September 14th!!!

HOT.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!

A as Queen B!

Today, Chelsea, Kylie and I took the Skytrain to Yaletown and spent a nice afternoon there and had an early dinner since we all have day shifts tomorrow. OMG, let me start off by saying how much I LOVE THE SKYTRAIN. Well, specifically the brand new Canada Line. So basically, in Vancouver there's a subway system very similar to the Toronto TTC or Taiwan/HK MTR and it pretty gets you around Vancity pretty fast. They recently finished building a new line in light of the 2010 Olympics called the Canada Line and it runs all the way from Richmond to Downtown Van! It's SUPER SUPER fast and SUPER CLEAN since it's brand new. When I was on it.. it almost felt like I was in Taiwan or HK... it was almost as if I could get off at Taipei Main Station (haha, I WISH!). Anyways, that is my little blurb on appreciation of public transit.

Yaletown is beautiful. It's full of skyrise condos, lofts, and shopping include adorable boutiques, jaw dropping bakeries, very yummy restaurant eats and in general presents as a pretty wealthy area. It would definitely be a nice place to live if you had a very high paying job heh. Anyways, today as I put my outfit together, which is also my *special outfit for tomorrow evening* *crosses fingers*, I realized that my outfit reminded me of Blair Waldorf. Yes, Blair Waldorf. So when I'm bored, I like to cruise through ONTD or other celeb gossip websites, I tend to save pictures of celebrity styles I love and someday hope to dress like. Obviously, Leighton Meester wears THE best clothes on Gossip Girl and I am obsessed with so many of her outfits. Well, as I looked in the mirror today I realized that I did a pretty good job at copying Queen B's outfit! Let's take a closer look:

Loooooove her ruffly top and pink clutch. Her high waisted style is always so feminine and elegant. Sometimes a little too overly preppy but I love how girly her outfit is here. Her shoes also reminded me of my Jessica Simpson ones...












And then there's me! You can get where my entire outfit is from and the only purse I use these days is my Longchamp. Didn't bring my Speedy or any Gucci's to Vancouver with me :*(. I miss them. They rest peacefully at home until I return. At least the Longchamp is waterproof for the rainy days!






So I'm obviously missing a beautiful designer pink clutch and her flower bracelet but it's pretty close don't you think?! I do have a flower bracelet of my own but I decided not to. Sighhhhhhhhhhh I love her style. Anyways, that is my exciting blog post of the day. I love Yaletown and I can't wait for Gossip Girl to start again! Do you think I did a good job with Queen B's style?! My comment bar isn't working :( :( :( so you'll have to tell me personally hahaha.

Current countdown:
5 more days until I officially move into my new apartment! :)

Coach!

So I am rarely attracted to Coach items these days... I haven't seen anything that's really caught my eye in months? years? Not sure I'll ever buy another Coach purse in my life but I saw this yesterday and I WANT IT. IT'S SO FREAKING CUTE.



Ahhhhhhhh. I want. Oh yeah some of you have been asking for my new address, I got a PO BOX so its:

68 W. King Edward Ave
PO BOX 38015
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4L9
Canada

Now let's all be pen pals!! Don't forget my birthday is in like 3 weeks? Don't worry, I'll act surprised ;)

♥

Moving!

First thing's first! Soo if you've heard, I finally found a new place and i'll be moving on September 2nd!!! I'm super super excited the more I think about it because it meets all my requirements and even more!

Pros:
- Own bathroom
- Queen size bed
- Balcony view of downtown Robson St
- PRIME LOCATION - 2 minutes from all the downtown shops including LV, Tiffany's, Aritzia, BCBG......... and everything else you could want basically
- Right across from a major bus stop where I can hop onto the 17Oak that takes me STRAIGHT to work =)
- 2 girl roomates who seem super nice!

Cons:
- Expensive rent
- The bed kinda takes up the whole room so I'll have to go to Ikea to figure out how to fit a little desk for my laptop and printer
- No microwave or TV (ok I honestly don't get how these girls live without a microwave!! I guess they just heat things up by stove? Or never have leftovers?! Its ok, I'm willing to buy a microwave. TV won't be too big of a deal, I'm super used to watching stuff online after college but I'm spoiled now and have cable so it'll be a teeny adjustment)

That's pretty much it...haha :) YAY! I'm just super glad I don't have to worry or stress about it anymore.

Well, I finished my first independent set of shifts Thursday-Sunday and it went REALLY well. I got really lucky and was on the oncology unit for the whole set and never got called for a LOA (leave of absence). I don't get it.. why did they hire all of us if they don't have the hours?! Well now the hospital is on a hiring freeze and school is starting soon and we will probably get more busy because kids catch all sorts of things at school.... haha. I got to know my patients really well since I had basically the same ones a couple days in a row... I became really good friends with one girl, B. Little B is super cute but has quite the attitude. She was pretty mean to me the first day but definitely warmed up to me towards the end. I think we bonded one night when her mom couldn't stay so I kept her company in her room as much as I could. We watched Ni Hao Kai Lan and talked about ponies, kitties, bears and bunnies. Her mom also opened up to me a bit and even our small talk 5 minute conversation was eye opening. Sometimes I forget how much these children and families are going through. Especially in oncology. It's like.. this is not the ONLY thing going on in their life and it's already this huge stressor. It makes everything else seem so small and makes me so proud of these kids. They are so so so strong.

My other patient, S, was the CUTEST little girl I have EVER met. She had the brightest smile and cutest voice. She told me she was a strong princess (all these little girls are princesses... maybe that's why I love them so much HAHA). She called the IV machine "Mr.Beeps" and one time when I came in to check on the machine she goes, "I don't know why Mr.Beeps keeps beeping!" AND she likes Hello Kitty and when I showed her my keychain she thought it was so cool. She was going home the next day and kept telling me how excited she was to go home. I wanted to melt when she said "Do you know what I'm going to do tomorrow? I'm going to make a wish in a pond! And see the clouds in the sky! The sky is just so beautiful." I think that's when I wanted to pick her up and hug her. This little four year old girl with cancer can appreciate the clouds, sky and flowers and ... I don't even care half the time. Sighs. She also told me her big secret which is that she wants a unicorn costume for halloween. I LOVE KIDS!!!!! Sometimes I wish the parents weren't always there so I could play with them and talk to them lots without feeling awkward.....LOL.

Well, yesterday I spent the whole day in Richmond with the twins and I had soo much fun. We had lunch at Pearl Castle - really good Taiwanese place with yummy chicken and pmt, we walked around Aberdeen Mall (this really cool asian mall with DAISO <3), sang karaoke at their house and had a really delicious home cooked dinner! It was fun hanging out with their family... it made me miss mine. Sighs. I just miss my mom's home cooking teehee. OH! We went to visit the Olympic Oval in Richmond where speed skating and other events will be held for the 2010 Olympics... here's a pic!


I went back to BIkram today and..............died. I realized that this takes commitment because if you don't go for...5+ days the next time you return it feels like the first time you went in your life. Which is nauseating, dizzy and painful. Yup. So I really need to keep this up and go at least twice a week. But I found out that today was my 11th class of the month so that makes me pretty happy that I'm making use of my monthly membership.

I also need to seriously diet..... I'm getting fat and indulging in too much pmt. The wedding is in like 2 months.... OK I HAVE TO BE SERIOUS AND GET SKINNY :( I realized that one of my life goals is to be skinny and fashionable. Sighs.

Hahahahahaha I can feel people rolling their eyes. Ok end of post BYEeeeeeeeeeeeee <3.

Current Guy Fashion Advice:
I think all guys should invest in LV jeans. They're only $400!! That's like only $100 more than full price R&Rs! So if you are a dude and buy brand name jeans, why not spend a little more and look like the ultimate baller?!
http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2006/05/31/louis-vuitton-jeans-shorts/

argh.

i'm at work and we had an extra long break today and i couldn't even sleep. grrr stupid very strong vietnamese coffee!! i hate going on first break but sometimes i'm just too shy to say it. the pregnant nurses deserve first pick at breaks so... yeah HAHA.

maybe it's because of the coffee why i couldn't sleep. or maybe it's because i was thinking about what i did, what i didn't do or what i have to do. or maybe it's because ever since last week, my mind has been MAJORLY distracted by moving and finding another place to live. it's taking over my mind and my actions... all i do is go on craigslist/kijiji and today chelsea even brought her bike/rollerblades so we could go out and look for vacancies and call all of them. the more i think about it, the more frustrated i am. now i'm starting to think that it's too much and maybe i should just stay in my house a little longer, be a little more patient, save a little more money and move out in December. but then that's winter and with the winter olympics coming i feel like it'll be tough. UGH. it's like no matter when i choose to move, it's not ideal. right now, it's competing with the students. later it'll be with tourists or people moving to the city. i really wanted to wait until after October... maybe i should still do that. cuz i guess i have to say that there aren't any great deals screaming out to me right now...

i know i'm picky and with my requirements it narrows the search down a lot... but i really just want a place where i can come home to and truly be comfortable. i don't want to buy furniture... i don't want to REALLY want to sign a lease (yet) unless i am obsessed with the place... i don't want to live in a basement... i don't want to live with a random guy... why do so many effing girls have effing cats... blah.

i think i'm going to just see how things weekend goes and make my final decision then. maybe if i can ask my landlord how her search is going and get her to lower the rent i will stay longer. that way i can save more money and then hopefully a perfect opportunity will come up by December. but then i kind of feel like all the searching i just did will have gone to waste... but maybe that's better than rushing into something now that i might regret later? maybe if there was one thing that was NOT happening in my life it would make this so much easier. oh well. can't do anything about it now!

okay i have like less than 4 hours left on my shift and i have tons of stuff to do so hopefully time will pass by fast. sigh sigh sigh.

goodnight.

made me smile.

this is not a proper update but i just want to share.

at lunch yesterday with my loverly family friends, i was talking about my work schedule...

me: well usually if i work a set of 4 shifts then i get 5 off, for example this week i'm working thursday, friday, saturday and sunday then i get monday through friday off!
my friend's bro: ...*counting the days* ... so when does the hospital close?

sooooooooo cute. it made all of us laugh hehe.

never been to happy at 0639 EVER.

first independent shift is officially over.
the kids are alive.
everyone is stable.
i survived a crazy busy crazy nerve-wracking crazy abnormal shift.
it's almost time to go home to sleep.
5 days off here i come...

the last 12 hours were hell and I WANT MY BEDDDDDD.


blogging from work so byebye. real update later.

Grossed out.

I NEED TO MOVE OUT ASAP.
UGH and EW.
I hate nasty, dirty, uncourteous people.
I can't do this.

that's all i'm going to say. here is my set criteria for my future place:

1) Clean, responsible and friendly female
2) Own bathroom
3) Apartment (unless the suite is super nice)
4) Adequate living space

and those exclude the obvious like no pets, no smoking, safe area, basic furnishing, accessible to work, reasonable rent etc...

RAHHHHHHH. let the search continue... or begin in all seriousness. well i did check out a suite today, and it's pretty nice. the girl is really nice and is a nursing student. she's really clean and into things looking nice and neat. the only thing is our rooms are right next to each other, we have to share the bathroom and it's kind of basement-y and on the small size. but it is pretty close to work, rent is decent and it's BRAND new so its suuuper nice. but yeah, ahhhhhhh i don't know. it doesn't meet requirements 2 and 4. if it was bigger then i would probably take it. hm. i'll ponder.

i have found a new shopping hobby which is.... used book shopping! chelsea introduced me to this pretty amazing used book shop on Broadway and it has soooooo much selection and the books are like....good as new! we also went to the Lululemon outlet today~~~~~ eeeeeeeeeee!! LOVE IT! it's not too big but they do have a pretty good selection. i only wish they had the bathing suit in my size :( oh well. life goes on.....

friday is my first INDEPENDENT shift and i'm kind of freaking out inside. omg. so nervous. i just don't want to forget everything... i probably won't even be able to sleep on my break. i'll be worrying like crazy probably AHHHHHHHH. why can't preceptorship be longer...haha. at least afterwards i get 5 days off to recuperate! 5 days to think about how the hell i'm going to be on my own......forever.....omg X___________X

ok i'm having frustrating stomach pains so i'm going to go lay down and read soon.
hope everyone's week is going well :)
and if you are reading this and know someone in Vancouver looking for a roomate....HOLLERRRR! <3

current book:
Shopaholic Ties the Knot

昨天晚上...

你不問卻是因為你不想知道
可是說實話我都在想你

Crossing the border...

so today after orientation, kylie and i went on our first adventure to WASHINGTON. hahaha so we are only like 200 something miles away from Seattle but that wasn't our mission today. i really just had to go to BoA to take care of some stuff and since the border is only like a 35 minute drive away, kylie was down for driving me as long as we could go shopping =) the Washington border is SUPER SUPER close and i think crossing the border/ getting through immigration takes even longer than the drive there. but whatever, it was a good time.

we went to a small mall in Bellington, WA and it wasn't bad considering i got to go to Victoria's Secret and TARGET (stores that i am deprived of in Canada...... so sad, i know) haha. i didn't buy too much because shopping was not my purpose but i did get some super cheap and nice plain tshirts to wear to work (yes, work is so casual that we don't even have to wear scrub tops, we can just wear tshirts that match our scrubs ^__^), some VS undies and random stuff at Target.....including SPICY CHEETOS!!

now i'm exhausted and it's only 9:45pm and i have 2 day shifts on onclogy ahead of me. we didn't really take pics today but posted one lame one... just to prove that i did indeed cross the border today LOL.

current debate:

yes? no? ehhhh.....idk. -.-

就讓這首歌 on repeat.

所有的痛　就讓時間來破
電影散場之後　就在那回首處
你別走回頭路　我只能頭也不回的藏住感觸
我真心為你祝福
有沒有那麼一首歌會讓你很想念
有沒有那麼一首歌你會假裝聽不見
聽了又掉眼淚卻按不下停止鍵
多少個夜就這樣開著燈到另一個夜




就讓逭首歌今夜一直重複　我們都沒錯
只是看清楚原來不懂的事
沒有什麼好說現在先不要說　就讓我們沈默
最後的擁抱　愛情的終點

是分手的時候就讓我們自由　回憶一幕幕
就像一場電影原來一直感動
電影終要結束結束難免痛苦　心中留下傷痕
就讓這首歌縈繞在耳邊

August.

i can't believe it's August already.... crazy!! it's been a good weekend with lots going on. it's a long weekend (monday is BC day) but it doesn't really make a difference to me... i seriously believe that the only people who care about 3 day weekends are people who work in business. the M-F 9-5ers get an extra day hehe. anyways, saturday was the final celebration of lights show - CHINA! it was soooooooo amazing. chels, kylie and i watched it from Kits beach and it was soooooo much less crowded and more calm than downtown. but downtown is definitely a great experience that everyone should go to at least once in their life. unless you're claustraphobic (omg i actually had to look up how to spell that HAHA -_-). so yeah the fireworks were really good but downtown English Bay is definitely the front and center view. before the fireworks, we spent saturday afternoon at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. it was funnnnn! i have a new love and appreciation for BALUGA WHALES <3 sooooo cute. i wish i was a water sea animal. swimming around freely, without a care in the world... get fed... float around...tan... seriously, what more is there to life?! hahahaha okok. apparently the famous 2 holding-hand otters are from the Vancouver Aquarium!!!!! but i don't know if they still hold hands or what happened because... i didn't see them holding hands when i went =( maybe it was a phase.

here's a pic from the China fireworks show :) fireworks make me happy. they're so pretty and....romantic. ugh. anyways. today, chelsea and i went to watch Les Miserables!! i think the first time i saw Les Mis was high school..for french honor society? i can't even remember but i do think i still have my t-shirt. anyways, it was a really good show and i loved hearing all the songs again- i dreamed a dream, on my own, lovely ladies, master of the house...... hahaha. why can't life be like a song? music makes life so much better. afterwards, i went to my first bikram yoga class since.... two summers ago? OMG. ok so i didn't want to die nearly as badly as when i FIRST did it but it was pretty brutal. its ok though... i know it's so hard when you first start and it's normal to feel dizzy and nauseated but i really hope i can get better. i love my mat and yogitoes towel though =) just seeing it makes me happy right now HAHA.

so now i'm listening to Les Mis music... there was a definitely a point in today's show where i was like omg... i'm going to cry, but i didn't. why am i still hurting? why can i relate to this character? i'm so annoyed with myself sometimes i want someone to slap me. i have so many more important things to be thinking about. ARGGGGGGH.

anyways, that's it for today, ttyl.

the city goes to bed
now i can live inside my head.

current excerpt from Shopaholic that are basically the EXACT thoughts in my head:
"We swing round a corner- and my heart gives a swoop of excitement. Tiffany's. It's Tiffany's, right in front of me! I must just have a quick peek. I mean, this is what New York is all about. Little blue boxes, and a white ribbon, and those gorgeous silver beads... I sidle up to the window and stare longingly at the beautiful display inside. Wow. That necklace is absolutely stunning. Oh God, and look at that watch, with all those little diamonds round the edge. I wonder how much something like that would... And for awhile I really try to concentrate. But it's no good. I can't listen. I mean, come on. This is Fifth Avenue! Everywhere I look, there are fabulous shops. There's Gucci... and oh God, look at that window display over there! And we're just walking straight past Armani Exchange and no one's even pausing... what is WRONG with these people?"