Destiny... not the same as Oasis

Our usual destination for "the" Tuesday meet is Oasis in Mississauga... But yesterday we decided to toss it up a bit and went uptown to try out Destiny on Highway 7 + East Beaver Creek in Markham... Big mistake!

1. The seats were extremely uncomfortable, with everyone sinking right into the seats... The pillows were hardly helpful... Some people who are tall couldn't even see the top of their drinks, not because it was a big drink but because we were like kids sitting at the adults table...
2. There were lipstick marks on the glass..
3. Service was slow (although it was busy there... we couldn't imagine why...)
4. it was 30 minutes after we were seated that a waiter decided to come take our order...
5. Byron (the tallest guy at the place) was unsuccessful to get the waiter's attention.... Are these people blind or do they just not want businses?

Anyways... I really prefer our usual place... even though there is a smaller variety of drinks, at least we get comfortable chairs, clean glasses and good service... it is also much closer to home :)

We played Carcasonne yesterday and Ronnie beat everyone by at least 10 points! Good job!! :) Can't wait for next week!! Will be needing it since it will be a full week at work again... ugh!!

N8

My awesome bf got me the phone that most suits me... the N8 :) I will be taking more pictures and will be uploading pictures taken by this awesome phone. So for in 1 week I have taken over 160 of random things~ just love it!

happy gift, not so happy delivery service

Next time I buy a gift I have to seriously consider which courier to use...

DHL is horrible...

First off.. it charged over 17$ for duty + S&H for an item that is less than 30$... Second, the people there can't seem to give you a straight answer as to whether a second delivery will be made... how hard is it for them to look into their system to verify that?

I called Friday and was told that it was the final attempt and that I'd have to pick up the package at the DHL pick up centre in Brampton... On Monday morning I wanted to double check the address and I found out that the package will be out for delivery today and that if I missed this one then I can pick up my package the next day... Or I can put a cheque with that amount in my front door... How on earth am I suppose to do that? I have a 8 to 430 job and my home isn't exactly close... I also asked the girl if I can have the package redirected to my workplace and I was told that the info could be recorded but that the package is already on the truck.... So... she can't confirm if a 3rd delivery can be made and on top of that I won't be able to get the package until after Christmas...

DHL is a mistake I will never make again. I will never use its service again... Would also not recommend it... Unless you want to double your cost and increase your stress level...

Snowboarding Season on its way!

Blue Mountain opens this coming weekend and Em's already thinking about going! But I'm really excited and I want to go! also I want to try out Mont-Orford near Magog where Daddy works! Its close enough to Wong Tong restaurant so that we can snowboard all morning, run for food around noon and continue with it until 4.... Kinda sad that they don't have night skiing tho... :(

Les photographes

:) had a fun morning snapping pictures with mommy :) here's some sample of my "art"

lonely one

bursting one

one big crowd

These pictures were taken with my awesome D80 with a Sigma 18-200mm lens :D

Settlers of Catan

First thing in the morning I tell people at work about playing Catan, they immediately assumed it was a "Chinese" game... Upon research it is discovered to be a GERMAN game created in 1995...

Anyways... It was cuthroat again last night :| the good thing is that the girls stuck together! Ronnie and I came VERY close to winning at 9 points. Longest Road + 1 city + 5 settlement + 1 victory point :) Nerdstar! But it was still fun!

Also, Ronnie and I took a bunch of booth pictures with my iPod!! Lots of goofy pictures, however I need to be selective and put all the 'showable' ones together, so we'll see when I get to it!! I wonder if it can be done on the ipod~ Actually, I'm really enjoying my Apple just because of how convenient it is to download and install things, although yesterday was my first time being 'caught' downloading an illegal version of a calendar app by its producer :( sad!!! I really liked the app...Sometimes I wish I wasn't so cheap... XD maybe I will pay for the app... maybe... haha...

Extremely random picture taken with ipod then put together with PhotoShake

Total random comment... Currently playing "Teenage Dream"