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!

A sunny day in Vancouver - extremely pic heavy

Purely a photographic post. Taken during a rare week of good weather, of course temperatures will hit mid 10s during the WINTER Olympics in February.

The Cauldron; a better view:

The maddening crowds:

The protesters outside the Vancouver Gallery, they are of the opinion that the money spent on the Olympics is better spent giving them free housing and free crack.

Right next to the protesters were these guys, the sign it says, "They say protest, we say party!", needless to say, we followed these guys instead.

Assorted sculptures and installations along Granville Street:

Ra + Icarus? lol

Robson Square, watching the Olympic mascot show before being kicked out by kids T.T

This is an outdoor skate rink that has been closed for the last 10 years. They recently reopened it for the Olympics.

Do you see that person dangling in the air by those trees? That's the Robson Zipline!! Basically you hook yourself up to these wires, and you slide along that wire across the top of the city!

The wait for this was 6 hours long!!! So unfortunately I didn't get to personally have a go T.T However, I will try to get on during the Para Olympics next week! Until then, here is a video I found on Youtube for the Zipline.

Most of Robson Street was closed to traffic so as to allow the pedestrians to enjoy the festivities:

Artist showcase outside the Vancouver Art Gallery:

Down Granville Street:

Spotted this in the Puma window xD so cute but the bf isn't a Puma fan so I didn't buy anything.

We'd heard that the Irish House was THE place to be...

...however, when we got there...$10 cover charge??!!!!when everywhere else was free??!!!

I'd rather go see bobsledding puppies instead xD

The Infamous Team Japan speed skating outfit. 

We went to Live City Vancouver. Going through their security check made me think I was getting onto a plane or going into an American high school.

My friend and I standing in the queue. Haha yes he is single! Interested? you gotta pay me xD

People come here to watch Olympic events on 2 super HUGE Panasonic screens.

Omg, we stood in this line for over an hour to get into the Coca Cola pavillion T.T

A display of all the limited edition Coke packaging.

I believe these were the special Olympic editions.

This is what the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch looks like.

The best Coke bottle of all time.

Being served free Coke which comes shooting out of those chutes on an "ice" bar xD did you know that the optimum temperature for serving Coke is 4 degrees Celsius?

Giant painted Coke bottles:

LED Coke bottle

False Creek and Olympic Village:

This was where the opening and closing ceremony were held:

The queue to go inside Ontario House to watch the 4D movie:

In case you've been living under a rock, Canada won gold for Men's Hockey!! we also won 13 other gold medals, the most amount of gold medals won by any host city, but according to Canadians, this was the one that really mattered haha. We joined the rest of the city in celebrations. These photos were taken pretty much immediately after the game, most of the people had taken to driving around in the streets waving the Canadian flag and hooting from their cars lol.

This is the roof of the Vancouver Expo Centre, they apparently keep bees on the roof.

A night shot of the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic rings in the background, those rings turn gold every time Canada won a gold medal.

Look at that huge flag! They were singing the Canadian National Anthem xD

A zoomed in pic of the rings:

And suddenly, the flames went out! The Pooker happened to look up at that very moment and saw the flames go out.

That didn't stop the people from carrying on the celebrations in the streets. We stayed out until 11pm that night and the crowd was still just as boisterous.

Time to go home:

Goodbye Olympics, thank you for the experience of a lifetime. We miss you so much! Come back any time!

Alice in action...

First of all, please forgive me as to the shoddy quality of these photos, for some reason, the camera was just NOT co-operating with me that day.

Secondly, I think I can say beyond a reasonable doubt, that this is THE most amount of eyeshadow I've ever worn in my life and that includes the time when the MAC MUA put BROWN eyeshadow all the way up to my eyebrows. No, I am not gonna forget that one any time soon!
Let's just call this one a hot mess and get it over with. I'm not even gonna type up directions for this one, I'm pretty sure no one actually wants to look like this on purpose. Everything on my eyes came out of the Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland palette, there was a bit of Drink Me, Eat Me, a blob of Absolem, a splash of Curioser, a speck of White Rabbit, and a swipe of Queen.

I have absolutely NO clue what I was staring at, probably the camera screen's reflection in the mirror.

My blending skills definitely needs improvement T.T

I'm giving the "Look thoughtfully into a distant spot" pose a try, does it make me all mysterious and deep in thought? yeah? yeah?
No.
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I went to a pub to watch hockey after this. With all the make up on.
p.s. Will someone please tell me where I can buy those velcro hair thingies in Vancouver?I really need something to keep my hair out of my face when I'm putting my MAC forcefield on. The Pooker suggested normal velcro but I don't think it'll work.
p.p.s. Yes I know the Olympics is over and yet my Olympic post is still not up, it will be up soon.
p.p.p.s. Hello new Sheepies!!! x D welcome to my herd!!! do say hello!!!