Spring Flowers & Upcoming Trips

Dale sent me a beautiful calla lily bouquet on Friday. Awww, isn't that's so sweet of him?

Extra baby's breath because he knows how much I love that flower herb. 

Herb?!! 

That doesn't sound right to me LOL I'm calling them flowers! :P

Aren't the calla lilies gorgeousss?! 

They're so vibrant in colour and the shape is so beautifully eye catching

This type of flower really reminds me of Spring :) 

And look at the coloured pattern on the roses!
All three roses in the bouquet were this unique pattern. It's verrry pretty. 

***sigh***

Dale always seems to make my day

I can't wait to visit New York next week with him :)
I've heard so much about NY and this will be my first time visiting the city

I'm super fortunate that Dale is taking me on this trip and he always looks after me. 

And then the weekend after New York, Dale is taking me to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for sightseeing, baseball games & shopping!! Ahhh! 

I loved Pittsburgh!

I visited it for the first time last August with my family (post is here)

Aaand, Dale and I get back from Pittsburgh on Easter Sunday.
So guess what?! 
My parents invited him over for Easter dinner!
Awww, so they all get to meet each other - so nice! And lots of yummy home cooked food too.
I have so many things to look forward to this month ;)


What are you looking forward to this month?

Question on Dale's Generosity

I was asked a question in my last post regarding Dale's generosity and asking me if he was rich/what he does for a living...and this post is also for a couple of other comments I got as well.
(I chose not to publicly post the comments to keep it anonymous) 

I've sort of already touched base on this topic in this post when I was asked a similar question.

First off, I do not know Dale's exact financial situation nor does he know mine.
I treat someone's financial situation like someone's religion/belief system - it's a very personal matter. I don't ask people what their financial situation is or what religion they belong to - it's up to them if they want to open up to me voluntarily to talk about it. And honestly, I do not want to know Dale's salary.

Second, there are different ways of being generous. Generosity has to do with the character of a person. It has little to do with someone's financial situation/job.

I know my blog can come across as very superficial. Sometimes when I look through some of my posts I feel that it's very much so - and I honestly don't like it. But what can I do? Not many people want to read paragraphs upon paragraphs to get to know me better (and there's only so much I can convey through writing) so I try to keep my posts short, simple, and interesting. I may come across as superficial that way, but I think if you met me in person you would not think so.

Anyways, through blogger it appears that Dale is just financially generous because I don't write much about more personal matters. But honestly, Dale is a generous person to all his friends and family - and not just financially. He's been really supportive and understanding in so many ways especially when I felt there was nobody else there for me....and he has always respected me. Always. He has told me to be who I am around him whether it's for the good or bad. I don't put on an act around him - not only does he not want that but I can't do it. We've absolutely had our ups and downs like any relationship. For a few months last year, we were not even in touch. But we all have things we can improve on in ourselves. Dale and I have helped each other that way and we've worked through the rough patches. I'm just really lucky and blessed to have someone like this in my life for many many reasons. And he tells me almost everyday that he considers himself the person that is lucky to have me in his life.

I also keep in touch with Evgueni. One example of his generosity is that he took the time and effort to come over to my place to fix up my shoe racks for me while I was away with Dale earlier this week. I honestly really appreciate that and I did tell him that.

And it's not just men in my life that have been generous (this is for the insinuating comments from "Anonymous" commenters). My girlfriend Jasmin who I use to spend a ton of time with is extremely generous - she always looked after me, listened to me, cooked for me, she's never hesitated to pick up the bill for friends...etc...

As for what Dale does for a living, I try to keep him anonymous as not everyone in my life wants their face and name posted on my blog. He works for a very large company in Canada. I'll keep it at that.

In the end this is my blog among many others blogs out there.
If you're reading this it's obviously for entertainment reasons so take it lightly.

Please take the time to find happiness if your life everyday. I seriously mean that. Learn to love yourself. It can be a lifelong challenge but if you don't try to love and respect yourself, true happiness in life will not come into place. Try to cut out negativity in your life and be positive.....sheesh, where am I going with this? LOL I guess I just wanted to give some positive advice to cap off this post

NOTD: A Hit with the Guys + New York

Heyyy! I'm back home in Toronto from my trip out West....and this was my welcome home bouquet of two dozen roses from Dale ;) He knows I love the coral coloured roses and extra baby's breath. He's a sweetheart

And this was my manicure during my trip out earlier in the week

For fun, I had asked Dale what colour he would like my nails to be. He said hot pink :) So I immediately thought of the China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy nail polish that he picked up for me last month. A couple of coats of China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy:

Funny I didn't realize I had a small birth mark on my pinkie until I saw this picture! Huh, the things I discovered via blogging....

This colour is really bold especially on fake nails like this. I liked it but spruced it up a bit with some chunky glitter polish at the tips. I like to do this to jazz up any base coat colour

Left to right: No brand chunky blue glitter polish I bought in Thailand, China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy

Sooo, this is the first manicure where I got numerous compliments - and all the compliments were from random gentlemen (the security guy at the airport, the gentleman sitting beside me on the plane, the male air flight attendant..etc..). I didn't get any compliments from the ladies...ah well. Hence the title of this post!


Now I gotta focus on my studies and catch up on some work stuff. But I can't complain because in two weeks Dale is taking me to New York!!! Ahhhh! I'm really excited :)

If you have any suggestions on must-see places in New York, please let me know


How is your weekend coming along? :)

Miki

When I read and saw some video footage (here) about the earthquake and the following tsunami off the coast of Japan yesterday, I immediately thought of one person I knew that lives in Japan - my previous neighbour's girlfriend, Miki

My previous neighbour John, had touched base with me yesterday. When I asked about Miki he told me she was safe. Even though I had not been in contact with her for some time, I sent her a quick email.
I was surprised yet relieved to get an email response from Miki this morning:

I'm very glad for Miki that her family, home and coworkers are safe.
But I can only imagine the fear she had while experiencing the very strong earthquake at work with the windows breaking and walls falling and all the panic while not being able to stand or run/walk...and that there are still some aftershocks

It is unbelievably tragic when I saw video footage online - any natural disaster is, but it hits home in a different way when you know someone living nearby it and has been affected.

And for the couple of rude sales associates at the my local Metro grocery store and shopping mall I ran into the last couple of days, I thought, wow, slow down for a minute. Take life a bit easier. I think sometimes people forget about how fortunate they are in life....and the more time I spend outside of the big city of Toronto, the more I feel like I don't belong here. It's a wonderful place in terms of diversity and things to do, but with so many people in a constant rush, high stress levels and poor attitudes, it makes me think twice.
So take a moment and think about how fortunate you are and all the things you are thankful for.


My thoughts & prayers really go out to the people in Japan

Miki and I on our train to Ottawa to see the tulips, May 19 2007

Quick update...

I'm still here :) 

Okay, maybe not so much on blogger lately....

If you've followed my blog and taken the time to get to know me through my comment box (Thank You so much!), you'll know that unless I'm away on vacation I always try to comment back and in addition to that, I get back to you on your blog if you have one. I do all that before I make a new update post on my blog. So for me, blogging takes up a bit of time because I've taken the courtesy to get to know you a bit (and enjoy doing so) when you've taken the time to drop by here  :)

Lately a lot of my time is devoted elsewhere including towards my 2nd course in Real Estate

I've been delaying this course enrolment so I'm sure my family will be happy to hear this

I will make time for blogger if I'm on top of my readings 

(so there's a chance I may be blogging less frequently)

Hey! There's 16 chapters in this book!!! That's 15 too many LOL 

The studies are in addition to investments full time by the way.....

And, if you've been wondering why the lack of social nightlife activity on my blog, this is it:

My Canon Powershot SD1400 (I love this camera by the way) has well....been dropped too many times and the camera flash is no longer working since a month ago

Opps :S

It works fine without a flash, but all the pictures I take at a nightclub (and other dark places? LOL) require a flash. Hence the lack of party pictures on my blog for the past month :(  

As with anyone's personal life, it does take up a lot of my time - and I'm happy to say so

Dale is a big part of my life and he's one of the few people I keep in touch with nearly everyday now

I was a tad bit stressed out this weekend (unfortunately it was evident through my voice on the phone when I spoke to Dale) and he surprised me with this beautiful flower arrangement to cheer me up   

Although they're lovely, I feel bad! 

I really don't want to inconvenience him - I told him this but he insisted it's nothing

Dale has always been tremendous in his generosity. 

But even more important, he has been there for me when I felt that nobody else was there. That is the difference. When someone is there for you and you don't expect or even ask for it...and they're there for you because they want to be, not because they feel obligated for whatever reason

Onto a lighter note, Dale is flying me out later this month to see him out West :) Yay!! 

This is another reason why I'm finding less time to spend on blogger

But I do have a lot of hauls, swatches, reviews that I would like to post so hopefully I will be more diligent on getting things done so that I have more spare time to post them :)

Say hi and let me know how you've been doing lately!