the flavour of Life!

Look a deer! and a beautiful sunset -Taken at Hilltop

This summer, I had the privilege to spend time with the (partial) Thomson Lab at UTSG campus and up at U of T’s Koffler Scientific Reserve in King City. The weather was almost always beautiful, the scenery bursting with life but still peaceful, and the people knowledgeable and welcoming. Besides dipping in the pond, drying off by the decked out gazebo, and eating lunch with fellow ROP’ers, grad students, and volunteers, my main purpose was the research credit I was working towards; my ROP299 (Research oppourtunity program) project. The general topic was Flowering Plants and Pollinating Insects but of course this encompasses a great many things from flowers to bees- and trust me thats an immense amount of subjects.

Rollerblading in the not-so-summer-like weather was tons of fun and finding a very nice spot that seemed as ‘close to nature’ as we could get at the moment. The open water was surprisingly soothing and satisfying to sit by. These shots with an iTouch make me love it (who needs a real camera) haha I kid…
It was fun catching up with the meemster and b li and having an overall laidback first day off school while still getting some enjoyable exercise in. Good stuff and plenty more to come

So happy to be ‘free’!

I have many drafts of ramblings about my daily encounters. I have decided it is time to publish a few despite their ruggedness and babbling quality. If you are fond of lengthy and possibly aimless writing or if you are procrastinating on your work-at-hand I encourage you to read on! Please excuse my unorganized thoughts and some of the fickle opinions I have (as some change often or are influenced easily). Enjoy!

The ultimate joy ride starts with best pal and most eligible bachelor Sir Seanington, of course, driving stick or otherwise known as a manual car. The car has butterfly doors and is slick red, a luxurious four seater with leather seats, shaded windows and a convertible top. Due to confidentiality issues the make is not specified. This is a consequence attributed to the po po of ramed rowld, infamously named the rents. If your ride is looking too good, the rents will either come in and smash your ride or take it away. In ramed rowld, anything is possible and on this particular joy ride, it was an experience for the ages. Starting out in the deserted trashy and barren east, we (Sir Seanington, Zooey Deschanel, Knivez Chow and I) pass through stage 1 where Knivez Chow battles Emstro and Swiss until only one is left standing on the cobblestone ground. Amidst the action, the entourage is interrupted twice; first by dark mini me and future youtube star, and then by the boogie bumming crew who call me ‘Mami’ and the already terrified Zooey, ‘Mama’. After the battle winds down and Knivez emerges victorious, the four of us travel to level 2. On the way, we get lost and take the wrong door to a the cottage dimension. But once we realize we are traveling north and not west we turn back and drive awarer to Knivez home base. There we gain valuable items such as a tent and food. We also pass by a friendly dimension door with bright lights leading to Skins, a famous media con of a world, which distracts us from our own reality for a short while. It is then the four of us as a team face our first group test as a single +1 life is awarded for our progress. Instead of fighting for the added touch of immortality for ourselves, Sir Seanington suggests Zooey should get it because of her pale skin and little battle gear, rendering her cold and more vulnerable to coming events. Zooey nominates Seanington because he is the muscle that would have to fight the worst opponent if we were to be challenged. Knivez suggests me because I am the most threatened to be caught by the rents. I proclaim that Knivez should have it due to his chronic disease “China” that will eventually kill him. In the end, it is agreed -much to Knivez protest- that he should have the +1 life. We continue on to what we didn’t know was Stage 2 on an island beyond an island called Marina that was only connected to the mainland by a single-car-wide strip of raw land.