Super Grandma
I was cruising along on my mom's bike (which unfortunately had flat tires) since biking is a lot easier than jogging, in the park today when I spotted Asian grandparents with their grandchild feeding the ducks in the park and taking turns to push their grandchild on the swing. Even though I was out of breath and sweating buckets (biking with flat tires is super tiring), I couldn't help but stop and smile at them.
This reminded me of my own grandparents, and more specifically, my grandma whom I call 'Ama.' When I was a kid, my grandma lied to me and said she used to be a doctor turned actress turned teacher turned full time housewife, which is why I've always had the impression that she was this superwoman who could conquer and do anything. When we got older, my sister and I realized that it was impossible she could have been a doctor-actress-teacher (especially since we've never seen her on t.v.) and felt hugely disappointed.
My grandma is still super cool though. I don't exactly know where she was born, it was either in China or Philippines, but either way, she grew up in Philippines from when she was young. She's the oldest daughter out of ten kids, and back then when selling your kids was a lucrative business, she would hold on tightly to her favourite younger siblings so my great grandma couldn't sell them. This sounds like a hideous thing to do, but this was back in the 40's. It was only when she was in her 40's that she was reunited with her 4 other sisters who lives in China.
My grandma met my grandpa in elementary school. He would sit behind her and kick her chair in class, and she was extremely annoyed with him. Later on, after high school, she started going out with another guy but my grandpa kept pestering her. Eventually, she chose my grandpa over the other guy and to this day she still says, "I should have chosen the other guy." Come to think of it, this seems to be a running curse in my family. Both my mom and my grandma often says "I should have chosen the other guy," which is funny, but there's some truth to it. My grandma and my mom are the oldest daughters in their family, so being the oldest of the oldest, I hope I don't fall into this pattern.
Anyway, growing up I was extremely spoiled by my grandma to the point where I felt guilty every time she bought me something, I tried to give it away. My mom's youngest brother was only around 16 when I was born, and he was used to being the baby in the family. When I moved in with my grandparents, he felt neglected and often complained that I got more toys than he ever did so my grandma bought him ten hot wheels to make him feel better. But anyway, I would always sneak into his room and steal his toys.
Oh, and it was my grandma who introduced me to Archie comics! Instead of your usual bedtime stories, she would pull out an Archie comic and she would read it to me every night. She would be like, "One day you'll be old enough to read Archie comics by yourself." And that was why, when I was a little kid, my only goal in life was to be able to someday read an Archie comic book by myself. I'm proud to say that this is one life goal that I have actually accomplished.
Ok, ending this post with a few random facts about my awesome grandma:
1) She is a master at mahjong.
2) She is addicted to nail polish like me.
3) When she was younger, she really did look like an actress. A lot of guys were after her apparently.
4) She is an awesome cook. (But seriously, which grandma isn't an awesome cook?)
5) She likes to meddle into other people's business.
Also, this is completely off topic, but I really want to attend and ISA concert T.T If only they were having one in Canada.
Vidjeo about Meat
As part of the final for my environmental class, we had to do an outreach assignment. My group decided to make a video. I whipped up the script for this video last week and we spent an hour running around China Town and Queens Park filming and taking pictures. I filmed the video content so it's very shaky -_- ... I was afraid people would yell at me if they caught me filming them. Someone else edited the video and uploaded it on youtube.
(Gah, hearing my voice on this is painful. Why are my ssss so sharp.)
Yesterday was Thursday, Today is Friday
It is currently past 12am, and Matt is blasting FRIDAY by Rebecca Black. This song is so bad, he can't stop listening to it. THIS IS UTTER MADNESS. I must make him stop the only way I know how: hold his protein shakes in hostage. >:@
Me: Press pause or the protein shake gets it.
Matt: Yo buddy! Put the protein shake down!
Me: I said press pause!
Matt: Ok calm down, just put the protein shake down on the floor first ....
Me: I can't ... this song .... is driving me ... crazy ...
Rebecca Black: Tomorrow is Saturday, And Sunday comes afterwards. It's Fri-
Me: *Goes insane and throws protein shake at laptop*
Matt: *Ninja style catches his precious protein shake*
Rebecca Black: We-we-we so excited
Friendships, Snapping at People, and Reason #55
In light of the way things have been going recently, I've learned that:
1) You can't assume you understand someone because of a few distinct characteristic traits
2) A smile goes a long way
3) Friendships take a lot of effort, but the end result is always rewarding
In t.v. shows, characters are introduced sequently, I feel like that's how my life has been in the past few years. In a way, this is exciting because I am constantly meeting and getting to know people better, but this means that they come in and out of the picture just as fast. Sometimes, they linger a bit and even become main characters, but most of the time they become minor characters that stand in the background.
Even though I may want to keep up with everyone all the time, it's impossible to do since I'm never going to stop meeting new people. There are some people who disappear and come back, and some people who are always there. These are the people I, as cheesy as this sounds, treasure the most since they're the ones who will probably be in my life for a long while to come.
Then there are those minor characters I have to let go of reluctantly. These are the people who I meet and have an exciting friendship with, but after a while, it's like our friendship is put on the back burner and we loose touch. Sadly, some minor characters are meant to be main characters.
Anyway, here's a snippet of a couple of embarrassing moments of my life today:
I was texting Tabitha at work about an embarrassingly stupid thing I did, when a coworker asks who I was texting. Before I had the chance to think of something smart to reply, I found myself snapping: "You don't need to know."
This was extremely embarrassing because afterwards it was weird to be around this person. Mary then approached me to say bye since she was leaving, when I quickly dragged her into the coat room with me and recounted the embarrassing moment.
She was busy consoling me when I heard someone punching in the code on the door to open it. I stuck my hand out to open the door for that person, when at the same moment, that person opened the door and yelled "Eiiiii!"
The person who yelled was V., the new girl upstairs. I felt so bad I scared her since she was new. Plus I had wanted to give her a good impression of myself, since Mary suggested a couple of days ago that she could be the third twin. Instead, her first impression of me will always be the girl who hid in the coat room to complain and scared her.
I've been going through a lot of situations that I end up regretting and get embarrassed by lately. I will blame it on my lack of sleep. Since I'm the type of person who thrive on a lot of sleep and coffee, a lack of both things make me drowsy, and more importantly, gives me a scary impression.
You know how some people are cute drowsy's? (Like how some people are funny drunks) When some people are drowsy, they look cute like a cat and you just want to pet them and make them lean on your shoulders and watch them rub their eyes (not in a pedo way). I'm the completely opposite. When I get drowsy and sleepy, I end up having a scary-I-hate-the-world look. It's completely unflattering. (And this is excuse #55 of why I should sleep all the time, whenever I want.)
*Snap* Ok good *Snap* Ok good *Snap* Ok good
I'm still doing the 365 pictures project. I KNOW, I'm just as surprised as you are. I thought I would have given up by now. I've been taking a lot less pictures with my DSLR though, and have just been taking pictures with my point and shoot. I haven't updated in a while on fb since I've been too lazy though.
Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:
I went to Mandarin for my birthday, and they were selling a bottle of Lighthouse. Lolz. Annabelle looks cute in this picture.
During Muffin Madness last week at the Multi-Faith center, they got us folding cranes. Annabelle and Ariel are pros.
I saw this at Sidney Smith today, I am still in awe by the dedication and time put into this.
Been drinking too much root beer lately. And no matter how many times I wash the plastic cover on top of my key board, it's still yellow. Ah well.
Tabitha pretending to be asleep with Scarlet in the background talking to Emily. I wonder if it's possible to be smiling when you're asleep.
A Haiku: 5am
Coffee keeps me up
This magic drug keeps my brain
Working like house elves
Maybe if it rhymed
Essays would be done on time
Haikus make me chime
Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs,
But best of all is Moony
Howling at the moon
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