Who’s ready to put down the game controller?

So we’ve all had our fun: the late nights, movie marathons, endless hours of video games, eating ice cream for all three meals of the day, vacationing, and best of all, no work! But unfortunately, summer is now at an end, which in turns means the beginning of a new school year. But it doesn’t…

Mind-blowing facts from National Geographic

It’s the back-to-school season once again! Want to impress your peers, teachers, and even family with your knowledge of the world? Here are some interesting and, well… rather unusual facts from National Geographic: “It takes 713 gallons (2,700 L) of water to make one cotton T-shirt.” It’s hard to imagine how much water that is,…

Video: Volunteering at Youth Central

This summer, I have been working on a video to showcase the amazing youth that volunteer at Youth Central. I have been going to various Youth Volunteer Corps projects and asking youth what motivates them to volunteer with us. Here are their answers! [youtube eIyXdvxBAkI] I’ll be working on a slightly longer version that showcases…

GlobalFest 2011 – Finale

Last weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Calgary’s 2011 GlobalFest Multi-Cultural and Fireworks Festival Finale at Elliston Park. GlobalFest is a weeklong celebration showcasing vibrant cultures from around the world. Each country has a day where they complete their portion of the pyromusical competition (a.k.a. lots of fireworks). After China, Philippines, Canada and…

Video of the Day: Recess Court

We all remember the good old days when we let our wild imaginations roam. We thought whatever was in our minds was real, like how we couldn’t touch the floor because there was lava flowing in so we had to crawl from couch to desk in attempt to survive. We had that innocence, when holding…

Tonny’s Tunes – Yoshida Brothers

[youtube Ron17xFNBf0] You might be more familiar with the Inside the Sun remix, which was featured as the music for the Wii commercials when they first launched. Yoshida Brothers’ Website Kodo is available on their album, Hishou. The remix is available on their second album, Yoshida Brothers, Vol. 2.  

A constitution written on Facebook

It’s true! Well, almost true. At the beginning of August, Iceland’s new constitution was written by 25 ordinary citizens with help from social media. After their economic collapse in 2008, Iceland decided that their new constitution would not be written based upon their mother country of Denmark, but rather on the ideas stemming directly from…