The fun stuff. Calgary has a ton of amazing stuff that happens in our city. Reviews of new movies, or albums, art shows or news about sports.Â
Alas, it’s September, and here I am talking about winter already. Nonetheless, it’s always good to know when Otafest Aurora is so that you can get started on you costumes/cosplay! Lets begin with the basics. Otafest. What is it? It is a 3-day festival held at the University of Calgary on the May long weekend…
I’m super proud of myself for designing the logo. Feels good to get back into artsy things. Haha, by the way, if you want a T-shirt, just contact me đ (strategic product placement? No way…ha.) My usual go-to place for music concerts is the Jack Singer Concert Hall. I love the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and…
[youtube kqCE066fNpU] Domino dominates the world!
Yay! It’s the weekend, and it’s time for the Safari trip! Who goes to Africa without a safari trip back? All I can say is, without a safari trip, you won’t really experience the natural beauty of Africa. Our trip began at 5:00am… since driving to the national park required around 3 hours. It’s extremely helpful…
 This little creature was spotted at the Butterfly Sanctuary near Niagara Falls.
On Canada Day (which already seems like eons ago), I visited Prince’s Island Park for a little outdoor fun. Being a terrible researcher, I just generally drifted aimlessly and stopped at attractions which seemed relatively interesting. In the midst of my wandering, I heard music float over the crowd. The lead voice was soulful and…
For the rest of the first week, we had 3 more workshops before our weekend safari trip. On day 4, it was just a typical workshop day on tropical diseases, such as malaria. A few of our team got to test for HIV or malaria, one of which was our awesome team leader Matt. Luckily,…
Thanks to Youth Central and Kids Up Front, I had the wonderful opportunity of attending X-Fest Calgary with two complementary tickets for myself and a friend. X-Fest was AMAZING! Although it was my first time at the event and that most of the bands were totally new to me, I had a great time. It…
So this August, I was fortunate enough to be selected as a participant in a beginner’s guitar camp with 9 other students for a week. Music Centre Canada was gracious enough to provide us with guitars, picks, tuners and the works, free of charge. We were ready to conquer the week with our awesome instructor Danny…
Leaving off from day 2, I’ll start with day 3! The third day was when everything started to get exciting! Just jokes! On the third day we made a trip to St.Elizabeth Hospital for a workshop on HIV and HIV caused Tuberculosis. The workshop was slightly boring, but still interesting. Everyone was dying for a…
Though I’m not exactly the most frequent of travelers, I decided to explore what exactly made a great hotel great and came up with a few of the most important parts of a hotel which help to make one’s stay as comfortable as possible. 1. Remembering your Preferences Something that some hotels do which can change the…
Mambo Everyone! There wasn’t much excitement on day 2. Basically, on the second day, we visited the local Projects Abroad office, did some paperwork for a work permit, exchanged money(Currency was around $1USD=1570TSH), and had “The Talk”, which was mostly about some rules and how things are going to work for the next 2 weeks.…
As a camp leader, i sometimes find crafts can be frustrating with extensive planning, preparation, instructions and clean-up. When I was digging in the camp shed one day trying to design a craft for my campers, i found some tiny little blocks of clay that looks like this…. This is the most creative and simple…
So I just back from a trip to New York (New York, how original, I know). But it was amazing nonetheless, and not to mention incredibly sweaty. I’m the kind of person that begins to wither as soon as the temperature starts to simmer above the 20 degree mark… yeah, sad. Maybe I’m suited for life in…
This summer Artists Within Makeup Academy offered “AW Fashion Camp,” for girls ages 11-17. On their website Artists Within described the course for those “who are passionate about style, make up, hair and fashion.” Class sizes were at most 8 girls, ensuring each student got one-on-one time with the instructor. Four separate weeks were offered, costing…