Survey Says!

YOU:
[Spell your first name backwards]: einnoB...ewww sounds like something gross
[The story behind your email address]: My screen name
[Where do you live?]: Toronto
[Sexual Preference]: Male
[Marital Status]: Unavailable
[Height]: 5'2
[Shoe size]: 6...My tiny lil feet are the size of Mark's hands...ewwww!!
[Parents still together]: Nope
[Siblings]: Conjob...and thats more than enuff!
[Pets]: I once had a turtle, it died it died :(
[Describe your wallet]: Tan colour Danier wallet Mark got me for x'mas, still working it in so all my cards fit into it :P
[Jewelery worn daily]: Earring Con got me, and the original studs from when I got the second holes pierced
[Shoes]: Airwalks (no they aren't FisherPrice shoes!!), Nike runners, Hush Puppies dress shoes

FAVOURITES:
[Colours]: All sorts...
[Number]: #9 Paul Kariya
[Animal]: Yellow ducklings
[Drinks]: Sex on the Beach, Pina Colada, Strawberry Daquries, Strawberry milkshakes, etc. etc.
[Soda]: Coke, Root beer
[Book]: Shopaholic Series, Artemis Fowl Series

DO YOU...
[Color your hair?]: Loreal black pearl
[Twirl your hair?]: Sometimes....
[Have tattoos?]: Not yet
[Have Piercings?]: 2 in each ear
[Drink/Smoke?]: Yes, and eerrr no...
[Like roller coasters?]: Yes
[Wish you could live somewhere else?]: At times
[Want more piercings?]: I'm some what content with the ones I have, we'll see...
[Write in cursive or print?]: Both, at the same time
[Know how to drive?]: Yes
[Own a cell phone?]: Yes
[Ever get off the damn computer?]: Yes...it'd be pretty sad if I didn't
[Have a dream that keeps coming back]: Yea, thoses are freaky...
[Play an instrument?]: Piano, Violin, Recorder...LOL :P
[Believe there is life on other planets?]: Sure
[Have any gay or lesbian friends?]: Yea
[Believe in God?]: Sure
[Do well in school?]: I get by
[Wear hats?]: Not often
[Have an obsession?]: Can't say that I do
[neglect anything?]: I dun think so

HAVE YOU EVER:
[Been in a fist fight?]: Nope, I'm a good girl ;)
[Kicked someone in the nuts?]: Ooohh...that was an accident...sooo soooooorry Ray :P
[Stolen anything?]: Sure...
[Held a gun?]: Nope
[Been so drunk you couldn't remember your name?]: Nope
[Considered a life of crime?]: What kinda question is that?
[Considered being a hooker?]: HAHAHA
[Cried over a boy?]: Yeah
[Lied to someone?]: Yeah
[Been in love?]: Yeah
[Made out with JUST a friend?]: Nope
[Been rejected?]: Hmm...don't believe I have
[Been in lust?]: Yes
[Used someone?]: Nope
[Been used?]: Nope
[Been cheated on?]: Nope
[Have you ever liked someone you had no chance with?]: Did someone say Paul Kariya? Hehehe
[Ever wanted to get revenge on someone because they hurt you]: Nah...

CURRENTS:
[Current clothing]: PJ's
[Current mood]: Tired, lazy, sleepy
[Current taste]: Dentyne Ice
[What you currently smell like]: Bonnie
[Current hair]: Down and messy
[Current thing I ought to be doing]: Everything but this
[Current cds in stereo]: n/a
[Current crush]: My baby
[Current job]: Starving art student, Starbucks Barista

THE LAST TIME...
[Last book you read]: Still reading...The Celestine Prophecy
[Last movie you saw]: Without a Paddle
[Last thing you ate]: Dumplings, apple juice
[Last person you talked to on the phone]: I dun remember, Mark maybe?
[Got sick]: A few weeks ago...
[Kissed someone]: last night
[Felt stupid]: I dunno...oh oh last week...
[Told someone you loved them]: a while ago
[Met someone new]: Everyday I'm at work
[Moved on]: a while ago
[Talked to an ex]: Last week
[had a serious talk]: 2 days ago
[Hugged someone]: last night
[Fought with your parents]: that'll be a few years ago....no parents to fight with here
[Done something your parents said no to]: like I said, no parents to deal with here

FRIENDS:
[Would you rather be with friends or on a date?]: There's time for friends and time for dates...
[Where is the best hangout?]: Home, school, pubs, etc. depending on the mood and reason
[Who do you like being around?]: Friends, family, those who are awesome and fun to chill with...why would I be around people that I don't like?
[Who is your best friend?]: They know who they are
[Who have you known the longest]: Katy? Ray? Withrow Crew...Kathy? all my life?
[Do you argue the most with?]: Con...
[Who do you always get along with?]: Friends and family...again, why would I be hanging around those that I don't get along with?!
[Do you trust the most?]: They know who the are
[Has the coolest parents?]: I dunno...
[Has the coolest siblings?]: ?? Siblings??? cool???
[Is the most blunt?]: Andrew, Connie
[Is the smartest?]: Ray, Mark, sometimes Con :P

LOVE LIFE:
[First crush]: Some guy in kindergarten...Kenneth something something :P
[single or attached?]: in a relationship
[Do you believe in love at first sight?]: Why not
[Have you ever played a game that required removal of clothing?]: Maybe
[Are you a tease?]: me??? nooo :P
[Shy to make the first move?]: depends
[Ever liked your best guy/girl friend?]: nope
[Want to get married?]: yea
[Want kids?]: sure
[Do you believe you know the person whom you will marry at this point in time?]: Nope
[Are you happy with you?]: Relatively...
[Are you happy with your life?]: Relatively...
[Remember your first love?]: Yes
[Still love him/her?]: Nope
[Have a secret crush?]: Nope

ARE YOU A:
[Wuss]: What?!
[Druggy]: No
[Daydreamer]: All the time
[Freak]: Depends on the context
[Dork]: Who uses that word??!
[Bitch/Asshole]: You say bitch like it's a bad thing
[Brat]: Nah
[Sarcastic]: sure...
[Angel]: YES YES YES!! I'm an ANGEL!!
[Devil]: nooooo.....:P
[Talkative]: I am if the person I'm talking to can carry a conversation
[Flirty]: Apparently all girls are flirty...apparently we're born with the ability

Ode to a Vanished Hockey Season

I had to steal this from my sister, she makes me laugh :D
Check out her blog (http://conjob.blogspot.com) for a full rant, I'm too tired to rant anymore about the NHL and the NHLPA...

Meditations on Being Hockey Deprived

(Inspired by Lisa Simpson's poem, "Meditations on Turning Eight" .)

The year had a hockey season.
IT DIED! IT DIED!
The NHL and NHLPA said they'd try.
THEY LIED! THEY LIED!
Why oh why is the hockey season dead?
Couldn't people not be greedy instead?

I'm not Procrastinating!

TEN Random Things About Me
10. I can single handedly cook for fifty
09. I’ve been brained washed by Starbucks; It’s a Decaf-Triple-Grande-Half shot Vanilla-Soy-Extra Hot-No Foam-Add whip-Latte damn it!!
08. I make up words for ones I forget. What’s wrong with plane driver?! Sooner or later, one of you guys will end up saying it.
07. I keep attracting really weird & insane people
06. I HATE people who don’t flush public toliets, who pee on the fucken seat and don’t wipe it down. For fuck sakes, its your own pee, how hard is it to wipe it off when you miss?! What ever happened to COMMON COURTESY. YOU DON’T FUCKEN DO THAT @ HOME DO YOU?! And don’t get me started on people who FUCKEN SHIT ON PUBLIC BATHROOM FLOORS…ON PURPOSE!!! Oh the crazies around Queen Street West
05. Oh now you’ve done it with the hating…HATE people who SHOVE their knapkins into coffee mugs so that its soaked in grossness sitting @ the bottom and the only way to get it out is to fish it out with your hands! And those who leave their garbage on tables when the garbage can is 2 feet away!! Don’t get me wrong, I love my job, I just hate stupid people.
04. I bake a million times better when I’m angry, Blueberry crumble anyone?
03. I’ve learned how to ollie!! Onward to jumps that I can’t seem to land; Thank God for boobs :P
02. I LOOVVVE my Pink KitchenAid Limited Edition Artisan® Mixer, hurt it and DIE!!
01. Pretty open to try any sorta foods. Will probably never EVER be able to resist good food, not just any kinda food, but GOOD food. Like orgasmically kinda good…Mmm…Grilled Salmon Fettucini Alfredo!!! :P

NINE Places I've Visited
09. Orlando, Florida, USA
08. Banff, Alberta, CANADA
07. Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
06. Punta Cana, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
05. Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
04. Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
03. Detriot, Michigan, USA
02. Seattle, Washington, USA
01. Ottawa, Guelph, Hamilton, Sudbury, London, Kingston, Windsor and all the other ulti tourney cities, Ontario, CANADA

EIGHT Things I Want To Do Before I Die
08. Snowboard on fresh MOUNTAIN powder
07. Get work up on billboards, transit boards, magazines, etc.
06. Marry, have kids
05. Travel the world
04. Meet Paul Kariya (Aw fuck I’ll be content with seeing him play)
03. Own a KitchenAid kitchen
02. Parade down Yonge Street when the Leafs win the Stanley Cup
01. Be truly content with the person that I am

SEVEN Ways To Win My Heart
07. Make me smile
06. Be honest, be confident, respect yourself
05. Be yourself
04. Occasionally surprise me
03. Challenge me
02. Make the little extra effort to really know me
01. Know your way around the kitchen

SIX Things I Believe In
06. Karma
05. Love and respect yourself, and everthing else will fall into place (It’s rather cliché, but you are essentially your own best friend)
04. Laughter is defintely contagious
03. Friends and family are the most important people ever in your life
02. Everything happens for a reason
01. Nothing in life that’s ever worth doing is ever easy

FIVE Things I'm Afraid Of
05. Scary movies…You guys laugh! Stupid Exorcist, The Grudge :(
04. Letting myself go and getting all nasty and unhealthy
03. Not being able to live life to its fullest (In all aspects; physically, emotionally, etc.)
02. Losing those I love and care about
01. Disappointing those who have faith in me

FOUR Of My Favorite Items In My Bedroom
04. Photographs and albums
03. Dried flowers/roses
02. Endless portfolio of ideas, concepts, designs, paintings, drawings etc.
01. My posters and stolen TTC ads

THREE Things I Do Every Day
03. Eat
02. Sleep
01. Work, Attempts to start work, Procrastinate, MSN aka reason to procrastinate

TWO Things I'm Trying To Not Do Right Now
02. Homework; good o’l procrastination
01. Fall asleep, Mmm…double-tall-vanilla-soy-latte I’m so addicted… :)

ONE Person I Want To See Right Now
01. Mark

The Simple Things in Life

I called it didn't I? I did, I did!! And I'm glad I did because I loved it! Oh how I loooovvveeeddd it!! Grilled Salmon Fettucini Alfredo, with a side of lovin'!! Couldn't have asked for anything better. And even if I could, I wouldn't. Thanks baby for everything.

Soooo perfect, you're perfect...

Oakleys or Spys? That is the Question.

Oakley Wisdom vs Spy Orbit
www.oakley.ca www.spyoptic.com

Currently Reading

The Celestine Prophecy an Adventure by James Redfield
“working to establish a more comfortable style of survival has grown to feel complete in and of itself as a reason to live, and we’ve gradually , methodically, forgotten our original question…We’ve forgotten that we still don’t know what we’re surviving for...”

For those who have read it, you know it’s good. For those who haven't, go check it out!! It's a pretty quick read, and you'll come out feeling rather enlightened. I'm only half way through, and I'm already recommending it to everyone. Full critique in due time :P

Winterlicious 2005

Ok if I keep this up, I'd prolly gain back the 10lbs I've lost (if i haven't already) and then some! But It's all SOOOOO gooood!!! And you guys know me; I can never give up good food @ good prices, and with good company. (Even if I am basically broke; $25 dollars for a desperately needed pair of jeans? meh, I'll wait, the holes @ the crotch aren't that noticeable just yet. $40 bucks for dinner? sure why not, lets :P) I'm already waiting on Summerlicious, mind you I should probably start saving now. And Canoe will definitely be one of my top picks. Con we should go for your birthday or something!! I don't think I'd mind paying full prices. Its just that good!!

Forget advertising, I should be come a food critic...

*****

Fred’s Not Here
321 King Street West
$20 Dinner

Grilled Thai Chicken with Noodle Salad
Great way to tantalize the taste buds. Light tangy sauce complements well with the grilled chicken and gives the vermicelli noodles some life. Perfect portions.

Slow Roasted Confit of Duck with Lemon Thyme Risotto
Mmmmm....fall off the bone, tender and soft, duck thighs...all two of them....Aauugggghhh...Was well paired with risotto. It basically soaked up all the juices from the duck. The side of baby spinach was alright though the bottom bits were a little salty. Other then that, it was good.

Fresh Strawberries & Mini Chocolate Squares with Sabayon
Good, but a little too heavy in my mind to end a meal off with.

Overall - love the "casual but fine dining" atmosphere, and the service was relatively good.
**** out of 5

*****

The Strip House
11 Duncan Street 2nd Floor
$30 Dinner

Strip House Caesar Salad with Grana Padano
I guess it was rather uneventful. Just strips of romaine lettuce with cheese. Nothing special.

Lobster Thermidor Baked Stuffed East Coast "Hard Shell Canadian" Lobster with Shrimp & Crab with Chef's Rice & Baked Provencal Tomato
Pretty good for Canadian style baked lobster. (For those who don't know, I'm Chinese enough to only like lobster tossed in the wok with green onions, ginger, garlic yadda yadda yadda. And the fact that Red Lobster sucks.) But I must say, this was good. The lobster, shrimp, and crab was perfectly combined together. Enough that they mingled well together as one, but was still distinguishable as individual pieces (pretty decent sized pieces might I add). Lobster was great, but the side of rice needs work, after all sides should never be just an after thought.

Strawberry Cheesecake

....and sooooo full....Oh damn, we still have dessert....Mmm...Cheesecake....soooo creamy....owwww....sooooo fulll.....definitely struggling....It was probably good....but I can't critique on it...cuz it'd be unfair, especially when your struggling to finish it....

Overall - I guess I was disappointed with the ambience. I mean it was a nice place, but it was rather small. And I guess it just was not that special. Pretty good service, 'cept maybe for that certain someone...Anita, I'm crossing my fingers that I don't get him as our server when we go to Filet O' Fish, I mean Filet of Sole ;)
***1/2 out of 5

*****

Canoe
54th Floor, TD Bank Tower
66 Wellington Street West
$30 Dinner

Canoe Citrus Cured Salmon & Mahone Bay Scallop Cocktail
This was beautifully presented and I must say, I was pretty impressed. Each salmon piece was fresh and firm. Complementing sauce was light, mildly sweet and helped enhance the natural flavors of the fish. Scallops were a little tiny, but was also quite pleasant with the same sauce. It was good.

Brouiled Whitefish with Fanny Bay Oyster Chowder and Tarragon
The fish was sooo tender and full of flavour. Sat quite well with the oyster chowder. And they didn't skimp on the oyster and scallops either. The few random baby potatoes soaked up all the excess flavours from both the fish and the chowder and it was gooooood. Perfect proportion.

El Rey Chocolate Ganache Cake Spiced Fruit Compote & Roasted Almond Ice Cream
I've been saying this all the way through the meal, but this WAS SOOOOO GOOOD!!! Chocolate Ganache, perfect way to end a perfect meal. Not too sweet, and not at all heavy. Paired well with the Roasted Almond Ice Cream that kept the cake moist. Berry sauce and paper thin candy sheets dressed it up quite nicely.

Overall - Ok I'll admit, I could be biased about the whole experience, mainly cuz it was sooooo perfect, sitting up 54 floors high, in a nice fancy place, all dressed up, sitting across the sexiest man on earth. (Well, he ain't Paul Kariya, but he'll have to do. LOL :P) ANYWAYS...where was I? Oh right, this place was perfect, the service was awesome, and the atmosphere...delightful.
Like I said, I could just be biased, but mind you, Canoe ALWAYS gets booked up for Summerlicious & Winterlicious. And they purposely open during weekends just to fill the demand.
***** out of 5

*****

Filet of Sole

11 Duncan Street

$20 Dinner

Grilled & Thai Beef & Calamari Salad with Lemon Grass

This dish was mediocre. The Thai beef was a little over cooked which made it rather chewy and dry. The calamari was alright and was presented quite nicely over a vermicelli salad.

Seafood Pasta - Grilled Lobster, Baby Calamari, Gulf Shrimps, Mussels & Clams with Spinach Ricotta Ravioli, Roma Tomato Basil Sauce with Seafood Essence

Initally impressed with the dish, served with half a lobster with a few mussels. However, when it came down to it, the lobster was over cooked and the mussels...err lets just say they were rather tiny and flavourless. Clams? I don't think I saw any clams. All in all, the ricotta ravioli was good. Soft and sweet with the tomato basil sauce. (But then again...I've always had a thing for pasta...)

Daily Fresh Fruit Ice with Strawberries
What can I say, ordinary fruit sorbet. Meh.

Overall - Ok, I don't want to be mean and slag the place, but the point is even though Winterlicious serves discounted meals, it's basically a way to promote your restaurant so that people can sample some dishes and would be willing to come back next time around paying regular price. But when you have mediocre service, (when it feels like the server really doesn't want to be there to do his job, when he gets orders wrong, when he doesn't even bother to smile.) the restuarant has a problem. And its not just the server/waiter, it goes for the receptionist on the phone, who not once, but twice sounded very annoyed when answering questions and making reservations. I agree, it can be a stressful job and bad days come about, but damn its customer service. I'd also have to say, that I give props to the manager/supervisor/probably owner of the restuarant. He was quite pleasant throughout the experience at The Strip House, and at Filet of Sole. Nonetheless, I'd probably not go back.

*** out of 5