Happy Halloween!

So this Hallow's Eve was interesting.. its the first time I dressed up for it on a work day. Yup! You guessed it! I am a minion!! And yes I am one in a minion! :) I got the minion goggles from watching the movie in theatres in 3D! Best movie ever!! I can't wait for the Minion movie to come out in 2015! My friend Saya even sent me a vocab list to learn.... trust me its hard! Good luck to you if you wanted to become a true minion! It is definately fun for kids to learn though!




This was a great lazy costume! I didn't have to put on any eye make up as the goggles covered my eyes the entire time anyway! it felt like I was wearing PJ's the whole day. So comfy! I got the minion shirt from Ardenes for $10! It was a steal :) The dress I already had from years ago which I bought from the Aritzia warehouse sale for $20. Then with my dollar store gloves, the look is complete.

My coworkers were awesome and many of them dressup too! We had so much fun just looking at each other. There was also a pumpkin carving contest! Check out the carving design on my jack-o-lantern! I just got it from Google (aka my best friend). :P



I also made mint Oreo cheesecake for my family halloween party :) Just a regular cheesecake recipe that i added mint Oreos to in the batter.

You just need sour cream, cream cheese, and a crust.








I added the melted chocolate for a spider web effect. When you cut open the cheesecake, the green from the mint Oreos will make it look like mold for extra creepy effects. I didn't bake it very well. As you can see the top cracked which means I overcooked them. I will not give up! Next time I want to make it with a different ingredient which I have yet to think about. Any ideas?

Dim Sum at Pink Pearl

Dim sum on a weekend is the best time to spend with family and loved ones! This is my second time at Pink Pearl for dim sum. There was a line to get a table as it was Sunday fun day. Many families were there for dim sum. I was pretty surprised about it because the prices here are not that cheap just average. 

At first the dim sum came slowly which I do appreciate because I like to savor my food and when it comes out too quickly from the kitchen, the dumplings get cold and the skin starts sticking together. 

 The dumplings are good. I really enjoyed the chewy dumpling skin. We ordered the spinach, squash, scallop and beef dumplings. All were decent sized dumplings.

At first bite the Chen's Village noodles were really good, but later I bit into a metal thread. It could possibly be from washing the wok and the chef didn't notice. Regardless, we returned the plate of noodles and didn't order anything else from the Chef's choices menu selection. I think if I didn't find the metal thread, I would have really enjoyed the noodles. There was a decent amount of shrimp, bean sprouts, eggs, and veggies.

This is the 3 kinds of mushroom rice noodle wrap. I'm not that fond of this noodle wrap because the noodle was too soft. After the first bite, the noodle wrap turned into mush. 

The beef rice noodle wrap was needless to say the same as the mushroom rice noodle wrap.
Service here was so-so. It was hard to wave down a waiter because it was so busy.


Ambiance 3
Quality of food 3
Quantity of food 3
Price 3
Service 3
Overall 3

October Has Arrived!

I cannot cannot cannot believe how quickly fall has arrived in Vancouver!

The sun is still here, but the weather is rather chilly. 

This nail color is perfect for it. OPI Brown with Essie gold sparkles to bring out the theme of changing fall colors. 

I have started to wear my scarves and a thicker jacket to cope. I think I am pretty sensitive to the cold weather and even in my office, I have to keep a blanket/scraf around my body.

Lately, I have been drinking coffee and tea again to warm and energize myself up in the mornings. I like the Pom Tango tea from David's Tea Store and the pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. Even though there are no whip creams on the Via packets which make it less calories all together, the taste is rather different. 

Hopefully, the rain doesn't come too soon so we can enjoy the change in color in the trees.

Have a great day!