Love is in the air..Happy Valentine's Day

It is that time of that year when love is in the air...this year, Feb 14th St. Valentine's day, "The One" and I had a small, peaceful celebration. We didn't have a big feast outside, instead your humble chef, me, made fried spare rib, mashed potato and creamy mushroom soup (western feast seems to be the way to go when it comes to celebration for us? hehehe)

I also made a DIY magnetic card for "The One". "The One" kept giggling when he read the poem that I wrote (hey, I'm an amateur poet yeah, cant expect too many fanciful words right) although the word 'day' did seems to come up alot in the poem hehehe..didn't occur to me until "The One" read that poem and it sure sound so funny ;)

There u go, the first Valentine's day that "The One" and I spent..

To all the lovers out there (lovers aint just bf-gfs ok, can be anyone you love, friends, family, husband-wife, bro-sis, your children..just basically anyone and everyone you love!), have a wonderful Valentine's day and may all your wishes come trueeeee....)

Cheerios and keep smiling!

With Love from PoohBear

Pictures courtesy from http://www.classiccelebrations.com

Happy Birthday to a Dear Sister

I just want to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dearest sister, Grace...

An elder sister who has always doted on her little sister (me!), have a great birthday today. Although, this year I'm not there to celebrate for you, still, for this birthday, your little sister from miles away, sending you lots of love and hope that all your wishes will come true; many happy returns of the day!

Your Birthdate: February 10

You don't just believe in love at first site - you've experienced it. You develop crushes pretty easily, but keeping your interest is another matter! You are very prone to love - hate relationships. Number of True Loves You'll Have: 2 Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 2 You are most compatible with people born on the 1st, 10th, 19th, and 28th of the month.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean For Your Love Life?

Cheerios and keep smiling!
With Love from PoohBear

A Taste of TRUE Canada Winter

The other day, "The One" and I were out running some errands and decided to drop in the Coffee Time Cafe for some warm beverages. We looked out of the windows and could see people running across the street to the bus stand. Their faces were so RED (look as if 'sun burnt' but it must be the cold air "blasting" on the skin that it felt like 'frost bites'), some of them actually ran into the Coffee Time Cafe to avoid the cold wind, got a hot drink and when they saw their bus arriving, rushed out again to hop onto the bus. Other than the freezing cold, another thing that I absoultely HATE is the static electricity felt every where (on the door knobs, sink taps, sink, laptop, fridge...) and I mean almost everywhere even when "The One" and I touch each other, sometimes we get 'shocked' with this static electric..I got so 'fearful' of these statics that I always try to remember to use a cloth or my tshirt to first 'tap' on those surfaces to 'remove' those nasty static electricity before I proceed to do what I need to! (anyone has a better idea how to 'get rid' of those static electricity???)

Anyway, it seems like the Canada winter has finally showed its true colour to me after a mild start to the season. For the past weeks, temperature in Toronto has been in the -10 to -16oC ranges and with the windchill factors (taking into consideration the wind strength) the temperatures have felt like -23oC to -28oC. In some other parts of Canada, the temperatures with the windchill factors have even gone down to -46oC! BRRRRRR....


Freezing Rain on Tree & Close up on branches
Photos Courtesy of Khalid

Some time back, I read somewhere in a 24Hours magazine that said, "Canada is the second coldest country in the world", makes me wonder where is the coldest country in the world? After a little googling on my favourite search engine Google the answer is...RUSSIA. The average annual temp in Russia is -5.5oC! Verkhoyansk, in north-central Siberia of Russia is the coldest place on the planet.

Hopefully the windchill will pass soon, for if not, I think me, the summer girl is going into hibernation for the coming few days! Hahaha


Cheerios and keep Smiling!
With Love from PoohBear

Groundhog Day

Feb 2nd is the official "Ground Hog Day". Ground hog (photo on left) is an animal that hibernates in the winter and its emergence from the ground symbolized the arrival of spring. It is said that if the Ground hog emerges from his burrow and 'see his shadow', he will go back to his burrow and stay in for another six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't 'see his shadow', then he will remain outside because he knows spring will arrive early.

Photo courtesy from Matt

There's even a movie with the same name titled 'Groundhog Day' starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. Murray played an egocentric TV weatherman, Phil Connors who was send to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney with his producer Rita, (played by MacDowell) and a cameraman, finds himself repeating the same day over and over again. In the repetition of that day, he starts to reexamine his life and priorities. Its a pretty humorous and interesting movie but can get a little draggy at time. I'll rate this movie 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

P/S: In reality, there is a famous Groundhog in Punxsutawney known as Punxsutawney Phil who has been predicting the weather for over 120 years! There's even an official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club...

Looking forward to Spring!

Cheerios and keep Smiling!
With Love from PoohBear