Okay, Two things...

First, I found a tiny Mexican restaurant on the same street as my school!!!! The Carne Asada tacos were brilliant! They make their own salsas and guacamole. I think I found my new favorite place for lunch! Yay me :)

Second, I realized today as I was driving home from Cloverdale, which is a community a little past Surrey, that I have started to become adept at getting around. I no longer have this horrifying fear that I am going to get lost. I know now that if I can get myself back to any main highway that I can figure my way back home. I also have started to become less intimidated by the crazy downtown drivers. I feel accomplished.

That's it for now... Bye!

What a day!

This week in class we have been doing actual make-up instead of the instructors just talking at us. We started off the week learning facial structure. Like where the bones are and where the highlight and shadows would be placed on a face.

Here's an example of my friend, Miranda. To start, I had to feel her face and "see" where the bones in her face are. Then I painted all the white areas and left the places where there would be shadow, blank. Next I filled in the the areas that needed black and faded them into the white to try and give the face depth. It was so cool to see the entire class with skeleton faces.

The next day we learned about contouring and highlighting the face using different shades and tints of foundations. This method is primarily used in theatrical make-ups. It gives the face a very defined look. The next step after learning all this is corrective make-up. And this is basically what I do everyday on myself. I have a lot of redness in my skin as well as acne scars, so in order to make my skin look presentable, I apply foundation all over my face, followed by a concealer and then powder to set my work. I feel like, in this I have a head start in applying it to someone else.

The first day that we applied the corrective make-up on someone, my instructor said that I did a very good job. At the beginning of the course she said that she rarely will tell you that your make-up is good, because there is always room for improvement. I was screaming "WOOHOO" on the inside :) lol Today, we did more of the same, but working on different people. *I should mention that each time we work on someone we have to mix foundations and concealers by hand...* I was grouped with two others girls, because there are an odd number of people in the class. I worked on my Korean friend, Sul Khi (She goes by Tasha here). Again, our instructor said that I did a very good job. The thing that made me feel really good about the work I did, was that Sul Khi chose to wear the make-up the rest of the day. So cool!

Anyways...

At lunch today, four of us decided to walk to the Tinseltown mall and get lunch there. Its just around the corner from the school. As we were walking there, I noticed how international we were. We had, USA, Mexico, Korea, and Canada all represented. Its so great how school and sharing a common interest breaks barriers between peoples religious and political views and allows them to get to know someone on a personal level. Its really great.

Okay... that's it for now... I am so exhausted. And I have a really early morning tomorrow.

G'night!

Just a few thoughts...

Its amazing the way people will surprise you. The very first day of orientation we met everyone in our make-up class. I met a girl I thought was kinda stuck up and because of the way she dresses and presented herself, I automatically assumed that she was snobby. WELL! Let me tell you... She is really funny, very kind, easy to talk to.... not at all what I thought. So, I have learned that first impressions are definitely not the way to judge someone. Shame on me for assuming.

Anyways... Today started out kinda gnarly. I was a little late to the bus stop and had to wait longer to catch the next one. When I finally got on the bus, there was a guy and a girl blocking the walk way. There was plenty of room behind them that they could have moved back and left the walk way open, but they were too concerned about being close to the front to move. So, I pushed my way through and "accidentally" on purpose smacked the guy with my backpack as I squished my way through. I was laughing maniacally on the inside. I made sure I said "sorry" in a tone that let him know I really wasn't that sorry. Muah-ha-ha-ha :D

When I got off the bus I went into the VFS cafe to grab a water and a muffin before class. I searched through my backpack for my wallet, only to discover that I had left it at home in the bag I used yesterday while shopping for school supplies. LAME! No breakfast for me... and we only get an hour for lunch. Not enough time to catch the bus back home and the bus back to school and be able to eat. So I was resigned to just starve today. At lunch I went to the VFS cafe with all the other people in my class just to be social. I'm glad I did! When my new friend Sarah Elizabeth saw that I wasn't eating, she insisted on giving me some money to get a sandwich. I am SO grateful to her for her kindness. I am paying her back tomorrow, but still, her willingness to help me out was much appreciated.

The afternoon class was cool. Stan Edmonds, the department head for make-up, taught our class and showed us the products that are in our kit and shared some of his stories from working on film sets. We took copious amounts of notes on the insider tips he gave. I know those will prove to be helpful.

Now, I'm home, glad to be in my jammies... and ready for dinner!

More soon! Have a fantabulous day!

Where to begin?

Wow... Its been a while since I wrote last. Sorry about that. Unfortunately I can't promise that it'll get any better... I'm just a scatterbrain, and also, my school schedule is going to be getting a lot more crazy from here on in.

Anyways, I'll try to re-cap from the last time I posted.

For those of you who were wondering about my cute next door neighbor... I haven't seen him much. I am actually beginning to wonder if anyone else lives on my floor. I hear people occasionally, but never see anyone... maybe my building is haunted. hmmm

As most of you know, I went home for the Christmas holiday. I was there pretty much the whole month of December.

Erin flew up to Seattle so I would have someone to drive with me on the way back to California,(she lost her passport, otherwise, she would have flown straight to Vancouver airport). The day that we were to start our travels, I was supposed to be on the road to Seattle to pick up Erin at 7:30am because her flight was going to be landing in Seattle at 9:30am and it takes about 2 and 1/2 hours to get to Seattle from Vancouver. Well, I overslept. My alarm never went off. SO... I woke up at 8:50am and was on my way to the airport by 9:55am. It was the quickest I have EVER gotten ready and out the door in my life. I have to confess, I was so distraught at practically deserting my sister all by herself in the Seattle airport, that I was sobbing while in the shower. When I told her I was going to be really late, she just laughed at me and said not to worry, that she had a book and would just chill out. I still felt like a jerk.

After that it was smooth sailing. We started our drive on the 2nd and were home on the 3rd. We were both anxious to get home. It was nice to be with family... I take my family for granted. I need to stop doing that.

This was the first time that all of us girls were home since my parents remodeled their house. We had to get creative with where Erin and I stayed. Erin ended up sleeping in my Mom's sewing room and I had an air mattress in my Dad's office. The only pitfall was when Dad wanted to stay up late watching ESPN and I wanted to sleep. Being so close to the living room and the surround sound made ignoring the TV next to impossible.

I had fun visiting with family and seeing friends from the singles branch. There were so many friends that I wanted to see before I came back up Vancouver that I am afraid that I missed a few. I am sorry if you were one of the friends I missed...

Christmas was great. My family really tried to simplify this year. A couple years in a row, it was like we got lost in the shopping and buying random things part of it all, that we completely lost the real reason we celebrate during this time of year. We had a nice big breakfast after opening presents and then we got dressed and went to the movies. Mom wasn't feeling so well, so she stayed home, but Dad, sisters and I went to see Sherlock Holmes. It was a great movie!!!

For Christmas dinner we went to the buffet at Pechanga. A few years ago, Mom decided that she didn't like being cooped up in the kitchen all day on Christmas cooking, so we have gone out somewhere for dinner. Maybe we can change that tradition now that sisters and I are old enough and now know what we are doing in the kitchen. Maybe now it wouldn't seem like such a big chore if 4 of were all cooking and what not.

Anyways, Erin and I drove back up to Vancouver on the 29th and because of crazy weather and taking things slower than normal, we finally made it into Canada on the 31st. I felt bad for having to drive part of the day on Erin's birthday... but she said she was cool with it. When we finally got into my apartment we were both exhausted. We unloaded my car and then vegged out for a while. All she wanted to do for here birthday was stay in and watch movies. I had some stuff in the cupboards that we made for dinner and were asleep by 11:00. It wasn't the most exciting New Years Eve I've ever had, but it was nice to just be with my sister.

The next day kinda made up for the lack luster birthday. We got up and went to lunch at this really great pub called The Winking Judge. They have THE BEST french dip sandwiches I have ever had!!! Then walked across the street to go to a movie. We were seeing Avatar in 2D instead of 3D. As we got up to the ticket counter, one of the employees said that the 3:50 showing of Avatar was sold out and that the next showing at 4:25 was selling fast. However, I felt like one of those Fandango commercials... because, I had already bought tickets online the night before! Yay! Go me! After the movie, I took Erin to one of my new favorite restaurants called White Spot. SO YUMMY! We got dessert to go and went back to the apartment and watched another movie... it was a great day :)

Its been a little over a week since Erin went home. I haven't really had time to be homesick. The Monday after Erin went home, school started and has kept me very occupied. Right now, we are pretty much just having lectures on theory, and the history of cosmetics. This week we get our kits and will be starting a few more hands on things.

That's pretty much it for now. Nothing really too exciting yet. I will be sure to post pictures as soon as I have any worth posting...

I love you all! Have an awesome New Year!