The Christmas season only comes around once a year. We prepare for it for all of December, then the climax of Christmas comes, and all of the preparation seems like it was worth it during the heat of the festivities. Family and close friends sit at the dinner table as the turkey is carved. Dinner is…
The other day I saw the new movie, New Years Eve. It reminded me that New Years is coming up so fast and I haven’t even started to think about my resolutions. Welcoming in the new year provides us with a time to reflect on our actions and choices of the past year. For some…
Derek Boogaard was recruited to the NHL mainly to be an enforcer. After having a record of fighting over 180 times in the Junior Hockey League, he continued this trend as he entered into the big leagues where in his 277 NHL career games he scored a total of three goals and accumulated 589 penalty minutes.…
Life is full of unexpected twists and turns as people find their place in the world, grow, and have new experiences. Everything and everyone is there for a moment and then is gone, as though every moment is hanging on a single thread as everything else dwindles away around it. It’s hard to hear the…
4 Walls of the World I want to look outside my window, and see the stars shining in the sky. I want to look up to the sky as though it is a life beyond, and better, to let me know that there is something else out there. I want to wish upon a shooting…
Christmas is a time of year that many look forward to: waking up on December 25 to a Christmas tree surrounded with presents, spending time with family as we sip hot chocolate by the fire. Christmas is a time to give and a time to cherish as we spend time with loved ones. People can get…
Two things: Mr. Simple and life. Recently, my friend sent me a link to a music video of the song Mr. Simple by Super Junior (I’m shameful because I’m Korean and my non-Korean friend had to tell me about it). For those of you who just hum along and dance to it but don’t actually…
In the past few months, two of my close friends have been diagnosed with different types of cancer at the age of 17. I had always thought that it was something that would never affect people that I knew because up until a few years ago I hadn’t known anyone who had life-changing news or…
Do not think of blood red poppies, Do not think of forlorn crosses, Do not think of crying larks, Do not think of quarrelling foe. Think of those who gave up life, Think of those who dared death, Think of those husbands, sons and lovers lost, Think of those last hugs, goodbyes and kisses…
I lived in Angola, Africa for four years. I know first-hand that there are so many issues in the world that many of us in North America could not even imagine. Children should have choices, freedom and the ability to choose their own life path. Every bit can make a difference. Western Canada High School’s…
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;…
I started practicing hot yoga about a month ago and have seen how great its benefits can be. I have never sweat so much in my life, but it is calming and relaxing activities while still getting a great workout. Our lives are very stressful with school and exams, but everyone need that chance to…
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…
On the days where you find yourself wanting to find a burst of inspiration yet it doesn’t come, you feel like you’ve wasted an opportunity to let your creative juices flow. Well, TO-FU, a design studio in Japan took interest in transforming a list of 29 ways to be creative into an animated motion graphic. …