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Wednesday, December 31
chapalang update 12:55 AMI'm on the go right now, aboard the AmTrak Rail from Niagara Falls (US side) to New York City. It's going to be a rocky 9-hr ride, and I figured I should get back in touch with my diligent blogging. Haha.. I've been seriously lacking sleep the past 10 days, making sure photos are uploaded and people are updated. So much so that my friends've affectionately referred to me as the Tamagotchi - I can sleep anytime anywhere I want - bus stops, restaurants, any random chair while waiting for people, even for just 5 min! Heh.
Still, I'm kinda glad I'd kept to the "discipline" of doing these things; the inertia to start would be even greater after I return home (just look at Luyi, haha). But really, on top of that I do also believe in a better appreciation of my travel experiences when I relive them in fresh memory, logging my adventures while simultaneously embarking on my journeys. And I'm still meticulously keeping track of my daily expenditures k, even after 4 months! *beams* Fortunately I can survive on little sleep and am quite good at remembering things la, haha.
So well, I stopped at Boxing Day in Toronto, but there really isn't much to talk about our last day in the city. We'd visited a few random places, so here's a log of the chapalang things we'd seen and done. I guess this is more of a recovery and disclaimer post; haha, as well as a pit-stop to re-adjust my thoughts (instead of mere reporting what I've done) before I set foot on the really-final few days of my exchange journey.
27 Dec - Last day in Toronto
St Lawrence Market, one of Toronto's oldest and most historic places to visit
Yet another historic site of interest - the Distillery District featuring the city's finest breweries
SOMA chocolate maker, a must-visit for chocoholics! Said to be one of the best choc makers in the world, SOMA features both gourmet and "normal" chocs at their best (and atas prices), heh. :)
One of Toronto's best attractions..! To the right is the very delicious hot choc I've gotten for Vicki - so glad to have come to SOMA and not settled for some random Christmasey hot choc mix for my best friend, heh.
Interesting stuff - a German Schnauzer with winter boots, and a duh pedestrian-crossing sign. Check out the last part - "If flashing, do not start. Finish crossing if already started." (!?)
We re-visited Chinatown in the evening, I finally had my first bubble tea in 4 months! Couldn't resist la, the shop played Chinese songs and even screened some Taiwanese variety show, heh. And then I couldn't help but take a pic of the bittergourds I saw at some market, I miss bittergourd-egg so much! Bleah. :(
Dinner that day was the best thus far in Toronto, we headed to a Lonely Planet-recommended Rice Bar, where we created customized rice bowls by selecting our grain type, protein, sauce and garnish of choice. Quite an infusion cuisine I guess, though we selected ingredients that'd seemed more Asian than Western, heh. Beats me why I didn't take a photo of the rice bowls, but of the yummy desserts instead! :)
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