Okay I was so excited and soo happy I needed to make a whole new post to brag about this experience.
I love Simple Plan. Their album is one of my first ever that I bought, in a cassette.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG
okay deep breatthh
So... Tomorow is Canada Day.
And this stage is going to be used for performances tomorow in front of the parliament building. Since Ottawa is the capital city of Canada, the made a huge celebration for Canada day.
Simple plan was coincidentally there for sound checks. omg. I came in the right time to see them sing and rehearse LIVE. AND there werent alot of people there, so I could just relax, sit on the grass field and watch them perform..for free :D
Hearing Pierre's voice and the band playing their instrument that echos through the whole block is just surreal. Okay, I admit I never been to any concerts. Thus it explains my overly-excited tone.
wow. I didn't realize how I emphasize the word "free" so many times.
It's an asian thing. ;)
We arrived in Ottawa just in time for dinner. On the way to get dinner, I was amazed by Ottawa. It was somehow like cool gotham city. Found such interesting sculptures, monuments and events. I LOVE OTTAWA!
plus the weather today is just amazing. Thus the clouds are amazing yow!
This cool spider sculpture B)
Saw a nice wedding going on. The bride is so pretty. #randomsightings
Here's one of the houses style in Ottawa. I like it because it gives me this cartoon-house feel. I know its nothing but I didn't see alot of these in Indonesia.
And this is what the town shops looks like. Its getting late like 7-ish, so that explains the murky sky.
Went to get dinner in a random chinese restaurant. The food's not bad. ha, chinese food is never bad, it's mainstream.
On the way to get dinner, we passed this bakery store. and oh it was just amazing to look at. Pictures will tell all.
whoops sorry, I was wipping my drool off my keyboard.
Then onto the streets of downtown Ottawa :)
Found some amazing and talented street performers.
Haha I found this sign while walking. I wonder if this has hidden premises.
Oh, found a balloon master. He's so good, the best I've seen so far. He got a monkey on his balloon hat AND he's making Ariel the mermaid!! I'm a fan right here.
Okay this guy is a guitar master. I can't even...omg look how good he is.
He must've practiced like crazy. His guitar has holes on it, even the guitar itself can't handle his awesomeness. This is maad talent.
NEXT STOP: PARLIAMENT STREET
(Pictures will tell all, I'll just shut up for now and let you admire the view, esp the cloudss <3 p="p">
Okay, I need to explain this. This island is in the middle of the lake/river and is completely filled with hundreds or maye thousands seagulls (as you can see from the white dots). You could hear their annoying chirping sounds from this distance. and I think I'm pretty sure I can smell their waste too. :s
More city sculptures and monuments. YAY!
okay this C-shape wall is so cool. If someone whispered on the other side of the wall, the other person on the other end of the wall can hear them. Its so creepy plus amazingg!
Here's a video of me and my sister being weird and testing the whispering wall.
The day hasn't ended, continued in next post.
Oh and thanks for your time to tolerate my easily-amused self.
In the morning, I went to the nearby lake and tried kayak-ing. It was all good except the time when I tried to navigate the kayak.
Then I went to another LUGE RIDEE!!
WOOHOOO!!!
Then we got on the gondola again to the very top to see the view from what is called THE TOWER.
Since we're only gonna spend half-a-day in Mount tremblant before we're going to Ottawa, we decided to deeply inhale and immerse our souls in nature's fresh air from the mountain top for the last time. (Y)
Its a 3 story high tower made of hard wood on top of Mount Tremblant. It was beautiful!
The view was amazing!! Yes btw I'm wearing my eagles theme shirt from my old school. #GOEAGLES
And I just found out from my cousin that the eagle logo is from philadelphia eagle's football team.
So please dont be confused, its my school's mascot.
Anyways, the weather is soo nice I can see the pretty clouds.
But the wind is crazy. Its so fast it almost blew away my shirt...while I was wearing it.. literally.
I almost went topless.
Here's my sister with her hair being all crazy and flying and stuff
Haha funny thing. My dad takes pictures with his new ipad and his finger blocked the camera corner, and he didnt notice it then. So that explains the finger marks on the corner of the picture. Silly dad.
Here's the pretty clouds close-up. God's artwork.
*sings* THE HILLSSS ARE ALIVEEE.
Flowersssssssss
Oh!
Here's the day 2 video I promised you about. Please dont judge my looks and poses in this video. I know I look like crepe, but I've been hiking for 3 hours and inspiration clogged. So yeah.. enjoy it anyways.
The song I used is a French song by an artist named Mika.
Title : Elle Me Dit
The meanings has nothing to do with the video. I just liked the tunes and also since I cant understand it.
Hahaha I just remembered a very funny conversation we had with my cousin during the 3 hour hike. Well, it goes something like this.
As we were walking and climbing the rocks and forest, we kept looking down on our feet to find which way to land our foot. And so it happens, we were also talking pretty loudly, thinking that there's no one but us in the woods. This is what we were conversing about. unnecessary yet interesting.
A: graaah my boob itches. Whats up with that?
B: Maybe you're too tired and sweat alot.
A: My mom said that if your boob itches, it means its growing.
B: what?! really? My boob...
And then, at that moment, we looked up and found two senior couples sitting to rest from hiking right in front of us, blankly staring at us and putting a shocked/i-heard-that face. We.were.so.embarassed.
They said, "Yeap, we heard it. How are you doing ladies? You're getting close, so hang on."
And we smiled awkwardly and walked(hiked) away. Laughing so hard after we're far enough from them, thinking if we go faster, we wouldnt meet them anymore and be embarassed and stuff.
Ha. it didnt work. They catch on to us. These senior couples looks stronger than we are and they're prolly in their 60s. Bravo to them.
Okay changing subject. wow this is a long post. Sorry guys.
My blackberry still doesnt work. Still no internet connection found. So sorry friends, I cant contact you yet :(
But oh well, I will still keep updating....in a slow pace. So please be patient. Thank you for reading guys.
Okay, I have accomplished so much on this 2nd day. Taken wayy too much pictures. And so I will compile a video and it will be up in the end of the post. (or next post, because compiling video is not an easy job for a lazy person such as me)
Warning: This is a long post. Lots of pictures tho so bear with it!
What we did today:
1. 9 am - 12 pm = HIKING
2. 12 pm - 1 pm = Lunch at the mountain top after hiking for 3 waffles hours
3. 2 pm - 3pm = Mini golf
4. 4 pm - 4.30 pm = Luge ride
5. Lots of eating, shopping, more eating.
okay the timeline is so messed up but its basically what I did.
HIKING
Our route is the letter C and we started at the letter I first.
and so after 1 hour we reached the (look at the you are here sign from the map).
L.O.L huh?! 2 (and prolly a half more cuz I stop to rest alot) hours more till we reached the top.
(Videos and panoramic shots and achievement shots will be in the vids, they're just too many)
SO TIRING!!! BUT WHO CARES COZ WE REACHED THE TOP!!
Was so happy and felt very proud of the poor-physical-challenged-weak-lazy-little me managed to hike up the mountains. *screams on top of the mountain (literally)* ;')
"We deserved an award and reward for this" - Feli
Then we went down with the gondola after lunch. Amazing view here.
Remember how I said Mount Tremblant is a ski resort. Yeah, in summer it looks weird.
But in Winter, all these will be covered in hardcore snow, and it will look like this.
Just kidding. I dont actually know how it looks like but I image it covered in white snow like this. Anywaayss....
ON TO THE...
MINI GOLF
*dramatic music*
Its a serious game okay! As you can see from my facial expression and body language, this game is very challenging.
Extra concentration and patience is required.
....
I finished 2nd last. BUT HEY, at least I didnt finished last!
It was scorching hot tho. Insane summer heat.
Luge Ride
I forgot how to pronounce it "louge" / "luj" / "laj". Oh! its pronounced FUN.
This is a really great reward for me after the 3 hour hike. THE LUGE RIDE WAS SO MUCH FUN!!
For those of you who does not know what Luge is, go look it up in google. :p
For those who havent tried it, GO TRY! Google how to try it also.
So we go up the hill again with an open gondola. See those tracks? Those are the luge tracks and its a downhill so we can slide down with our luge cart(?).
THIS WAS INTENSE YOW!!
The ride lasted about 5 minutes (if you go slowly)
There's lotsof sharp turns, so it was fun!
SHOPPING! well, eye shopping actually.
and so I messed around the village. All cool yow.
#yeahsanta
Awkward rock climbing pose. #yeahbuddy
AND THEN I FOUND THE.CUTEST.THING.EVER!
Then onto another gondola.
Here's a view from the gondola
AND THEN WE DINE!!
Nice looking pizza eh? Half eaten becoz we so hungry yow. Those were some good pizzas.
Thumbs up.
This is called Beaver Tails, usually found in ski resorts such as this.
Its a deep fried dough shaped like a beaver's tail.
Then you can put a bunch of toppings on top. Mine here is Cookies and Cream. Despite the appearance of the cookies and creams that I now realize does not look as appetizing, it was still so good.
Can't wait to try other flavors too :D
OHOHOHO!! Then I ate an interesting snack.
MAPPLE TAFFY
Its basically mapple syrup, but it has a cool way to make it taffy. ;)
Yeah, You're suppose to wait for 1 minute until you can start rolling it, but I just cant wait. So I started when I am not supposed to yet. Thus, I had to roll slowly just to make sure it freezes completely, and I was holding a camera on the other hand. I apologize for the long tedious mapple taffy action.
THEN
THE POUTINE
This is the most delicious junk-food ever. It is french fries from fresh potatoes covered in bacon, ham, chicken, more bacon, cheese, mushroom and gravy sauce. H-E-A-V-E-N
Served fresh hot from the oven! Yum!
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All tummies filled and now onto the bed (sofa-bed) to rest
