Have your daily dose of Goali-o`s | IKEA Pop-up Shop

Who am I to deny beautiful home decor? 

IKEA had its first pop-up shop on King Street in Toronto so Nico and I decided to check it out. As one of the biggest IKEA fangirls of life, I was definitely screaming at everything. Plus, it's a very refreshing take on the IKEA concept without the overwhelming effect of the giant warehouse. Free meatballs and seeds never hurt either. 

Please enjoy the interior design porn.  

Island Bound [VLOG]

Ended the summer with a lovely evening on Toronto Island with my favourite person ever.

There's a River Beach Under a Highway [ VLOG ]

Our summer shenanigins took us under Highway 407 to the Credit River where this happened... 

Lost in Blue | Blue Mountain Adventure Day + VLOG

My much loved adventure-gang took on Blue Mountain and it was fantastic. 

There's even a video with it this time; check it out!

Elm Street

Tag along as we explore this soon to be demolished neighbourhood of Elm Street in central Mississauga. I put together a few clips in a video down there too. Check it out!

I want my GPA to look as nice as my notebooks

Recently, Nico and I did an intense clean through of my basement which somehow unearthed an ungodly pile of notebooks. With our recent trip downtown, I also bought my first roll of washi tape in a weird attempt to beautify my school life this year. We'll see how it goes down.

Rouge Park Photo Diary

A vivid journey to Rouge Park just outside of the Toronto Zoo. 

SEE THE LIGHT / pan am lights concert

The long awaited Lights concert post is finally here.

It's Wedding Season Again

A few of my favourite shots at my cousin's very photogenic wedding venue last summer. 

Current Projects

Lots of fun things in production.

In terms of YouTube, I wanted to share from stills from my current project and my first beauty video! I am not by any means any good at doing makeup properly, but as long as I can put my face on in time before heading out the door, I'm content.

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Every summer I make a quiet return to blogger somehow. Always with the intention to keep it up, but never fully succeeding. In addition to blogger this year, I emerged on YouTube recently under the username JTRAN. In short, it's a place to compile excerpts of my life in video form.

Maybe I'll drop off another food post I have in my drafts! I have definitely eaten a lot of goodness. I went to Texas last Christmas for crying out loud.

Sandbanks Provincial Park

Just a little photo journal of my adventure to Sandbanks, Ontario. It was a beautiful day spent with a wonderful person. 

Summer Favourites

While it's some sort of tradition for bloggers to post their favourite products for the summer season, my summer favourites always consist of the blooming neighbours I have outside. I just thought I would share them with you all while they're still in bloom. No matter how beautiful the blossom, it will still only last a matter of a few weeks so it's good to cherish and enjoy them while you can. 

July is nearly over so I won't have the comfort of the summer heat (and the occasional unsuspecting cool) to distance my mind from the prospect of post secondary in about a month (plus the upcoming month of constant panic). 

Let's just enjoy the rest of the summer while we still can. I may or may not be doing so by re-watching my favourite Wong Fu Productions videos. Here's Recess Court that never fails to amaze me. 

Until next time. 

DIY Bun Home!

After extensive planning and frustration towards Target and hand saws, we did something crazy yesterday and rebuilt my rabbit's entire cage. Check out our progress and of course, the finished product with lots of cute rabbit pictures.

Dating back to the beginning of the year, plus the year before, plus the past six years, I have done my fair share of reading up on rabbit care and learned a lot. Six years with a rabbit (Ryu, female, mini rex mix, adopted, awesome) have been the happiest of my life and she has been nothing but a blessing to me. She reduces me to nothing but baby-talk and I often tell people that she could end a man's life and I would still adore her to the end of the Earth.

(My Instagram: smellslikeinternet / I constantly post photos of my rabbit.)

Photo Hunt

I have been on the hunt for the remainder of Las Vegas photos for the past few hours and Ièm running out of files to click through. Nonetheless, I managed to unearth a few scenic shots from the trip; a bit of a preview of what's to come. 

Our trip was a more low-key and casual take on Vegas, which I'm sure some of you will enjoy. There is so much more than the Strip to see, but it's all a great experience. I can't wait to share it with you all.  

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Until next time! 

On occasion I'll remember 01

Volunteering is something introduced to the majority of pre-adolescents by eighth grade curriculum, and then re-introduced in secondary school for our ever-coveted forty hour minimum of volunteering to graduate. For myself, I got involved with an organization (this sounds a lot like I joined a gang. A gardening gang. Garden Squad 2k14) previously known as the Mississauga Garden Council, but currently known as The Riverwood Conservancy and for five years, it has served as the best summer home. During the peak of my involvement, I would spend six hours a day there for five days a week in whatever weather possible. I would never give up a single day of it. If anything, I wanted to be there more. 

 

You know how it is.

It's not you; it's me.

Honestly.

Like literally.

The redundancy in my articulation lately has "like literally" and "honestly" been haunting conversations.

Since the twenty-seventh of November of the two thousand and thirteenth year (happy belated new years, everyone) I have adventured, I have eaten, I have baked sparingly, but loved arguably excessively. These past seven months has been a blur, but I'm dedicated to catch up and maintain some form of articulation before my brain matter reduces to sludge by mid-August from suburban heat and boredom.

Besides from acquiring diplomas, a second player (P2), summer employment, and significantly less patience for boiling water, my fraction of joy remains the same.

Three-fifths joy will be returning shortly with a multitude of new material and thoughts.



Until then, brave warriors.

post slack.

Apologies for the lack of post today! I didn't realize my scheduled posts had ran out until 11 pm EST.

Please have patience as there plenty of new posts on the way.

Travel Throwback: Sainte-Fabien ( Parc National du Bic )

An hour from RDL... Parc National du Bic ( Bic National Park ) sits quietly in it's humble, picturesque hideaway of valleys, mountains, beaches, forests, and a lot of uphill. I'd like to share a few snap shots of that beautiful day. I plan on remembering this for a long time.

This excision was easily one of my favourite memories of my five weeks in Québec. Let the adventure begin!

Be Kind [ KIND Exchange, Toronto ]

This is a cute second hand clothing store on Queen Street West in Toronto. It's a bit higher end than your standard Goodwill or Value Village. 

Here are some interesting finds that caught my interest: