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It was definitely entertaining & the comedians (jesters) were hilarious!

I was at the edge of my seats for a few of the stunts they performed and the flexible girl that did a solo flex performance was jaw-droppingly amazing. That was definitely my favourite act. She has maaaaad skills.

I must admit, a lot of what they’ve done, I’ve seen crazy Chinese acrobats in Genting and even in 1utama performed with a little more craziness & no strings attached… so I wasn’t superbly impressed with most of the stunts performed. Although, walking on wires certainly requires some crazy skills for sho!

Apart from the ridiculous rip-off parking ($25!!!) and the mad expensive snacks & bevies, it was a great show :D

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Was leafing through the internet and bumped into the MorphThing baby-maker and my itchy fingers couldn’t help but try it out ;)

Using this picture of Hikaru & I–

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We made this little toddler—

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Awweeee :) So cute haha.

But soooo wrong! She/he looks waaay too white.

Hikaru’s only half and I’m, like, what.. 1/8? And how the heck did she/he get grey eyes??

Haha, boredom.

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One last thing before I go…

Law did something…. something that could either be:
1. Skilled.
2. Hilarious.
3. Absolutely repulsive to look at.

You make the call.

Find 5 differences in these two pics:
(no points for finding them all in less than 5 seconds…)

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If you say there’s nothing different, you desperately need an eye exam.
  

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