July 11-13th weekend

Let's see...

Friday: Went to my friend Many's Bday party. Thanks Chanthan for organizing. I showed up a bit late at Philthy's...but I had already eaten, but there's always room for appetizers and tea. Then the celebrations continued by watching "Wanted", it was that or "Hancock"...ok so I think it was James or Charles that wanted to see Hancock instead but ah well, there were only 24 seats left for Hancock and it was all front seat so it was a noooooooo... Since there was an hour in between, we were to William's Pub for tea and coffee while we waited for the movie to start.
It was a good evening to see old friends after all, a couple of friends that I've seen a few times.

Saturday: Had a meeting for visitation ministry that I am involved in and then spent time w/ mom by shopping at T&T and just cooking for her and eating at home. Yes, it's a rare occasion.

Sunday: Was the busiest day since Friday. I saw my friend and sister Tania RSVP to a nic4 reunion as unable to attend b/c she was in Brampton. When I saw that I called her immediately to see where in Brampton that I could give her a ride also. So I drove her to MCAC and she really enjoyed it. She asked numerous questions in Sunday School on the book of Romans, which is great to see. When she was asked about MCAC, she really enjoyed Sunday School, almost like she didn't want to leave, haha, and this was 1pm. Thanks to Pat, Felix, and everyone else for making her feel welcome...she also found one thing about me, she didn't know...I go salsa dancing, hahaha... After lunch w/ Zoe and Pat, we took off to Richmond Hill for bowling. I invited a few friends to join as well, so it was fun. I get teased but it was all in good fun. I found bowling was not my forte, but overall fun. After a round of bowling at Worldbowl, the gang and i went to Destiny's Bubble tea on Finch, nice nice place. We all had the nice comfy couch and i ordered the "Mango mix" oh sooooooooooo yummy, but I split w/ Tania. Ryan had the mocha mix, looked soooooo good. Grace had this green apple drink I think, w/ jelly, yummmmmmy. Surprisingly I ordered a Green Tea mix and Keith liked it, haha...
After a round at Destiny's most of us went to Ten Ichi Sushi Restaurant in Scarborough. Must say, it was fabulous. I think it is one of the better ones as it has a wide variety...I think i want to go there for my birthday this year. The Koebe beef was excellent, short ribs were yummy, tuna excellent....oh and the dragon roll over a mango sauce, I'm going to druel soon... It was Nic4/Nic5 reunion/discuss fundraising ideas. So thanks to Mike for coming out, just listening and then just catching up...discussing on topics also the social economic condition in Toronto. The mixed income social housing project, poverty in Toronto, missions, etc...

Overall, a ***** 5 star day=)

Long Weekend

Sooooooo my plans changed...I didn't end up going to Boston. I do have some regrets not going, but I did have a good time here in the surrounding GTA area as well. So what did I do?

Saturday: Went to an Irish Pub to celebrate Nikki's Bday, and Elaine's engagement. It was also just an evening to just hang out, to chill and catch up w/ each other. I'm happy for my friends as they prepare for their respective weddings next year...time will fly, among other changes.

Sunday: Made a cake for Sunday School snacks, I must say I enjoyed making the chocolate fans rather than the cake itself. Just melting chocolate and creating my own designs is fun. My mom came w/ me to MCAC so after, one of my friends drove me to SQ1 to meet her there. There was a little "AyAyAy! luncheon" which we enjoyed the good times from the concert. I spent time w/ my family tonight, watched a movie at home and had T&T for dinner.

Monday: Last minute planning, and had a BBQ at my house tonight, sent out email the night before. It was suppose to be a games night at my friend's place in Etobicoke, but plans change and one of my friends suggested my place. So BBQ at my place...My brother prepared sushi, pasta, and I made crepes...we also had burgers and hotdogs...and the food wasn't burnt. It was nicely cooked. Great chefs helping out. It was an evening of Wii night in the basement (wii Tennis, etc) and Xbox360 on the main floor (Rockband). It was great to just see friends from all over coming(mostly Emmanuel), from Sauga, Brampton, Hamilton and Richmond Hill. Just seeing people connect, having fun, laughing together, now that's a great party. Party finally ended closer to 2am, luckily it was a long weekend.

Tuesday: Went to Markham with my family to Pmall, and then went to KBBQ at Commercegate. Found out I only eat Beef, Beef ribs, Chicken, Salmon, and KimChi...and planned along w/ Marc a last minute fireworks, thankfully he sent an email out. I forgot that I don't have unlimited airtime during the day. So a few of us got together and went to BBTea at Oasis (a bit slow, but less noise) and went to see the fireworks at CityCentre...not realizing traffic was backed up to the eyes can see, but we had to park at the Coliseum and watch from there. Ottawa has better fireworks though, but then that was $100K. It was pretty cold that night, so it took me like 2hours to drink my Mango Slush... Overall, a fun night.