Cous's Big Day!

Came back to T.O. this weekend to be a part of cous's big day!

Got some good tips for our own wedding later on in the year .. wuhahaha.  Also saw a few folks who I haven't seen in ages.

Just realized though that there wasn't that many of pics of me in it.. haha.. I wonder where they all went!

Congrats coussss!

Meet the parents day

After the successful proposal, next step was the first parents meet each other's parents day.

Have to say, I was pretty nervous - though I wasn't sure why.

Nevertheless, things went nice and smooth.. weeeeeeee

Big Day... Success!

Proposal at Shiro
At the same restaurant where we went for our first date, we would celebrate our 32nd month anniversary.

The plan:
We would have dinner at Shiro and then right around dessert, he would swing over and read her a book that he wrote about them (the cover shown here). This story was called "A Modern Fairy Tale in Motion" because the story was still unfolding. On the very last page it read:

"...you are the best thing that’s happened to me. You have made me a better person and I want to spend the rest of my life with you... Open the fortune cookie..."

In front of her was a dessert plate with 2 mochi and a very well placed fortune cookie. She opens the fortune cookie and in there was a prophecy:

“Your future is looking bright. Lucky numbers, 2, 19, 2015”

And in that instant, the prophecy came true.
Went down on one knee, pulled out a ring and asked, “Will you Marry Me?”

...PS. She said yes!

Salty's Sunday: AYCE Oyster…

Took parents to Salty's today.  Last few times it has been a disappointment - mainly no oysters and running out of oysters,  and poor quality food.

This time, they had oysters, and we went to town.  However, we ended up in washroom quite a bit after.  May have to reevaluate whether this is a tourist destination for my guests of S.town...

More Uni... Uni poison?

After a snack of uni, and a dinner that had fresh uni, today for lunch we had uni again!

During the evening, I did feel a little sick... did I get poisoned from too much Uni???

First world problems... ... .

Uni Galore and Mashiko

Was told there was fresh uni available and so took the next bus back home :).  Soo delicious.

After that, headed to Mashiko - where we ate an omakase, which also had uni too!

The pictures didn't come out too nice - they all had a nasty blue tint to it - but they were definitely yummy.   Oh, and we did get yelled at for asking for wasabi... lol.

(PS - pictures are in reverse order)

First Soccer Practice.... Sprained Ankle :(

Given today was 50 F as reported by Snowy, I decided that I would attend practice since after all the lobsters and food and all, it was time for some exercise.

So the start of the practice was great.  I felt in good shape - wasn't tired, ball had some power, reasonably accurate.  And also after looking at some ball kicking videos last night for refreshers, figure I practice it a bit.  So for the first 15 to 30 minutes, I was working hard!

But second drill in, my old body kicks in, right ankle went crack crack... ouch!  Luckily it wasn't a big sprain as after resting a bit, I was able to jog slightly.  So I wrapped the leg up tighter and continued to play at half strength.  Did end up scoring a few goals and passing a few people.  Good enough today I guess.

Perhaps in these next 2 months I should just focus on strengthening my ankles instead of playing.. but then again, who am I kidding... hahaha

4th most expensive purchase.. made!

Walked in.  Started looking at rocks.  1.5 hour later.  Done!

Cinerama Fun and Seeing some Old Friends

Went to Cinermama today to see the Hobbit.  Newly renovated and had some delicious chocolate popcorn (it does taste pretty good).  The 3D effect and higher frame rate is pretty cool.  No dizziness, just really good overall.  Definitely worth paying for!

After that, took an Uber to Still Liquor to crash an old friend's bday party.  Boy was she surprised (as a bunch of others) to see me.  Thinking now, I have basically vanished for like a year... lol.  Super fun times - I need to find some time to go volunteering so we can hang out more!

First New Years not in T.O.

Thinking back, this is the first new years eve since I've moved from HK that I did not spend in Toronto/Horseshoe.  Wow!

But given all the travelling this year, felt that a nice 'home' New Year's would be proper.  To start the day, we went to Taylor Shellfish... saved $9 because of happy hour :).  Then we returned home to get ready for New Years.

We met up with lil genius and his gf at their friend's surprise party, where the guy proposed to the girl!  Turns out they were actually trying to surprise each other secretly (her planning a surprise bday party with all his friends coming, he with trying to propose to her on New Year's Eve), and so completely was not expecting each other's surprise.  Cute!

Counted down, saw a bunch of fireworks coming out from Space Needle.  Pretttty...

Happy new year everyone!