2013-07-31

i got a job!!

I AM OFFICIALLY NO LONGER UMEMPLOYED!!! My job interview at Safeway went surprisingly well! I didn't think I was very well prepared however I felt like I was able to answer every question confidently so yay. My interview was supposed to be at 10 am but I was very very very early (like min early) so I walked around London Drugs for a bit since it was a block away and then I returned 15 min before my scheduled interview time and I did my interview in literally 5 minutes. After that I returned at 3:30 to take a quiz which was pretty straightforward. I start my cashier training next week.

This was the first time I've ever applied for a job and the first time I've ever been interviewed and I'm so happy that I didn't have to do much job hunting (thanks to my friend for referring me though hehehe). I'm kind of excited to start but at the same time I'm kind of dreading it. Plus this Safeway is located near my high school so a lot of people I know go there and I'm probably gonna run into somebody I know often. Ugh. But at least I can finally start earning my own money!! AS LONG AS THE OUTCOME IS INCOME hahaha

P.S. the uniform is not cute

2013-07-29

here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten

I wrote a post last week and then I saved it as a draft and somehow it got deleted and I was too lazy to rewrite it until now.


On Tuesday I went to see the Conjuring and it wasn't as bad as people made it seem. Some parts I gotta admit were pretty fucking scary but besides that it wasn't that bad (like idk how people cried/fainted/shat themselves while watching it????). The storyline was actually pretty good. However that night I couldn't really sleep because in the film, people got their legs/feet pulled and grabbed at night and so I tucked my feet in and huddled up under my blanket but it was way too hot to sleep like that and so I was just sweating and I couldn't sleep. But then I switched to a thinner blanket and then I drifted off. I saw the trailer for Insidious 2 in the theatre and it comes out on my birthday so I think I might watch it!! I haven't seen the first Insidious movie yet but maybe I'll watch it online or on Netflix if they have it. Oh yeah and someone brought a kid to see the Conjuring and sometimes you could hear the poor kid whimpering but really WHO BRINGS A KID TO WATCH THIS omg

On Thursday I FINALLY went to the beach!! I went to English Bay with my friend but we didn't stay very long (like less than 2 hours) because my friend didn't want to tan but I did. Wah. I did get tanner though so yay. And also I FINALLY got to wear my American Apparel swimsuit!! Then for some reason we decided to walk all the way down Robson and back to Granville and we picked up bubble tea along the way.

On Friday I went to high tea with a bunch of friends. I was really nice to catch up with them! We went to the Secret Garden Tea Company in Kerrisdale. The place was so quaint and cute. Here are some pictures!


We were all first-timers at high tea but the waitress was really friendly and explained a lot of things to us. I got Creamy Earl Grey tea (one of their most popular teas). When they brought out the platters of food (idek what it's called tbh) my initial thought was that it seemed like such less food and that we'd probably still be hungry afterwards. However, it was actually really filling! I was actually full afterwards, but not full as if I wanted to throw up, more of like a satisfied kind of full. You know what I mean? Hahaha but yeah. I really loved the banana bread (it tasted heavenly) and I don't remember what it's called but it's the dessert that's white topped with the light purple cream and berries and a mint leaf. I think the waitress mentioned something about white chocolate? But yeah, that was probably my FAVOURITE because it was SO SO SO GOOD ahhhhhh. I think I'll definitely go and have high tea again.

Oh and here was my outfit that day:

brandy melville dress, danier leather bag, american apparel sandals

After high tea, we were feeling a bit full so we decided to do some walking and we ended up walking all the way to Oakridge Centre. Looking at google maps now, apparently that was like a 30-40 min walk! But we were all talking and the sun was out and it just felt really nice. I don't know why but lately I just love walking around. When we got to Oakridge, we went in and looked around a little bit and then we took transit back to Shannon's house. I ended up staying at her house until like 10:30 pm and I had dinner there and everything, and we were just talking the whole time.

Oh and good news!! I applied for a job as cashier at Safeway yesterday and today I got a call to go in for an interview tomorrow morning. My friend said her manager asked her if she knew anyone interested and she mentioned me and yeah. She said that I basically have the job, and that the interview is really simple and easy and the manager is really nice. Regardless, I'm still nervous! This is literally the first time I've ever applied for a job and this is my first interview ever. I really hope it goes well! I'm actually excited to work and start earning money. Ahhhhh wish me luck!!

Then on Wednesday I'm going to watch the Celebration of Light fireworks with hopefully the same group of people who I went to high tea with. And yeah. That's about it for now I guess.

2013-07-22

for you

Yesterday I had an elementary grad class reunion dinner. We had all-you-can-eat at Kingsway Sushi. Only about 13 people went and at first it was pretty awkward. We were seated at a long table rather than a round one and there were only a few people who went to my high school and the rest went to the other high school, and I sat with the ones I went to high school with and didn't really talk to the others, especially since we were on different ends of the table. But as the dinner went on, I actually had a pretty good time talking these two people I was pretty close with in elementary school. We went to different high schools, but it was really nice to catch up with them. I remember how we used to play together and chill every recess and lunch, so it was pretty cool seeing them again. After the dinner, 5 of us who were talking a lot together during the dinner went and got bubble tea and talked about our high schools and where we're going for university or college. Overall I actually had a pretty good time and I'm glad I went.

brandy melville tank top, vintage levi shorts, american eagle sandals (not pictured), danier leather bag

Today I laid outside in the sun with my friend again at the park and we just ate and talked for a couple hours. I think my legs are now much darker than the rest of my body.

Tomorrow I'm going to see the Conjuring and I'm so excited!! The scarier it sounds, the more I want to watch it. I keep hearing all this stuff about how some people came out crying, or fainted, and apparently some guy shat himself while watching it???? Omg it just makes it want to watch it even more but yeah that's about it

2013-07-20

cute (jk)

Well this is kinda icky so I decorated it to make it cute hahaha idek man


So yesterday morning I was dumb and tripped over a raised sidewalk while jogging and I fell. I mean like when you're walking, you kind of just stumble over it and then you're all good. However when you're running it's a different story. And it's much more awkward. Yeah well I'm glad no one was around to witness it because I was literally sprawled on the sidewalk. And I remember mid-fall I was thinking something like "well, shit." But anyway I scraped my left knee (pictured hahaha it's cute ain't it), my right knee is a little bit scraped, my left palm, back of my right hand, and my right shoulder are scraped. Yeah it's weird that my shoulder is scraped but that's because I was holding my phone in my right hand while running so I can listen to music and when I fell I tried to land on my left hand but my right side came crashing down too and since my right hand was holding my phone I basically landed on my shoulder. My phone fell out of my hand too and now the edges are all scratched. :((((( I don't know why I'm giving such a detailed description of this incident omg MOVING ON



Afterwards in the afternoon two of my friends and I laid out in the sun for a few hours at a park and had a picnic. It was like a catch-up kind of thing which was nice because we had tons to talk about, especially since it's already been a month since we last saw each other! So yeah there's a pic of me sitting in the sun all happy and stuff hehehe

It's actually so surprisingly to me how prom was over a month ago. It seems like time has just flown by since then. I remember being all excited for prom and then prom happened and after that it felt like there was nothing to do and nothing to look forward to again. I wish prom could happen again hahaha it was actually such a nice day. I got to know some of the people at the afterprom party who barely knew or talked to before and I wish I had more school time left to get to know them or that I talked to them more before. It's weird but nice how everyone just kind of got along and started talking to people outside of their groups in grade 12. I actually miss school now that I think about it, because lately I've just been doing nothing at home and it's just really boring.

I'm really glad that for the next few days I'll be pretty busy though! Tomorrow going to an all-you-can-eat sushi dinner with a bunch of people from elementary school. Some of them I haven't seen or talked to for years since they went to another high school so it should be interesting. On Monday I might go to the beach with the same people I picnicked with yesterday because it was just so nice laying in the sun and talking, so we decided that maybe we should lay at the beach next time hahaha. On Tuesday I'm gonna go watch the Conjuring which I'm really excited about!! My friend Sandra and I are gonna try to drag our other friend Christina with us because she doesn't like horror movies but yeah, I heard it's a pretty good film so I can't wait to see it! On Wednesday I'm gonna go to the beach again but this time with my friend Karman. We've been meaning to go to the beach for the past few weeks but we still haven't! So hopefully on Wednesday we'll make it happen hahaha. Then on Friday I'm going to high tea with a few friends and I'm really excited because I've never gone before! So yeah it should be a pretty busy week for me. I hope I can fit in time to work out a bit and go running (this time I'll be more careful of raised sidewalks........).

2013-07-17

alpine snow


I painted my nails white with OPI's Alpine Snow. My nails are so much longer now because the 3 weeks I have gel polish on for prom I didn't cut or pick at my nails at all. Tbh every summer I go through this phase where I grow out my nails and take care of them and everything and then once school starts again I get all stressed from all the studying or bored in class and I start picking at my nails again. Plus it's discouraging because in the beginning of the school year, it's volleyball season so I have to cut my nails short so I don't break my nails. But this year will be different because high school is sadly over and I'm headed for university where for the first time in 5 years I won't be playing volleyball because let's be real volleyball in uni is fucking insane and everyone is tall and really good and I don't have time for that.

Next week a bunch of people from my elementary school grad class want to have a little reunion and have lunch or dinner together so that should be interesting. My elementary school was kind of in between 2 high schools so which high school you attended depended on which side of the elementary school you lived on. So a lot of these people I haven't seen for years, and haven't talked to for years, so I think it'd be kind of awkward. Well I don't know, not that the situation would be awkward, but I would be. I mean like I've actually changed quite a bit throughout high school and basically everyone thinks so too. But yeah, we'll see how that goes.

Next week a few friends and I are planning to go to high tea which I have never been to before but have always wanted to try. I think I'm going to wear the Brandy Melville dress I bought yesterday so I'm really excited for that. It'll be pretty fun too to catch up with some of this people because we gossip a lot when we're together hahaha.

For now I'm just going to take a shower because I went out for a jog and did a bit of a workout today and I've cooled down now but I feel pretty gross. Bye ^_^

2013-07-16

bad girls do it well


Look my hair is growing!! It's sort of wavy in this photo because I braided it the night before and took it out this morning and went out shopping and everything and this is what my hair looked like at the end of the day.

I went downtown today with my friend. I didn't take an outfit picture but basically I wore my coral shorts, black crop top, and denim backpack all from American Apparel and my American Eagle sandals. I bought a dress from Brandy Melville that I've been eyeing for a really long time now.


This is the back of the dress which basically has a criss-cross kind of thing going on with a cut out. I've been looking for a nice black dress forever now and I feel like this dress can be dressed up or dressed down so I'm super happy with this purchase! Plus it was only about $30 which is pretty good. Then again a lot of stuff at Brandy is pretty inexpensive which is great except for their knits which makes me cry because they're so cute but I can't afford them since I'm a jobless teen. But anyway I'm wearing it in the picture of my hair I posted above but I'll also post pics of me wearing it hehe


The front is plain and the back looks like that. I made the picture grainy or whatever because I was testing out different filters and editing stuff on the Afterlight app (which I fucking love so y'all should totally get it even though it's $0.99). I was thinking about adding dust filter stuff on it too but I was like fuck it because I don't know... I like the dusty grainy film photo look but at the same time I don't??? I don't even know how to explain it. Okay whatever.


And today I also FINALLY watched the Bling Ring!! I absolutely love Sofia Coppola's films and I've seen them all except for Lost in Translation (but I plan on watching it tomorrow because thankfully it's on Netflix). This film was definitely different from her other films but still her style... if that makes sense at all. But I actually enjoyed it, it was really interesting to watch. I thought Emma Watson's American accent sounded too try-hard and overdone, but other than that it was pretty good. And I loved the soundtrack!!! Sofia never fails on that. I've been obsessed with the song 'Bad Girls' by M.I.A. lately and I was actually so happy when I heard it in the film.



OH YEAH AND REMEMBER HOW YESTERDAY I WENT KIND OF INSANE ABOUT THE CUD LIFE TOUR 2013??? Okay well the tour dates and stuff were posted and he's coming to Vancouver on September 10 with Big Sean and Logic!!!!!!!!!! Too bad Tyler's not gonna be here but ahhhhhhhh I HAVE GO TO but the issue here now is that it says the price range for the tix will be around $60-$70 and I AM BROKE. Ughhhhh and the second issue I have is that I don't have anyone to go with!! Like, my friends don't listen to hip hop and so I doubt they'd be willing to pay like $60 to go with me. The concert is literally 3 days before my birthday and ugh ALL I WANT IS TO GO. I don't even know what to do at this point but I better fucking think of something quick.

2013-07-15

AM I DREAMING???


WOW OKAY SOMEBODY FUCKING PINCH ME BC THIS CANNOT BE REAL OMG okay I swear if they're not coming to Vancouver I'm gonna cry. I missed Logic's concert in June because the venue was 19+ (DID I MENTION HE TWEETED ME??? 3 TIMES WOW OMG LEMME PULL UP SOME SCREENSHOTS RN)


Ahhhhhhhhhhh I know he's not that famous and whatever but regardless he's making it big (I mean YOU SEE THIS TOUR RIGHT??). Okay but yeah he ended up not moving the venue so it was still at Fortune Sound Club and I was sad because I couldn't go and yeah I could've gotten a fake ID or borrowed one or something but idk I just didn't want to go through the trouble. But obviously this is like a second chance to see him live!!! I probably sound insane right now but idk maybe it's a combination of me still freaking out about this and also the fact that I'm kind of tired. But I HAVE TO GO I mean like I HAVE TO...... I can't face another disappointment like the Flume thing about how his show is on the same fucking day as my cousin's wedding like WHAT WERE THE FUCKING CHANCES ugh I think I'm getting a bit off topic now but yeahhhh tickets and tour dates come out tomorrow for Kid Cudi's tour so we'll see!!

I have a feeling I'm looking read this post again in the future and be like smh @ how retarded I sound.

Okay yeah anyway I went out for a jog today and I did a little bit of a workout and I'm actually proud of myself. I mean like I made a workout schedule on my phone and this is just day one but I'm glad I'm actually sticking with it because tbh I can never follow through with anything. But yeah.

Tomorrow I'm going to see the Bling Ring because originally I was gonna see The Conjuring but apparently it's not out until Friday??? And I'm so so so confused because my friend said she saw it like last week??? Unless she was lying to me or something but I don't see why she would possibly lie about something like this so I'm so confused but yeah I'm gonna see it next Tuesday instead only because it's half price and I'm cheap hahahaha yeah

Bye

2013-07-14

nothing much

Yesterday my friend and I went to the Khatsalano Music + Art Festival. We didn't stay for very long, we just strolled down a few blocks and then headed back up. It was pretty crowded and hot. I didn't buy anything since we were there so briefly. I kind of wish we stayed a bit longer and actually took a closer look at different vendors.

I didn't take any pictures but the only picture I took that day was at American Apparel and the quality is shit because I took it on snapchat and then saved it.

topshop shirt, american apparel shorts, american eagle sandals, american apparel backpack (can't see it here though lol)

Afterwards we headed downtown and picked up job application forms at Forever 21. I'm still a bit hesitant to apply there because of all the horrible employee reviews of bitchy managers and being treated like shit but at this point I'm pretty much desperate to start making some money and Forever 21 is obviously always hiring. I mean it seems exciting working on Robson but I'm still not sure. But anyway, after that we went to Brandy Melville because I'm still trying to buy back that bustier tank top shirt with the triangle cut-outs in the back (I bought it a while ago, found that the straps were sewn twisted, and returned it). Every time I go to Brandy it's out of stock. Ugh. There was actually one time when I went, and it was in stock, and I found one where the straps were actually sewn on straight but I was dumb and decided not to buy it because I was having one of my 'I need to save money' phases. I'm glad Brandy always has the same times in stock and that they always restock though!

We also indulged in a New York Fries poutine afterwards because we haven't had one since spring break!! During spring break we had this huge poutine obsession and ate so much and tried all these different flavours and wow we were really living the fat life. But honestly eating that poutine yesterday makes me feel like I've rekindled my love for poutines which isn't exactly a good thing considering I'm trying to start being fit and eating healthy! I've actually planned out this whole schedule and everything for workouts and jogging this summer and I really hope I can manage to follow throuh on it because I'm the type of person who really loves to make lists and plan things out but I just can't seem to get to the doing part of it. I mean like I went jogging last week so that's a start!! I think. But yeah I'm going to definitely try to go out jogging more (every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). I'm gonna start out slow with maybe 30 min jogs and go up from there. But yeah. And since the weather this summer has been so so so nice, I have no excuse not to run!

Ooh and this coming Tuesday I think I'm gonna go and watch The Conjuring with some friends. I used to be terrified of horror movies but now I actually love them even though I'm like panicking while watching them. Hahaha. I watched The Devil Inside on Netflix bc Netflix is like my best friend now and I'm surprised I made it through the whole film since I DO NOT DO EXORCISM MOVIES but yeah. And today I watched The Mist (I already read the novella by Stephen King a while ago) and the ending made me so mad. I don't know. I think I yelled at the TV a lot while watching it because NORTON IS A FUCKING STUBBORN CUNT AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ABOUT THAT ANNOYING LITTLE BITCH MRS. CARMODY. Um anyway yeah and next week I'm gonna watch the Bling Ring too because I love Sofia Coppola.

Anyway that's about it. Bye!

2013-07-11

a$ap


I'm proud to say that I did a lot of cleaning today! I finally cleaned up my desk aka makeup table (tbh I don't use my desk in my room for homework or studying at all and you can clearly see why) however knowing me, it will look like that again within a week. I just don't have the time to put things back where they belong, I prefer to just drop it on the table and move on. But anyway I also cleaned up my shelves in my room and tossed out a bunch of really old stuff from way back (like grade 7 stuff wow) so now my shelves look pretty empty and sad but whatever. I hate cleaning my room but when I do, the things I find are always so interesting. I found my diary from grade 9 which was filled with stuff about boys and crushes and I literally cringed while reading it because it's like that thing where it's like:

friend: hey remember when you used to like-
me: those were dark times ok

But anyway, I've been playing Animal Crossing: Wild World on my DS lately again. Hahahaha it's so sad but idk it's kind of fun again. I don't like my town name or my character name because I made it ages ago and I really wish I could rename them but the only way to is to reset my town but I don't wanna do that because my house is fucking huge cause I spent so much time on it and I have so many villagers' pictures and AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. Yeah... so I'll just stick with my town called Coolbean *cringe*.

Um ya that's about it. See yaaaaaa

2013-07-10

same shit, different day


I'm trying to look cute or whatever not smiling in my Brandy Melville shirt but idk tbh because I can never take a good photo of myself not smiling. I feel like I look weird. Whatever.

On Monday I went out for a jog!! I am so proud of myself because me and jogging just do not go together. I went my school/community centre's track and I don't know how many laps I did but I ran for about 20 minutes before I gave up. That's not bad for a beginner I'd say. Hahahaha I'm just trying to make myself feel better. But it was really fucking hot that day and I was dumb and decided to run at like 1 pm which I believe is basically the hottest time of day so yeah. My face was so gross and red afterwards and obviously I didn't have makeup on so I just looked like a mess to say the least. I mean like afterward I was all like, wow good job Jasmine that wasn't that bad yay but tbh during the run I felt like I was dying or something. I think I'm going to go out for another run tomorrow, and this time I'll go in the morning right after I wake up!! I'm feeling so motivated after looking at some of those fitness inspiration instagrams hahahaha let's see how long I last. I've also tried to eat healthier lately and I've been eating tons and fruits and drinking more water so yay meee

That's about it. I think I'm going to go to bed now because I'm feeling tired for some reason even though this is very early for me.

P.S. FLUME IS COMING TO VANCOUVER ON AUG 31 WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE DAY OF MY COUSIN'S WEDDING. Whyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ughhhh my life sucks

2013-07-04

sigh @ life


Today we had a barbecue with some people from school. It was meant to be larger but not very many people showed up, maybe around 20? Or a bit more, but towards the end, a lot of people had left. It was kind of awkward because I didn't talk to a lot of them, but we all kind of talked as a group and their conversations were interesting I guess. They're pretty funny people, but I didn't say much. And I didn't take any photos except for that photo of the sky as I walked home, but yeah. The weather kind of sucked. Well, it was okay, but out of all the sunny days this week, the barbecue was on the one somewhat cloudy day. I think the temperature was only like 21 degrees too. Ugh. But that's about it.

2013-07-02

your drums, your love


They were playing this at Topshop so I quickly went on SoundHound on my phone to find the song. Hahaha but I've been listening to it nonstop lately. It's beautiful.

stay gold


Yesterday I went to see the Canada Day fireworks with my friends Jalene and Layssa! We went to English Bay at first (there's a pic of the sunset from the beach ^_^) because we thought the fireworks would be here but then this homeless looking guy was going around telling people that the fireworks aren't here and then we found out that they were all the way on the opposite end at Canada Place. So we cabbed over there with a fucking crazy cab driver who sped and got us there in like 5 minutes. Hahah. I also remember while we were waiting for a cab some guy said to me something along the lines of "damn, I like sushi".....

Anyway, here are some firework pics I took:


After that we went to eat at Guu Garden which is a Japanese Restaurant downtown at around midnight. The place still had a lot of people there surprisingly. I got a salad (forgot what it was called) but it was a prawn and avocado salad with wasabi dressing. It tasted good at first, but then I started getting sick of it. Maybe because it was so... heavy? Because of the avocado and dressing and everything. But the service wasn't that good. The waitress we got barely spoke English and they took forever to prepare our food. But yeah.

When I got home it was almost 2 am and I hadn't felt so tired in a while. For the first time in a long time, I fell asleep right when I got in bed.

Today I was supposed to go to the beach but one of my friends bailed so we decided to go on Thursday instead. I'm actually okay with not going to the beach today because despite the fact that it's so nice out, I'm so lazy and tired from yesterday. Hahah. And then tomorrow I'm going to dimsum with some friends. ^_^ I still gotta go to the night market some more, and also go to Playland!! I still have the whole summer ahead of me. Ahhhh it makes me feel so happy and relaxed knowing this. I feel like this summer I'm going out so much more because a) NO SUMMER SCHOOL!! and b) I feel like I'm getting old and I'm not gonna be young forever. And yeah.

That's about it. Bye for nowww

2013-07-01

no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself


Here's a panorama pic I took of the view of the sky and the Vancouver Convention Centre on Saturday.

topshop shirt, vintage levi shorts, lord & taylor cardigan, nine west boots, danier leather bag

On Saturday I went shopping downtown with a couple friends. There's a sale going on at Topshop right now so we checked it out. I found a lot of simple things I thought were nice but I decided not to buy anything because I'm trying to save money until I find a job. I haven't applied anywhere yet but at this point I think I'm gonna apply at Forever 21 because I'm so desperate even though I heard it's horrible working there. Once I start making money, I can't wait to go shopping. Heheh. But that is, if I get the job of course.

I tried on a dress at Brandy Melville too, and I think I'm gonna go back to buy it. It's a plain black dress with kind of a cut out in the back.

We also went to the Warehouse at Gastown. While walking around, I realized how beautiful it is there. I don't know. It's just such a nice looking place. It makes me want to spend this summer walking around and doing nothing. Afterwards we went and looked at the view by the Vancouver Convention Centre and just sat there and talked for a while. We were thinking about going to the Richmond night market afterward but we didn't. But I love how summer nights are so warm and the sun's still up.

Lately it has been so hot and sunny. I love it even though I keep complaining about how hot and sweaty and gross I feel and how I feel like I'm about to die. But look at this!!


Ahhhhhhh this makes me so happy. I'm gonna go to the beach tomorrow and I can't wait! I'll probably bring my disposable camera because I still have a lot of shots left on the roll because I didn't take many pictures during prom.

That's about it. Sorry if this post was stupid and my writing was dumb. I'm really distracted right now watching Family Guy. Okay bye for now!