A Summer Of Firsts

I'm back! It's a little weird to think that I took such a long, almost two week break from writing in this blog. I thought that I'd be on the computer the most this week, of all weeks since I was home five out of the seven days; A lot more than my usual one out of seven days average so far this summer.

Last Thursday I finally checked off, "First Sleepover," on my list of things to do this summer. I have been allowed to have people sleepover at my house, sleepover at a cousins', or sleepover for school related activities for as long as I can remember, but this was my first sleepover at a friend's house for fun. Vanessa and I spent the night preparing 86 jelly sandwiches for an organization her brother created called C.A.R.E. - Creating A Real Equality. We wanted to add a little personal touch to the sandwich bags as well, so we made little cards of kind words and quotes that we stapled on to the bags. At 8AM Friday morning, we got up to personally give out the sandwiches.

On Saturday, I went to my first Anime Convention in Vancouver called, The Spring Festival. A summer of firsts as they say! It was a smaller convention so we left quite early, but taking pictures with all of the cos-players were way worth it!



We later went downtown to grab a bite of some delicious Red Velvet Cupcakes at the cupcake store.

Today was the only day of this week that I actually went out of the house. Rosabella and I were planning to take a lot of pictures today, but the gloomy weather ruined our plans. Instead we took the skytrain to Metrotown, where we still couldn't find anything to do. In all honestly the highlight of our trip to Metrotown was eating delicious Mrs. Field's Cookies.

Rosabella sure knows how to focus a camera, haha!

We ended up leaving the mall early and decided to go on a long walk instead. According to Google, it takes the average person an hour and 20 minutes to get from where we started walking, to our destination. Being much slower walkers than the average person, it took us a little bit longer. I'm still pretty proud of how far we walked. It felt good to be outdoors for a change.

Lastly, I'd like to thank Joandy for the Blogger Luxury Award and Hanna for the Best Blog Award! <3

*Sigh* Summer's moving by so quickly.

Post Camping Adventures

Hi everyone!
Although we were very limited for time, I'm back from a great day downtown with my homies; Sheren, Christine and Nikki. Heck, I'm starting to miss downtown. I remember being there pretty much every day for two weeks straight, back when I was working that end of the year Drama project.

I finally got the chance to wear my Tacky Tommy Hilfiger pants today. I planned on wearing these a while back, but certain conditions weren't suitable. Ie: Weather, Stanley Cup Finals, Canada Day etc. If you look closely, the pants are labeled with different states.

We spent most of the day on Granville Island taking pictures, browsing through booths in Lonsdale Quay Market and, I can't believe I'm going to say this... Planking. HAHAHA, I just laughed at myself again for saying that. It's actually pretty fun watching Christine plank. I've never actually done it before. I think i'll save my first "plank" for a very special place.

If any of you don't know what planking is.. Here are some pictures.

If you're wondering what the point of planking is, well, I don't really know.

As for that camping trip, all I can say is Mosquitoes! I have bites all over my arms and legs. Not a whole lot of pictures to share because all I really did was walk around the campsite and make vlogs with my cousins. Unfortunately, I won't be able to upload the vlog because my computer is too dang slow to process mov files. I guess we'll just have to wait for my future laptop. (TO ARRIVE IN AUGUST) In the meantime, enjoy this picture of my cousin in a t-shirt and shorts, while I'm in a long everything jean ensemble, trying my best to avoid the mosquitoes.


To end things off, I'd just like to say Hello to Ina and Megan in Chicago!!

About to Doze Off

Hi everyone!
I'm honestly so tired right now. I feel like crawling into my bed and going into a deep sleep hahaha. I just came back from another busy week. *Sigh* Next week is all booked as well. At least I'm not melting on my couch at home all summer though! I thought I'd make a post before my camping trip this weekend, since I haven't made any recent ones.

I went over to my friend Paula's house this weekend at 6AM. Her house is pretty far from mine, so public transit wasn't really an option for me. The only ride I could catch was my dad, who left for work at 6AM. Paula and I pretty much watched movies and fell asleep until 11. We later decided to go thrifting. I only had $20 on me, so I only managed to buy four things. 3/4 were denim, hahaha! I pretty much broke my mom's heart when I came home. She hates it when I thrift, but it's irresistible when you find something you'll never find anywhere else for less than $5.



That'll probably be my last thrifting experience until I'm 20, seeing as my mom made me promise her never to thrift again.

The same day, a big box came in the mail from Abercrombie. It turns out my mom went on ashopping spree in the clearance section of the Abercrombie website. My whole family can fit Abercrombie. (The tallest one of us..My dad..is only 5'3) This is what my mom bought for me.



The last two days of the week were spent with my friend Vanessa, who I share a Tumblr account with. Yesterday, we went on a biking adventure deeper down into the farms by my neighbourhood. Overall, it was a pretty good day, besides the sweat and tan lines. Today was a little bit gloomier in terms of Vancouver weather. Vanessa and I spent the day trying to find a job for the summer. No more thrifting means more money needed for clothes! I highly doubt we'll find a job now that it's halfway into the first month of summer, but it doesn't hurt to try!








So anyways, I should probably get some Zzz's before the big camping trip tomorrow! See you all on Monday!

Freedom; Not So Distant

Hi everyone! Heck, I'm extremely glad to say that I won't be taking exams for another six months or going to school for another two months. I managed to complete the 10th grade with a 92% average and the Drama award. Pretty proud of myself, my average seems to get higher by 1% every year haha! Anyways, I just came from the busiest first week of Summer ever! There isn't a day since the end of my last exam that I haven't gone out. This year, since I'm actually allowed out, I plan on making the absolute best of my Summer.

A few hours after my Math Exam, Angelica (bluelashes.blogspot.com) and I headed downtown to watch the premier of The Tree of Life here in Vancouver. The movie only plays in two theatres here, so we went all the way downtown just to see it. The movie has a 5 star rating, but I guess it really depends on the person. Since I spent the night studying, I pretty much fell asleep during part of the beginning and part of the end of the movie, but I still got a good glimpse of what it was like. The movie is really long and a little hard to understand, but the actual cinematography was beautiful. Actually, may I say Jessica Chastain is beautiful?! Everything about her is just.. oh my gosh. After reading the synopsis of the movie, I finally understood it a little better and learned to love it. If any of you plan on watching the movie, I suggest reading the synopsis first. After walking around Stadium-Chinatown for a bit, we went off to Metrotown for a little bit of window shopping. I think Zara and Chapters was where it's at. The best stores in the mall in my opinion!!

I spent the next day at my friend Emma's house for her birthday. Her yard is the most amazing thing ever! There's so much space to just roll around; It's perfect for Summer! We plan on camping out there sometime this Summer, I think? There is also an abandoned barn by her yard that I had the biggest urge to explore hahaha :)

July 1st was Canada's Birthday! My family spent Canada Day at a yearly celebration in Cloverdale. It's filled with concert performances, parades, booths, games and my personal favourite, rides!

On the same day, I attended my friend Diane's 18th Birthday party. Hooray for nights of eating, and dancing!

And.. To end of my week my cousins and I explored a small community called Steveston. It's really close to a bay, so there are a lot of people who park their boats by the harbour to sell seafood. It's a pretty small town so while our parents were out bargaining for fish, we went to a few cafes, thrift stores, book stores and gift shops in the community.

I should probably head on to bed now. I actually just came back from the longest bike ride of my life. My cousins and I went deeper into the farm area by my neighbourhood and found some pretty neat paths and such. Maybe I should take pictures next time. Why do I have a feeling the rest of my Summer is going to be jam-packed with biking?

Hope you all are doing well and having a Summer as great as mine!!

Odd Ways To Spend Days

Hey everyone! So much for that last post being the last post until the summer, eh? I did too much this week! ...Too much procrastinating that is. I have exactly two days to start studying for three Provincial Exams, yikes! The stress is only starting to build up inside of me now and yet I'm still here, typing away! This is typical me by the way.

This week, I found every possible excuse NOT to study for my exams. Of course, the only legitimate excuse was pure laziness. I did every thing from going on bicycle adventures to transforming the second half of my closet into a secret reading den. (Curtain to cover it up and everything!) Oh geez, Camille. It would be selfish of me not to share these pictures, seeing as this might just be the weirdest post any of you read in awhile, so here they are.. hahah!

Well this is me and my bike. I decided to go for a bike ride around the neighbourhood since it's Summer, and I ended up finding a farm! I promise to explore this place even more AFTER exams!

I also painted pictures with the kids in my basement. *Sigh* I wish I could do relaxing activities like these more often.

And finally, here are the photos of my reading den. I don't know why but it looks awfully small in this picture. It's really very cozy and comfortable in real life. My clothes cover up the entrance of my reading den, so it's as if it doesn't even exist!

I also went to the local library today to pick up a few books. I really needed something to feed my burning wanderlust right now.

I can't wait to see what Summer of 2011 has in store for me! Some extraordinary adventures I suppose? :)

See you all in a bit. Time to hit the books!!

Pre-Summer Post

Hey everyone! This won't be the easiest thing to do, but I'm going to attempt to sum up two weeks of activities into one long post. I had a pretty busy few weeks, but that's all about to end as Summer is, well pretty much already here! The official "last day of school" was last Thursday everyone!! The school year went by so quickly! Actually, high school in general is going by so quickly! Two more years everyone :$

I wonder what I'm going to do this Summer... Hopefully find some more local adventures, maybe a Summer job? It's too bad I won't be going to the Philippines after all for the Mission Trip. It would've been the highlight of my High School years..

On June 3rd, I scored some free tickets to the Hooligans in Wondaland concert featuring Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae and Mayer Hawthorne!! Thanks Tita Naida for an amazing night!

My next two weeks or so were spent touring my other aunt around Vancouver. I never really thought I would get tired of going downtown, but after that film project, and having so much family come here to visit... I wouldn't be able to stand going downtown again this month...

...Unless of course, the VANCOUVER CANUCKS WIN THE STANLEY CUP FINALS!! The whole united with the whole city feeling that I felt during the 2010 Winter Olympics is back and bigger than ever! So excited for game six tomorrow! Believe in Blue!!

I also went to Eat! Vancouver with my family on the 11th. The admission to get in was $16, but it was totally worth it, seeing as the $16 was paid off by all of the free samples given out that day. Haha!

The rest of that day was spent on the grass, enjoying the Summer breeze. :)

It's crazy how little I'm writing for this post compared to my other posts! Usually my posts and my pictures even themselves out. I guess I forgot a lot of what happened since the range of this post is so wide. In case anyone wanted to know about my day, I pretty much went to two masses: The Grad 2011 Commencement Mass and the Confirmation Mass. Still blinded by so many red gowns, it reminds me so much of High School Musical! In the end, I received two gift cards today for helping out. That's more than I usually receive for Christmas!

The next few days will be dedicated to studying for my final exams. I'm actually pretty thankful that my exams are so conveniently spaced out this year! Four final exams: Math, Science, English and Socials. I have plenty of time to study... Which also means plenty of time to waste. My study habits are horribly messed up. If you know me well, you'd know that I can't study until the very last minute - And I do better when I study last minute as well! My study habits are as follows:

1. Start studying the day before the exam
2. Study straight until 2AM only taking breaks to eat
3. Take notes on EVERYTHING- do not miss a single point because it might be the mark determining question
4. Read over once or twice
5. Sleep
6. Wake up at 6AM
7. Read over twice...
8. Good Luck Camille.

Every single year, I've found this method of mine to work the best. I know probably every teacher out there is against me on this one but hey, it gets me in the 90's! I guess I'm just so much more motivated to study when it's the day before the exam. If I even dare to try studying before, I don't end up remembering anything.

I don't know if I'll be back on to make a post anytime before exams are over (June 28) so please wish me luck on my finals, wish the Canucks luck on their game and let's just hope everything goes well till the OFFICIAL start of Summer! Until then, I'll be anticipating the debut of The Tree of Life!!

Camille