Dutch Dreams

There is never a bad day or night to have ice cream.. And one of the best places in the city to go to is Dutch Dreams on St Clair West. With so many options the colourful atmosphere and delicious and huge portions of ice cream. It makes the wait worth it and trust me when I say you will wait a while. If you in Toronto or if you live here definitely try this place you'll thank me later.  

Decadence 2014

Last Thursday I went out to Guvernment to see David Guetta.

I always love a good rave and house music and Decadence 2014 was insanity!

It's basically a 5-6 hour rave you got the lights, fog, streamers and confetti. 

It's crazy and everyone was having a good time. 

David Guetta never disappoints and we we're right infront of the stage so David Guetta saw us going wild and pointed us out!! 

Overall a very good night and I wouldn't change it, and summer is just starting for me!

Below are some pictures of the night, thanks for reading.

  

My ootn, crop top from boohoo and black high waisted shorts from forever 21.

The man of the hour David Guetta 

Out in the field + Teen Wolf Shocker

Yesterday I had my lab at Black creek just behind my school. Since this is my last lab of the year (yeah!) it's kinds bittersweet, I've been working with these ladies since September. It just made me realize that the year was a stressful one but it also went by really fast.

Below are just some pick of our site that we took out data from. 

My lab partners are in the creek getting our velocity points from the water movements.

In their fancy gear 

My lab selfie lol

In other news I am a huge Teen wolf fan and I was literally in shock when Allison Argent died in Mondays episode. It was rumored all season that a main character would die but I never thought it would be her. It was a sad way to say goodbye to a character. The part that really was sad is Allison died in the arms of her first love and her last line was "I've always loved you."This was so huge it was trending on twitter for over a day and a half. Crystal Reed is an amazing actor and I wish her good luck and success in her career. 

A surprise in the mail via Goodreads

I love getting mail, I love the surprise of opening your own mail and pulling out something new. 

I recently was sent this from the author Christina Moore. I entered a contest on Goodreads to receive this book which I was sent before it's public release to review for the author. I love helping out a upcoming author and I love reading new books so its a win - win situation for those involved. 

The book is called Beautiful Death, look for a future review or follow me on Goodreads for more. 

Thanks for reading!

Dandelion Manicure

A fun and simple manicure that you can do in less than 5 minutes. 

It's a cute fall design with dandelions blowing in the wind.

I used recycle by china glaze for the base and a black stripper for the stem and a thin white stripper for the fluffy dandelion top. Ohh i nearly forgot I also put on a matte top coat which I liked a lot better than my usually glossy finish.  This can work on both short nails and long nails.

Try it out for yourself. Enjoy!

Steeping mint leaves with my tea master

Today was an extremely long and tiring day, it started from 9am to 7pm. The crowded hallways and buses can take a toll on you. I am just glad to be home so i can eat and sleep.

 On long days when I need to unwind or chilly nights like tonight (the weather is 3 degrees - fall weather!) I like to throw some herbal loose tea into my Teaopia tea master and let it brew for 7 minutes then enjoy. One of the best things my brother ever bought my mom. My mom is avid tea drinker, she loves her tea which is where my siblings and I gained our love of tea. Now you know about my love of tea and what I do for fall and winter.  I like to cuddle up in my fleece throw with a warm cup of tea and watch GLEE or Modern Family. 

P.S. Can't wait for GLEE and Modern Family it starts this week!!

Steeping some fresh mint leaves from my garden

Fallspiration: Salted caramel mocha

Happy Labour day. Its finally September and I'm so excited I love this season. This is the time of when everything is colour its the time of year for warm lattes, pumpkins and candles.

Since the weather is kind of dreary, I made myself a salted caramel latte to warm me up and put some colour in my day. I found this recipe off of the internet and it was actually quite simple to make. 

Ingredients 

tbsp - any coffee or hot chocolate

pinch of sea salt

tbsp - caramel

1 cup hot water

Optional - Whip cream 

1. Start with adding the coffee or hot chocolate mix in the cup with a pinch of sea salt and caramel

2. add hot water and stir

3. Finish with whip cream and drizzle caramel on top with a little bit more seas salt

4. ENJOY 

 

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How You Think of Yourself - Self Image

One thing that most people don't know about me  (beside my bff) is that most of my complex thoughts happen at night. I don't think I'm the only one that has this, but at night when its the quietest and your allow with your thoughts and you think about all that you've done that day, within your life, who you want to be and what has been said. You come up with questions and answers that baffle you and cause my questions than answers.

Most of my thoughts consist of what I want to be and how I wish I could just be myself and people would except and understand me. The things that I think are usually the actions I'm too afraid to make or words that I wont say. Its like there is a different person in a alternate universe that looks like me.

Tonight after I got ready for bed I took a long look at myself in the mirror (yes everyone does this everyday) but i really looked at myself. I know sounds kinda weird to say (I MEAN YOU ALWAYS LOOK T YOURSELF CHRISTINA) but, I thought about all the hateful discouraging things that have been said to me on my short existence on this planet so far and then i thought about all the hateful things I've said to myself (like your so dark, your so ugly, I wish I was her) and that's when i realized . . . . you're the biggest critic of yourself and you can also be you're self's best motivator. 

As i looked in the mirror I realized that i am beautiful in my own way, i have to stop trying to be what society wants me to be and accept the the fact that I am dark skinned and that's just who I am. 

In my culture, family and even society, dark skin is not likable because people and society teach others to look down upon it. Also in history it was portrayed as evil. Only recently has this been changing BUT ever so slowly. I've been told that I'm too dark, men wouldn't like me because of my skin and I've even thought of bleaching my skin because I've grown up with so much hate. Everyone will still have things that they don't like about themselves but , hey its a  process that everyone must go through to understand themselves and tell others who think other wise to SUCK IT!

I've grown up with this and it still lingers in my mind but, I've come to find happiness in the way I look and I hope others will themselves just the same. 

Thanks for reading if you managed to get to the end :)

Forever 21 Purses

Growing up I was a big tomboy who didn't like to wear skirts, dresses or purses. As I've aged things have changed and so have I. Now that I'm in university its a very opening experience that exposes you to the world and all within it.
Over the years my style has changed, I'm trying to dress comfortable but more grown up and i like trying new styles and having pieces that people dont own.

So on to the bags. I bought these online from forever 21 canada because every time I go in the store I can never find the same bags that I see online because everything always sells out sooo fast. The first bag is a medium size black hobo cross body bag. I like this because it can hold a lot and i needed something for work.It has to zipper pockets on the front and one inside as well.

This bag is a beige cross body/ shoulder purse. It can be either glammed up or worn casually. It comes with gold detailing and a gold chain for your shoulder and a black strap if you want to wear it cross body style.

THANKS FOR READING :) 

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Inspirational Quotes about love and life

Today i came across some quotes that i thought you would like. I like quotes cause sometimes i cant explain what im feeling and i find quotes can say what i'm feeling the best. They can relate to such a broad spectrum of people. These are just some of the quotes i really liked enjoy!

As a person who like change and new experiences i can relate to this quote.

 LOVE THIS QUOTE!

This is why i like to be the under dog, the feeling of proving someone wrong is amazing

Been told this, stand by this and i think its true

I had to throw a funny quote in here. But i here this so often by soo many guys i think i might use this line. HAHA

Im not a crier but this makes so much sense

Beautiful, if only more people thought this way

As a Canadian i agree with this 110%

I think everyone at some point in there life has felt like this

Explains fashion in 3 simple lines

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JUST BE YOU!

This quote says it all

Its all a part of love, that everyone goes throught