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She proudly showed off her newly self-manicured French tips on her fingers.

Girl: “Look” (smiling and referring to her finger nails)

Boy: (looked briefly at the object being shown off and didn’t quite get it) “Oh? So you put liquid paper on your nails?”

Girl: (couldn’t hold her laugh) “What? No! Those are French tips. Remember I bought a little bottle yesterday from Walmart? That’s French tips nail paint.”

Boy: (still didn’t quite get it) “Oh I see.” (paused…) “Why would you call it French tips when you bought that thing here? Why not Canadian tips?”

Girl: (cracked up and laughed out loud) “They are called French tips. I suppose it’s the French way of doing their manicure but whatever, it’s called French tips. They are those little white stuff painted towards the tips of the nails.”

Boy: (still not showing any enthusiasm) “Ohh so I get it now. Those are the things you guys (he meant you “ladies”) like to do to your nails. I see.”

Girl: (still laughing) “What? You know those? You’ve seen them before?”

Boy: “Yeah of course. Some ladies have those stuff. They glow in the dark and sh!t.”

Girl: “I didn’t know they glow in the dark, hahahaha.”

Boy: “Yeah I always thought they do it for racing. I never quite got it.”

Girl: (laughing, kept laughing and laughing)

Oh boys… sometimes they never fail to crack me up. Btw, the story above is non-fictional. You know what I mean =)

I didn’t realize that it was Canada Day today until Tuesday evening. I always know that July 1st is Canada Day, mind you, but it didn’t occur to me that we were already into July! Where did all the time go???

It was hot and sunny with slight breeze every now and then. We had Vietnamese food for lunch, and then went to the Buddhist temple in Richmond. It was a little bit of a drive away, but I wanted to go. On the way back, we stopped by a U-Pick berry farm to pick up a basket of local BC strawberries, and a basket of cherries of 3 pounds or so.

I had almost half of the basket of strawberries, and I think at least half a pound of cherries in the evening. Lots of berries and cherries for the past few days…

Watched a few episodes of Law and Order on DVD. Played Scramble on the iPhone to sleep.

After berries hunting, we went to the Greek Summer Festival to have lunch. That place was packed!

Check out the menu. We had the chicken souvlaki for lunch.

We changed our minds about going hiking at Lynn Valley today, and went farm berries hunting instead. Yay!

Strawberry season is almost over, and this was pretty much the last bunches for local BC strawberries. I’ve had quite a bit of Californian strawberries but of course those cannot compare to the local ones. So…

First stop, the Blueberry Store.

Oddly enough, they didn’t have any fresh blueberries as they were not really in season yet until another couple of weeks. All they had were a few boxes of fresh local strawberries left. So we grabbed a basket of 1.5 pounds for $5.

Next stop, Surrey Farms.

They had a lot of produce going on for sale, but we didn’t really buy anything from here. Decided to move on to check out the other farm stores for more berries.

We bought a box of raspberries and cherries from this place.

Yeap, I thought we were done with berries shopping. We’ll come back for more when the other berries are in season. Blueberries, blackberries, golden berries and stuff. I’m waiting for those.

Went home, finished all the berries and cherries on that day.

Look at me =P

Went grocery shopping today. It’s all about food.

Bought 6 pieces of cake: strawberry, mango, and coffee cakes, black forests, and a mixed swiss roll.

Old Town White Coffee. YES! Ipoh Old Town White Coffee from Malaysia!!! We bought a pack of 15′s.

Silhoutte yoghurt with 0% fat (so they say). We bought a pack of 12 with 4 flavours – strawberry, blueberry, raspberry and peach. I had the strawberry yoghurt together with some fresh Californian strawberries.

Korean prawn chips. This is the best kind I’ve tried here so far.

Came home and enjoyed my yoghurt with fresh strawberries, watching Wall Street on DVD. Simple, pleasant, and relaxing way of spending a Friday night in.

We planned to have lunch at Londsdale Quay today, and stopped by at the New Westminster Pier to check out what it’s all about.

Not much, really. So we stayed there just for a few minutes before heading out again.

We went to Londsdale Quay and they were having farmer’s market. We bought a box of red cherries and another box of rainier cherries.

The outdoor of Londsdale Quay was merry with the sound of Latin music as people gathered around below the stage and Latin-danced away. I was so tempted to just jump in and dance! But I decided to stay at the bench, enjoyed the breeze and the view, and our little boxes of cherries.

We went to the market to grab something for lunch. Ended up buying a salmon roll, seaweed salad, and some smoked prawns from the seafood bar. We sat outside to eat, which was kinda nice. I couldn’t resist to take some pictures of the abundant fruits variety at the market.

Blueberries

Cherries

Strawberries

Tomatoes on the Vine

It was kinda rainy and misty today, which made it a little bit chilly. I love it.

We wanted to go to Bavarian Haus on 6th St. New Westminster for Dutch food dinner in the evening, but we found out that the restaurant was fully booked because they have some kind of specials on their menu on Wednesdays. So Indian curry was the next thing that popped out of my mind, and we headed to Royal Tandoori down the road.

We ordered a briyani chicken, a lamb curry, and a couple pieces of roti. I made a special request to have everything served extra HOT. I was hoping they wouldn’t let me down.

They didn’t. It was spicy indeed. And the food tasted fabulous. All in all a very good dinner.

Chicken Briyani

Lamb Curry

Yummy Glazed Roti

The roti was glazed and smelled so crispy and yummy. I knew from seeing and smelling it that it was gonna be awesome. I was right. I had to dab it on the napkins before eating though, to get rid of the excessive oil.

After dinner, we went to Pricesmart Foods and grabbed a Santa Claus melon before heading back.

After brunch at IHOP, we went to buy some persimmons, peaches and nectarines and headed home. We went out again shortly after. I thought of going to this musi performance in the park around Beach Ave. area. I was a little bit disappointed as there was practically no crowd at all. We also sat around the beach side for a little while.

We took off to Chinatown afterwards. I cruised along the two main streets, checked out some of the shops and the Sun Yat Sen garden.

We went to IHOP (Interntaional House Of Pancakes) in Surrey for brunch around noon. IHOP is one of my favorite places for Sunday brunch for whatever reason.

As always, the restaurant was packed with people and we had to line up for about 10 or 15 minutes before we got a table.

We ordered a brekkie plate with strawberry pancakes, and shrimp popcorns with fries and toast.

The perfect menu for Sunday brunch

Late-morning coffee

Honey, maple, raspberries and blueberries syrup

Brekkie platter

IHOP's strawberry pancakes

Crispy and yummy shrimp popcorns with fries and toast