Vancouver Trip! Pt 2

Breakfast and Adventure in Stanley Park
It's an early start, woke up around 6:30 for an early for breakfast before we set out to start the day. We had a breakfast buffet with plentiful fruit, cereals, freshly smoked salmon, apple-chicken sausage and meats, also a minimum range of baked goods and a chef to cook fresh omelettes, waffles and pancakes! A not-too-shabby start.

The first stop of our venturous day was at Stanley Park! It's a very large park with a beautiful view of the lake and you can see Lion Gate Bridge.. as well as walk through many forest hike trails, long walk/bike paths around the whole park. It would take an entire day to go through the entire park so we only made pit-stops at a few locations. And due to the unfamiliarity of the roads, we got lost and just drove around the park a lot. We passed by a kid's water park, beach, and pool park.. and totem park. It's not a bad thing to drive through the park vs walking the park, since parking fees are a bit ridiculous. I understand that the park is tourist location however, wouldn't it be better to have a single payment to enter the park instead of constant charges per hour throughout the park? Just a thought.

Passing by the beach part of the park.

Over the gentle cliff with another water-side hike path.

Vancouver Trip! Pt 1

Flight and Arrival

It's an early morning while getting ready to catch the morning flight to Vancouver. Last minute check-ups on items we have and don't have, feed the hamsters and leave enough food for them for the week, lock up everything.. and out the door we go! We were quite lucky that one of my mother's clients were also flying today and offered us a ride to the airport. Checking in and going through security was a breeze.. and we boarded relatively fast because my sister's handicap priority from her surgery.
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On board and ready for the relatively short flight [4 hrs]. My sister and I were quite surprised that Air Canada charges for almost every thing now.. even blankets and headphones.. because last time we flew, they were handed out free. And looking at the menu was a mix of "wow this is new" and "holy crap that price".

Upon arrival and after renting out a car, it was quite confusing on the Vancouver roads. The signs and lanes were small and narrow (just like in HK).. even the parking! And speak about parking.. you have to pay for parking EVERYWHERE. Literally. It was also a bit frustrating too since it's the first time using our new GPS and we're on unfamiliar territory. So decision to stop at a nearby restaurant before continuing the search of where our hotel was located.

Convocation Ceremony

It's actually my first real convocation ceremony that I had on June 25th. I'm usually not the type of person who goes to such big events for celebrations but after my first conference meeting, I had a change of mind and decided to go.

The convocation ceremony was pretty much what I expected; with the robes, big screens, and speeches.. though minus the hats (which I didn't mind)..it was a great experience. Very exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time. Great and exciting in the sense I can see some of my friends and professors again and have a good good chat! While nerve-wrecking in the sense of all the energy and being on stage, haha ^^;

And of course~ a couple of pics!

Movie Night

Tuesday evening was a fun night with one of my best friends, Sandy~ It would have been more fun with Jess.. but she's so far in Australia (miss you so much!! ;-;).

Watched:
How To Train Your Dragon 2 -- We arrived relatively close to movie time and it was packed!!! So many people.. especially because it's summer and Tuesday night special. However, we managed to have a good seat not too close to the screen.
It was so very good.. I really want the concept art books for both movies. The art work is so pretty~

After watching HTTYD 2, we had some time to get bubble tea from Lambie's.. smuggled in our drinks and got some good seats for Maleficent [3D]. The story plot was conceptually different but interesting. It gave a new interpretation to Maleficent's character to the usual Sleeping Beauty story.

Just a short little blerb~
Thanks for dropping by!

Fundraiser: NTCR!

I have recently found out that THIS YEAR is the North Toronto Cat Rescue (NTCR) shelter's final year before they are booted off the land for a new shopping mall!! They are in dire need of support and help.

My goal is to help support their cause through donation from working part-time jobs and doing commissions on the side. My progress so far while working with Vector is a slow hard climb; mainly because of my personal fears restricting my success as well as the competition and stress to race against time.. It is a growing process but time is very limited.

I am personally holding a fundraiser to help the NTCR with cheap $10 commissions:

• Word Art/Graffiti - regular | sticker
• Doodles -  conceptual | train of thought | word art mix 
• Adoptables - mini dragon pet | food & fruits animal pet | species (in progress)

If you are interested in supporting our cause, drop me a message in the comments or email me at inkycats.bt@gmail.com

Thank you so much for your support!

For every commission 20% goes towards the NTCR.