It's been awhile since I've chilled at a cafe to blog, journal or do work. I've been such a homebug, staying home everyday. Also because I'm broke so I don't wanna go out hahaha. I've quite perfected making soy lattes and smoothies :) I'm waiting for my matcha green tea powder to come so I can make lattes with that too. I need to restock my tea stash though. Gotta get some yummy flavours to make iced tea with!

It's also been awhile since I've come to DVLB. I stopped coming here because people were always here. I don't like whisky but I wanna see what their whisky bar at night is like.

Anyway, I came in today and they commissioned someone to paint their logo of the Jackrabbit on the wall. It's a mythical creature, half deer and half rabbit. It looks pretty nice, lots of little detailing. The guy is still working on it. It is a painting in progress! I wish I took art in high school. I miss doing art. I don't know how to paint properly, creating shadows and depth and whatnot. Something i'd like to learn. I'm gonna get some paint accessories and do abstract art ;) hahaha I wish they had a Tiger in Canada. We discovered it in Madrid and they have such nice and good canvases, sketchbooks and art supplies for such good prices too!

DIY #2

I attempted at making lanterns to use as decoration for my friend's birthday. It's actually quite easy to make. You just need paper cups, glue, string and paint.

The first few I made were pretty ghetto looking but I got better along the way! :P I still haven't seen what it looks like with the candles lit up inside yet. I think it should look pretty cool though. Especially at night.

I wanna decorate my backyard with lanterns. Make it pretty, fix it up and maybe plant some flowers. Our backyard is in pretty bad shape though. Hahaha it would take a lot of work. I
have this picture in my mind from a commercial I saw. It looked really good with all the bokeh lights and people having a barbeque during dusk. I want my backyard to look like that! When I have my own house it shall...for now, our backyard is good enough :)

Yesterday I bought a bottle of pinot noir and watched HP with my sister. I still haven't found where Librario Lello is. On to HP4 tonight....maybe tomorrow hahaha

Few things I wanna say about HP. One, I love George and Fred. Two, Harry is so annoying. Three, I want to go to New Zealand and four, JK Rowling is a freaking genius. Rewatching these so closely together has made me realize how everything, and I mean everythingg (!!) ties together and has something to do with something. SO genius.

The wine we had was alright. I want to find the wine I had at Catarina's house in Lido. That was the best red wine i'd ever had. So smooth and bold and with a tint of sweetness to it. She said it was the pinot noir but this one just doesn't taste quite the same. Guess I'll be experimenting around :P 

I had a rather nice Sunday today :) It was a really good sermon at church. A good reminder that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead exists inside of us today. We just need to choose to believe.

We had pho for lunch (which I've been craving ever since I returned!) The soup was perfect. Extra hot and the perfect amount of bean sprouts, lime juice and hot sauce! For dessert we went to Marble Slab to use up some coupons that were expiring today. I had mocha with cookie dough. YUM! :D

Tonight's dinner consisted of a fusion of Portuguese ( I tried making Rissoles...not quite sure I succeeded), Spanish, Vietnamese and Thai accompanied with Sencha Pear iced tea from DavidsTea :)

Spanish Tapa, Rissoles, Rice Paper Wraps, Peanut Chicken Stirfry :)

I watched Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone afterwards. I am determined to find out where they filmed in the Liberio Lello in the series. It's not in the first one. My dear friend bought me the full Harry Potter collection as my late birthday gift (^^) and so now I am going to watch all eight of them again. PUahhahaha

YAY! Thanks Claire <3

I was looking for books to read during the summer and I finished one yesterday. It's by Sophie Kinsella called I Got Your Number. It's a no-brainer, don't have to think kind of book. I finished it in a day. It was alright haha. Now I feel like I should've just decided to re-read all the Harry Potter books. It's a challenge I'm debating whether or not I want to accept. At the moment I have Left Neglected and Still Alice by Lisa Genova on my list of books to read. I also ordered Forgotten God by Francis Chan and Radical by David Platt online and it came in today! :D I'm enjoying these moments where I can read non-school related stuff (even though I won't be reading those anymore anyway :P ) I haven't been able to read for a long time!

I do need to start focusing on fundraising and my impending future though. Can't and shouldn't run away from it.

Last thought: I want these.

Sperry's Topsiders. These are J. Crew exclusive I think. But they are also for Men. I like the dark wood colour. The Ladies browns are either a dark brown or a tan. No in between. Too bad. I need to save. Puhahaha.

I'm going to attempt at 5 DIY projects this summer :) Here is project number 1.

I am almost done making my first notebook! I'm experimenting with different ways of binding. We'll see what works best. I want to buy stamps to decorate too :P

seventy-three

make the most of everyday. treasure each moment and make each minute meaningful. you can't take back a day once it's over. time is the most precious gift. don't waste it.

Reminders.

Be on the internet less. Do the simple things. Read a book. Spend time with people. Take walks. Take photo walks. Do the projects 'you never had time for.' Cook. Bake. Enjoy life. Appreciate moments. Make use of the time you're given.

In every moment, glorify God.