Video of the Day: 10-year-old opera singer on America’s Got Talent
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My memories of San Francisco
I recently had the chance to visit San Francisco, CA, to explore, for the first time, America! A popular tourist destination, San Francisco is known for its cool summer fog, intimidating rolling hills and streets, famous land marks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz federal penitentiary, cable cars and its massive Chinatown. The sprawling…
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Always understand what kind of personality your manager has. If you do, you will be able to know what will impress them so that you can enhance your professional persona in order to advance a rung on the ladder of success. By becoming familiar with your manager’s whims, likes and dislikes, you will know what…
DetailsTime To Start Tasting
Thursday, August 12th (today!) is the official kick off day for Taste of Calgary! The delicious festival runs until Sunday, August 15th. The food tents will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Eau Claire. The festival itself is free, so you can check out the performers and the acts on Main Stage for free but…
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Breathing Earth
I stumbled across an intriguing website very recently (a few minutes before writing this post, heh). I don’t think I can say much about it as it’s rather self-explanatory. This website isn’t all that old or all that new… it was created in October 2006 by David Bleja, a “multimedia designer, or digital artist, or…
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Second day of our trip. The first thing we saw in the morning was rain. There are still about 500km more to go until we arrive in Vancouver. Finally, we arrived in Vancouver.
DetailsA Community That Will Not Falter
The cancer community has stayed strong these past few weeks as news of Ashley Kirilow’s fraud case was all over news stands. It’s been about a year now since I met Ashley and talked with her during which I believed to be an agonizing time for her, one she was going through almost alone. A…
DetailsSidewalk Chalk Art: Julian Beever
Remember when you were a wee lil’ kid? You used to get these magical sticks of colour that you could use to vandalize your school yard… nah, just jokes, we definitely didn’t vandalize (didn’t, as well as don’t, juuust to clear that up). Anyway, there are some amazing artists out there who have taken it…
DetailsThe God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Due to the controversial nature of this book, I intend to stay neutral and unbiased. I will review this just like all the other books I’ve reviewed. Religion vs. Atheism is one of the largest arguments today. Richard Dawkins, world renowned biologist and one of the most famous atheists in the world sets out to…
DetailsMeet Kimberlee Becking, Unexpected Philosopher
Indeed the unexpected philosopher, this down to earth and modest individual houses an old and compassionate soul, rivaling to that of a Jewish rabbi or Buddhist monk. This tech-savvy youth also has an interesting and philosophical take on life, so read on to find out more about this Pearson graduate, Kimberlee Becking, and her inspirational opinions…
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SM TOWN 10 is coming to the States
Are you a fan of K-pop (Korean pop music)? Exciting news – SM Entertainment Company will have a concert every year that includes all of its singers, and for 2010 they are coming to the United States. I am very excited because this kind of opportunity doesn’t come often, and not only is my favorite…
DetailsWelcome to the “text-based” video game ZORK!
Resident Evil, Call of Duty, Pokémon and Legend of Zelda are some of our generation’s favourite graphic, fantasy-based and realistic video games that stimulate our visual perceptions of our imagination. But what was there before graphic designers, before these visual manifestations of our imagination? Books? Well, sure your imagination certainly creates images, but you don’t…
DetailsTrip to Vancouver in Photos – Day 1
The first day of our trip. We drove past Banff under the cloudy sky. Then there was sunshine, chasing away all the greyness above us. We saw the Pacific Rail Way, which is one of the most important transportation railway systems in North America. After six hours of driving, we finally arrived our first destination, Kamloops, B.C. This…
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