Recently, Mayor Nenshi has launched a new initiative called “3 Things for Calgary.” Basically, it is a civic engagement initiative to think of 3 things you can do to make your community or city a better place to be, and share it with 3 friends. Simple right? Here are my 3 things for Calgary! Donate…
After Thanksgiving and Halloween comes the wonderful month of Movember, formerly known as November, according to Movember Canada. During this transitional month between fall and winter, men all over the world will be spotted more facial hair than usual as they band together for a worthy cause. Originally started in Australia, Movember (the combination of…
Recently I heard about the different benefits of Botox, other than the well known use of reducing the signs of aging. Botox first began being used in the ’70s to treat people who were cross eyed, also known as strabismus, and then in 2002 it became very popular with middle-aged women as a cosmetic treatment…
I came across this really amusing yet informative ad campaign done by a German organization when surfing the web. It really reminded me of the many grade twelves who are applying for their post-secondary education – especially of those who feel pressured by their parents’ demands. No, there are not only three jobs in the world;…
Calgary is a great city to live in. But there’s always room for improvement. If I had to list just three things to make it an even better place to live, I would suggest the following. First, what I notice in many neighbourhoods is a lack of interaction. Sure, you would know some of your…
A giant green 3 has never been more exciting! “3 Things for Calgary” is an awesome new campaign that can for sure make a huge difference. The premise is simple, choose 3 things to do as an individual for your street, neighbourhood and city. Seems easy enough, right? Well I agree. But if everyone does…
Are you someone that laughs are science or math jokes? Or are you at least someone that understands them? If you are, then you should check out this website for t-shirts. It will be your ultimate style soulmate. Look at me go; I’m like a natural born saleswoman. Woohoo. But seriously, these t-shirts are funny.…
Every day, Youth Are Awesome bloggers are posting on the three things they can do for Calgary as part of the City’s 3 Things project. My Three Things are: 1. Connect with your neighbors. They live beside you anyways. My family decided that we should connect with our neighbors. We have been living beside each…
And you thought polyphasic sleep (https://youthareawesome.com/polyphasic-sleep-guide-sleeping-2-3-hours-day/) was a miracle. Thai Ngoc, a Vietnamese farmer born in 1942, claims to have stayed awake for over 38 years. Supposedly, his story was that after coming down with a fever in 1973, he hadn’t been able to sleep a wink. He’s tried medication, traditional folk remedies, and even liberal doses…
When I think of Calgary, I think of a four letter word: home. It’s the place that I’ve grown up in, and what better way to give back to my home than to partake in Mayor Nenshi’s “3 Things For Calgary” campaign? My plan is simple. All it takes are simple notions that people will…
Pain. Certainly anyone in their right mind would say that pain is an unplesant experience they would like to avoid. But not Tim Cridland. He doesn’t experience it the same way most people do. He doesn’t cringe or flinch or run away from the source of pain. Studies on Cridland has shown that he’s able…
On Friday, mayor Nenshi launched a campaign called “3 Things for Calgary” – advocating for a better community by encouraging our community members to do three things that will make Calgary a better place. When I heard Nenshi said, “It could be big things like, join your local community association or it could be small…
There is nothing more disappointing than hearing about an event that you would love to go to… and then finding out its over already! After missing out on some fantastic opportunities in Calgary, I began making sure that I stayed “in the loop” concerning all the exciting things happening in the city. Here are a…
Joseph Pujol was no ordinary man. He could fart the high and low notes. That’s right, fart. To him, farting wasn’t merely a way to release bodily gases. It was a creative way to express himself, as strange as that may sound. He was capable of imitating sounds such as animal calls, musical instruments and…
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami seems be one of those books that most people have heard about, but few people have actually read. It’s premise is definitely memorable enough; in the future, Japan is now part of the totalitarian state of the Greater East Asia Republic. As part of a mysterious military program, a random…