Calgary the REAL windy city!

Holy crap.... It is unbelievably windy in Calgary today.. i mean, it was like this during the week too but not like this!!! i chose the wrong day to walk around downtown!! But nonetheless, here is the video proof....




and another video.. that's even crazier!

Sunday stroll

So.. Sunday.... I returned my car back to the car rental shop.. was nice having a car.. makes me more excited to think about when i have my own car shipped over..

I walked along 17th Ave... nothing was open of course because it was 10am.. and i th ink things open around 12 pm on sundays.. so i chilled at Starbucks for about an hour or so.. I shouldve brought a book!! but it was nice just hanging out alone...

Afterwards, i headed over to London Drugs which is kind of like a miniature wal-mart or an expanded shoppers with a lot more electronics and TVs.. (we don't have that in Toronto..at all and this was requested by some friends.. LOL and yeah nothing special..but because i'm a girl, i spent easily 30-45 minutes here just browsing hahaha!



and then a little surprise video...


how does that happen?! that's so gross!

T&T!!!!

So... as mentioned in my earlier post, i went to take a drive up to T&T (a chinese supermarket) and loaded up on some familiar chinese groceries!!

I swear to god.. i literally poo'ed myself when i saw the sign pulling into the parking lot....

You can only imagine how i felt when i walked into the little mall.. and saw T&T!!!! my brain was exploding!! i was so happy!! You must be thinking.. wtf?! why are you so excited??  I think it's simply because it's something that didn't feel so foreign to me.. It reminds me of home.. and it makes me feel comfortable.. :) Seeing stores like H&M, Aldo, Forever 21.. etc..those stores don't make me feel the same way because they're available even in the states.. so stores like that don't make me feel like i'm at home..I've only ever been to  T&T (for me at least) in toronto.. so therefore... HOME!!!!

 After walking up and down every single aisle (not even kidding).. my little rolling basket was FULL.. can't really tell from the angle, but i was playing a balancing game with the pack of noodles there!

All of my groceries laid out nicely :) I got some goodies like my yakult drinks...my chiense bakery raisin buns.. and edamame... mmmm yummy.. and dumplings!! and rice noodle rolls.. ahh.. i miss my mom's cooking!

and it's a white guy cashing me out... at an asian supermarket... a little strange..but a job's a job! i salute him!! at least he doesnt have to deal with Toronto asians... they can be feisty.. people here seem to be very calm and... not crazy..

ME + CHINESE GROCERIES + CHINESE PRICES = HAPPINESS

Saturday so far....

So! It's the weekend! yay! feels good.. work has been really busy.. (but really liking it so far).. I don't know if i even mentioned ever what i'd be doing..

I'm here to train people on a technology called SharePoint... customized and basic training.. thats all in a nutshell!

Anyway, i rented a car and decided to drive to the mall :) YAY! retail therapy! I rented a Ford Focus.. lol :) It's down the street from me so it's pretty easy to get there...  I have some SHAKY videos for you to watch too...

so after i finished shopping... i drove home!



So i'm at home now.. its about 4:30pm.. im going to go to T&T to go grocery shopping!!! IM SO EXCITED to see all these familiar chinese groceries!! :) Will maybe do a video.. depending on how many people there are.. but i'll take some pics maybe!! will post later!

My Dinners so far...

So, I don't know if anyone is interested, but I've been taking pictures of my dinners and sending them to Jeff because.. well... i always do :) I don't really know why...or if he even wants these emails..but I'm making him look at them anyway! Since i have these pictures... and i'm trying my best to keep this blog entertaining (for the few that follow), i figured, let's post for the public!! I am in NO WAY a professional cook (even though i think i am ;p ) and am always looking for ideas.. that are easy of course..and healthy! These are not every night's dinners.. so here are the ones i've captured..

This one below is an extremely lazy and i got in from the airport late this night.. so i went to the grocery store, and bought potato salad and meatballs.... yeah no veggies :( and store bought.. ugh.. Wasn't horrible...but the dinner indeed looks sad...

 This one below is actually a meal i cooked this week! (previous one was from two weeks ago). I made some broccoli with onions...cole slaw (random huh..)... and SALMON with garlic and dill.. (forgot about the lemons!) and a side of rice...

 Next night I got pretty lazy.. and didn't really know what my dinner was going to be.. but i ended up making chicken with onions garlic and i just topped it off with cheese... i ended up eating this with tsaziki?? mmmm.... yeah.. and then sauteed some tomatoes.. which was.. interesting..

today!!! was super yummy!!! i made turkey burgers.. i put minced onions and cheese and some dill in the burger...and egg..! and then i cut up some avocado becuase it's slowly going bad... :) and then my roast potatoes... (dill and garlic)

yeah i bought some fresh dill... so i have to use it all up before it goes bad!!

what else should i make???