Student: Are your shoes new?
Me: No
Student: Are your pants new?
Me: No
Student: Is your shirt new?
Me: Yeah
Student: Is your sweater new?
Me: No
Student: Is your necklace new?
Me: No
Student: Is your hair new?
Me: No, I'm getting it cut next weekend
Student: Is your face new?
Me: Yes, I just had plastic surgery done last night.
Student: So that's why you look like Michael Jackson...
Later on........
The same student told me about how her cousin always wears the same bra every day that's too big for her and it separates her boobs
Friday, April 23, 2010
woah
A lot of time has passed since my last entry!
I was at Chapters about a month ago, looking at some fashion magazines. This smartly dressed guy came up to me and started some small talk. It turns out that he's a fashion photographer! He has quite a nice portfolio too.
I also met his friend who plans fashion events in my city. I really liked how she dressed too. They were both really friendly.
Here are some examples of his photos:
I was at Chapters about a month ago, looking at some fashion magazines. This smartly dressed guy came up to me and started some small talk. It turns out that he's a fashion photographer! He has quite a nice portfolio too.
I also met his friend who plans fashion events in my city. I really liked how she dressed too. They were both really friendly.
Here are some examples of his photos:
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
a day in my life~
I actually wrote this on Feb. 6th but I forgot to post it!
Today, I woke up late and took a shower late. I didn't have time to eat my breakfast (a granola and berry and custard parfait) and I didn't pack a lunch because something told me not to.
By the time lunch rolled around, I was starving so I went to the Rideau Center. I decided to go to Subway even though I wasn't in the mood for Subway. In fact, I almost turned around and left but something told me to stay in line and order.
The next thing I know, the guy standing behind/beside me in line started telling me that he doesn't really know what bread to get. He ordered the Montery Jack one I think and I told him that he made a good choice.
While we were getting cheese on our subs, he said that it was good to know that we were getting processed cheese because the processed food industry is good for the economy since it creates jobs for people.
It was time for me to choose what topics I wanted on my sub and the guy behind/beside me commented that he thought I would be the type of person who would choose the really weird sauces that people normally wouldn't put into a sub and I told him that I'm really boring when it comes to sauces in sandwiches.
After paying, he said "Enjoy your meal!" and I said "Thanks you too!" and I went to sit in a booth sit which was miraculously empty and clean and I saw the guy disappear up the elevator. However, about 30 seconds later, he reappeared and asked if I wanted to share some company for the 5 minutes he had left of his break and I said that I wouldn't mind.
We chatted and he was late for work and it turned out that he knew some people who were in my program and he gave me some very valuable tips for succeeding in my undergrad studies. He actually just graduated from Ottawa U!
After our lunchtime interlude, he really had to run to work because he was already late and we bid goodbye.
A little while after he left, I looked up from my sandwich and notices a guy dressed in a giant pink and gray fake fur coat + hat + accessories. The jacket said "BOOP" on it.
Some guy at work, who sounded like he was drunk, said that he really liked my watch and I let him look at it and he asked where I got it so I told him. Then we ended up talking about Yorkdale Mall and how we used to know Toronto but not really anymore. Everyone has been making comments about my watch lately.
Today, I woke up late and took a shower late. I didn't have time to eat my breakfast (a granola and berry and custard parfait) and I didn't pack a lunch because something told me not to.
By the time lunch rolled around, I was starving so I went to the Rideau Center. I decided to go to Subway even though I wasn't in the mood for Subway. In fact, I almost turned around and left but something told me to stay in line and order.
The next thing I know, the guy standing behind/beside me in line started telling me that he doesn't really know what bread to get. He ordered the Montery Jack one I think and I told him that he made a good choice.
While we were getting cheese on our subs, he said that it was good to know that we were getting processed cheese because the processed food industry is good for the economy since it creates jobs for people.
It was time for me to choose what topics I wanted on my sub and the guy behind/beside me commented that he thought I would be the type of person who would choose the really weird sauces that people normally wouldn't put into a sub and I told him that I'm really boring when it comes to sauces in sandwiches.
After paying, he said "Enjoy your meal!" and I said "Thanks you too!" and I went to sit in a booth sit which was miraculously empty and clean and I saw the guy disappear up the elevator. However, about 30 seconds later, he reappeared and asked if I wanted to share some company for the 5 minutes he had left of his break and I said that I wouldn't mind.
We chatted and he was late for work and it turned out that he knew some people who were in my program and he gave me some very valuable tips for succeeding in my undergrad studies. He actually just graduated from Ottawa U!
After our lunchtime interlude, he really had to run to work because he was already late and we bid goodbye.
A little while after he left, I looked up from my sandwich and notices a guy dressed in a giant pink and gray fake fur coat + hat + accessories. The jacket said "BOOP" on it.
Some guy at work, who sounded like he was drunk, said that he really liked my watch and I let him look at it and he asked where I got it so I told him. Then we ended up talking about Yorkdale Mall and how we used to know Toronto but not really anymore. Everyone has been making comments about my watch lately.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
teaching
I love being a teacher. Not only do I feel the satisfaction and accomplishment of teaching other people how to play piano, I think it's really surprising when I get a card or a gift from them.
Yesterday, one of my students gave me a gift!
It came with a really nifty card that has a game of "Tic Tac Snow" on it. Basically, you can move the trees and the snowmen to play tic tac toe with it! There are even 3 extra pieces at the bottom that you can punch out and play with. Being the type of person that is easily amused by small things, I thought the card was brilliant. There was also a cute snowman on the envelope too.
The gift turned out to be a mug filled with yummy goodies from Starbucks! There's hot chocolate mix, biscotti, chocolate, etc. And a lovely brown bow. Soooo delicious.
Here's a close-up of the mug!
I think it's precious. I love how there's marshmallows over an open fire. Burnt marshmallows are one of my favourite things to eat (everyone thinks I'm gross when I eat my marshmallows that way but I can't help it... it's so crunchy on the outside and so runny and gooey and sticky on the inside... mmmmmm).
My student and her family don't know this but Starbucks is currently my favourite coffee stop. I've never tried anything from Starbucks and disliked it. I would be an extremely happy woman if I could drink Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Pumpkin Spice Fraps every day while eating a Pumpkin Scone.
Yesterday, one of my students gave me a gift!
It came with a really nifty card that has a game of "Tic Tac Snow" on it. Basically, you can move the trees and the snowmen to play tic tac toe with it! There are even 3 extra pieces at the bottom that you can punch out and play with. Being the type of person that is easily amused by small things, I thought the card was brilliant. There was also a cute snowman on the envelope too.
The gift turned out to be a mug filled with yummy goodies from Starbucks! There's hot chocolate mix, biscotti, chocolate, etc. And a lovely brown bow. Soooo delicious.
Here's a close-up of the mug!I think it's precious. I love how there's marshmallows over an open fire. Burnt marshmallows are one of my favourite things to eat (everyone thinks I'm gross when I eat my marshmallows that way but I can't help it... it's so crunchy on the outside and so runny and gooey and sticky on the inside... mmmmmm).
My student and her family don't know this but Starbucks is currently my favourite coffee stop. I've never tried anything from Starbucks and disliked it. I would be an extremely happy woman if I could drink Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Pumpkin Spice Fraps every day while eating a Pumpkin Scone.
Monday, September 28, 2009
creepy bus story
A couple of weeks ago, I was busing back to Rideau from my favourite Starbucks (mentioned last post). On the bus, I felt someone watching me. I turned to my left and saw someone who looked like a hobo0ified Santa Claus staring at me. He seriously looked like he had saved up his life savings just to take that one bus ride. I smiled and said "hi" because usually if you let someone know that you know that they're staring at you they stop. However, this guy was like "I can't stop staring at you". I was like "PARDON ME?!" and he repeated himself and added "there's just something about you..."
Thoroughly creeped out, I got off the bus at the next stop (Rideau Center woohoo) and the hobo followed me through the mall. CREEPY
Thoroughly creeped out, I got off the bus at the next stop (Rideau Center woohoo) and the hobo followed me through the mall. CREEPY
Sunday, September 27, 2009
cloudy days suck
I hate how I always think of interesting things to write about whenever I'm walking around or I'm on the bus but whenever I actually have time to write about them in my blog, I always forget.
I woke up really late today but somehow I had gotten ready for work earlier than usual so I took a super early bus to go downtown (I start work at 13h00 but I took the 11h30 94 bus). The 94 picked me up a little late but that ended up being perfect timing because as soon as I arrived downtown, the next bus I needed was pulling up. The bus driver of the second bus (the 97) was pointing down at my feet when I got on the bus and I was all confused until I realized that my headphones were dragging on the ground. I really like the mid-day bus drivers because they're usually friendly and have conversations with people and make jokes and stuff.
I went to my favourite Starbucks - the Bank Street one (they make the best pumpkin spice fraps/lattes and they are super friendly and talkative) and read A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick for about half an hour before deciding to go back to work. I hopped on the 2 to go back to the Rideau Center so I could walk back down to uni. I've noticed that the downtown busses usually have really shady characters occupying the funky-smelling seats and I'm usually the youngest occupant in there.
While at Rideau, I decided to walk around the mall and go to the Buck or Two to buy a notebook so I could write down my thoughts and post them here later. After looking at over-priced notebooks for a couple of minutes, I looked at my watch and decided that I should head to the university to avoid being late for work.
The 13 minute walk proved uneventful and boring until I reached the building where I work. There was a notice taped on the door that coldly explained that the building was closed due to some maintenance thing. I tried the doors and they were locked. I tried entering the building via other sets of doors (there are always multiple ways to get into any university building) but they were all locked. I think that's kind of of weird because I swear I saw someone walkining inside and he didn't look like a maintenance worker...
I tried calling work and no one answered so I went to Chapters and picked up a comic book that I had been eying for a while - Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse vol. 1 by Ben Templesmith. The art is spectacular and the storyline looks interesting.
Then I bussed home and as I told my mum that I was fired (my dad's idea) to freak her out. Now I'm supposed to be doing my German assignment but I really can't be arsed to do so.
I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not working today because I pulled together a snazzy outfit and I 'm more efficiant at doing my homework at work than I do at home. I'm also really mad because I just found out that I had anassignment due at 03h00 this morning and I thought it was due at midnight tonight. FML
Here are some pics:
This is was my outfit + my fave jacket that I bought a couple of days ago. I got that scarf yesterday.
This is part of the cover of Wormwood. Sorry for the bad webcam quality. And for my chipped nail polish.
Here's a bad quality snapshop of a random page in the comic.
I really need to charge my real cam's batteries so I don't need to rely on my webcam for photos. But this is the Gentleman Corpse. The pictures look a million times better irl.
This is from the back of the comic, where there are pictures of the original Wormwood sketches and pin-ups. I really liked these drawings and it's a shame that my webcam doesn't take nice photos
I woke up really late today but somehow I had gotten ready for work earlier than usual so I took a super early bus to go downtown (I start work at 13h00 but I took the 11h30 94 bus). The 94 picked me up a little late but that ended up being perfect timing because as soon as I arrived downtown, the next bus I needed was pulling up. The bus driver of the second bus (the 97) was pointing down at my feet when I got on the bus and I was all confused until I realized that my headphones were dragging on the ground. I really like the mid-day bus drivers because they're usually friendly and have conversations with people and make jokes and stuff.
I went to my favourite Starbucks - the Bank Street one (they make the best pumpkin spice fraps/lattes and they are super friendly and talkative) and read A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick for about half an hour before deciding to go back to work. I hopped on the 2 to go back to the Rideau Center so I could walk back down to uni. I've noticed that the downtown busses usually have really shady characters occupying the funky-smelling seats and I'm usually the youngest occupant in there.
While at Rideau, I decided to walk around the mall and go to the Buck or Two to buy a notebook so I could write down my thoughts and post them here later. After looking at over-priced notebooks for a couple of minutes, I looked at my watch and decided that I should head to the university to avoid being late for work.
The 13 minute walk proved uneventful and boring until I reached the building where I work. There was a notice taped on the door that coldly explained that the building was closed due to some maintenance thing. I tried the doors and they were locked. I tried entering the building via other sets of doors (there are always multiple ways to get into any university building) but they were all locked. I think that's kind of of weird because I swear I saw someone walkining inside and he didn't look like a maintenance worker...
I tried calling work and no one answered so I went to Chapters and picked up a comic book that I had been eying for a while - Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse vol. 1 by Ben Templesmith. The art is spectacular and the storyline looks interesting.
Then I bussed home and as I told my mum that I was fired (my dad's idea) to freak her out. Now I'm supposed to be doing my German assignment but I really can't be arsed to do so.
I'm kind of annoyed that I'm not working today because I pulled together a snazzy outfit and I 'm more efficiant at doing my homework at work than I do at home. I'm also really mad because I just found out that I had anassignment due at 03h00 this morning and I thought it was due at midnight tonight. FML
Here are some pics:
This is was my outfit + my fave jacket that I bought a couple of days ago. I got that scarf yesterday.
This is part of the cover of Wormwood. Sorry for the bad webcam quality. And for my chipped nail polish.
Here's a bad quality snapshop of a random page in the comic.
I really need to charge my real cam's batteries so I don't need to rely on my webcam for photos. But this is the Gentleman Corpse. The pictures look a million times better irl.
This is from the back of the comic, where there are pictures of the original Wormwood sketches and pin-ups. I really liked these drawings and it's a shame that my webcam doesn't take nice photos
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
talking about now
Whenever I get bored, I alwys like to write down interesting things I see around me on post-it notes. By interesrting, I mean things that seem to be some sort of anomaly from what I would normally see in my every day life.
At the momemt, I kind of forgot my post it notes at home or somewhere in one of my purses or who knows where so I'll write down stuff here instead.
1) The hug thing from my last post
2) A group of guys with the exact same faux-hawk (+ dyed blond and looking really stupid) walked by. They kind of all looked the same. I really do not understand how anyone can find faux-hawks attractive. Real mohawks plz.
3) A guy walked by me while I was eating lunch. He had long curly hair, a wear cape-ish trench coat, and a tricorne hat. He seriously looked like a pirate but it didn't look like he was wearing a costume; it looked like he seriously dresses like a pirate all the time.
4) I have a really good friend that I met here. She loves to cause trouble... today in our chem dgd, she started calling people on her cell phone. As soon as they'd answer and start talking, she started blowing on the phone. I could hear people getting mad on the other side. That wasn't as bad as Monday's calculus dgd. The room we have for that has microphones at the desks and our TA is this Chinese guy with a really thick Chinese accent (this Chinese girl always argues about everything he does too but that's beside the point). Anyway, my friend kept turning on the mic and rubing her finger / finger nails on it which would make a really annoying loud scratchy sound which really confused our TA. Then she took out her phone and put on a really high-pitched noise (full blast) that really irritated our ears. Then some random dance music turned on (oops). We couldn't stop giggling. I think ppl kind of figured it was us (except for the TA) but it was really funny.
5) The guy beside me is eating something with A LOT of curry. In fact, there's so much that it's making my stomach knot up and I feel like throwing up.
6) I keep seeing people I know from work/highschool/not uni. It's kind of surreal.
7) I just looked up from my computer. There was a guy sitting at the table across from me. He was staring at me while drinking coffee. Creepy.
8) I'm trying to be quiet because I'm in a library but I can't stop laughing. I'm listening to a story called Got Milk. It's about some guy with a third nipple that spews inky black milk. And him licking himself. I don't think this should be a horror story. It's more of a comedy. It's great.
At the momemt, I kind of forgot my post it notes at home or somewhere in one of my purses or who knows where so I'll write down stuff here instead.
1) The hug thing from my last post
2) A group of guys with the exact same faux-hawk (+ dyed blond and looking really stupid) walked by. They kind of all looked the same. I really do not understand how anyone can find faux-hawks attractive. Real mohawks plz.
3) A guy walked by me while I was eating lunch. He had long curly hair, a wear cape-ish trench coat, and a tricorne hat. He seriously looked like a pirate but it didn't look like he was wearing a costume; it looked like he seriously dresses like a pirate all the time.
4) I have a really good friend that I met here. She loves to cause trouble... today in our chem dgd, she started calling people on her cell phone. As soon as they'd answer and start talking, she started blowing on the phone. I could hear people getting mad on the other side. That wasn't as bad as Monday's calculus dgd. The room we have for that has microphones at the desks and our TA is this Chinese guy with a really thick Chinese accent (this Chinese girl always argues about everything he does too but that's beside the point). Anyway, my friend kept turning on the mic and rubing her finger / finger nails on it which would make a really annoying loud scratchy sound which really confused our TA. Then she took out her phone and put on a really high-pitched noise (full blast) that really irritated our ears. Then some random dance music turned on (oops). We couldn't stop giggling. I think ppl kind of figured it was us (except for the TA) but it was really funny.
5) The guy beside me is eating something with A LOT of curry. In fact, there's so much that it's making my stomach knot up and I feel like throwing up.
6) I keep seeing people I know from work/highschool/not uni. It's kind of surreal.
7) I just looked up from my computer. There was a guy sitting at the table across from me. He was staring at me while drinking coffee. Creepy.
8) I'm trying to be quiet because I'm in a library but I can't stop laughing. I'm listening to a story called Got Milk. It's about some guy with a third nipple that spews inky black milk. And him licking himself. I don't think this should be a horror story. It's more of a comedy. It's great.
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