








Richmond Sunflower Festival 2019
Nitobe Memorial Garden 2019
Bowen Island 2020
Richmond Sunflower Festival 2019
Nitobe Memorial Garden 2019
Bowen Island 2020
I went to Bowen Island for a couple of days with two friends. It’s really close to Vancouver.
I felt stressed these past weeks and wanted a break from city life. Prior to the trip, I had not been on an overnight trip in several years and did not hike in a really long time. I am a homebody but it was relaxing and refreshing to be in nature. I felt peaceful.
I think that when you’re on the island, you are on an “island timezone.” What I mean by this is that there’s no rush and there’s not much need to check your phone. I wonder why I check my phone a lot more in the city- perhaps because a lot of people have the ‘need to be productive’ mindset?
Day 1
The view from the ferry.
The view from the top.
I would say that the highlight of the trip was stargazing. There is only one street light on the island. I had never seen so many stars before. They looked so big and I could see them clearly.
Day 2
The lighthouse and volcanic rocks.
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I got my friends to watch The Untamed with me after our hikes. They became really invested in it, which was great. Hehehe.
I’m debating on whether I should wrap this up since the month is over. I don’t really see myself drawing in the near future without this kind of prompt thing though.
Day 11: Snow
Final thoughts: If anything, I’ve realized that my art is not as sh*tty as I originally thought because I received a lot of encouragement and positive feedback from friends and peers. I am happy that I was able to bring back a hobby that I once thought was dead. I still prefer cosplay and blogging over drawing but now I know that this is something I can do for better work-life balance. I only completed 11 days, which is not terrible.
Thank you for being with me through this journey!
So in an earlier post, I shared sunset and firework photos. These are a couple of photos from my camera (when it still had battery) that I took earlier that day.
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This is an older picture I took, requested by Yomu. He asked if I could cosplay as Shinpachi’s glasses from Gintama and I delivered. Hahaha.
Yomu said it’s my best cosplay. Do you agree?
We all sat on the grass with the ocean(?) in the background.
I took this photo a while ago.
These past days I’ve been motivated to wake up earlier and make my own food!
I had an avocado, a golden kiwi, a blueberry waffle with maple syrup, and a cup of sweetened soy milk for breakfast.
Cucumber water is my new favourite drink.