-Rosie Zhao This is dedicated to all the volunteers devoting their time towards holiday initiatives across the city. These festive events would not be as memorable for families if not for all of your hard work! Thank you! Featured Image Source: (1)
Standing at just barely 5 feet tall, Jessica Vu is a force to be reckoned with. A grade 11 student at Lester B Pearson high school, she is currently the female with the most YVC hours in Calgary, and recently received the World Changer Award, for having volunteered 1000 (or more) hours with Youth Volunteer…
Can you believe it’s almost Christmas?! It’s less than a week away, and if you’re a procrastinator like me, you probably haven’t done your Christmas shopping yet! But, don’t you worry, I’ve got your back. I’ve compiled a list of cheap and easy DIYs you can make for all your friends and family! I promise,…
On Thursday, December 1, I got the wonderful opportunity to go and see Theatre Calgary’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I recommend that you go and see this as soon as possible, it’s really worth it! The next day, I was lucky enough to talk with the star of this amazing production, Stephen…
1 With projects,tests and other stressful activities, it’s really hard to get in the Christmas spirit and to not feel like a total Grinch who hates the world. It’s even harder to feel the Christmas spirit when there are only three dollars to your name while all the new shiny gadgets like IPads are…
As winter break approaches, the luckiest of us will be preparing and getting excited to go on their tropical beach excursions. While the soft sands and sunshine of destinations such as Mexico, Hawaii, and Australia are irresistible (especially in the type of weather we have been having as of late), I’ve always wondered if there…
With 2016 soon coming to wrap I thought it was time to look at some of the most awesome and thrilling movies coming out next year, which there are a lot of This list is comprised of the top 10 movies that I am looking forward to and most excited for that are coming out in…
Every person you see, every person you know of, including yourself, is constantly after something: power. Power over your life decisions, over your relationships, over your life; but sometimes, this desire for power extends beyond oneself. The average person, when is unable to control what’s happening around them, begins to feel insecure and frustrated. If…
Dear Friend, I would first like to apologize for being quite long-winded, but I have a lot to say and this letter does not even scratch the surface of what would like to express. I do not pretend to operate under any pretence that religion plays an active role in my life any more than…
Following a lovely day of fish and fun at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, my family and I sought shelter from the overcast drizzly weather in the quaint little Ghirardelli ice cream parlour across the road. The deep aroma of rich cocoa wafted throughout the small shop, mingling with wafts of the salty sea air. After…
Watching anime and reading manga has always been one of my favourite pastimes; it was a huge part of my childhood, where I would watch weekly episodes with my siblings (when anime still aired on television!). On November 27, one of my all-time favourite anime — Code Geass— announced a sequel to their first and…
Captured during my adventures at Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Often times body language speaks louder than words and when life gets busy we rarely take a minute to reflect and breathe. Every creature needs moments of stillness, where we can find our calm and ground ourselves amidst the chaos. Even the “monk-eys” are meditating to…
Canada. Home of the polar bears, the Maple leaf, beavers, cold weather, polite people (and I could continue), and…the Gray jay. Out of the above list, odds are your brain was able to associate an image with each item, with the exemption of the last… the Gray jay. Until a couple of days ago I…
This revelation came to me about two minutes before I started wring this post. That’s right, we’re on our last month until 2017. And because this year has been so unique, I’ve decided to list my highlights of 2016. 1. Olympics: This year’s Olympics in Rio, Brazil, was certainly unlike any that has ever happened…
What do you call a person who’s flimsy and flat and fragile and fake? someone who hides behind a silhouette of what society wants them to be? one who doesn’t care about anything that actually matters? someone so two-dimensional they could be blown away by the wind? a person so unreal, the word “paper” is…