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other blog: the everyday minimalist
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location: canada/usa
works: business consultant
net worth: ~$155,000 as of Dec 2011
eats: sashimi, tartiflette, pho
drinks: earl grey cream tea
gadgets: macbook pro 17", ipod touch (pda)
beauty: fb's list of toiletries/makeup
wants: roland rd700-gx piano
reads: ayn rand, tom stanley, sophie kinsella
watches: bones, mentalist, castle, top chef
wears: wrap dresses & necklaces
loves: minimalism, $$ management, traveling
hates: wearing shorts & being late for anything





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Life Archive
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Christmas and Shame
Posted on November 10, 2009 | 33 CommentsDeb from Deb’s Daily Thoughts (shared by the awesome mmmeg in my Google Reader Shared Items), wrote a post called Christmas and Shame. I highly recommend you go read it. Here’s a choice paragraph from Deb: So we were poor, and I got one Christmas... -
Can you name these logos?
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 18 CommentsCheck out this awesome logo quiz from Sporcle. I got 29/31 on the quiz. I missed: Prudential Financial Safeway Inc. Chevron Corporation Boeing Guinness (I don’t drink…) Sprint Nextel Anheuser-Busch (Again, I don’t drink.) For the record, I am not American… but I still recognized... -
Guys actually notice what you wear
Posted on November 8, 2009 | 17 CommentsWho woulda thunk it? BF: I wear sweatpants here, but I never used to do that in Europe. It’s the environment here that makes me dress down. I don’t have any control over what I wear here. FB: I don’t believe that. You have a... -
I’m off to see the Taxman…
Posted on November 5, 2009 | 17 CommentsJust got a notice in the mail from Quebec saying I didn’t pay the $5600+ I owed them in business taxes? WHAT!?!?! I saw that money debited from my account. I want to clear that up, and there’s a small discrepancy of around $12. Grabbed... -
Hey hey, jeans that fit!
Posted on November 3, 2009 | 6 CommentsI was hoping to head by the library on Monday to spend the day reading magazines… …but I forgot that the universal law of libraries is that Mondays are bad days to go, as they are generally CLOSED. Damn. It. So not wanting to waste... -
I know I am in love.
Posted on November 3, 2009 | 24 CommentsAfter I did laundry today, I went for a quick swim (bo-ring!) and came back to take a shower… Look what I found on my mirror after I stepped out out the steamy shower. It was completely unexpected. BF had taken a shower earlier this... -
Review: Restaurant Pho Lien (Vietnamese) on Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal
Posted on November 1, 2009 | 10 CommentsView Larger Map 5703-B Chemin De la Côte-des-Neiges Montreal, QC H3S 1V7 – (514) 735-6949 It’s near the Côte-des-Neiges Metro Station. Or you can also take the 165 NORD from Metro Guy-Concordia, and come up almost right in front of it. I got my Pho... -
This is precisely why I shouldn’t be allowed to surf the internet unsupervised
Posted on November 1, 2009 | 11 CommentsAs you may or may not know, I am a sucker for draped anything. Cosy, draped, soft and cuddly? SIGN ME UP. All Saints Clothing! Mostly in the U.K., but they have a store in NYC as far as I can tell. I Googled reviews...










