Thursday, 26 April 2012

  • Wired

    So here's my new hobby lol...
    latte art.




    My first attempt, a bear.



    Second one, its' a lion!


    All day at work, I was thinking..
    PLEASEEEEEEE,
    SOMEONE TELL ME THEY WANT A LATTE!
    I WANNA MAKE A LATTE!
    LATTE
    LATTE
    LATTE
    YOU WANT A LATTE?!
    YOU DO?!?!
    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
    I'M MAKING A LATTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    This is what happens, when you make your
    first two attempts at latte art, and drink both
    of them one after another.

    I need to lay off the lattes tomorrow lol,
    or at least limit myself to only one latte a day.

    BUT IT'S SOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!!



    My face today.

    I made a lot of latte 'hearts' but looked like asses lol.
    Damn latte art is not easy.

    I'm gonna need some help to fall asleep tonight.
    Cough syrup or beer?




Monday, 27 February 2012

  • WEEE!!!


    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU
    WHO SHARED MY
    VIDEO ON YOUR FACEBOOK!

    I posted my Fruit Ninja Cake Video on my FB and within minutes,
    you guys posted it onto yours, thank you x 9992382!
    I tweeted it linking Fruit Ninja's official twitter account, and they posted it onto
    their official Facebook page!

    I'm so freaking happy right now!  I just got an offer by another game app to
    make a time lapse cake video for them! I am soooooo super hasfjasjfdl happy!!!
    I can't wait til I make a cake video for them!

    WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

    Here's my second time lapse cake video!
    I hope you guys like it... took a lot out of me to put this video out.
    So glad it's finally done! There really isn't enough hours in a day for me.
    (Those of you on my PP list would know, literally no sleep the past 2 weeks!)

    ANYWAYS, here it is! HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT!





    Alright, that's all for now, I'll find the time to update soon!

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

  • Belated NYE pix

    Hey guys, I'm a month late, but here are the NYE pictures from Chan's house party!

    I made plans to go at the very last minute and I am SO GLAD I went!
    (Even with my ugly terminator eye!)
    I couldn't have asked for a better group of roomies, a better group of friends,
    a better meet.. couldn't have asked for a better NYE!
    I came back and got teased a bit for flying out to a meet,
    Are you effing kidding me?!? It was one of the coolest things I've done!
    I got to meet a group of amazing people, I would do it again in a heartbeat.
    I had such a wonderful time, any other Xanga meets,
    Let me know cause I'm in!

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    Anyways, here are the photos from my camera, I also stole some from facebook,
    I tried to grab the ones that others haven't posted on Xanga before and ones that I like.

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    Anyways, I have no idea what is wrong with my weblog editor right now, so I don't know how to
    change the order of the photos or provide any captions, SORRY!

    To everyone I met in DC, thank you for a wonderful time, I heart each and everyone of you guys!!
    You guys showed me the map of America lol, Reddit.com, how to use Xanga,
    how to use Facebook, memes, what protected posts are, the angry pirate, a taser, Jackass 3...
    thank you so much, I got my Xanga blogging bug back!

    I hope to see you guys again really soon!

    All those who teased me about going, you guys are just jearous!

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Friday, 27 January 2012

  • WTF POF

     

      

    My friend took a screenshot of this and sent it to me on Facebook today...

    Something look familiar here?


    I told the bf about this and he said,
    "Maybe it's another asian girl with long hair like you."

    No, I'm 100% sure that's me!!! LOL

    What the fack Plenty Of Fish......

    So are you guys gonna forward me the "thousands of rich men" applicants interested
    in the girl in that ad?????

    Kinda pissed, but got a good laugh out of it.

    This is why 90% of my Facebook photo albums are private!


Monday, 16 January 2012

  • Real

    I had some youtubers 'jokingly' ask me if I'm real.  I asked them,

     "What does that mean? Why wouldn't I be real?"
     
    One of them said it's suspicious that I started my Youtube a month ago, and uploaded a few cake videos in one day,
    and there's a lot of fake profiles on Youtube.
      The other guy told me how it's so easy to steal someone's
    identity online.


    Well, my old Youtube was Joweelo (Joey Lo), but I wanted to change my name to match my blogspot name. 
    So I deleted all my cake videos that were there but I kept the Joanna_said_So video there.  I uploaded all my cake videos to
    CakesbyJoannaLo then I changed my mind on the name (yes, I should've planned this out better!) since there's
    already several CakesbyJoanna from around the world... so  I started a new Youtube again, the name is
    TheCakingGirl (It's final!) and I stayed up til 4am uploading all the videos in one day (yes, I have very slow internet!). 


    I also have brown hair in my Youtube profile pic, but my hair is black now.... I swear, I'm real!

    Oh, and my name is Joanna, but I go by Joey. The only people who calls me Joanna are my coworkers.
    So Joey on my social media profiles and Joanna on my Facebook and Twitter.. I'm real! I swear!







    There, it's on this blog. It's me! I didn't steal my own identity.


Thursday, 12 January 2012

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

  • Vancouver, Victoria, Banff, Whistler, Calgary (Photos!)



    BC is blessed with breathtaking landscapes,  here are my long overdue trip photos!



    British Columbia, here we come! :)

      



    flew to Vancouver!



    At some seafood market




      



    Shangri-La Hotel, my friend's bf hooked me up with a free voucher!!
    It was a one bedroom suite, so we let my parents stay there, the rest of us
    stayed at my sister's place.

    The suite was gorgeous!

     




    The little balcony



     




      






        



    My first Japadog experience!! OMG it was to die for...

      








    Lots of yummy Jap restaurants in Vancouver downtown.


     
                  
     My sister made us a home cooked meal.

     

    $0.99 oyster special! We had three rounds! Seafood in Van tastes sooo much better.



     

    First time trying Beard Papa cream puffs.


     

    Went to The Market (that's the name of the market), and found purple peppers.








    Also found yellow tomatoes.

      



    ..then took the ferry to Victoria!







     







      









      

    Gas Town in Vancouver down town.








     



     

     

    .. drove 3+ hours to Whistler



    Saw a moose on our way to Whistler, this thing was as big as a car!










    Our cottage in Whistler.

     

     

     



    We stayed at the Snowbird Resort.


      

    Whistler's main village.







    I wanted to sit on the Olympic circle to take a pic, didn't happen.




    Took a tree trekking hike, our tour guide didn't wear any socks lol.
     

      

    Main village.                                   The view from our cottage.










    2010 Olympic Luge track.




     

    We took a jeep tour up to the mountains.






    6000 ft. high.



    Finally made it to the top, I was getting really car sick.










    Blue Jay on our balcony.

     
    ..then flew to Calgary!



    I thought this was cool! Made for girls with stilettos.


     

    Downtown Calgary on a Sunday......... it was a ghost town lol.



    Empty..... we didn't see a single person!




    Empty.




    Empty.




    Visited Stephen Avenue, one of their tourist attractions.








    The Saddle Dome.















    We only stayed for one day. There wasn't much to do there.


     .. drove 3+ hours to Lake Louise





    Icy roads!!




    About 6 cars and trucks slid off the road and needed assistance.







    We weren't prepared for the 4 inch snow! Our socks and sneakers were soaked.




    Lake Louise, it's an hour away from Banff.










    Freezing is an understatement, froze my tush off.





      




    ..then drove an hour to Banff and stayed for the
    remainder of our trip.





    Banff's main village.







    Our little loft style cottage.




     


    Lake something.. forgot the name lol.










    Trying buffalo meat. I didn't like it.



    Ourdoor hot tubs, it was -25'c outside! Our bodies were warm,
    but our head was frozen lol. We only went in for 5 minutes to take a photo.




    Deer sitings.

     







     

    Paper made from Moose poop.




    Taking the Gondola up to the mountain top.



     



     

     









     

    Look Ma! No railing!






       

                                                                             This was taken at the top in front of the light house!


     
     
    The trip was perfect, I had my blackberry off almost the entire time,
    I was with my family, my top 8, I had no reason to pick up any calls hehe.
    I would love to snowboard in BC the next time I visit.


    That's all for now, I'll upload NYE pictures soon!

     

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Saturday, 17 December 2011

  • "POW WOW!" (pictures and video!)



    I made a Manitobah Mukluks cake for their POW WOW event last month.
    Fittingly held at The Bata Show Museum, the event showcased their new Fall and Winter line. 
    There was food, an awesome DJ, live performances, drinks, photobooth.. and of course.. CAKE!

    The event was hosted by Waneek Horn-Miller, a Canadian Olympian.
    It was also her birthday so they wanted to surprise her with a Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot cake.


    Here are some photos from the event:


                   
                 
    Olympian, Waneek Horn-Miller                           Yummy foods!



        
                       Some of the Mukluks                                                  Music by A Tribe Called Red


         
    held at The Bata Show Museum                  my date and I             Waneek holding a piece of my cake!




    They requested for a
    Limited Edition Annie McKay Mukluks storyboot cake.

         



    My cake :)

     




    Side by side


        

    Storyboots                                               Storyboots cake




    Here's a video, more pictures and the making of the cake:





    I got to the party a bit late and they had already cut the cake.
    I was really hoping to be there to take pictures of her cutting it.

    She went back for a second piece of cake and I asked her if she liked it,
    she said it was awesome and how much she loved it,
    and I told her I'm glad you do cause I MADE IT!
    ,
    All her friends gave me a high 5 and she gave me a huge hug.
    Nothing's more rewarding than seeing ppl's reaction when they see my cakes .



    The best part of the day...

    I had to take my mom to the doctor's that day scheduled at 3:30pm.  The cake had to be
    delivered to downtown by 2:30pm so I just had my mom come with me instead of driving
    back and forth. I moved out a few years ago, she knew I started making cakes, but had no
    idea what I really do with these cakes I made.  She had only seen maybe.. five of my cakes at most.
     This was her first time seeing one of my large size custom cakes, and delivering a cake with me. 
    She came into the museum and asked me why did the museum ask me to make them a cake lol. 
    She saw the event and  museum ppl's reactions. I think my mom realized my passion for making
     custom cakes and  told me some very encouraging words after.


    My mom was very proud of me .





Monday, 05 December 2011

  • nipple ring

    I'm an ECE teacher and I've been working with my class since the summer. 
    The majority of my kids are black.. and I have a strange curiosity/obsession about doing their hair.

    I wanna braid it so badly lol. 

    Most Monday mornings they come in with new hairdos, and they tell me how it takes hours.. and you have to add some cream in.. and it's hard to comb through.. etc.

     
    It's ironic how my kids always play with my hair at work.
    It's cute seeing them try to braid my hair and have it stay that way without a hair tie haha!

    I watched
    one of my coworkers do a kid's hair at work over the summer,
    AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO TRY IT SINCE!


     I have trouble french braiding my kind of hair, it's too slippery for my fingers and I have no patience for it. 



    SLIPPERY!


    My coworkers told me that braiding black hair is a lot easier because it'll stay once you braid it in.
    It'll stay and your fingers don't need a death grip to make sure it's tight, once you braid it, it's there and doesn't come undone.  They don't need gel or hair ties.

    Ooh, that sounds easy, I can do it!

    I WANNA BRAID THEIR HAIR SO BADLY!


    ANYWAYS...

    So today, one of my kids came in with the top half of her head NOT DONE!
    The bottom of her head had braids and the top was just in a poofy pony tail.
    OOOhhh the temptations lol.

    So after lunch is nap time..

    She's asleep....

    OOOOHHHHHHHHH THE TEMPTATIONS!!!

    So I convinced myself,
    If I do the rest of her hair, I'm helping her mom out by saving her time to do it later on at home,

    ALRIGHT! I'M GONNA BRAID HER HAIR!

    It'll be easy peasy lemon squeezy.

    So I'm working with the top half of her head... if you draw a rainbow from ear to ear,
    that's what I had to work with.

    OOHHHH I WAS EXCITED!

    I divided that into 5 sections...

    ..and each section, I just started braiding.

    So my coworkers were right, it was easier braiding this kind of hair, cause it'll stay once I braid it
    and doesn't come undone. I can see why they don't need gel.

    So when I was done the 5 braids on her head.........
    Hmmm.. doesn't look quite right..........




    I didn't take a picture of it.
    So let me try to describe it.

    The 5 braids on top of her head were sticking straight up.
    Kinda looked like a hand with 5 fingers.....
    or a sun with 5 sun rays only on the top half.......
    or an electrocuted cartoon character.....



    It was a little wavy... pointing away from her head......

    What it really reminded me of.....

    was Janet Jackson's nipple ring at the superbowl.








    So my student kinda looked like this............





    Except she wasn't smiling.. she was still sleeping...




    SIGH.

    It's not easy.
    Who said it was easy!
    I WAS EXPECTING IT TO LOOK REALLY GOOD! What happened!

    So that was the end of my dream of braiding a black person's hair.
    Kudos to all the moms who do my kids' hair on the weekends.
    It's WAY harder than it seems!

    So one thing I learned was that they don't need gel cause the hair will stay
    which ever way you pull it while braiding it.
    I was pulling it straight up when I was doing the 5 braids...
    So......
    The nipple ring style it was.


Wednesday, 16 November 2011

  • Wall-less







    My living room. Ppl always laugh when I tell them,
    "I wish my living room had walls, I wanna put some pictures or my paintings up."

     Do you get it now? It's not funny, I really don't have any walls!



    Edit: Yes, I know it's a great view..

    but the cons!

    -no insulated walls = freezing cold in the winter
    Toronto's lowest last year was -30'c

    -greenhouse effect = really hot and stuffy in the summer time

    -too many windows to clean

    -I have the old school plasma tv, not the LCD kind, so glare on my tv from 1pm to 5pm,
     (to 8pm in the summer lol)

    -my mom gave me a big pot of aloe plant and I placed it on my balcony, I watered it everyday..
    but less than a week the plant dried up (or I should say FRIED), I don't have railings on my balcony
    it's glass panels, and I placed the plant right in the corner, I thought okay I think the sun + glass
    fried my plant like how people start a fire with a magnifying glass. I'm probably wrong but
    ever since then I don't sit in my living room during the day, I have a fear of tanning and
    eventually frying. Okay now you can laugh, a little.



Wednesday, 09 November 2011

  • My 1st Cake Video!

    kay, here's my first cake video! I've taken photos of the decorating process for some of
    my cakes and made it into a video as many of you have suggested, took me a while but I did it!

    Video editing is really not my thing, I had to bug many of you
    for tips in the past, thank you for all the help!

    Adobe Premiere looks like a spaceship panel, I think my eyes are permanently smaller from
     all the squinting, those iddy biddy buttons.
    I actually had to cheat by making parts of it with Window's Movie Maker and Youtube's video editing first lol.
    I have several bald spots on my head now after making this video.  I hope you guys like it lol.

    Okay, so here's my first video.. please be kind!





    Ta da.........

    Okay, lemme know what you think.

Monday, 31 October 2011

  • Where are you?

    I had a friend from elementry school, his name is Michael Sui.  He was one of my best friends.  I've been looking for him ever since I used Friendster from 2004. Once in a while I'll search for him on Facebook and Google but with no luck...

    Sometimes I wonder where he is now and what he's been up to all these years.

    I would love to get in touch with him and hang out. 

     

    Is there someone from the past you'd love to get in touch with? 

    Or someone you've tried looking for online but with no luck?

     

    Michael moved in grade 5 and that was the last time I saw him. The last I heard of him was in grade 10, when a highschool friend randomly added him on ICQ chat, when my friend told him which highschool she went to, he asked if by any chance there was a Joanna Lo there... she then asked me the next day if I'm the Joanna Lo who attended the same elementry school as Michael Sui.  I asked her to send me his ICQ number but she had lost it before she copied it down for me.  It's nice to know he still remembers me.:)

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