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The End of the End, and 3 Sides of Fries, Please.
As I briefly mentioned in my previous post, this is my last term as a university student. Now, of course I’m happy to be done, but I am an emotional person and it feels bittersweet that it’s all coming to an end. Might as well go out in a festive fashion! 🙂 What was my…
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A $1,259 Bowl of Mango Sticky Rice
Let me start off by saying, buy your tickets early folks! What was my goal this week?Since I’m almost done my academic career, I wanted to gift myself a trip that wouldn’t break the bank, as I would like to go somewhere in the Summer of 2024. After hearing about the adventures and experiences a…
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Growing Old Over Cynar Spritz
You know those conversations you have over dinner that really get you thinking about how fast your life goes, and you go into the depths about what it is to live and grow old? Ok, maybe that was a bit too specific. But you know what I mean, those deep conversations you have with someone…
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The Hollywood Rim Makeover
On this episode of Paola’s Marketplace finds, we transform this questionable set of rims for my car into an unrecognizable set of wheels! But beauty doesn’t come without pain… stay tuned everyone! What was my goal this week?To learn how to get my winter tires on! But, this would be a process. For context, I…
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Swinging with Goats on Halloweekend
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned how I don’t live far from a couple of pumpkin farms, which make for a great weekend activity. However, this means that I live far from everything else… Luckily, I have a lovely group of friends who made the trip out here to go pumpkin picking; something we…
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The Cat Cube Catastrophe
I’m sure some readers have figured out that I take a liking to miniatures; models, pumpkins, anything really. Well…surprise. This week, I decided to put a pause on pumpkin carving and decided to play around with a miniature cat in a cube. What was my goal this week?I wanted to put a recently acquired skill…
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Pumpkin Wine and Dine
‘Tis the season! Surprisingly, I live not even 10 minutes away from about 3 pumpkin farms and can’t even remember the last time I picked my own pumpkin from a patch. With my friend, Taylen, and her birthday coming up, we made the march down to the patch to participate in some festive fall activities.…
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The Queens of Guitar Hero
I haven’t a clue how to play a real guitar, but I am a big fan of hitting those colourful buttons on a plastic one. Guitar Hero has always been on of my favourite games to play, especially since it now exists as ‘Clone Hero’ which is basically the free desktop version that some beautiful…
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The Wee Hours of the Slideshow Saga
Going from ‘haha’ to heartbreak in a matter of 20 seconds must be some type of record. Well, that’s the strange, algorithmic power of Tiktok. If you’re on Tiktok, you’re well aware that once you like 1 post, your whole feed is flooded with whatever content was in that post you liked. Like…a tsunami of…
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Close Encounters of the Monkey Kind
I’ve never seen so many monkeys screaming in the same room. I felt like I belonged. By monkeys, I’m referring to the thousands of screaming Arctic Monkeys fans at the recent concert that just passed on September 23 at Vancouver’s Pacific Coliseum. These fans were hardcore, myself included. Within the army of leather jackets and…
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A Disappointing Frog and Some Dusty Film
While the intentions are there, I can admit that I’m terrible at finishing a project. No, not school projects. I always finish those. I’m talking about my dismembered frog crochet that I started about a year and a half ago and has sat in my desk ever since. Or how I started building miniature house…