tealight

tealight

this is a couple weeks ago, when the ivy on the east wall of my house started to bud. when my family moved into the house we hacked it all down, but we never uprooted it. it’d grow every year, and i’d rip it off. two or three years ago we started letting it grow again, and now it’s taken over almost the entire wall.
on an architectural note, my house was built in 1959. c: pre-insulation, concrete block basement, semi-detached bungalow with a very ineffective party wall. my old neighbours used to play spanish music in the middle of the night. it was owned by world war ii veteran who served as a pilot in the royal canadian airforce. i used to have his pin, but i misplaced it somewhere.

this is a couple weeks ago, when the ivy on the east wall of my house started to bud. when my family moved into the house we hacked it all down, but we never uprooted it. it’d grow every year, and i’d rip it off. two or three years ago we started letting it grow again, and now it’s taken over almost the entire wall.

on an architectural note, my house was built in 1959. c: pre-insulation, concrete block basement, semi-detached bungalow with a very ineffective party wall. my old neighbours used to play spanish music in the middle of the night. it was owned by world war ii veteran who served as a pilot in the royal canadian airforce. i used to have his pin, but i misplaced it somewhere.

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it’s 11:37 pm, i have my (last!) exam in twelve hours and have not studied.

what am i doing with my life.

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books i own and have not read.
i’m a sucker for book sales, but i’m also a sucker for laziness.

books i own and have not read.

i’m a sucker for book sales, but i’m also a sucker for laziness.

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mom made black bean noodles (jajangmyun) for lunch.
currently drinking coffee and studying for my sustainable practices exam, but i lost my trusty 0.1 staedtler pen. what do i doooo.

mom made black bean noodles (jajangmyun) for lunch.

currently drinking coffee and studying for my sustainable practices exam, but i lost my trusty 0.1 staedtler pen. what do i doooo.

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in 11 days i’ll be done first year.

how

and

what?

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the second robin of spring. the second that i’ve seen, anyways.

the second robin of spring. the second that i’ve seen, anyways.

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my neighbour’s plum blossoms. they’ll start dropping in about a week, and the petals will be everywhere.

my neighbour’s plum blossoms. they’ll start dropping in about a week, and the petals will be everywhere.

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winter was short this year, and you’ve been able to feel spring in toronto for a while now. in my family, spring begins when the dandelions grow. my parents grab a plastic bag and the weeder, uprooting the young plants while they walk. they actually taste really good, and they’re healthy for you too. my mom soaks them in water overnight, then boils them while she fries minced garlic in a pan. the hot oil goes right over the drained dandelion greens, then it’s mixed with soy sauce and a bit of sugar and sesame oil.
in a few weeks, the dandelions will grow too old and tough to eat, and it’ll start feeling like summer.

winter was short this year, and you’ve been able to feel spring in toronto for a while now. in my family, spring begins when the dandelions grow. my parents grab a plastic bag and the weeder, uprooting the young plants while they walk. they actually taste really good, and they’re healthy for you too. my mom soaks them in water overnight, then boils them while she fries minced garlic in a pan. the hot oil goes right over the drained dandelion greens, then it’s mixed with soy sauce and a bit of sugar and sesame oil.

in a few weeks, the dandelions will grow too old and tough to eat, and it’ll start feeling like summer.

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my parents bought a tub of 100 cream puffs from costco.
can’t stop eating.

my parents bought a tub of 100 cream puffs from costco.

can’t stop eating.

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twelve hours of sleep. i feel human again!

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ARCHITORTURE

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah how long has it been since i’ve logged on? three months?

something like that.

this semester has been strangely unexciting compared to the first, though we’ve done a bunch of interesting things… which i’ll post about later with photos because i’m lazy.

- i’ve pulled a few near all-nighters and the usual.

- my professor woke me up one morning (awkward) and i lost my pants.

- my friend got drunk in studio and ran around in boxers. coincidentally also lost his pants.

- first weeks started off with a collaborative project between all the years in the program.

we’re already half-way through! i’m considering volunteering as a cadbitch in the summer for a firm, though otherwise i’m looking for a summer job. i made dean’s list last semester, just barely, definitely not happening this time around haha. anyways, a couple of things have definitely been inspiring to me this semester and i’ll try and post them up hopefully sooner than later.

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sorry for the lack of posts, everyone! just finished my (first) final studio project. placed third in my year and it was the shock of my life to be honest, i wasn’t even expecting to make the first round haha. next week is packed with exams, so see you all during the holidays! (thinking of making a blog just for japanese architecture and design, so much out there to see and love.)

sorry for the lack of posts, everyone! just finished my (first) final studio project. placed third in my year and it was the shock of my life to be honest, i wasn’t even expecting to make the first round haha. next week is packed with exams, so see you all during the holidays! (thinking of making a blog just for japanese architecture and design, so much out there to see and love.)

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