CherryTravels: Toronto and Halifax in 2 weeks (Part I)

 

A snapshot of my week of dinners (and lunches) in Toronto and Halifax
Bier Markt // Spring Rolls // The Keg // Guu-Izakaya
The Battered Fish // Cut // The Maxwell Pub // Bitter End
Five Fishermen // Salty's // The Old Triangle

I did not bother taking any photos of training catering because it's not really THAT amazing (well it was tastier than Montreal catering)

The UFE was finished September 13th (yipee) and the firm I work for allows for an extra week off before starting back.  Lucky for me, I had two weeks for training (missed them during my study break) before I went back to work - it was like another two weeks extra vacation, since training is a no-brainer (having come back from studying the entire Handbook anyways for the big exam I just wrote), the firm puts us up for the time we are out of town and we have meal allowance.  The only drawback?  Having scheduling issues that couldn't be resolved right away, meetings that were REALLY important that had to be scheduled when I got back (which I'm anxious for because it could change a lot in the coming few months in terms of workload) and of course...not seeing the boyfriend.

CherryReview: Tarte primers

I (not so recently) purchased the Tarte Clean Slate Deluze Primer Trio at one of the Sephora's not-so-near my house (thanks to the bf for driving me to the mall...and letting me take my time in the Sephora despite the fact just having come back from Boston and NOT finding the trio there, much to my dismay).

L-R: Clean slate flawless, Clean slate poreless and Clean slate 360 Creaseless

First of all - I love Tarte because I love the idea that it's supposed to be natural - the fewer chemicals there are, the better, right?  My friend's mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer many years ago and survived after having surgery to remove all her female reproductive organs.  My own grandmother had thyroid cancer 4 years ago, which luckily, was quickly treated.  She is due for another full radioactive body scan beginning of October because you are not in the clear until 5 years has passed.  My great-aunt (who wasn't that old due to the fact that my grandma had a large family AND was married early, thus me having "Aunts" and "Uncles", or what non-Asians would say, second cousins, being the same age as me) died of a tumor in her brain about two years ago.  An uncle (mom's cousin), a man whom my brother looked up to greatly, died of a relapse of cancer (he originally had leukemia, which he defeated many many years ago) in his blood.  Strange right?  It happened nonetheless, around 5 years ago.  My own grandfather on my dad's side, despite being a smoker, did not die of lung cancer, but of liver cancer instead (not even a heavy drinker).

Regardless as you may be able to tell, my run-ins with cancer near my family means that I prefer not exposing myself to too many chemicals, if possible.  No, I am not a "hippie" who will go green and am an environmental purist.  I just try and find ways to expose myself to fewer toxins.  Why do I think that I just dug myself a hole here?  -_-"  Someone's going to have something to say about that, but you know what, that wasn't the point of this entry anyways.

CherryBlog: Restart

Once again...I did not die, I simply have been too busy with real life and not with blogging life...not that it ever really took off to start with.  Now with the UFE done, I'll have a bit more time until the results come out end of November, which will dictate the paths that I'll have to take in the future.  Not a fun time in my life, but nonetheless one that I have to go through.

CherryBlog: The long-ass hiatus

Uh huh, it's been almost a YEAR since I blogged here but there have been a few setbacks on getting this blog going:

-CA school (yes, I am an accountant doing the night classes)
-Work (CA firms are notorious for long hours and OT)
-Boyfriend

Yes, between the last post and now, I got myself a boyfriend, I officially started work (and will be finishing my first work year) and started class...all which have taken up almost 90% of my time.  On top of that, I haven't managed to buy myself a new camera, so the videoblogging hasn't happened yet (and I'm sure we can all agree that the HP webcam is not the best quality)

Don't worry, I didn't die...I'll get back on track soon!  My exam is today (2 hours!) and then I have a month and a half before my next one starts.  Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze some stuff in and get started!