im still alive!!! debut, boarding, high tea, shopping, school, etc

Wow I haven't posted in 4ever I'm gonna throw everything into one huge mass post of shit that happened and stuff I did okay here goes

On july 26 it was my friend Kim's debut!!! I was one of the 18 candles which was pretty cool. This was my first time ever attending a debut and it was lots of fun! First there was a church service, then we went to QE park for pics, and finally the reception. Kinda like a wedding (actually so many ppl at the park asked if it was a wedding w/ a look of concern on their faces bc we look like lil girls but yeah lol one guy was like "oh I was wondering why there were like 20 bridesmaids") but anyway here are some pics:

MADAJASKAR (but we're not in the order of our name........ w/e)

JASKAR (god I look rly happy in the second one)

omg ok I love how we have the selfie version and the version of what we looked like taking the selfie hahahaha

At first I wasn't going to do a speech bc I'm such a pussy (l o l like the cat ears im wearing in the last pic!!!!! haha im not very funny am I) and I can't talk in front of ppl like at all but in the end (like literally last minute) I ended up doing one which I'm so glad I did!!! Overall the debut was loads of fun and I actually wanna attend another one hehe. Although I wasn't even part of the whole planning/organizing process of the debut (s/o to Kim and Madz for that tho!!! it must've been a lot of work and they did an amazing job), I miss it and I wish I could relive that day again. Now here are some selfies from that day!!!! (oh and s/o to karman for dis scarily nice quality front camera compared to the one on my shitty ass iphone 4s lollll) They're like all literally me n karman but whatever eNJOY

Then a few days later I learned to longboard!!! Well I'm still pretty unconfident riding it but I can def go in one direction and kinda go side to side. I can't exactly turn very well lol I'm too scared to put too much of my weight on one side of the board but yeah. I'm a fast learner though!! I'm thinking about buying/building a skateboard soon. Idk what my set up will be but my deck will def be 5Boro!!! I'm thinking about the Jimmy McDonald Philadelphia City Hall one or one from the new VHS series

 LOOK AT THIS bEAUTY

DIS TOO!!!!!

via stupidDOPE and Hypebeast

I recently went boarding again though and I mostly worked on pushing off and I think I really improved!!! During my first boarding sesh I was scared to push off too hard because I felt like I would lose my balance but I have more of a hang of it now and I kind of figured out how to properly do it and also put it into practice. The weather has been going from shitty to nice to shitty to nice (ty bipolar weather of vancouver) so I don't know if I'll get more practice during the school year but next summer or maybe even after winter if the weather is okay I might actually assemble a skateboard and freaking skate

Aug 18 went to high tea with my bitches!!! #madajaskar

 tried to take an ootd photo in the washroom....... aa athletic contrast tee and tennis skirt, topshop shorts, marc jacobs bracelet, a wang rockie bag

We went to a cute little spot called La Petite Cuillère. They offer a slightly cheaper price for afternoon tea than most places (I believe a couple dollars cheaper?? compared to places like Adonia and Secret Garden Tea). I didn't take a photo of the interior of the restaurant but it was really cute! They had a lot of adorable floral prints, little plants, and old collectible (probably vintage) figurines and statues. They had a cabinet of teacups (behind the group pic) which was really pretty! It was really quiet and empty when we were there (then again it was a monday afternoon....) but I liked it because we were there for hours just talking and catching up and there was no rush and the waitress was really friendly and peppy and sweet.

I made a cute lil necklace!!! I ordered the stone and necklace cords separately from eBay and put them together myself. So so so much cheaper than buying an overpriced one for like $15. The stone itself was I believe $2-$3? And the pack of 10 necklace cords was a couple dollars as well. And both had free shipping! I also have another necklace with a white stone and some grey marks on it.

zara tank, talula jeans, topshop sandals, a wang bag

Shopping with my friend Irene! I think Aug 20?? We were hanging out before she left to go back to school in Montreal at the end of August! Afterwards we went boarding with her bf (which was the 2nd time that I went boarding that I think I mentioned earlier).

The next day I went shopping in Seattle, just at the Premium Outlets though. I wish I had time to go downtown but I didn't! I ended up getting a new pair of white low-top converse and a pair of black and white Vans sk8-hi's.

Aug 26 I hung out with my friend Jenny who I met at UBC! We ate at Cafe Medina. It was super super busy there and we ended up having to wait 45 min for a table but it wasn't too bad since we walked around for a bit during the wait. It was my first time eating here and it was so good!

I got the Saumon Fumé which was delicious. I usually never go to breakfast/brunch places so this was like my first time. Now I wanna try other places like Catch 122 which has been ALLLL over instagram lately! Then we went shopping (here's a H&M changing room selfie because the lighting is divine)

The next day I gave my friend Madalene a lil tour around UBC and showed her where her classes were (she transferred here yay!!!!). It was super tiring because of all the walking though. We went to the bookstore to get her student card and we saw some weird but cute plushies of things like sperm (pictured below hahaha)

There was also an egg. And things like thyroid gland, brain cell, and herpes plushies. And they were surprisingly cute hahah they also came in keychain form! Because I would totally hang an HIV plushie with my keys.......

Afterwards we bussed to Oakridge and ate at White Spot. I honestly hadn't eaten there since I was a kid!! I have this one memory of burning my mouth on a freshly cooked breaded zucchini which was so not fun. Here's a cute pic of the sunset as we were coming out of the mall.

The day after that Madz and I went to the first day of the Aritzia Warehouse Sale at the Vancouver Convention Centre!!!

These pics were taken while waiting in line at around 6am, since the doors opened at 7. These pics don't do the actual sky justice!!! The yellowy part of the photo looked so magical in person, it was like the whole area over there was illuminated in yellow and just that area. Anyway, the sale wasn't that great. I ended up buying 4 items - a plain black tee, a plain black tank, a black Wilfred silk t-shirt, and a black Wilfred dress with soft leather/pleather on the top part (wow you see a theme going on here???). Here's the dress though:

I was just really excited about the dress in particular. I'd been eyeing that dress for what felt like forever (literally since it came out) however I was hesitant to buy it because of the price ($145 I believe???). When I saw it at the sale I just about died. I saw it in size xs on the rack so I grabbed it but I was scared it'd be too small because it looked tiny. Then when I went into the communal changing area I saw the dress hanging here with the tag out that I could see said size s and a girl standing next to it. I asked if it was hers and she said no so I snatched it!! Honestly even if it was hers I was planning on grabbing it when she wasn't looking anyway... ANYWAY size s fit PERFECTLY and I was so so happy because I got the dress for $49.99!!!

I guess here's a pic of more purchases (lots of purchases missing though but oh well)

Going clockwise starting from top left:
1. Talula jeans!! Got em for $35 orig $70 or so
2. + 3. AA athletic contrast tees! I got the white one first and after wearing it so much I HAD to get it in black too hehe
4. Talula skort! I finally hopped onto the skort bandwagon but w/e
5. Talula lace bralette. My 3rd bralette and probably won't be my last! I already have it in oak (an off-white colour), black, and now this pinkish colour. #fuckbras #teamsmallboobs #whyamihashtagging

Then I worked and worked and worked until school started on Sept 2. Actually I worked that day too. But I didn't have class cause it's UBC's Imagine Day, where it's this huge thing with booths and free things everywhere and first years and transfer students get a tour and a huge pep rally and stuff like that. Actually basically all the days between the days I blogged about above I was working hahaha.

This term I'm taking astronomy 101, chem 233, linguistics 100, and creative writing 200. I'm not gonna lie, astronomy is so exciting imo and I'm actually happy to go to class. We have an optional field trip thing to the planetarium in mid-October and I'm actually going to go (and I'm dragging Madz with me too because they said you can bring a friend!!!!).

Anyway here's some ootd for a day that I had to meet up w people to sell them clothes

aa tee, talula skort, vans sk8-hi shoes, a wang bag

I spotted this beauty of a coat at Topshop and I ended up getting it several days later:

It's $150 which was a bit painful for me but oh well, I've been looking for a coat like this. The only downside is that the one I got is a size 2 and even though it's meant to be oversized it seems a bit TOO big. I asked if they have a size 0 (and a super super friendly and helpful sales associate named Kevin I believe helped me out!!) but sadly they didn't. So I ended up buying this one for now and I left them my info so that if another shipment ever comes in, they'd let me know and put a 0 on hold for me. I mean honestly a 2 isn't thaaaat bad but I would prefer the 0 because it would just look and fit a lot better.

Here's me doing a survey for bonus marks for chem lol.... yeah..... clearly I love chem

OK I was trying to take an ootd pic with my foot up and then a girl walked into the washroom and saw me and I panicked omg but yeah. I'm wearing the aa reversible sweater thing, talula jeans, topshop boots and aa denim backpack here, while carrying my aa tote thing full of more clothes to sell to people afterschool.

Then YESTERDAY IT WAS MY BDAY but I'll do a separate post for that. I think this is enough for now!!