“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ~Marilyn Monroe <3 To all the ladies out there, this blog is dedicated to you! Do you agree with this quote? Do you connect with it? Haha I know I definitely do! This quote by Marilyn Monroe inspires me…
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Surrounded by the sound of rain and even hail, I’m not so sure I want to go outside for long right now. Luckily, I can just look back at my memories from last week. From Tuesday through to Friday, my class went on a camping trip to Jasper. We had amazing weather, a wonderful…
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Date: May 30th, 2013 Time: 12 pm to 2 pm Location: Stephen Ave, 1st and 2nd street S.W. Come laugh with FunnyFest stand up comics, while you eat your lunch and maybe receive a complimentary ticket or a discount to the 13th annual Calgary Comedy Festival, May 30 to June 9. Pick up a full…
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Upon hearing that, many of you, will have recognized that cringe-worthy phrase from one of Canada’s most famed TV shows: Dragon’s Den. A reality television show, revolving around business ventures, Dragon’s Den is a entrepreneurial gateway for the next big thing. People across the country, pitch to some of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs for…
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With summer just around the corner, dresses are starting to come back. This tutorial teaches you how to make a super cute summer dress from an XXL men’s shirt. If you have a sewing machine at home, it would help make this project very easy. The original video was uploaded by Dare To. While the…
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Okay, it’s not quite what you’re thinking. Yet it fits perfectly with the Japanese theme of Otafest (officially my favorite convention now, hehe). Shogun Teppanyaki Grill was my lunch choice on the Sunday of that long weekend, partly because I didn’t have a volunteer shift that day (no free food), but mostly because four food trucks…
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Here’s yet another post about Otafest. I guess we’re just trying to encourage you to go to more conventions in Calgary! 🙂 I was able to take pictures of really nice costumes throughout the convention. Unfortunately I was volunteering when the Cosplay photoshoots were happening, but I hope you enjoy these awesome costumes!
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What would you do if you had a second chance? Would you try to make up for what you’ve done wrong or try to live while you can, or maybe even both? Samantha Kingston was having the time of her life, her boyfriend was perfect, she was perfect, popular, had an adorable math teacher and…
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Over this spring break, I’ve had the most wonderful – most awe-inspiring, phenomenal, stupendous, extraordinary, and breath-taking (for “wonderful” simply isn’t enough to describe the awesomeness that had befallen upon me, so I take to abuse the thesaurus) – experience: school trip to LONDON and PARIS! I’ve always loved to travel and sight-see, but the trip…
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Imagine being inside your favorite movie and seeing the characters as you see people on the streets. Imagine embodying the protagonist of a first-person shooter game, living inside a virtual reality. The Oculus Rift will allow its user to experience their favorite game or movie in a whole new perspective. The Oculus Rift is developed…
DetailsEach of Canada’s cities has a very different system for their mayor – some have parties, some don’t, some have a lot of visible corruption, and others seem clean. In the last year, in Canada’s biggest city, there have been scandals that revealed information previously unknown to anyone about Canada’s mayors. With all these changes occurring,…
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The past few months, I had the pleasure of working with dedicated volunteers who helped with the 2013 Otafest Maid Cafe. We had to learn how to do the dance featured in Secret’s Shy Boy video and then during the weekend of Otafest, greet and serve customers! Overall, volunteering was a ton of fun and…
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Post-con blues? Don’t worry, there’s always photos to help with coping! Without further ado, here are a bunch of various photos I snapped up at Otafest of the various things that personally made my day. Enjoy. 🙂 Until next Otafest… 🙂
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I was cooking up a recipe for my Spanish class the other day, and I came across this surprisingly easy and very delicious recipe for traditional Spanish sugar cookies, or pastissets. This recipe is seriously easy – only a handful of ingredients are needed to make a soft, moist, melt-in-your-mouth type cookie with an added…
DetailsInstead of spending my evening sprawled on the couch in sweats writing this blog post, in celebration of the long weekend, if not the rain that Fernie has been having, I went for a walk. At least rain makes things green and spring-like, which is why I brought my camera. Even if you didn’t go…
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