Usher & Akon Concert

Yeah yeah I was done the spring semester but I was waiting on something to happen so I could declare my Summer kickoff. My summer kicked off the night I attended Usher & Akon's concert and did I just enjoy myself.Akon did put up a good show,set the mood right though I was ready for the big act already. Akon unleashed some dance moves there and he was good I must say. What a way to kickoff my 2011 summer and I look forward to more summer happenings.

Akon with his Scottish clad friend/backup singer/u name it

Magnum Ice Cream

So the other day it was a bit on the warm side and that was my cue to have an ice cream.I'm not a big fan of ice cream meaning I don't usually have it. There was a wide variety but I decided on having the Magnum Almond ice cream and believe me I did not regret my choice. I liked all the almonds ,the vanilla and chocolate effect of the ice cream. The vanilla just tastes so good melting in your mouth,the chocolate melts away and I just enjoyed my ice cream.

So I told a friend to try it and he loved the almond one too then I found out another friend tried the Caramel one and she loved it too.But we all got a slight problem this Magnum brand is not found in many grocery stores,I'm sure the corner stores/convinience carry them at a higher price and grocery pricesmight be good on many pples pockets.

Don't let summer end before you try out this new brand on the market...

Easy Bread Pudding Recipe

I have been doing trial and error on my bread pudding recipe and today I nailed it.Yeap I nailed it and realized my recipe was missing one ingredient.Well with the help of my friend/taster that ingredient was pudding and it sure changed the whole bread pudding taste.

So if you want to make a tasty or rather a mean bread pudding here are the ingredients:
-Eggs
-Milk
-Caramel pudding
-Left over bread
-Butter

1.Preheat oven to 350,put on Bake
2.Heat butter,mix milk and caramel pudding and eggs
3.Cut bread into halves
4.In a casserole dish place bread halves and pour mixture over bread halves
Bake for 30minutes and serve as desired

Chow Mein Chicken Fried Rice

When you get home and just feel tired and all you want to do is rest here's a meal you can prepare in a short time and enjoy it too. Its way healthier than ordering a box of pizza and leaves one with an opportunity to experiment in the kitchen. I always have the same chicken fried rice with some greens to accompany my meal but the other day I decided to add chow mein noodles to the meal.

Here are the steps to follow:
-Cut chicken into cubes and fry till it browns
-Fry onions with chicken to incorporate flavor
-In a different pot boil your choice of vegetables,boil rice in a separate pot
-When all is ready boil chow mein noodle for 3-5minutes
-In a large pot mix greens,chicken,rice and noodles together. Add soy sauce too.
 Meal is ready to serve.. Yo can also add cashew nuts if you like.

Pearl Fever Tea House

Drink lovers might somehow get a hint what this is all about but to those that do not Pearl Fever is my favorite bubble tea place. Yeah yeah, theres the whole sugar or calories to think about but who can pass over such a refreshing drink with your choice of either have pearl or coconut/mango jelly to their drinks. Pearl Fever is located in different areas in and around Vancouver UBC , SFU campus and Coquitlam Zone Entertainment to name a few. I think they should open one somewhere close to the downtown area seeing I have to travel all the way to Coquitlam for a dosage of a good bubble tea drink. I’m not really a fan of smoothie drinks but my friends always have smoothies and they more than enjoy the drinks. Oh,  one is able to customize their drinks to their likes though you pay extra for that. Hey Pearl Fever doesn’t just specialize in drinks it also sells delicious cheesecakes, I was never a fan of cheesecakes maybe because the ones I always tried were not so good but once I tried the Pearl Fever ones I haven’t gone back on my cheesecake intake. Well once in a while you got to treat yourself to some of the good things in life and forget about the whole calories intake.

Pineapple Honeydew with Pearls

Pearl Fever is just elegantly designed such that one feels at home just to relax and chill with a couple of friends.

As summer approaches I’m pretty sure you might want a refreshing drink someday ,you can just pop in to one of Pearl Fever locations and enjoy yourself .I promise you won’t regret it.

Depending on which location you visit you might be lucky to get 15% discount on your drink (Monday-Thursday)

http://www.pearlfever.ca/

Shoe Dazzle

A Kim Kardashian inspired shoe website:

So this website (www.shoedazzle.com) one has to sign in go through a sort of questionairre and every now and again you get set shoe selections that fit your fashion taste. Once you have ordered it takes a maximum of two weeks for the shoes to be delivered to your Canadian address. For your first time purchase you get a 20% off.So every pair of shoe is $39.95 bringing it to $31.96 .NO HST. with an added shipping and handling.

 The shoes are just so comfortable,classy and worth it.

All you shoe lovers this site is worth a visit. Get onto it and tell me what you think

www.shoedazzle.com

African Attire Design 1

As promised earlier on when i started blogging ,I managed to have pictures taken of an outfit I like and hoping you would like. This is a skirt and top combination and one can wear with or without the headgear whichever is your preference. The black and white combination is not so difficult to accessorize to and to top off the whole outfit a heel to go along with it says it all.

Front view

This dress can be worn to any African function,church or wedding ceremony.This attire is not body hugging and one can always move or dance freely in it.

Tying the headgear is not so difficult oo,just follow what feels comfortable to your head and you will definately love the whole whole.

Shoes Shoes Shoes

As the days get longer the skirts get shorter and out come the wedges. I found these chuute wedges online at a good price too.

 

Gidget Wedge Sandal in Teal-$29.99

http://www.beyondtherack.com/event/sku/17358/MICGIDGETTL?filter[size]=&sortBy=

I have a weakness for these Michael Antonio shoes coz they are really comfortable and pretty too.I like the teal wedges more.

you can join beyondtherack for free and see more of the deals they have

http://www.beyondtherack.com/member/invite/B528A9B1

Cinco de Mayo Celebrations

Cinco de Mayo is an Mexican Independence party meaning people come together have fun and rejoice the freedom and liberty they have. What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo sipping on a margarita and having some Mexican dish.  Of course it would have been better if Mother Nature had given us some sunshine to topple up the celebrations.

Join in some of the fun downtown,let lose summer is around the corner.

Here are some links of stuff happening around Vancouver:

http://www.thepubcrawl.ca/

http://scoutmagazine.ca/2011/05/04/goods-latin-flavoured-latitude-to-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-on-the-east-side/

HAVE FUN

Loving My Skirts

Another sunny day it was in Vancouver which meant I could wear my skirt,short sleeve top and not worry about a jacket at all. Good thing more of these sunny days come during the weekend such that after church service I can be up and about and not worry about getting wet from the rain or anything. I'm loving my new hairstyle btw courtesy of Miss Gretta.

 Top-Dynamite
Skirt-Some random store in Metrotown Mall
Shoes-Winners

I enjoy my sunny Sundays so much or rather any given Sunday.

{I'm still tryna play around and figure out Photoscape} liking the effects its giving to the pictures.

Big Brother Africa Is Back

Big Brother Africa is back, a total of 26 contestants from different parts of Africa managed to get selected.I managed to watch a few clips of their first day, an interesting lot they have their and I can't wait to see what all the housemates have down their sleeves. A snippet showed us how Vimbai can speak five different accents in a day, the other girl (will try and figure out her name in due time) has some bossy side to her,one other light complexion girl looks laid back. I will try and keep you updated on more of these housemates and see them unleash their personalities/characters to a whole bunch of people.

May the best contestant win.

Hope the best contestant lures the audience and gets more votes.

Dinner & Dessert

(Brown rice,mixed veggies,chicken & fried plaintains )   (Bread pudding Casserole)

hehe decided to cook a lil' bit of this and that and try out the plaintain( after trying it out at a friend's place).I also remembered how I used to enjoy bread pudding in boarding school so thought of preparing it in my small kitchen.I prepared brown rice and steamed mixed veggies to accompany the plaintains and I certainly enjoyed myself. For the bread pudding I mixed milk and sugar together in a bowl,cut slices of bread into four,layered the bread in a casserole dish ,poured the milk and sugar mixture together and continued layering tll the casserole was full.Placed the casserole into the oven for 35minutes. Let it cool for a bit and again I enjoyed my dessert.

Plaintains can be purchased at Superstore and most African grocery stores.