no.416 140620 Thank you for a downtown tour

Time for gelato!

Got a chance to drive downtown! No.. I dare not driving downtown! But I went down with my family because my sister was going away for the weekend. I had plans with a friend of mine, so I decided to come along and get dropped off. My family and I were trying to go to Harbour Front but the traffic and the construction was just so terrible, we were stuck and the one-way roads weren't helping either. So we had to make some changes in the plan, and it was time for me to go… Although it was a quick tour of Toronto downtown, I had fun driving down with my family and spend some family time, even if it was relatively short. It's something that I rarely do because my family likes to go to places without me… haha. I want to take my mom out for lunch or dinner ever since the weather got nicer, but it seems like I won't be able to make time for her until I get back from Mexico.

no.174 131021 Thank you for the fall outing

Pumpkins at the apple farm! Love the smell of autumn.

My family and I drove about an hour and a half to get to the apple farm that we used to go when I was younger. I remember picking apples with my family and friends back when I was in elementary school. Instead of going for apple picking, we go to buy a jug of apple cider and a bag of fuji apples. I'm not a big fan of apples - apple juice is just meh and I wouldn't touch an apple pie (I just don't like cooked fruit, and I don't like the texture of pie crust). Yeah.. guess I can be very picky.

I'm thankful for the family outing. I was so sad that I didn't bring my camera to the farm... I thought it was going to rain so I didn't bother taking it with me... but I was wrong. I regretted so much! I learned my lesson. I'm going to bring my camera everywhere I go when I go on a family field trip!

no.30 130530 Thank you for the family exercise time

Bike trail and the beautiful sunset

 

First of all, I want to apologize that today's entry is not about today. It's something that happened yesterday but because I had another story which had to be written yesterday, I had to rain check it for today. Actually, there is one more story that I wanted to write about, but I'm gonna have to rain check that for another day as well.

 

Yesterday, my dad, my sister and I went out for dinner. We went for jja-jang-myun (Korean Chinese noodle dish) because my sister was craving it for a long time. I was hanging out with my friends, so I met my dad and my sister at the restaurant. It felt strange meeting my family outside because we would normally go out together. I wasn't the only one who felt this way - both my dad and Sunny felt the same.

 

It was still bright after dinner, so we decided to go for a walk at the park in the neighbourhood (it's the same park that I mentioned before). The park/trail was more crowded than the first time I went. I'm not sure if I've already mentioned this before, but when I went to check out the bike trail for the first time with Sunny, there was pretty much no one on the trail. Maybe more people came out to exercise because the weather was getting nicer. But it definitely had more than enough room for the three of us to enjoy our time together. We took my bike to the trail as well and we took turns riding it. I was slightly afraid of riding because the seat was too high for me. I couldn't lower it because the seat was lowered to the max. My legs have gotten shorter or something, because I bought my bike more than 5 years ago and I've been riding it no problem. Yeah.. so if I stand on my tiptoes, I can barely touch the ground which is a little dangerous. Thankfully, there was no emergency situation where I had to break abruptly. I loved the breeze when you ride the bike. I enjoyed it very much yesterday.

 

I realized we haven't had a family outing in a while. My dad loves outdoors. As children, we spent a fair amount of time outdoors - camping, hiking, going to the beach, and lots and lots of traveling. He also loves taking photos and he would carry around his camera everywhere. Therefore, although I was too young to remember the things I did with my family, I have old photos to help remind myself about all the wonderful things my parents did for me. Now that Sunny and I are both in our twenties, we're always so busy with our own lives, it's gotten much harder to do any 'family stuff.' The last time we went camping as a family was probably about six to seven years ago. The last time we went hiking was two years ago. It's a sad reality.

 

I'm thankful for the family exercise time. It wasn't just about the exercise that we needed to burn off the fat from the jja-jang-myung we ate - it certainly was a fun quality time that we all missed.