pattiez's blog

Stuck at home working on two term papers. That's exactly how everyone wants to spend their weekend!

Anyway, I've been abnormally addicted to caffeine lately. Addicted to the point where it has no affect on me. Wait... so does that count as addicted? I'm not sure.

Rather than head out to take advantage of McDonald's last day of free coffee, or head to Starbucks/Waves/Blenz for some fancy caffeinated drink, I decided to stick with the instant stuff. They're not the same, but exponentially cheaper.

Pattie's "Poor Student" Mocha
2 spoonfuls of instant espresso
1.5 spoonfuls of instant chocolate milk powder*
a bit of boiled water
1.75 cups of milk

1. microwave milk to desired temperature
2. mix the espresso and chocolate milk powder together in your favourite holiday mug
3. add enough water to liquefy the powder mixture
4. add milk

*replace with melted chocolate if you can afford it

Ta da!

Labels: holiday

After reading Stephen's new post, I figured I should write one too. I've been insanely busy this semester. I've confirmed that the busy lifestyle is what I love. I love the feeling of going from one place to another. The need to have a continuous to do list. It's so fulfilling to see a page of "to do's" all checked up and having it spill to another page. It's weird, but I'm not exactly "not weird".

It sure doesn't feel like summer though. The weather has been horrible. Toronto gave me a real summer to compare to, so Vancouver is disappointing me right now.

May highlights:

I'm not sure if I mentioned about my first official day of coop. Well, the wind blew out the power... twice. I ended up going home after 3 hours of work; two and a half of which we were out of power.

We spent our first anniversary in front of the television watching the very disappointing round two game four playoff game. Oh, and he made steak dinner. Yum.

Toronto! It was nice and relaxing. I really appreciated the luxury of taking Friday off from coop as well, so my trip was Friday to Monday rather than just Saturday to Monday. The concert was amazing. Our last meal before returning to Raincouver was outside in the patio. We enjoyed a nice meal with a cocktail and 27 degree weather.

Just on Friday, I went to a meeting with the organization that's paying for my coop. I found out when they were introducing me that they wanted me to do a short speech. Improvising in front of 23 established professionals is not exactly a easy thing.

The past week, I've had about 5 hours worth of meetings for YWiB (www.ywib.ca). Come to think about it, compared to the amount of work that has been done, 5 hours isn't a lot. I'm excited to see our programs and events launch by the end of the summer. The hard work will be worth it!

I finally tried the new ramen place: Hokkaido Ramen Santouka. It's a ramen chain that originated from Japan. I really enjoyed the soup. The cha-shu was delicious! It melted in my mouth. Om nom nom. I didn't enjoy the noodles too much, despite the apparent claim by Japanese people that Santouka cooks their noodles perfectly. I would prefer it if it was a tad softer. Just a tad. Oh, and locals claim that Santouka is the most authentic ramen shop in Vancouver. That may be true, but I've had ramen in Hokkaido and well... it's not the same.

Labels: canucks, co-op, concert, food, food adventure, him, holiday, Japan, trip, vacation, YWiB

Here are my plans for next semester (so far). Yes, as a student, my life is separated into semesters. 'sigh'

May
02 CTS: Brooks & Dunn
?? coop officially begins
09 CTS: Eagles
15 CTS: Celtic Woman
21 Toronto Trip
22 Taylor Swift concert
24 back to Vancouver

June
27 Much Ado About Nothing (Bard on the Beach)

July
01 Canada Day in North Vancouver (I wonder if I get stat pay...)

August
02 BC Day (day off!)
?? coop ends
20 CTS: Michael Buble
23 CTS: Lady Gaga

*note: this post will be constantly updated

Labels: co-op, holiday, plans, theatre, vacation

So this year, both side of the family decides to celebrate Chinese New Years early. Por-por on the 12th and Ma-ma on the 13th. Because of that, I took both days off work. Por-por asked me to take the day off too. Just a side note, I've been busy the last few big family dinners due to prior commitments (and their last minute planning).

I just came home today and mommy tells me that we're not having dinner on the 12th anymore because one of my cousins are busy. Thanks.

Labels: holiday

I must admit that my November schedule is more free than my October, but I think I'm starting to go crazy. I just want to sit in bed, watch Bones, and munch on Halloween candy. Speaking of Halloween... I ended up waking up early to go grab some cheap ones. I managed to get my hands on a box of Hershey's bars before they were all gone. It was only $3.99 for 50 bars! Yummy.

Marketers' Night is over too. That was a good experience. We spent 4 months planning it and it was all worth it in the end. There was minimal networking done on my part, although I did manage to give away some of my business cards. I personally don't enjoy the process of networking. I can see how fake some people can be, and I try to steer away from that. It's a challenge sometimes though--especially when you don't want to be rude. Practice makes perfect!

Now that Halloween is over, I can start getting into the Holiday spirit. It helps that I'm doing the Christmas Charity series for SMA. This time I have a committee under me! Horrah for more man power!

UP! on DVD in 9 days... I'm excited, are you? =)

Labels: food, holiday, movies, school, sma

Here's a little break from talking about the Victoria trip.


I don't know what to get mommy this year. What should I do? What are you people doing?

Labels: holiday, mother's day