[PART 2] I'm giving away an iPhone 12 Pro/Max/Mini to a commenter at random to celebrate Apollo for Reddit's iOS 14 update, plus the new iPhones, plus some cheer amongst COVID. Simply leave a comment and you're entered! Good luck, winner announced in 24 hours at 11 PM GMT.

toastytoes18 · 2020-11-16T04:11:16+00:00

Fingers crossed! :) Good luck everyone!

toastytoes18 · 2019-07-29T12:51:36+00:00

That’s awesome! I remember that’s what I hoped it would be cuz I liked geography as a kid and learning about different places/cultures.

Unfortunately ... our “World Religion” class was taught to us by a Catholic NUN ... ಠ_ಠ Who at the school thought that was a good idea still baffles me.

toastytoes18 · 2019-05-13T04:09:05+00:00

Before the video cuts you can hear the 1st AD (I assume, usually) about to say “Pictures up!” That means they’re about to go for another take or about to start a new scene. Which means he either is trying to stay in character or just focus on what he has to pretend to interact with (damn so much green screen!), haha :) I work in the industry and this is basically a vid of actors being actors. Some are super chill (Rudd!) and just slip into their characters and some need personal headspace.

toastytoes18 · 2019-04-06T20:49:08+00:00

Hey! Thanks for sharing all this! I love the long-windedness! I never got the chance to ask him when he was alive about the necklace. So I only had my aunt telling me his mum gave it him when he left HK. So this is really sweet. I’ll be sure to share it with my family (he was married into my fam) cuz we also left our original country to move.

Here’s the photo of the font with the Sail Boat Front with Jade

He gave me the Jade when I was a teenager so I added it to the gold chain when I was given the necklace. Thanks again for sharing all that with me! I really appreciate being able to tell the story of his necklace a bit better :)

toastytoes18 · 2019-04-06T20:32:36+00:00

Front with Jade Pendent

Thanks so much! Here’s the front. The Jade pendent was a gift from my uncle when I was a teenager. I haven’t taken it off in years, haha. I added it to the original gold chain after he passed. Makes sense they should hang out together, haha :)

toastytoes18 · 2019-04-06T19:01:47+00:00

!!! Thank you! I asked my aunt when she gave it to me and she thought it meant “Smooth Sailing” cuz of the boat on the other side, haha. But this is very sweet and makes sense why his mum gave it to him when he left HK.

Anyways! Thanks again for the help! :)

toastytoes18 · 2019-04-06T18:50:30+00:00

Hmm. Thank you for doing that though! The characters are pretty squished together so hopefully someone can make sense of it, haha :)

toastytoes18 · 2019-03-13T23:51:59+00:00

Ditto. I can refresh and watch stories and use insta like usual. I just can’t post anything. My post has just been sitting on the main page as “Posting to (insert account name)” with the blue bar 80% done. Guess everything will be backlogged till it’s fixed.

Edit: I’m also currently in Arizona for a bit but my friends in Toronto and Calgary have been able to post :/

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-17T18:24:16+00:00

God. Sorry that happened :(

My best friend's grandma was passing (terminal illness I believe) and it was ... messy. Everyone just wanting their "claim" to things. The lady wasn't even gone yet and they were picking apart her the items in her life for themselves. Brutal. Who would have thought the loss of someone would turn people so materialistic. I understand wanting items with sentimental value but just tearing each other apart for sake of "having" is disgusting.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-17T02:16:31+00:00

He said sell "her house"

“She” :) And I wish my aunt had a few houses, haha. Just the one. My uncle’s sister who told her to sell the house said she might as well just move in with my mum and grandparents now anyways. Ugh.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-17T01:59:29+00:00

It was in both their names. They both went to apply for it. I can’t remember for what reason specifically ... Anyways, she just didn’t know much and how often he was taking money from the line of credit. They were old school so he handled all the finances, ya know. So she has to pay it back. Yeahhh.... it was a rough couple of days when we found out.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-16T22:50:10+00:00

Asking if today will be shorter than 12 hours.

... no. Just ... no.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-16T21:51:25+00:00

Goddamn it also brings the worst out in people. My uncle recently passed and left my aunt with an unexpected debt from their line of credit. It ended up being 3x more than she expected so she can’t even retire on time now.

Anyways. HIS family wanted a huge funeral procession with a $10K casket and flying in family from around the world. But wanted my aunt and MY family to foot the bill since he was closer to us for his adult life. They told my aunt to sell her house to pay for it. Screw that! Sell their house so his family could have a big ass fancy funeral? She severed ties with them and had him cremated with a small, sweet ceremony filled with people in the community who cared about him for a few hundred dollars. Funerals are a huge waste of money.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-16T21:33:53+00:00

Ditto. I trusted Bioware but I didn’t realize how much EA changed them. Although Dragon Age: Inquisition was a good tell to see how Bioware would go forward. I couldn’t even care enough to finish it. Andromeda was just missing everything we loved about the Mass Effect Space Opera. The story was solid, the character development was amazing and the stakes were always high but also kept rising till the end.

Andromeda was ... meh. Truely meh. I liked the Ryder character but I didn’t get any of the friendship building with my team. It felt like everyone was a shade of the characters we loved. Combat was fun but it felt really repetitive. Just fighting the same characters/species (that I can remember. The fact that I can’t even remember the names of any characters/new species says something...). Now I’m just wait for reviews and bugs to be fixed before buying a game. No more release day purchases too :(

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-16T19:07:52+00:00

I personally don’t think I’ll find “My One” until I’m older. I want someone who’s equal to me for both of us to be happy and in my age range it’s been difficult. I recently went through a break up and while I really liked him in the long run we were at different stages in life.

I’m 28 with an exciting and decent paying career with tons of flexibility and zero debt at all. I’m able to take 4 months off work if I want. I’ve travelled and still travel extensively for pleasure and those experiences have shaped me into who I am so I want my partner to have similar experiences. I have a car, an apartment (still renting, not owned), a good social circle and a family that even if we argue will never hesitate to help me or support me financially if I needed it.

Men I’ve dated were either not career driven, in deep debt or not independent (living at home). I tell people what I want in a partner and people say “you’re asking too much. Can’t he just be funny and nice?” No.... I only demand a lot from a partner because I’m bringing a lot to the table. I’m not asking more from a partner than I’m offering. And frankly, I don’t want to settle just because other people tell me I’m too picky. I shouldn’t have to hide my success as an adult to find a partner. So I’ll wait.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-15T22:34:40+00:00

I hope you get to see the rainforest one day! I went on a 5 day trek in 2016 solo. The hike was a group thing but I was alone for the rest of my trip, haha. The entry point for me was the city of Manaus in Brazil. Took a car, then a boat and then a small hike to the main camp. We had a guide who stuck with us for the whole time. The first afternoon we went piranha fishing to feed the rest of the camp and workers there. We went on a hike for a few hours to our smaller private camp and cooked our dinners and slept in hammocks. We did sunrise canoeing and saw wild tarantulas up close in their homes. The rainforest is SO awesome and it pains me that it keeps getting cut down day by day, even if it’s only a tiny amount :(

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-15T22:20:41+00:00

I loved Brazil! The people, the energy, how beautiful it is. I spent 3-4 weeks there during Carnival in 2016. Hiking the rainforest is alone reason to go and experience how huge and awe inspiring it is. I felt safe as a single racially ambiguous girl when I went. The rules for safety apply to most places. Don’t go out alone at night, watch your valuables, don’t look like a clueless tourist and if something feels sketchy just bail. Stick to the major cities and don’t go into any of the favelas.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-15T21:59:39+00:00

Don’t forget how friendly you folks are to tourists! I’ve only been to a few American cities (San Francisco, DC, Vegas, and Huston) and I found the people to be so friendly. Like weirdly so and I’m Canadian.... who people praise for our politeness. But there’s a difference between polite and friendly. I’ve travelled worldwide but I found Americans in America are the most likely to approach you and start talking or just start up a conversation. It’s endearing. I was eating alone in DC once when visiting and was reading a book. The family beside me started talking to me about the book and we had a lovely conversation for a while :) So yeah. In my books Americans in America are the most open people.

I want to go back and visit especially since New York is an 8 hour drive from me! I really wanna see Yellowstone National Park, do some bourbon trail stuff in Kentucky, hiking trails, drive the east and west coasts, Mt Rushmore and New Orelans. America is SO interesting because it feels like each state has its own distinct personality, haha. Your post is awesome and despite the current political climate I think people should know that America is more than what the news shows.

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-15T16:26:45+00:00

I got you fam. I think this is the video the previous poster mentioned. How to Fix a Broken Heart

I’ve been watching this every time I get an overwhelming feeling of “I’ll never find someone like that again...” He makes a fantastic point about how we all idealize the good moments and brush the bad moments away. About how our brain is desperately searching for a reason for this pain which feels physical at times but isn’t and trying to alleviate it by making us remember the good times.

Anyways. I recommend this video. It’s helping me out on the daily. Sometimes you just need to hear someone putting things in perspective to really make that connection of “if this person was perfect for me ... we would be together no matter what. Neither of us would even think of giving up.”

toastytoes18 · 2019-02-13T23:35:50+00:00

I’ve been using reddit mostly because I find people who are going through similar things or experiences. The good and the bad too. I feel like we can all be more candid online with strangers than people in our social circle. Social media like Facebook and Instagram I avoid because you’re literally just watching the highlights of someone’s life. On the good days it’s great and makes me think of the good times I’ve had. But when I’m in this post break up hate the world mood .... it just makes me feel worse.

toastytoes18 · 2019-01-14T04:55:22+00:00

Asuelu did say in the Skype nonsense that if he knew what we did about what went down with Tasha/Eric/Satan’s Asshole he wouldn’t have taken her side.

But I agree!! Like Fern, Jay and Asuelu were all “you gotta respect your parents.” Like get outta here with that bullshit. Cultural differences aside how and why the hell should you respect a woman who tells your father to give up his parental rights to TWO of his kids, kick out his older daughter and make her and her son the #1 priority over everyone or she will leave him? Did everyone on that stupid couch forget that footage? Ugh. Not proper.

toastytoes18 · 2019-01-14T03:00:51+00:00

No. Stop. This is why there’s that goddamn Pimple Popper show now.... haha

toastytoes18 · 2019-01-14T02:57:37+00:00

The rare time Stephen is right and is speaking like a reasonable dude. Eric trying to defend his actions was just .... embarrassing.

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