Pants

Just now, as usual, I went to check on dad to make sure he flushes the toilet. He was sitting on the toilet naked from waist down. I asked him if he's wet his pants, he said yes. And there's a trail of drips on the floor. (T_T) BTW he doesn't close the door when he goes to washroom. Gross...

(Photo was taken last July and unrelated to subject. Forgot which mall I took it at.)

Kirkland: European Cookies

(Yes, this is another stocked up review.)
Mom gave aunt C a salmon for birthday and she gave us back this huge can of cookies. Actually, with almost everything covered in chocolate, I'm not sure if this is more like candy than cookies.

Some of them has that white powdery separation of fat on the surface. I wonder how old this is. Unfortunately the outer wrapping with the expiry date has been discarded. The other hint is the current form of this product at Costco uses a brown can and in a different (slanted leaf) shape. Oh well...

Half of them taste like wax. The chocolate-covered wafers are definitely stale. The other half is OK. All of them are too sweet. Looks like those with more cookie than chocolate taste the best.

Updated 2010 Mar 6th.

Got the same thing from sis-in-law for Chinese new year. Oh yes, this can has a better (more current) shape. And the cookies, much, much, much better than the one from aunt C. However, they're still a bit too sweet for my liking. And, very fattening. Not addictive but still dangerous as it's so easy to pop one in your mouth when you're near the can.

Wrapping out

Wrapping miniature boxes all day... (@_@)

Mailed 3 parcels. Still 4 more to go.

Appointments continue

Called to book my driver's license renewal appointment. Didn't like the lengthy recordings at all. (Who does?) Got one early next week. Phew...

Next, time to deal with my car... I wonder how much it's gonna cost me. (T_T) Don't know what days to work next week, though.

Mom tried to throw away some old clothes. There was a pair of pants dad refused to let go. The material was pretty nice, so mom decided to alter it so it can fit dad's grossly expanded waistline. Who knew, this pair of pants was tailor made for dad in 1978! That's... 32 years ago! OMG!!!!!! Looks like dad hasn't worn it too much. It must have been some special pants. Too bad it's got enough age so the threats are disintegrating.

The most difficult part of sending parcels is, finding the right box. It's never the right size or the right weight.

Hair cut

No work today, so I tried to book some appointments. My overdue car tuneup, hair cut, driver's license renewal plus upgrade, BCAA membership renewal, lunch with C and S, lunch with Sc... awwww....

First one up, hair cut. I'd like tomorrow, but it's fully booked. Instead, there was one today... at 1! OMG, it was already noon. But if I don't take it, there may not be enough time before my driver's license photo. So, the original plan of borrowing A's bus pass went out the window.

After quickly eating lunch, I rushed to the Nanaimo Skytrain station. I'm more familiar with Joyce station's geography (like where I can park), but I chose Nanaimo because it's closer. Of course it backfired. I circled and circled around and couldn't fine non-residence parking. Finally it was 3 blocks away that I could leave my car. At the end, I managed to get there only 10 minutes late. Well, I guess that wasn't a complete disaster.

Took advantage of the "free" time, tried to go to the London Drugs I thought on Granville or Howe, but it wasn't there anymore! Not event the one on Georgia! Sob sob sob... Finally saw a set of the PVC mascot figurines at a corner drug store (forgot which). At $35, I must pass. (T_T) Stopped by Dressew, and then the Bay. The Olympic store was still sealed off, but no more line up outside the store. It was pretty crowed inside, though. No more red mittens, of course. (T_T) But there were other stuff, still at full price and way too expensive. People are still buying and lining up at the cashiers. In the kids clothes section, a bunch of giant mascot plushies seemed to be placed there for photo purpose. People kept taking pictures with them. I had to wait for my turn. (But most people just budged in... sigh...) Too bad I was alone and no one could take my picture.

And, today's special was, if you spend $50, you'll get a Quatchi plush for free. Valued at $40. Does this means Quatchi is the least popular?

Got lots of walking today. So much, I passed out at my desk soon after I got home. Exercise is good.

Tried to book the driver's license renewal appointment online since yesterday, but couldn't because "my name is different from the one on file". What the heck? No choice but to call.

Mom asked dad to bring back a copy of the daycare schedule. It's a pink printout. Dad brought back a piece of pink paper alright, but it was his name card at lunch time. Sigh...

Last purchase

Went around after work to hunt for Olympic stuff for some friends. Zellars North Van and Park Royal. Zellars had nothing good. The Bay West Van still had some stuff, but at full price, it's too expensive. The store closed before I had a chance to get out. A lady who worked there told me I had to walk through the second floor parkade and go down the ramp for cars to get to London Drugs. But I didn't believe there was nothing for pedestrians! After stomping around like a headless chicken trying to get to my car in front of the Bay, I gave up and walked the whole length of the quiet and creepy parkade. There were some stair cases that should let me go down, but no access! Sucks! What an unfriendly mall!!!! And then there was a guy seemed to be following me until I finally found one stair case that worked. That, was extremely creepy. (At least he was wearing one of those sold-out black Olympic jackets with "Canada" across the chest.)

The sale was still on at London Drugs. Not much was left, though. Got some plushie key chains, but couldn't complete a set. I was told to try the one at Lonsdale, so I did. Not before stopping at the Michael's there, since they have some stuff too. Yes, they're half price, and of course nothing good was left.

I complete the set of plushie keychain at the other LD. Plus a red mitten Miga. Ran out of time when I tried to stop by the Michael's on Main. Oh well. At least I got some stuff. Will this be my last?

Lynn Valley, red mittens

(Picture was taken last December and unrelated to subject.)
No, I know it's impossible. But it will bug me if I didn't go, because it's so close to work. So I went after work, after dropping off a parcel at the post office. No, there's absolutely none left. Not even a single piece of red lint. But their postcards are 70% off! Aaaaargh! I bought a bunch exactly 7 days ago at full price! So I picked up a few more. They're going to Japan.

It's March already! A short February makes time fly even faster!