Canada Day celebrations and other things - very very very pic heavy!

July 1st is Canada Day so the boy and I went downtown to join in the festivities.

OMG!!! I finally found myself a mountie!!! I dedicate this photo to Etherealprey xD

Look at the sea of people inside Canada Place!

Canada Place Soccer Expo - there was a disabled soccer match going on, first time I've ever seen anything like it! Big respect to these guys! I moan and grown and refuse to go to the gym when I've got muscle aches, just look at these guys! p.s. spy my country's flag in the background xD

A stage performance with girls hanging from the ceiling on ribbons.

The Army Expo. We joked that if Canada had to be under attack at that very moment, we'd be unable to respond because the entire Canadian artillery was probably there xD

A jazz performance outside Canada Place.

We reckon there was more people on the street that day than the amount of people that was there for Olympics.

If you go to the windows, you can see Vancouver's north shore.

They opened up the area around the Olympic cauldron!

They even lit up the cauldron for the day! I wonder who coughed up the $10K.

This is the closest I've ever been to the cauldron xD

Haha! Olympic Men's Hockey Gold game was being show on the big screen.

A hat from a street vendor but the boy said I look funny >__>

Street performances.

My FOTD

In case you're curious, I used Shiseido Maquillage Clean Contrast Eyes in VI213, MAC Beauty Powder in Pearl and MAC Creme D' Nude lippie.

Also had on falsies! I used the invisible method I posted about here

Thought I'd let you guys see what I wear to work xD my first fashion post! Sorry I am really hopeless in fashion.

Another work OOTD

Foodables!!!! Seafood pot with Basa, Enoki, Shrimp, Mussles, mushrooms; veggies and Vermicelli. So yummy and so easy to make! just throw everything into a pot! Yes we love Coriander haha!

Dinner at Chez Nunu xD

My version of a Tom Yum Goon - Salmon, Tiger Prawns, Enoki mushrooms, finish off with a handful of coriander.

London Drugs, a local pharmacy, was clearing out their stock of Annabelle cosmetics. I picked up a bunch of Smudgeliners and Smoothliners for a blogger buddy and myself. The formula is a good dupe of UD's 24/7 pencils in terms of staying power! but at a fraction of the price.

Swatches - sorry I don't remember which was which any more as I did these in the shop.

A recent Cosme-de haul - will review the O'slee Clear Spa Sleeping Mask soon!

Last but definitely not least, a surprise gift from a very special "Denmarkian" xD. When we last met, I complained about how Canada doesn't sell Labello (yes I know Nivea bought them out but I feel the North American formula is different) and she totally hooked me up!! She also sent me Gosh lippies xD. The bf has nommed the choccies already, he says they're his "SO tax"! Thank you sooo much Chyi!!! I love it!!!

The one with the love packs and food - pic heavy

I recently took part in a Secret Valentine gift exchange organised by Alienman. Guess who ironically ended up being my gift giver? The Alien herself! The little sneak, I had a little nagging suspicion it was her, but she acted all innocent to the point of even telling me what she was making as a gift! Lookit what she got me!!!!

She made me a brooch!!! out of Sculpy!!! She made each little bit by hand!! I'm so touched, no one's ever made me anything this intricate before! I'll treasure it always *sniff*. It's suppose to be a mini me with the circle scarf that I'd wanted xD Look at all the amazing details!

She also got me the most hilarious card, hahahaa when I first opened it I almost dropped it cos I was like, "wtf?" lol.
Oh Seyoung, where do I even start? not only were you one of the first to welcome me to the world of blogging with open arms, you also provided me, and others, with a space to vent, to bond, a place to run to when we thought we were all alone, a place to care and to love, a place where we can draw courage and support,  and to round it all off, an endless supply of gossip xD.
Words cannot express how grateful I am to have met you. I <3 you! and fank you for being my fwend!

As if that wasn't enough, my dear Dreezy sent me love all the way from Singapore!

Silk Whitia masks!!! I have become quite the mask fiend lately, and I'd heard good words for these masks through the blogosphere, so naturally I had to get my greedy paws on some. However, they don't seem to sell these in Vancouver, so I'd initially asked Dreez if she'll be interested in a swop. Without further ado, this girl had popped these into the mail for me. I definitely need to send her a thank you gift for her generosity! Look out for the package coming your way! (btw, holy crap, postage is expensive from S'pore to Canada! Here I was complaining about $8 postage!) I'll be doing a more in depth review of these masks in the coming weeks, but my first impression of these masks is that if you're looking for a whitening product, your search ends here! The Pook literally stared at me for 5 mins, and told me that I had visibly whitened and my face was glowing, after the first use!

And what is a MACnunu post without food, glorious food?

I made pasta! Basically I ripped all the meat off a turkey drumstick, cut away the skin and excess fat, put it into my Magic Bullet and made turkey mince! Then I sauted it mushrooms, red bell peppers and lots of Parmesan cheese. I didn't do a Nunu's kitchen for this because I didn't take photos until the very end, however, if you're interested in the recipe, either drop me a comment or send me an email and I'll be happy to forward it to you!

I also made Bouillabaisse! So easy, yet so yummy and impressive looking!

Dude, I made a huge pot and it was completely polished off by the 4 of us!!The Pooker said he ate 3 bowls haha! This recipe is really easy! including preparation, it took me less than an hour! Comment if you'd like the recipe!

Japanese curry, nufink special, you just add the curry block to ur veggies n meat.

Another pasta! This time with shredded roast chicken, mushrooms, pesto n balsamic vinaigrette tomatoes!

We went to Pho Hoa for lunch the other day. It's apparently a well known north American franchise. Their stuff is...aight...not great or anything. The Pho Tan on Main and 30th is still the best imho.

When we went to visit our friends in Port Coquitlam the other night, they suggested going to Pearl Castle for bubble tea. I ordered a House Special Oolong milk tea with pearls. Omg it was sooo good! It had that strong tea taste which I love, and a rich, fragrant, smooth milk finish!

My friend ordered the hot taro milk tea, it came with it's own pot and a dish of pearls which you add yourself! it was so cute!! I never had hot bbt served this way before!

I also ordered condense milk brick toast, it wasn't great haha

Also made Haemul Pajeon xD it looks a little burnt in the photo...but it wasn't in real life!

Dinner for the night!Pajeon, Bak choi and enoki mushrooms in oyster sauce, and unagi don xD

Just a snap I took of my lunch. There's this Italian restaurant in Gastown called "Al Porto", we love getting their Table D’hôte for lunch. It's $12 for a soup of the day, plus a Caesar salad, and their daily feature pasta! Their soups are always really really good and their pasta never fails to impress either! Today it was a roasted tomato soup and shredded lamb pasta.

And lastly I leave you with photos of my dinner from Sushi Garden. We went to their recently opened branch close to Brentwood town centre. If you're looking for cheap ($3-$4 for a roll), and fresh sushi, this is the place to go. They're not the most authentic place (Korean run), and their waitresses are kinda clueless, but they taste pretty good, and we've abandoned our old haunt Shiro in favour of this place. We love their uni sushi, their chopped scallop roll, and their negitoro roll xD. Arrive early or reserve a table to avoid the wait, they have queues that go out the door and around the corner during peak hours.

I should really start carrying a camera around with me, it hurts my eyes to have to look at Blackberry taken photos. 

I am off to watch Alice in Wonderland in 3D! I'll be the girl wearing the Alice in Wonderland t-shirt with UD Alice in Wonderland on my eyes! Say hi if you see me! xD

Until we meet again my lovelies!

The Olympic Issue and Valentine's love pack.

The Olympics are in town!!! here at MACnunu headquarters, we're really excited as neither of us have experienced such a large international event in our hometown before. Yeah, so the people of BC will probably be paying for it for the next 30 years, but since it's already here let's support the athletes, and enjoy it!
I joined the crowd in welcoming the torch to the city:

The Olympic Cauldron:

Can't see much? eh...we couldn't either...it's apparently one of the controversies surrounding the Olympics; people have been complaining that there isn't a decent place to take a photo of the cauldron. You can't see it in this photo, but there's a iron fence around the cauldron and people are saying that it gives the cauldron an "imprison" look.

The queue to get into the Sochi House:

Sochi, Russia is where the next winter Olympics is scheduled to take place. We literally lined up for over 1hour to get inside so we could...watch a Russian vampire movie...
T.T
Skip unless you have the patience of a saint, and time to burn. There's really nothing inside, other than a big screen TV, a bar, and Ovechkin's hockey jersey. Oh, and a couple of Russian girls. We did manage to take this rather spectacular photo though.

People built these little Olympic figurines alone the beach, how in the world did they get them to stay up??!! And what exactly is the etiquette for jacking stones from your neighbour's figurine??...

People everywhere:

We went into Chinatown to have Pho for lunch. It was meh =.="

We discovered that there was an open air food market just a couple of blocks away AFTER this... It's ok, we went back at night xD

Standing behind the Olympics news broadcasting booth, waiting for a chance to make an arse of myself:

Of course I can't give up the opportunity to throw a fob sign:

There was this crazy dude there juggling on a unicycle with just his doondies on:

Please remember this is on a winter's day...

Hand painted paper lamps:

Taken from Granville Island:

Celebrating in the streets after Canada's 8-0 win over Norway:

Canadians are serious about their hockey:

Here I am hooking up to the Tree of Voices...oops wrong reality xD it's actually the Bell Ice Cube:

The Pooker also got the opportunity to go watch Curling live. It's a sport which he now pretends to understand after watching for 3 hours.

I was more interested in THIS curling game!

$5 lamb curry. Told you we went back to the food market. Was pretty good actually...

Curry fishballs:

Fish Siu Mai: - haha, these were being sold by this white guy who was hawking it out for the shop's Chinese owners xD

And to round off my night, I come home to this:

Miss. Pink's Valentine's day love pack. I gobbled up the cookies already, omg they are sooooo goooooood! Thank you very much for thinking of me! I'm quite a fan girl of Miss. Pink, so I'm never gonna wash my hands again.
Bitch didn't leave a return address, now I'm gonna take it as a personal challenge to find out her address.
What a pic heavy post!! Expect another Olympic related post some time this week!