Last day of school = last day of programming.
So my co-worker and I decided that this last week we are going to live it up, in terms of snack for the kids. They always have something to say about snack whether it is positive or negative (mostly negative). Just because it is never what everyone likes, or mostly what everyone doesn't like.
And because so many people will be coming and going for the last week, we just thought hey, just go all out not just for the last day, but for the last week.
For the past 2 days we had of programming, the kids had:
- Grilled cheese sandwiches
- Chicken Fingers
- Mac & Cheese
- Popcorn
- Chips (2 flavours)
- Yogurt
- Graham Crackers
- Marshmallows
- Freezies
- Juice
Plus a movie today~!
Man did I miss anything? I mean I think even in the last two weeks there were some really great buffet style snacks that were worthy of being called dinner!
Although some kids may not fully appreciate the extent of how fortunate and rich they are when it comes to having all this food, I personally was very happy being able to provide it for them. Hopefully they will appreciate it some day.
Love those kids.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Lovin' the Lee's
You know what else is similar ~? They are born in the same year!
Eh, I know this is a weird high school crush kinda blog, but I just wanna write this blog out to express my love for both these hotties. One of whom is all mine to have and hold. The other one is totally unattainable and for the sole purpose of fantasies!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Strange Dream
I had the strangest dream this morning.
It was a movie-like romance with an underlying theme of religion.
How strange and detailed.
From what I remember the movie started with two children (boy & girl). My perspective was through the girl's eyes. She found herself on the streetcar heading to a destination, but she missed her stop because everyone who was getting off did not ring the bell. She she missed it and for some reason the street car encountered many detours because of construction. Oh BTW this was set in downtown Toronto. So she arrived to a place where she was familiar and decided to get off there. She stood waiting to exit in the front doors of the streetcar and there she saw a family with a boy who was older than her talking about Jesus. "Jesus is coming soon and know where he is going to arrive at and when", he said. She listened, but disagreed. So she spoke up and said, "No one knows the exact time or place that Jesus will come." With that comment said the boy and his parents looked at her with astonishment and a bit of anger.
The scene ends and opens with this little girl sitting on a pew with the boy and his family. This part was a blur. So something happened to the girl, as if she spoke out during the service and the family was very angry and pushed her away, or told her to leave the church.
Now she is older and she was waiting at the streetcar stop. This area looked a lot like Dundas & Bathurst in front of the Scadding Court Community Centre. So she is waiting for her streetcar and out of the corner of her eyes she sees this man trying to speak to people about his religion. She could not make out what he says but he was selling booklets to people for $2. It dawned on her that it was the same boy she met so long ago. She goes up to him and speaks to him. She was the only one who decides to buy one from him. She took this opportunity to speak to him what she knows about religion.
Next scene I take the perspective of the audience and sees them walking hand in hand into what turns out to be a radio station. There is where the boy tells the story of transformation and love. The two characters end up being married and the boy is shown a new light into the truth.
This dream felt so real. I woke up and thought this would be a good movie to be made. But perhaps it was already written.
It was a movie-like romance with an underlying theme of religion.
How strange and detailed.
From what I remember the movie started with two children (boy & girl). My perspective was through the girl's eyes. She found herself on the streetcar heading to a destination, but she missed her stop because everyone who was getting off did not ring the bell. She she missed it and for some reason the street car encountered many detours because of construction. Oh BTW this was set in downtown Toronto. So she arrived to a place where she was familiar and decided to get off there. She stood waiting to exit in the front doors of the streetcar and there she saw a family with a boy who was older than her talking about Jesus. "Jesus is coming soon and know where he is going to arrive at and when", he said. She listened, but disagreed. So she spoke up and said, "No one knows the exact time or place that Jesus will come." With that comment said the boy and his parents looked at her with astonishment and a bit of anger.
The scene ends and opens with this little girl sitting on a pew with the boy and his family. This part was a blur. So something happened to the girl, as if she spoke out during the service and the family was very angry and pushed her away, or told her to leave the church.
Now she is older and she was waiting at the streetcar stop. This area looked a lot like Dundas & Bathurst in front of the Scadding Court Community Centre. So she is waiting for her streetcar and out of the corner of her eyes she sees this man trying to speak to people about his religion. She could not make out what he says but he was selling booklets to people for $2. It dawned on her that it was the same boy she met so long ago. She goes up to him and speaks to him. She was the only one who decides to buy one from him. She took this opportunity to speak to him what she knows about religion.
Next scene I take the perspective of the audience and sees them walking hand in hand into what turns out to be a radio station. There is where the boy tells the story of transformation and love. The two characters end up being married and the boy is shown a new light into the truth.
This dream felt so real. I woke up and thought this would be a good movie to be made. But perhaps it was already written.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
My Craving!
FROZEN YOGURT!!!!
I just can't get enough of Mon berri!!
http://www.monberri.com/index.php
I have never had such an awesome frozen yogurt. I mean many places have come close and somewhat hit the awesome button for my palate. But the yogurt at this place surpasses everything in the "ice cream" category! Can I say (WOW)x10000000000?
If any one of you get the chance, you gotta stop by mon berri! I can't get enough of this place. For one thing, I crave ice creams all the time in this weather. And I always crave that when I'm working. So I think..where can I get great ice cream that just satisfies? I come up empty and cannot bring myself into buying anything because the only thing that I can think of putting in my system is Mon berri.
I'm a little embarrassed because I think the person who runs it, or the owner, knows me. LOL Sometimes I like to network with people and owners of an establishment, but for some reason, I didn't want to for this place. Perhaps, I see this place as my guilty pleasure, or that I feel like a pig when I"m seen there so often. I don't know exactly.
What I do know is that I don't know what to do if this place closes down. Its in a relatively dull location. Even though it looks like a high traffic place, not too many people hang out or seemingly go there.
Truly a diamond in the ruff indeed!!!
OK so an update on a negative part of this place. I went by on a random afternoon and to my disappointment they were not opened!! I went by at around 1:30 but the sign says that they were suppose to be opened at 12 noon! *sigh*
That's not a good way to do business.
I just can't get enough of Mon berri!!
http://www.monberri.com/index.php
I have never had such an awesome frozen yogurt. I mean many places have come close and somewhat hit the awesome button for my palate. But the yogurt at this place surpasses everything in the "ice cream" category! Can I say (WOW)x10000000000?
If any one of you get the chance, you gotta stop by mon berri! I can't get enough of this place. For one thing, I crave ice creams all the time in this weather. And I always crave that when I'm working. So I think..where can I get great ice cream that just satisfies? I come up empty and cannot bring myself into buying anything because the only thing that I can think of putting in my system is Mon berri.
I'm a little embarrassed because I think the person who runs it, or the owner, knows me. LOL Sometimes I like to network with people and owners of an establishment, but for some reason, I didn't want to for this place. Perhaps, I see this place as my guilty pleasure, or that I feel like a pig when I"m seen there so often. I don't know exactly.
What I do know is that I don't know what to do if this place closes down. Its in a relatively dull location. Even though it looks like a high traffic place, not too many people hang out or seemingly go there.
Truly a diamond in the ruff indeed!!!
OK so an update on a negative part of this place. I went by on a random afternoon and to my disappointment they were not opened!! I went by at around 1:30 but the sign says that they were suppose to be opened at 12 noon! *sigh*
That's not a good way to do business.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Parents
You know, in my profession you get to meet lots of parents and caregivers. There are many parents who are not up to par with teaching their children proper ways to socialize. And then there are some (which are a select few) that are so great at what they do.
Ironically I think that most caregivers do a better job at parenting than the parent themselves. Yes it is a sad realization for me, therefore I am debating with myself if I want to have children. I'm afraid I will turn out to be one of those parent's whom I dislike.
Here's an example: One parent stood there watching and listening to her child as this child stood there and demanded that the teacher find her hair-tie that the child lost.The parent did nothing and said nothing about the way the child spoke to the adult. The parent just said, "Come on (child's name), let's go."
Come on now folks! Who allows their child to speak to an adult like that and not say anything about it afterwards.
I've also encountered sensitive parents who feel that any type of name calling is inappropriate. When their child is upset that he/she had been called a fruit, the parent speaks as though his/her child has been blasted with the world's most severe swear word. A FRUIT!!!!!!!!! Gosh sakes, wake up!!! Your child will encounter worse things in the future than being called a fruit. You cannot always fight their battles for them, nor can you find everything little thing offensive.
*sigh*
I know I may be unprofessional when I speak of bad parenting, because I'm sure that all parents do the best they can with what they have. But its just that I also see great parents out there in which I observe and wish that I had that kind of support and love when I was growing up. And great parents are so vital in shaping your child's behaviour.
Today a parent came to pick up their child, and their child was playing a game. That parent decided to jump right in and join the fun. I watched the faces of those children who were participating and noticed that every child who was there, wished that their own parent was just as engaging. Now folks, that is a great parent. Spend time with your child! Don't just think that as long as you have their basic needs (room & board & food) covered, it doesn't mean that its enough. Its in those moments of time spent with your child(ren) is how your child learns about anything and everything.
Ironically I think that most caregivers do a better job at parenting than the parent themselves. Yes it is a sad realization for me, therefore I am debating with myself if I want to have children. I'm afraid I will turn out to be one of those parent's whom I dislike.
Here's an example: One parent stood there watching and listening to her child as this child stood there and demanded that the teacher find her hair-tie that the child lost.The parent did nothing and said nothing about the way the child spoke to the adult. The parent just said, "Come on (child's name), let's go."
Come on now folks! Who allows their child to speak to an adult like that and not say anything about it afterwards.
I've also encountered sensitive parents who feel that any type of name calling is inappropriate. When their child is upset that he/she had been called a fruit, the parent speaks as though his/her child has been blasted with the world's most severe swear word. A FRUIT!!!!!!!!! Gosh sakes, wake up!!! Your child will encounter worse things in the future than being called a fruit. You cannot always fight their battles for them, nor can you find everything little thing offensive.
*sigh*
I know I may be unprofessional when I speak of bad parenting, because I'm sure that all parents do the best they can with what they have. But its just that I also see great parents out there in which I observe and wish that I had that kind of support and love when I was growing up. And great parents are so vital in shaping your child's behaviour.
Today a parent came to pick up their child, and their child was playing a game. That parent decided to jump right in and join the fun. I watched the faces of those children who were participating and noticed that every child who was there, wished that their own parent was just as engaging. Now folks, that is a great parent. Spend time with your child! Don't just think that as long as you have their basic needs (room & board & food) covered, it doesn't mean that its enough. Its in those moments of time spent with your child(ren) is how your child learns about anything and everything.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Thought of the Day
Just came out of the shower again and again I feel compelled to write something.
I was just thinking about life and my immediate future. I don't like when I do this, but I just feel so much in despair. I feel so stuck in a my rut that I just want to give up on everything. I'm so deathly afraid that I won't find a job for the summer that my insides are shaking in stress.
Whenever I have stress, I think about it so much that I can't take it anymore and I just let it go. But letting go means to forget about it until the next time I feel the need to stress myself out again. Thus the cycle keeps going.
I really don't know what to do. I don't think the "rain" is going to let up.
The weather these past couple of days really mirror my heart. And boy does it hurt!
I was just thinking about life and my immediate future. I don't like when I do this, but I just feel so much in despair. I feel so stuck in a my rut that I just want to give up on everything. I'm so deathly afraid that I won't find a job for the summer that my insides are shaking in stress.
Whenever I have stress, I think about it so much that I can't take it anymore and I just let it go. But letting go means to forget about it until the next time I feel the need to stress myself out again. Thus the cycle keeps going.
I really don't know what to do. I don't think the "rain" is going to let up.
The weather these past couple of days really mirror my heart. And boy does it hurt!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Blog Down
There are times where you want to write something down and there are times where you just write something for the sake of writing something. This site was down for a few days and I had something to write a few days ago.
Now I've forgotten what I wanted to write now that this site is up and working.
Oh I just remembered what I was thinking while I was in the shower.
I was thinking what I would say at my speech for my wedding reception. I've always thought of that moment as where I"ll just be as quiet as possible so that I won't make a fool out of myself.
But tonight I thought of something that I really feel I want to say to everyone attending. I would say something like this:
"I've always thought love would be an easy act to do because I feet like I have so much of it. But I soon realized that love is something that takes a lot of work and sacrifice, even if it comes naturally to you. We had a lot of obstacles in our relationship. Lots of people shaking their heads of disagreement at us; a few friends were lost along the way, and a lot of stress and inappropriate behaviours & actions from fully grown adults. For us to arrive to this point is a testament of what just a little sacrifice can result from. For those who were and still are unbelievers of our sustainability, I hope that you were not invited, but if you are here, I'd like to say that you were wrong and we have overcome your negativity.
I want to thank those of you who have supported us thus far, it is greatly appreciated and would welcome continued support in our marriage. Cause most of you out there know that marriage is a far different ballgame, but we are standing here committed to each other saying that we love each other enough to begin another chapter of our lives.
Thank you to my family and friends who have always been there for me.
Thank you all for being here to witness our love thus far,"
I've been with my boyfriend for about 3.5 years now. We have discussed about being together for the long run, but since we are not financially stable, there is no way we can get married.
I think about marriage all the time. I see most of my friends getting married and I sigh a sigh of wanting the same thing. I even witness people I know who are younger than me getting married..and I sigh a bigger sigh of wanting. I can't really say its jealousy because I am genuinely happy for them.
It would be nice to be married,but its not nice to be married without a stable job.. so I'll have to suck it up and wait.
Now I've forgotten what I wanted to write now that this site is up and working.
Oh I just remembered what I was thinking while I was in the shower.
I was thinking what I would say at my speech for my wedding reception. I've always thought of that moment as where I"ll just be as quiet as possible so that I won't make a fool out of myself.
But tonight I thought of something that I really feel I want to say to everyone attending. I would say something like this:
"I've always thought love would be an easy act to do because I feet like I have so much of it. But I soon realized that love is something that takes a lot of work and sacrifice, even if it comes naturally to you. We had a lot of obstacles in our relationship. Lots of people shaking their heads of disagreement at us; a few friends were lost along the way, and a lot of stress and inappropriate behaviours & actions from fully grown adults. For us to arrive to this point is a testament of what just a little sacrifice can result from. For those who were and still are unbelievers of our sustainability, I hope that you were not invited, but if you are here, I'd like to say that you were wrong and we have overcome your negativity.
I want to thank those of you who have supported us thus far, it is greatly appreciated and would welcome continued support in our marriage. Cause most of you out there know that marriage is a far different ballgame, but we are standing here committed to each other saying that we love each other enough to begin another chapter of our lives.
Thank you to my family and friends who have always been there for me.
Thank you all for being here to witness our love thus far,"
I've been with my boyfriend for about 3.5 years now. We have discussed about being together for the long run, but since we are not financially stable, there is no way we can get married.
I think about marriage all the time. I see most of my friends getting married and I sigh a sigh of wanting the same thing. I even witness people I know who are younger than me getting married..and I sigh a bigger sigh of wanting. I can't really say its jealousy because I am genuinely happy for them.
It would be nice to be married,but its not nice to be married without a stable job.. so I'll have to suck it up and wait.
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