I was on my way home from school when one of my friends mentioned that she wanted to join the Calgary Police Cadets. Being intrigued, I went online to check out the programs website. I was fascinated by the program. The Police Cadets teaches you valuable skills that can be carried on after the program.…
It’s after dark, 5 p.m., and when I walked into the Calgary Zoo, I was greeted by an enlightening path of brightly lit red and gold candy canes. The bridge had been hung with ivy-like vines of blue lights and cute shapes of kangaroos and butterflies lit up the zoo. Quite amazingly, patterns of monkeys…
WeiJia, fellow blogger and I had the extraordinary chance to meet and interview Jan Lisiecki at the Wonder of Chopin concert playing in the Jack Singer Concert Hall. When do you have the chance to meet a 15 year old piano prodigy? Not everyday, at least for me, but perhaps for his friends at Western Canada…
2010-2011’s Empty Bowls event has officially been launched! On Nov. 18, the first orientation meeting for the making of bowls took place at the Wild Flower Arts Centre. Volunteers and steering committee members were given the opportunity to tap into their artistic talent to make clay bowls with a creative twist. All of these bowls…
The world needs leaders, in whatever area of expertise individuals choose to pursue. Attending two Canadian Red Cross workshops, intending to train internal Red Cross volunteers to become facilitators, plunged me into becoming more engaged in world affairs. I had previously spoken about this in another post. It was quite intimidating, as I tried to…
A turtle, a Jack-O-Lantern, a piano, a balloon, and a dragon? When did these things ever come together in the same category?! At Empty Bowls, of course. Last Thursday, the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) Steering Committee courageously headed down in the bitter cold to create ceramic bowls at the Wildflower Arts Center. Empty Bowls is a project that calls…
While browsing through the latest collection of posts from my fellow bloggers, I chanced upon one by Tonny. The blog referred to the article published by Macleans named “Too Asian.” Within a few minutes, years of collected respect for the magazine was lost and Macleans was reduced to the same level as money-grabbing tabloids. The…
This is a self portrait DeeKay (Dongwook Kwon) drew digitally in photoshop and once the drawing is finished, it actually comes alive. [youtube lV1OL6zmZjY] How amazing!!!
I’m dead serious, I consider workshops to be wonderful opportunities offered by volunteer organizations. You are to able learn and become engaged in very exciting and productive topics that usually raise the awareness of global issues. These presentations have been very useful to me in the past, touching upon the issues of racism, bullying, becoming a mentor, environmental leadership…
The students at Chestermere Lake Middle School have just recently kicked off their Annual Magazine Fundraiser. The fundraiser started on Nov. 4 and will run until Nov. 19. What exactly is a Magazine Fundraiser? Basically, it’s when students sell magazine subscriptions to their family, friends and relatives. There are many benefits to using this Canadian…
I spent last Friday at a youth conference. It was not only fun but also extremely enlightening. We discussed some issues very pertinent to our society. What did we discuss? In short, racism and discrimination. Realistically, we talked a lot about a gamut of social, economic and even political problems streaming from discrimination in our society.…
It’s a blissful life for a writer… or is it really? Yann Martel with his novel “Life of Pi”, image credit: Jonathan Evan WordFest WordFest, in its 15thyear, is an international writer’s festival that brought many great and interactive events between writers and readers! Over 65 events occurred, such as reading, poetry and spoken word…
Various astounding art pieces were displayed for Epcor Centre’s Celebration For the Arts – 25 years in the community – in the Jack Singer Hall on Sept. 18 and 25. Many speeches were made by prominent patrons of the arts, including Peter Lougheed and Jeanne Lougheed, a message from the former Governor General Michaelle Jean and several…
Throwing a Halloween party and have no clue what to do? Here are some fun and random ideas you can do for Halloween! 1. Trick or Treating The most basic and popular one of all. Go trick or treating! Some people might think that after you turn 13, you’re too old to go trick or…