March 14, 2010

Sing, the Last Thing on Your Mind

I was really lucky this weekend to have gone to two concerts, without even knowing it. Lights came to University of Waterloo on Friday and it awesome watching her live. Michou opened for her – a up and coming band from Windsor. Got the chance to meet the band after their show and they were super nice, signing autographs and giving away CDs :) Most memorable moment of the entire concert would’ve been when she pulled out her BlackBerry and said how she needed to tweet a photo of the concert where the BlackBerry was invented! Go Waterloo :D

Below: Lights playing Ice

Saturday, I headed back home to catch Kollaboration Toronto with some girlfriends. Was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of familiar faces – guess that’s what happens when you go to an all asian event! I was truly amazed by some of the talent that we have in the city. Love the story behind Kollaboration, an event that was started in L.A. to give an opportunity to Korean Americans to showcase their talent. It’s now become a movement, empowering through entertainment, having expanded to 10 other cities including Toronto, which has hosted the show for 5 years. Would love to check out Kollaboration L.A. one day. Apparently they had over 6,500 in attendance this past year and had a special appearance by BoA in 2009! (Huge Kpop fan here!) The best performance by far has to go to the 9 year old kid during the dance improv competition where he pulled off the robot, and won himself a pair of courtside Raptor tickets!! Good for him :) Also got a chance to see David Choi live. Watch video below:

January 11, 2010

Intoxicated.. by Life

I love everything about this photo. Makes me feel all light and happy inside. The first week back at school has been a rocky one. Figuring out how to manage and balance my time accordingly between all my priorities is not an easy thing to do. Spent a lot of time and $$ getting everything settled in at my new place and for the new school term. With the fridge stocked, I am ready to get hibernating for winter 2010. Been cooking a lot, actually every single day, and feels as if I’m reliving my Parisian days again. There’s something about a big clean open kitchen that just makes you want to cook, but if you ask me to cook at my house in Toronto, no chance that’s happening! Enjoyed a surprise visit from the family today and it made me all fuzzy and warm inside seeing Muimui all wrapped up in sweater, jumping all over my bed because she was so excited to see me! I miss that fuzzball more than I thought I would.

After a few weeks of well deserved rest over the holidays, I finally feel like I’m getting my groove back, and nothing feels better than feeling accomplished and being productive. Though these next four months are probably going to be the busiest months of my undergrad, I’m so excited for it. Starting off the year right with my head on straight, I’m ready! Work hard & play even harder. This is it. This is the last term. Whatever happens, happens. And if it all blows up in my face and I go nuts from trying to do too much at once, the bright side is that it’s only four months and it will be over before I know it. But if everything goes swimmingly well, well then cheers to ending my academic career off right!