A Little About Me

"New blog. Who's this?"

Hi there! My name is Marie (or Laurie, to others) and it is my great pleasure to welcome you to this online space of mine.

From having blonde hair to blue and back to black, attending A LOT of concerts, exploring Vancouver, volunteering in Nepal, visiting the Philippines and everything in between, I hope to share what I've been up to these past years. 

Creating this visual diary has been my goal for a while now. Expect older/throwback photos from the past years during the first few months... I cannot wait to show them to you all! :) No worries though, I'll do my best to post recent ones too! 

Moving forward to a new chapter in life as I finish university, I hope to travel the world while I work on my career. I am not too sure how this will pan out but I look forward to this new challenge. Seriously though, if you have life advice and tips on this matter, I want to hear from you! :)

To whoever's reading this, I hope you partake in this journey of mine. Adventure awaits!

Much love,

Marie

Not A Rooftop

Colleen & I found a cool place to take photos in Vancouver. At the time (a.k.a a few years ago), this place was getting popular among Vancouverites for its' rooftop feels and open space. I'm sure people who lived and worked downtown already knew this. But to whoever is not familiar to the area would wonder how to get here. Kudos to you if you found your way!

We were here during a sunny afternoon, hence my squinting eyes! HAHA.  

By now,  I wouldn't be surprised if almost everyone knows where this is! If you still haven't figured it out, check the last photo for a clue :)

AUG 2015

Photo by Colleen

Concert Recap 2014

To people who have known me for the past years, they know I love going to concerts. 2014 was the year I really got into attending live music events. If I had somewhere to be, I would be at a concert most likely!

As soon as I see or hear of bands and artists coming to Vancouver, I would buy tickets right away. Seeing these people perform their songs live is a whole new experience! No doubt, it's 100x better than just listening to them from a playlist.

Breakdown of 2014 concerts I attended: 

Bastille | Betty Who | Broods | Backstreet Boys | HAIM | Imagine Dragons | Magic Man | Smallpools | The 1975

Seeing Bastille was so much fun! The crowd was great keeping up with the band's energy. By band, I mean Dan jumping every now and then! Met him after the show. Cool dude!

Speaking of cool dudes, The 1975!!! They were here twice in April and November. I got to meet Matty too, pretty chill! Up 'til now, their 2013 self-titled debut album is one of my favourites.

Betty Who, Broods, Magic Man, and Smallpools all came to Vancouver for the first time. All newer artists I have been listening to :)

Imagine Dragons was awesome as always! Who does not know their chart-topping songs Radioactive and Demons? I waited a year until they had this arena concert since I was not old enough to go to their 19+ concert back in 2013 HAHA sad

HAIM was SO GOOD! These three sisters are seriously #goals - each playing a number of instruments. How cool is that! I wanna be like them! Share your talents please :)

And last but not the least, my younger self was very much excited to see the Backstreet Boys!!! Hehe, hello Nick Carter! :) Pretty much remember watching their music videos on MTV when I was younger. *cue in "I Want It That Way" with the airplane in the back*

2014

Back Alley

My friend, Colleen, and I tried this place in Downtown Vancouver called Meat & Bread. We decided to meet up around lunch time on a Friday. I came from home and she came from school.

We both ordered the signature porchetta sandwich - pork loin, pork belly, and crackling skin served with salsa verde. UGH TOO GOOD! Arriving right before the lunch hour rush, Colleen and I quickly found seats at the communal table after paying for our meals.

This was our first hangout ever! Fun fact, we met each other in our OChem class (organic chemistry... I know right?!) where we had a few mutual friends who were taking it too.

We walked around for a bit then took photos at a back alley and a secondhand book store. I actually had no idea how good Colleen is with photos. I didn't even know my friend owned a camera HAHA. Lo and behold, she sent me these a few weeks after. Pretty cool, pretty cool. Thanks, Colleen!

JUL 2014

Photo by Colleen