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Friday, November 7, 2025

[August 2024] Food Adventures & New Nails

 

Hi angels! How are you? Somehow it's November already and this year is almost over (☉__☉”) I'm about to enter the craziest 2 weeks of my busy season as my project is launching next week so I'm really stressed right now. I didn't even realize the last month has just flown by (っ- ‸ - ς)

I also recently got diagnosed with ADHD so... things are making a lot more sense on a personal level lol. I'm glad I didn't have to wait too long for my assessment appointment and I will be starting treatment soon!! I've always struggled on my own but recently it's gotten very overwhelming so I thought I would get help. It's nice to finally have a definitive answer for certain things and although I'm nervous about medication I'm glad it's not for something more serious. I guess this explains why it's so hard for me to keep up with blogging but I won't give up!! One day I will get through this backlog and post from the present ( ദ്ദി ˙ᗜ˙ ) 
Continuing from my last few posts, I had just come back from a work trip in LA. I honestly wasn't doing too much around this time except for soaking up the remaining sun and trying to spend as much time with my friends as I could before my busy season picked up in October.

We tried a cute little place called Caffè La Tana. It's a tiny little Italian spot tucked away from the main street and food was amazing!! I really liked how unique this dining experience felt, for a moment I forgot I was in Vancouver.

We each got our own mains but we did get a few things to share. Everything was fresh and flavorful! 
One of my friends knew a staff member in the kitchen and they prepared this beautiful vegetable medley for us on the house. It was almost too pretty to eat (❀❛ ֊ ❛„)♡
For my main I got the scallops and couscous! I don't usually eat at lot of couscous/quinoa/etc but this was really tasty and fun to eat.
After dinner we took a walk up the main street to get ice cream and saw a kitty along the way. It was super cute and friendly (⸝⸝> ω <⸝⸝)
We made our way to Earnest Ice Cream and I got myself a scoop of earl grey. We ate our ice cream at the park nearby before going home and it felt like such a lovely way to spend the evening with friends (ㅅ´ ˘ `)
I spent the next few weeks going on more weekend food adventures. My bf took me to this newly opened inari sushi place called Okome. It had just soft opened and we managed to get in while avoiding all the foodie influencers. I enjoyed the food but I felt that it wasn't something we'd gravitate towards often, especially with how out of the way this place was.
For the next adventure we went to Hunnybee Bruncheonette. It was a particularly gloomy day and the restaurant was quite busy so we had to wait a while before we were able to find a spot. I got the hash benedict with the sausage and it was served with a curried ketchup!
The next spot we went to was Tsujiri in Richmond for their seasonal afternoon tea set. This menu featured lots of yuzu and matcha treats and it felt like the perfect way to cap off the summer.
Other than eating well I was also getting ready to go on a mini vacation with my beloved Reina. We planned a trip to New York together since we both had some time off and had never been to the big apple but I'll talk more about that in a separate post.

For now I needed to get my nails and hair done first (,,¬﹏¬,,)I took a few selfies while I waited for my turn of course!
I got this delicious blue and black zebra set. I can't seem to find any photos of this set so here's a quick video my nail tech took for me after the appointment:
I kept forgetting to take photos of my outfits as per usual but I managed to take this one before I went to dinner. I was wearing a lot of this combination (flowy top, shorts, boots) so I guess this is a pretty accurate representation of what I was wearing most days during that time of year (ᵕ • ᴗ •)
That's all for this post! Thank you for stopping by and reading today. I'll catch you in the next one ( • ̀ω•́ )✧



Tuesday, September 2, 2025

[June 2024] Company Summer Party

 
Hi again angels! Last June I went to my company summer party. We had booked out a venue in one of the local parks and the party was summer camp themed. There were lots of craft stations and we even hired a caricature artist to do custom portraits!
Since this was a work event I wanted to make sure I didn't go too OTT so I did a peachy gold eye look which I thought paired really well with my every day blue lens.
I didn't really want to dress up for the camp theme so I just put together a little onee outfit. The weather was a bit unpredictable that day so I wore a knit zip up and brought a scarf. It ended up raining when I left so I'm glad I didn't fully commit to a summer outfit Σ(゚口゚;)//
I've been really making a conscious effort to build out a more work friendly but still gyaru-able capsule wardrobe. I think onee is truly the best route to go for this so I've been looking at magazines like Happie Nuts and BLENDA for inspiration! I'll probably make a separate post about this at some point but here are a few examples of the general vibe I'm going for when shopping for clothes:
We had a dinner buffet but I didn't really like the selection. It wasn't the worst meal I've had but it was a little disappointing compared to previous years/parties.
I much preferred the snacks so I basically spent most of my time over by the charcuterie boards ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧
Isn't this spread just lush?? ヽ(°〇°)ノ
After dinner I got a caricature portrait done and had a nice chat with the artist but shortly after that I had to call an uber home because it started storming out of no where (ᵕ•_•)
Anyways that's all for this post. Thanks for reading! ♡


Tuesday, July 15, 2025

[April 2024] Friendmaxxing with Mando and Brailon

 
Hiiiiii I'm so excited to finally write this post. I feel like I've put it off for so long but actually it's coming at a perfect time since I just saw Mando and Brailon last month for their weidding so it's nice to reminisce about the events leading up to it!! See it was tactical and not at all due to poor post management on my part lmao (ᵕ—ᴗ—)
Last April Mando and Brailon came to visit me to celebrate Mando's birthday. It was also my first time seeing them after they got engaged in October. I knew about the engagement because I had helped pick the engagement ring hehe ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

The first night we met for dinner. Mando said they wanted to eat some meat so I thought Sooda would be a great spot for our first dinner together. 
 I thought the photos we took the night before were so cute I printed one out for Mando and they put it in their phone case ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡
The next day we had dinner and karaoke planned but since the afternoon was free we decided to impulsively get some matching tattoos.

The weather was nice so I decided to try to dress up a little. I didn't have a good bag to match this outfit but it's ok I didn't think too hard for this fit lol (´。• ᵕ •。`)
Brailon and Mando got matching Pochita tattoos and the 3 of us got a matching heart tattoo on our wrists(⸝⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)
We were super fortunate that my tattoo artist had such last minute availability. Also she had her dog Hugey at the shop that day so I was so excited that they got to meet Hugey because he's such a legend I love him sm!!!
Kevin happened to be in the area after we were done our tattoos so we stopped by Chatime for a sweet treat before dinner. Of course we had to take a lot of cute photos together ( • ̀ω•́ )✧
For dinner we went to Suika and the staff surprised Mando with a birthday dessert. It was such a great night!!
Later we went to karaoke and took more pics and I turned Mando into Ed Sheeran.
The following night Kevin and I took Mando and Brailon out for dinner to celebrate their engagement. We went to Elisa and it was one of the best dinners I've ever had!!
Since the restaurant was quite upscale we didn't take too many photos. Also there was another table that had really annoying children so we didn't want to cause the staff any more distress with flash photography (⸝⸝๑﹏๑⸝⸝)
We ended the night with some ice cream nearby and decided to go home after because it started raining a bit.
For our last day we did a chill mall hangout. There was a cosplay and artist alley event happening and Mando wanted to check it out. It wasn't very eventful and after lunch we came back to my apartment. Mando and Brailon finally got to meet Koji and we decided to order sushi and watch Chainsaw Man together for dinner.
This was such a fun and eventful week I was really sad this was our last day together!! I think about this week often and am thankful that we became such good friends over the years. I can't believe I've been friends with Mando and Brailon for over 10 years now!! I'm now frantically trying to catch up on my backlog so I can write about their wedding RAHHH ୧(๑•̀ᗝ•́)૭
Thank you for reading!! I'll catch you later ♡



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