In and Around Ontario

Downtown Toronto:

Dundas Square: (You can click on the picture to view zoom in)

An impressive live band performance at the Square. The double decker sight-seeing bus (hop-in,hop-off) is now out. I have inquired at the information booth, a ticket costs $36 valid for a week. It is still a little cool for me to take such ride, will wait for few more weeks. There are so many things to do here during the summer, looking forward to it.

still at the Square
pretty tulips at the College Park

The Sony Center of Performing Arts: http://www.sonycentre.ca/

Where we live is surrounded by 'The St. Lawrence Center for the Arts', the 'Sony Center of Performing Arts' and the Opera Theater.

It was too late when I learned that a Filipino artist Gary Valenciano was having a concert at the Sony Center on April 26 at 7pm. It was April 26 morning when I switched to the 'Filipino Eh! program that I learned about the concert. So, I quickly browsed through the website if there's still available tickets. I know it was too late to hunt for tickets but I tried my luck. We went down to the box office but unfortunately it was already closed. Tough luck! I missed the opportunity.

CanadaOne Factory Outlet in Niagara Falls: http://www.canadaoneoutlets.com/store-list.asp

We came here the previous weekend to shop for spring/summer clothes. Being a Sunday, the place was not so crowded. We scanned through some shops but not all. I think it's a good place to shop. Just one thing I didn't like there, the washroom. It was not well kept at all, it stinks and toilet papers litter around. There's a small food court 'Burger King' in the area but if one needs otherwise, restaurants are just few minutes drive from this place.

The Brandt in Mississauga : http://www.brandtmeats.com/

Looking for a very good European/German deli products? Well, this is the place to be. One of Herbert's friends has recommended this place to us. It is about 25 minutes drive from downtown Toronto but certainly worth the drive. When we got into the shop, we felt like we were in Germany. We found pretty much everything we wanted.

Asian Shop in Downtown Toronto: http://www.tnt-supermarket.com/inside/inside-e.php

We used to drive 40 minutes to Mississauga to shop for Asian food but now, not anymore. Herbert discovered this shop while driving from his work place back to our apartment. It is a big relief for us as we can save a lot of time. The line of products here is not very different from those ones in Mississauga. Of course, one can shop as well in the China Town in Spadina but we find those stores very dirty, crowded and noisy. This is way more convenient than than those ones in China Town.

Brampton:

On the first week of May, we were invited to the birthdy party of my friends' (Lovely & Edward) daughter Trisha. It was a nice time to get together again and most of all endulge ourselves with Filipino food. The weather was fair then so we had the luxury to have a BBQ at their garden. On our way there, we picked-up a friend Maricel at the North York. We spent the whole afternoon literally eating. In addition to the food Lovely prepared, our friend Zeny brought our favorite delicacies 'ginataang bilo-bilo' and 'cassava cake'. That was delicious! While the girls were busy playing around, we kept ourselves busy with the food, talking about anything we could possibly think, dancing and throwing jokes at each other. We didn't even realise that it was past 10pm and we were still sitting around the table. Time really flies so quick when we are having fun.