I’ve stopped with Toronto Mondays because I finished school, sorry about that. but I was recently scrolling through campus, and it’s weird to see the streets so empty.
in other news, ELISE I MISS YOU.
toronto monday! who knows if this will be a thing. it’s my last monday of the semester :D (yet there is still so much to do! yikes!)
today I bring you pictures from the highway, the DVP to be exact. Elise do you remember the times in which we would see other on the GO train or bus because of school and other activities? you must have the route memorized because of how often we travel to get downtown. I can never really focus on the bus rides, no matter what exam or test I need to cram for when I arrive in toronto. the ride to and from the city are some of the rides that I enjoy the most, I think it’s because 30-45 mins is just enough time to reflect on what I did or what I will be doing. also car rides are just very calming to me.
toronto monday! once again there are beautiful blue skies today but the temperatures have dropped a little and I think we’re back on track with seasonal weather.
today I bring you OCADU. it’s the main building which is the weirdest building and certainly houses the most colourful people inside, art students. I love art students. and I love art so it’s also a good thing that the AGO is near by!
when I was a tiny kid and we went to the AGO for field trips. my favourite thing was this giant hamburger made out of pillows and I really wanted to sit on it but we weren’t allowed to touch it and I thought “was the point in that?” whenever I do see it, I still think that. also before the renovations there was this play area, and it was like a forest and it had a tiny door and costumes and art supplies and everything a kid could want. I thought it was pretty magical.
Edits for Edith: yes about the renovations, the space with all the glass and wood (the Italia Galleria) was designed by Frank Gehry! he also designed the really cool spiral staircase inside.
22 degrees Toronto Monday! I don’t know why I scheduled it this way but my busiest day this semester is Tueday, and it seems like every Tuesday I have something due lol oh well the semester is almost over :D happy days
this week I bring you the terrace outside of Sidney Smith!! this was last week but ugh the weather has been brilliant for the whole week. these pictures come with a story :) so on this day Person and I had lunch and he always walks me to class. we were just sitting and talking outside when I checked my phone and I had received a text from Rida. she wrote something like “stop talking to Person, he’s so handsy. nice boots though”. yes, Rida is my stalker. these texts went out for awhile, I even shouted out her name to see if she would appear. finally she came outside to talk to us as she was sitting inside the building but right in front of us. oh Rida she’s a funny one, and I was taking picture of her too but I still did not see her. Rida’s surprises are the best though, always a good time.
I was just hanging at SidSmith waiting for my late night tutorial and I had to go the washroom. I don’t usually taken photos in the washroom, but when I do it’s about tumblr and uoft! haha it was weird to see the university reaching out via tumblr but it’s good to see more people using it.
here’s the link if you want to check it out: http://joyatuoft.tumblr.com/
I read through some of the posts; they’re mainly retweets and reblogs but I can relate to some and that’s nice.
Toronto Monday for Elise! Well this was taken in Markham, but close enough! This was our Christmas Sbucks date :) I needed a reminder of summer so badly today when facing -15 to -20 degree weather, and couldn’t think of another better than those hot summer days best chilled with a frapp or iced coffee.
Also since it’s March, I feel obligated to say “Beware the Ides of March”!!!! ugh and it’s so true, next week I have a term test, and two essays. March madness begins here at UofT with classes finishing the first week of April. I hope St.Andrews is everything awesome and I hope your classes are interesting :)
helloelise replied to your photo: HOLY CHEESE AND CRACKERS! I’m sorry Elise I forgot…
lol why are they advertising Britain?? yes. please visit me!
I have no idea! But all the posters including the large screens that advertise short chips are for Britain.
hopefully I’ll get a job and it’ll start in mid-May/June so I can come!
HOLY CHEESE AND CRACKERS! I’m sorry Elise I forgot to do Toronto Monday so I’m doing it on a Tuesday (hope that’s okay!) last week was Family Day and yesterday I took a long nap, I’ve been dropping the ball lately so I super apologize! (Reading Week is a terrible thing -___- 6 weeks left!)
this week I only bring you one picture but at the Yonge-Bloor Subway Station, there are advertisements EVERYWHERE for Great Britain. I think this is a sign that I need to visit Elise and the rest of the UK very soon.
Toronto Monday strikes again :D
This is Victoria College. I spend most of my time here, even though I’m from New College. I just like Vic better, it’s prettier and has fountains and is close to the ROM. Oh also it’s the college that Elise belongs to so I like my chances of running into her here.
I have no other words to describe Vic, so enjoy my terrible phone pictures.
Toronto Monday! this is going to be a quick one since I have a couple of assignments due soon … like tomorrow haha.
THIS IS THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM. it’s one of my favourite places EVER. I could spend hours in here and I have because it’s free for post-secondary students on Tuesday. this is probably where I fell in love with artifacts and archaeology and history in general at the tender age of 10 years old but I digress.
I only have pictures of the renovated areas because it’s the main entrance, the staff entrance is nothing grand and sort of sketchy. I have conflicted opinions about the renovations; it’s an interesting design but probably not well suited to the older architecture of the building. but that’s just my opinion. the building contains so many wonderful finds and stories that people just don’t get to hear, and I’m so glad that UofT has connections with the ROM. this is where I’d love to work one day.
helloelise replied to your photo: it’s Toronto Monday! (hopefully I’ll be able to…
it’s so strange to see new buildings. and a place I know so wellll
Elise <3 I hope Edinburgh treats you well!
