Cory Cory Cory.... Tabloids of his face everywhere

I remember I was working when I first glanced up at the big screen tv with huge captions and Cory Monteith's face glaring across the screen. The words were saying that Cory had been found dead in Vancouver and TOX screens were being done.

Number one feeling, yikes isn't he in high school. 

Number two feeling, woah where is Lea

Number three feeling, damn it, he is Canadian isn't it. 

So you google him to get his life storey because people are morbidly interested and entertained by all comings and goings in this case.... of celebrities and celebrity life.  (yours truly included) 

I think this is one of his more up to date pictures right before his untimely end. 

I use to watch glee and I do watch it now and then. Sometimes the singing is too much for me and I just can't handle it. Cory was tubbsier in Glee but I guess after his rehab stint he lost quite a bit of weight and looks chiseled. I just feel wrong at this point thinking that he looks sexy... He is dead.... 

So back to my initial reactions, after he lost all that weight he no longer looked like he belonged in high school. Number two  you would think these two would be joined at the hip. I think I would if I found out my boyfriend was addicted.... Cory went partying with his old friends whom he probably did drugs with... or were part of his drug addicted past.... Or maybe I am just super UP IN YOUR FACE.

Number three he is Canadian... What does this mean. I feel like his actions may have tarnished the "canadian" name.... Man, what am I even thinking, what CANADIAN NAME.  After searching online  a blogger/ newspaper reporter claim that because Cory was in Van it increased his chances of ODing.

HERE IS THE LINK : Why Vancouver Killed Cory  ...(yikes and my parents were ready to go buy a place in van... think again? or not) 

Then as an after thought... What will happen to Glee? How will they kill off his character?  The same thing happened in the movie where Keith Ledger was replaced him by several male characters including johnny depp throughout the movie. 

To be dead by 31, that is a daunting thought. (knocks on wood) I hope I and no one I personally know will have to go through what death means. WOW this entry is getting a little too deep ... there goes my superficial views...

Death really blows because after the person is gone his/ her pain is gone but those they left behind its pain every day and really the pain doesn't go away. It may dull for a bit and may go into "remission" for a bit but its always there.  

So despite my obsession.. just let the guy REST IN PEACE ALREADY .... 

Getting a Taste of Edmonton

So this weekend officially wraps up the end of Taste of Edmonton. I had never been prior to this year and all I have heard are mostly negative reviews of how the food is so teeny and how it will cost me an arm and a leg. As you know from my last entry I recently bought a car and money is now TIGHTER to say the least. I didn't know if I could afford to binge eat at some food festival and feel hungry after and go out again.

After much deliberation I thought "What the eff, you only live once." So I pre bought tickets with my dad. Atco gets a pretty decent deal. 60 tickets later (plus buying 10 more) I must say it was fun.... well s fun as Edmonton can get in the summer. ( I say this grudgingly because, after coming back from a asian country you really feel like you are in withdrawal)

A few weeks prior to the actual start of the festival ( I think its classified as a festival) I looked it up on the internet and pulled its website for its menu. After printing it off I circled the top 15 things I wanted to try. There actually was some good items ranging from 2 tickets to 6. (Each ticket if you buy the day of is 1$) I also enjoyed how the menu had little pics indicating if it was vegan, vegetarian etc.

Taste of Edmonton Menu 2013

HERE ARE some pictures of the food:

 This was actually our last stop with our remaining 5 tickets . It got us a whole freshly cooked up sausage on some sauerkraut and buttered bun. At this point Dustin was ready to hurl he was so full.

 Deep fried pickles were not bad too bad there was only three which makes for awkward sharing. We always ended up getting the larger size. I am told in previous years there was no choice between small and large sizes.

 forgot the name but it was from a food truck. It wasn't too bad except the tomatoes were cold and the onions could have been cooked longer.

 Bisque from Hotel Mcdonald was delicious and well worth the 2 tickets.

 This was the spinach thing from the Greek vendor and it was super dry and not really tasty. I got it since it was large in size and I was trying to go for a ticket to size ratio. BIG mistake.

 Me and Dustin prior to getting stuffed =)

 The long line for lemonade.

 Both days we went we got the large lemonade which only makes sense. For one ticket more you get the 24 oz not the 12 oz. ( later there were some red bull girls and we scored a few red bull drinks which we then put into the lemonade cup ... YEAH FOR Being asian and not spending money )

 I didn't like the boar make and cheese. I found it lacked flavour and it could have been cheesier.

 One of my all time favs butter chicken with quite a kick and lots of creamy goodness.

 Koreans made us some bulgolgi meat balls.  Not enough sauce on the rice though

 Sadly, no nuts on my pad thai either! DAMN NUT ALLERGIES

 The mac scone was divine too!! Thanks to Amisha for telling me its a MUST eat

 Scalloped wrapped in bacon and deep fried mars bars. The scallops in bacon was soooo salty I had to chug some red bull.

 We would have cooled off there but there were tons of naked and semi naked kids probably taking a pee in the pool . EWW why do people think its ok to wear diapers and swim.

 Another deep fried confection. It was kinda dry so not to my liking.

So on our first day back this old man talked to us on the LRT. Liana and I thought it was hilarious and harmless fun till he said some inappropriate words and crossed a line... TO THE TUNE OF : I would love to play with you......
The pic is blurry since sneak attack pics rarely work out for my slow processing phone. IT IS TIME TO UPGRADE (phone number 11 will be mine or as soon as the Note 3 comes out)

Yikes its been awhile -.-

So its been a while since I wrote a blog entry. I blame it partially for my laziness, the weather and being super busy.

I recently bought a new car with the help of the rentals. A 2013 Nissan Juke SL full meal deal. I chose a cayenne red and it was actually hard to acquire it.

I guess the funny thing is I don't even have my licence at this point. (haters gonna hate) I never really saw the need to get it since I took the lrt in uni and my place of work is literally a 10 to 15 min walk away. But finally IT was time. I really wanted the freedom and Dustin appreciated too =P

So I have already started to deck it out in Hello Kitty. (jk) naw I got a cute hello kitty air freshener

 I also got hello kitty heads for my licence plate. 

I think thats the extend I will go to .. perhaps a seat belt cover but I swear that is it. 

So far, I kinda love the ride, its got a little bit of a quick with its turbo and I really enjoy all its features such as navigation, sun roof, leather and YES BACK UP CAMERA.

Seriously, I don't know what I would do with out it! 

Now I just want to share my Nissan experience. Lets just say I am not super pleased at all. Unlike the quick buy when Dustin got his Rouge, my dad and I went to a few dealerships. Since GoAuto has bought out quite a few dealerships this limited a few of our choices. I would like to note that West End Nissan is super horrible and going there will seriously turn you off all Nissan cars. I had made an appointment to see someone since we were strapped for time. We go there and the guy hands us off to a younger LESS experienced guy who had a "I don't give a ****" attitude. HE kept tapping his pen, contradicting me and overall HORRIBLE experience. We were there for about 2 hours and they didn't offer us anything. All my dad and I saw were them eating ice creams from Dairy Queen  and doing NOTHING but milling around. *what trolls*

We ended up buying our car for Mills Nissan which is now under GoAuto. At first I would say the service was better and people seemed more genuine however, there was just too much handing off of. We went about 5 times before we finally got to drive the car home and each time it was a different person. Sales or finance manager Warren was there most of the time and had nothing but SWEET THINGS to say. This is until you sign the bill of sales then it goes down hill. They suddenly call me the day before I am suppose to pick up the car and tells me they forgot to add another almost $800 expense to my bill of sale. 

Car buying can blow if you are not buying right away or don't have loads of cash. 

My car workout ok in the end I guess.... but we just have to see I guess... 

ok guys no asian jokes about me being a driver.. don't even mention the 3Os of driving (oriental ,ovaries and old) 

no this will not be me.... (i took AMA I swear I won't kill anyone =P)

Going up the Tokyo Tower

So after our stroll in the Imperial Gardens (East) we decided to head to the infamous Tokyo Tower. (we were gonna go to Tokyo skye tree later since t it replaced the Tokyo tower for being the highest tower in Japan.

There was, looming in the distance as we approached it.

 Yeah to all the vending machines which kept us hydrated.

 There was some sort of Buddhist temple on our way there

We got to hear the chantings of a monk doing his morning prayer... or was it NOON prayer

 So the funny thing is you have to line up to line up to get tickets. Thank god there are desserts on the way there. Japanese people have the upmost patience when it comes to long lines.

 Our line to get into line

Once we got near the front I saw a beer garden... another way to pass your time

 There was a lot of fish kites attached and flapping in the wind

 So this little guy who looks like a pink condom is their MASCOT....He is super cool since he has sunglasses and what I believed to be an R kelly bandaid. Their mascot also reminded me of the movie CONE HEADS ( an alien movie)

This is another line to get up the elevator to the main observatory. I felt like a rat in a maze at this point.

 going up the elevator... for a person afraid of heights I was getting really nervous and clam-y

 They have a bedazzled pink version of the tokyo tower which really remind me of the Eiffel tower

 Those are some shots of the view from up top. Yeah to HD shooting it makes everything super crisp. I was also fortunate to have such nice weather throughout the whole trip even at Mt. Fuji.

 Got a coin made to commemorate the occasion.

 There was a little expo of all these ping pong  champs and the upcoming pingpong tournament. WHY do they have to be so asian lol

 We paid to go up to the special observatory and up here there is a section where its just glass and you can look down. QUITE scary actually.

 Hahaha found a pikachu ride. However, people were shooting us looks so I didn't get to ride it =/

 A trend in Japan is its MULTIPLE floors which is quite rare in Edmonton.

 I just had to pose with the iconic figure

More to come for part to of going to the tokyo tower including the AMAZING food court, wax museum and yes an aquarium.