Showing posts with label candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label candy. Show all posts

Monday, May 05, 2008

throwing the peace

we're home, phew! it always feels like you need a vacation after taking a vacation. especially one jam-packed with a lot of walking and site-seeing. jamie and i hit up chinatown friday. (although pretty much all of vancouver can be considered asiatown. apparently it's a mecca for migrating asians.) we planned on getting bikes but the weather dictated otherwise. we ended up doing a little shopping and looking for a few more caches. i think urban caching is an acquired taste, both aaron and jamie didn't like it too much. but we managed to find a few.

you went all the way to canada and all you bought was japanese candy? yes. i'm a sucker for pocky sticks. i ended up getting strawberry, milk and blueberry flavors. i also got japanese gum, taffy and chocolate. and yes, that's all i bought while on vacation. i did introduce aaron to the kinder egg this trip too. i managed to score a few while waiting at the airport. so we ventured over to the asian and european side of confectionary delight this trip. i can't believe i wrote a whole paragraph about candy! and boy is it making me hungry. :)

saturday aaron and i hit up the capilano suspension bridge. we were a little worried about the weather, but in the end it turned out to be the nicest day of our trip. we were able the navigate using only public transportation and didn't have a single hiccup with our trip. we also hiked through stanley park, and of course, looked for a few more caches. i combined photos from washington and vancouver for your viewing pleasure.

my mom is notorious for throwing the peace sign when taking photos. we ended up doing a homage to her. hence the photos and the title. apparently it's not only a mom thing but an asian thing. we noticed quite a few taking photos and throwing the peace sign. i guess it's no different than me throwing the devil horns and sticking out my tongue. but i had to post, it's just too funny. while i'm at it i'll go ahead and post the cherry blossom photos i took while in d.c. a few weeks ago.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

pixy stix

since danny started college, i thought it'd be a good idea to send him a few care packages to help ease his transition. i remember when i started at siu, my aunt pam sent me a few and it made me feel a little less homesick.

our first package mainly consisted on everyday essentials for dorm life. mcdonalds gift card, towels, mac & cheese, pringles and what not. the second was a couple of t-shirts i had sent directly to him. i am currently working on his third package, a halloween themed one. lucky for him, mast general store sells candy by the pound. so i can get an assortment of different types and pay a nominal amount. unfortunately, since i've been buying a little here and there to fill the box, the candy has been sitting on our dining room table this past week. i just finished off all the pixy stix (about 20). and am very tempted to open another bag of skittles. danny, like me, loves the fruity candy. and now i have a paper sack filled with the yummy goodness. to resist temptation...