Our second full day in Canada had us making like tourists! With the Day Passes dad purchased the day before, we took a series of buses and subway trains to Downtown, locating the Toronto branch of my brother's company. After some frequent map consulting, we finally managed to locate it. We waited a few minutes before he came down before we went about on our way again. After some exploring, we bumped into a couple of elderly Taiwanese and their grandchildren who asked us to take a picture of them, and they kindly offered to take a picture of us in return.
Quite close to this, we spotted the restaurant we had reservations for later that evening: Marche restaurant which I'll talk about a bit more later. We did a bit more walking around before realizing that it was high time for lunch, and so we stopped at a building where a food court was located. Welcome to the First Canadian Place. After ordering separate meals (with a lot to choose from anyway), another of Mom'sold officemates, Tita Louie, met up with us. Ironically, we were dining in her building, which was crazy because she mentioned that she reported that she'd be leaving for a doctor's appointment to meet with us. Whoops!
She took us underground travel from building to building. There were a lot of people here, which explained the complete lack of any up in the streets or so my dad had observed. She took us to a huge bargain store called Honest Ed's, where I found myself a nice red bowtie! It was a neat place full of clothes, tools, knickknacks and food! We spent the rest of the afternoon taking a Streetcar to see more of the sites before finally retracing our steps back to Marche for dinner.
The interesting thing about this particular restaurant was it had various stalls for different cuisines! Their system had a cash card that would total up everything you ordered so you'd pay for any drinks you order and meals for that matter when you were done eating. After looking around the place, I finally settled on trying out a Smoked Salmon Savory Crepe, with cheese and mixed greens and a pesto sauce. And might I say, it was delicious! We stayed there for about three hours since several others of Mom's officemates joined us, so trip down memory lane took a long while that my siblings and I dozed off for a while, haha!
We were finally brought back to our hotel to prepare for our early morning flight to Winnipeg, which I'll talk about in my next post!
Again, pictures to follow.
Showing posts with label clothes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clothes. Show all posts
on Monday, May 6, 2013
To further commemorate my new laptop dubbed Jarvis, here's my first "official" picture taken with his trusty internal webcam, sponsored by Acer Crystal Eye. What's so special about this particular picture, you ask? Two things, so technically speaking, the peace sign I'm making has its double meanings.
The first is to chronicle the lilac polo t-shirt I got as a souvenir from my Auntie Lynda, who was visiting from Los Angeles for a few weeks here in Manila. This particular shade of purple reminds me fondly of a shirt that one of my favorite college professors often wore (shout-out to Ma'am Jess!). And considering Kai's favorite color is purple, it helps to have one that's easier on the eyes. I'm starting to see a pattern inthe polo t-shirts I acquire; they're all pastel or dark. 
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz
Impedance: 60ohms
Sensitivity: 115dB
Max Input Power: 5mW
Technical Specs:
Audio: 40 mm handmade drivers
Don't worry if the technical stuff confuses you. The sound is awesome and is pretty well priced at Php595. Pretty good too since it's collapsible into a nice neat soft case that comes with it. And the cord is durable, so it's sure to last.
on Sunday, April 21, 2013
After several trips to the department store to purchase a good number of jeans, I still find myself with a great deficiency of them in my closet. Sometimes they get misplaced in other closets, or sometimes they may even be gone as far as I'm concerned. But it's that time again when a Sunday afternoon of 40 degrees Celsius calls for a trip to the mall to leech on airconditioning and get new jeans.
For quite a while, my mom and I have been supporters of Jag for all the comfort, but I decided to go a different route this time around and browse at HerBench instead. Now, there are probably two reasons why I wanted to try it out: 1) Adam Levine is a model for Bench and 2) my girlfriend owns a pair. So I thought, "What the heck?"
To my sweet surprise, the price of their jeans were easier on the eyes than the other brands, so it helped with coaxing my mom to try some as well. So with my two pairs of jeans purchased for a good price of roughly Php900 each, I came away happy.
For quite a while, my mom and I have been supporters of Jag for all the comfort, but I decided to go a different route this time around and browse at HerBench instead. Now, there are probably two reasons why I wanted to try it out: 1) Adam Levine is a model for Bench and 2) my girlfriend owns a pair. So I thought, "What the heck?"
To my sweet surprise, the price of their jeans were easier on the eyes than the other brands, so it helped with coaxing my mom to try some as well. So with my two pairs of jeans purchased for a good price of roughly Php900 each, I came away happy.
on Sunday, November 4, 2012
Whenever I shop, it's always a rarity that my journey into the department store of a mall would end up with me purchasing shirts, shoes or any clothing apparel to stuff into my closet. But when I do, I make it a point to find something that I'd end up using in the long run; shoes most especially. This was probably why I chose these awesome slip-on leather shoes from Salvatore Mann. I wanted to look for a pair I could wear for an upcoming wedding, so I might as well find a pair that I could use repeatedly. It's a fun line between formal and casual, so I can wear it on most any occasion - functions, dates, work. Have a peek below at my black leather shoes~
on Sunday, October 14, 2012
So yesterday, Kai and I went out to locate a gift for her cousin Chloe, who turns 2 today. After careful consideration of where we'd be going, I decided to drive us off to SM North Edsa. There are, of course, several reasons why I take her there.
1. It's a mere 10 minute drive (depending on traffic) from my house
2. It's one of the biggest SM branches in the country
3. It's got most everything we want there.
4. It was one of my most frequented malls prior to the rise of TriNoma and the mall's massive renovations.
Last Saturday, we went there for dinner, decided on eating at Sakae Sushi located at the Annex building. As I was waiting in line at the BDO ATM, we found, to our dismay, that it had closed down. I guess profits weren't exactly on the positive side for the conveyor-belt sushi buffet. Ah well, economy. Instead, she decided to let me decide where to go, so we traded the sushi buffet for a nice food-hopping at Burger King, then Yoshinoya, capped off with some books shopping at a booksale on our way back to the carpark.
Yesterday's misadventures brought us back to a second visit to anime specialty shop Comic Alley. We actually passed by this store twice last week to look for the Shin Tenipuri jackets of the U-17 camp and the One Piece poster collection, only to find both out of stock. This week, however, we our lucky day! Not only were several things on sale, but there was finally stock of the jackets, and Ryouma's hat to boot! I snatched us those as well as the posters she was looking for last time, and her only exclamation after all this (besides the usual proclamation of loving me for all eternity) - "I finally have a Tenipuri jacket with my size!T^T"
xD Pretty hilarious actually, but all the same, sweet. x)
It's just the jacket, and there isn't much talk about a set coming out anytime soon, but I AM hoping they put the black jackets out to production too! Anyway, pictures of the jacket and the hat below~
on Monday, May 28, 2012
Admittedly, I don't normally spend on buying new clothes. At the time, I never had the money and would more often than not ask my Mom to get it for me. But, since I make my own money now by slaving away at a game company, I decided to spoil myself when Kai and I went to SM North one fine Saturday since I was treating her out with a portion of my first salary.
Granted, it was a good find; I never had enough polo shirts, though I very much enjoy wearing them. A sorry excuse to wear more to work. Just when we were about to head home after a satisfying early dinner at Sakae Sushi, we stopped by the Surplus Shop and I found myself a neat piece of polo shirt (that I wore to work Monday morning) in a nice shade of red checkers that reminded me of lumberjacks. xD
A good buy, if I might add.
on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
オタクシャツの販売。（おたくさつのはんばい） Otaku Shatsu no Hanbai. trans. Geek Shirt Sale.
So from this post you know that I'm volunteering to help out with one of the week-long projects of my org during most of my break times this week.
Today I spent some time re-folding the remaining stock of shirts~ Sorry, my OC-ness had gotten the better of me. It's fun to do anyway so in the long run I can handle doing the laundry if I really need to. xDDA picture of my finished job to follow~
Here's the picture~
So from this post you know that I'm volunteering to help out with one of the week-long projects of my org during most of my break times this week.
Today I spent some time re-folding the remaining stock of shirts~ Sorry, my OC-ness had gotten the better of me. It's fun to do anyway so in the long run I can handle doing the laundry if I really need to. xDD
Here's the picture~
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