With the weather in Canada finally warming/lighting up, I couldn't contain the excitement that was to go and eat some frozen desserts. It has always been a tradition for my homeslice and I (even if the weather was cold, haha) and honestly, I hadn't seen him since archery tag for my uber belated birthday celebration, so we decided to meet up about two weeks ago.

Splinter Spark

You know how for a good chunk of the time, you're idling along with life and there are just moments (or string of moments) that suddenly urge you to take action, whatever it may be? Tonight is one of them. I'm not here to write about my latest food adventure unfortunately, so when I finally get myself to update properly, that'll be on queue too. In the meantime, I'm just going for a really raw post.

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Coincidentally, a couple of incidences have happened recently that got me wondering. A friend of mine mentioned that her anniversary with her ex was on her birthday and he never greeted her for all these years except for this one time. It makes me think, how odd it is that we can attribute what can be a thousand-folds worth of memories concerning one person, down to something as arbitrary as a day...

and how long it must've taken the other party to finally let go and simply be able to wish the former a happy birthday without a hint of pain.

Another phenomenon happened in which someone I know got slightly upset about something on her newsfeed that concerned her past. Granted, she was the one that let go, but she hasn't enjoyed enough freedom to truly forget all her feelings. That begs the question:

What would one deem as enough time to get over someone?

I know it varies from person to person and the context too. But I feel, who would be adequate to judge without knowing? For some, 6 months after a long relationship is enough. For others it's not. It boils down to how the individual handles the situation (and ultimately their life), though in certain situations I don't think the longevity of the relationship or event matters all too much. If the impact of the event was great enough that it affected the person's psyche immensely (either for good or bad), anything under a year seems like he/she is just kidding themselves. And by a year I mean a whole 12 months, not a school year.

Either way, it's tough getting over someone, that's understandable. But people shouldn't jump the gun and reconnect so fast when they're probably not ready. It's easy for an outsider to point that out and say that, especially since oftentimes we can have the worst judgements about ourselves. And it isn't until its too late that we find ourselves in pain once again, only having ourselves to blame. Let's not have another chapter of tragedy in our lives, shall we?

Catching Up Part 1/New year, new beginnings

I know I'm about a month late, but happy 2015! I finally got around to coming back here and I'll admit, I kinda miss my little corner on the interwebz, and I know I left some people in the dark for awhile as to what I've been up to, so I'm gonna try to come back in a more "committed" manner... hopefully. *crosses fingers*

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Ah, right. Halloween 2014. My costume didn't turn out as grand as I'd like it to be for a couple of reasons: a) time constraint/procrastination, and b) the dreaded weather (AKA it was raining). Had these two not been the case, my ideal scenario would be getting a co-worker to roll me into the workplace with my homemade Sugar Rush "racing cart"... Yes ladies and gentleman, I dressed up as Vanellope Von Schweetz from Wreck-It-Ralph:

I'm pretty much dressing up as myself for Halloween... kidding :P

For the most part, my costume itself was about maybe 80% on point. Fabric painting my stockings took longer than I expected (that's what I get for being a perfectionist), and I struggled to get as much candy-glued-bobby-pins in my fine hair as I could. But you know what, I still enjoyed making this costume, especially since I was trying to juggle with getting a booklet for a non-profit organization done.

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And here are just a sample of the candy hair pins I made...

**As much as I find glue guns convenient, I definitely should've used E-600 instead... would've made the polymer clay candy hold up on the bobby pins much more, but then again, I guess I can re-use those bobby pins now without the comical props attached to it?

So I never got to finish my grand ideals of a personal Sugar Rush cart, and the wagon I bought is still sitting in the spare room of my house, sadly. Maybe come summer, I should collaborate with a friend and sell that wagon for a yard sale? Sounds legit.

Until next time...

Combo breaker

For the past couple of weeks, I begrudgingly had an earworm called Blank Space by Taylor Swift.

But thankfully I got a new one. I appreciate it a lot Buzzfeed.

Quick Note... Prelude to Catching Up Pt 1

I suppose it's been awhile, hasn't it?

I've mostly been MIA for the past 2ish months because I had a couple of freelance projects lined up and I still have one that I'm currently in the process of working on.

Also, my soul was getting sucked away on app games and badminton, but I think the app games part is a mental reflex I tend to have in opposition to the amount of extra work I do sometimes. Maybe that's just me?

Regardless, I'll slowly come back onto here, filling you in what has been happening so far :P