Chinese food and mall

More Chinese food, more shopping malls. That recently opened Chinese restaurant in Richmond right next to Yaohan Center looks nothing but Chinese. Apparently it's owned by a Shanghai tycoon. The food is really good. A bit expensive, though.
My cousin prefers shopping over sightseeing. She's been successful in finding good deals like $10 jeans. I, on the other hand, haven't been as lucky. Oh well, I've bought 3 shirts and a jacket for $10 each before she came, so it's even.

Full day

After yesterday's rest, it's back to a full day out today. We had Chinese food for both lunch and dinner thanks to my uncle... He's quite pushy in terms of food. (Well, the food was good so it worked out fine.)
More shopping at Metrotown after lunch. Richmond night market after dinner. Only one lane was open at the end of the Knight Street bridge. There was some kind of construction.
The weather is still fluctuating so my back is still whinny. Not as bad as yesterday, though.

Mall

Shopping at Metrotown. Stayed home for both lunch and dinner to clean up all the leftovers from previous days. My cousin's daughter got up at around 6AM and left at 6:30. There's no way I can get up that early so I said bye the night before.

The weather's bad again and my body's reacting. To think of it, our guests saw the worst of me on Wednesday and Thursday. I was grumpy like hell from the aches. Lost all smile. Sigh... (T_T) Hope they understand. I did explain, but most people say they understand while they actually don't.

Very tired. The weather suck all the energy out of me. Already napped on and off for over an hour at my desk. Looks like I'll be going to bed early.

A break

Feel much better than yesterday. The headache is 90% gone.
My cousin's daughter leaves tomorrow, so today's her last day. My cousin stays for another week. We had lunch at the Congee and Noodle House. (Oops, forgot to take a Pinky picture.) Original plan was to spend the afternoon at Metrotown, but we ended up staying home and cook. (Not me, I can't cook.)
The photo is a house construction site next block.

Headache

Grrr... missed the date stamp.
Yesterday's headache was gone when I woke up, but came back by the time I left the house. I've never had one this bad. (Besides migraine.)

It's harsh to eat out everyday. All of us over ate. So today we had a light lunch at home. Then I dragged our guests to my weekly chiropractor appointment, so that we can make it to the Japanese restaurant in time. My parents were invited by default, but mom rather take a nap. It was only the 3 of us.

That restaurant neither take reservation nor provide take-out. They open at 5PM. People start lining up at 4:30. We got there at 4:40 and were the second in line. Food is excellent as always. Apparently Ajisai's chirashi tastes better. One of these days I'm gonna try Toshi's chirashi.

Granville Island

Telus came to fix our noisy phone and took about 1.5 hour. We failed at every check point. (e.g. not all the phones use filter, broken hook on the jack, loose wire in the fuse box.) He finally had to check the street box a few blocks away. Turn out the problem was with the head office. He asked for a reset, and our phone has been working fine since (so far).
Today is basically a make up for yesterday. Both Ajisai and Granville Island were closed. (Well, the later was closed to cars when we got there. Pedestrians were fine.) Ajisai is a must-go, and their chirashi is a must-eat. The dehydration headache kicked in at Granville Island, so I only took a few pictures.

Then we went to La Casa Gelato (AKA International Ice-cream Factory) and then went home after picking up some fruit in my neighborhood. My headache exploded. But we had to visit my brother at his place. I only managed to down a mug of water and a little bit of water melon. Had Chinese food (again) for dinner. Shanghai to be exact. 2 huge glasses of water helped. However, the pounding headache came back when I got home, and it's still here as I'm typing this. (T_T) I'm not sure if it's purely dehydration, or the weather. Probably a combination of both. It rained like a huge earthquake is coming or something. I'm feeling like a cat being picked up by grabbing the back of its neck. (T_T)
My cousin's daughter has been doing all the driving since they arrived. She's reached her energy limit too. I can't help because it's a rental car. I'm not registered as a driver. And the lack of A/C in my car is the other reason.

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day!
Chinese food for lunch (again). Tried to go to Granville Island but traffic was impossible. By the time we got to the entrance, the island was closed and no more cars were allowed in, and we had to leave. (Booooo!)
So we went to Chinatown instead, which was very quiet. (Strange.) The tofu pudding was good. Then we stopped by Gas Town, only to find out the steam clock's broken. It's stuck on 4:55 and never blows steam. Sigh... Nevertheless, my cousin bought some souvenirs. Then we head off to one of my favorite Japanese restaurant in Kerrisdale. Aaaargh!!! They were closed!!!! OK I kind of suspected that and phoned this morning. No one answered but it was before 11. They may not have opened that early. Turns out they do take today off. Sigh... We ended up eating at a nearby Hong Kong style cafe restaurant. Luckily the food was surprising good.