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Angela
Aug 15, 20201 min read
Travel Talk: Bonjour Quebec
Have you heard of a quote by Marcel Proust? "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new...
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Angela
Aug 14, 20201 min read
Try to Remember
According to Wikipedia: "It is a song about nostalgia from the 1960 musical comedy The Fantasticks, It is the first song performed in the...
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Angela
Aug 13, 20201 min read
Short and Sweet is My Intention
Did you know that an average person can read 250 words in a minute? Did you know that 250 words = around 1,500 characters? Did you know...
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Angela
Aug 11, 20201 min read
A Proud Moment
What are your proud moments? Do you remember how you felt in those proud moments? Being an active member of Toastmasters has brought me...
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Angela
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Sweet Memories
If you are a parent and I ask you to describe your experience in three words. What would they be? For me, the words are blessed,...
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Angela
Aug 4, 20201 min read
How Do You Learn?
"Tell Me and I Forget; Teach Me and I May Remember; Involve Me and I Learn". I don't know who said it. but it is a great quote. It is a...
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Angela
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Raising Kids: Your Way or the Highway?
There are many ways to raise kids. Some work better than others. In my case, my way worked: they both graduated from McGill University,...
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Angela
Jul 31, 20201 min read
Biking Fun
Facebook has a feature called "memories". It reminds you of what happened on this day, but years before. On July 31, 2009. My entry was a...
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Angela
Jul 29, 20201 min read
Book of the Week (#1): This Year I Will...
I created the category "Reading" when I started this blog, today I decided to write a weekly entry called "Book of the week". Most books...
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Angela
Jul 27, 20201 min read
Self-Discipline - What is Your Take?
I was suggested to write about self-discipline as I was told it is one of my strengths. According to Your Dictionary: Self-discipline is...
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Angela
Jul 25, 20201 min read
Pretty Women
No, I am not referring to the movie "Pretty Woman" featuring Julia Roberts. I am talking about the Pretty Women from my weekly...
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Angela
Jul 23, 20201 min read
Weekly Highlights
Do you keep a daily agenda? Do you have a monthly focus? What are your weekly highlights? I consider myself a very organized person and I...
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Angela
Jul 21, 20201 min read
Masters in Action
It is the name of McGill Toastmasters Club's newsletter and the caption of the cover photo taken on October 7, 2008. In the earlier years...
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Angela
Jul 19, 20201 min read
A Beautiful Friend in the Neighborhood
The first time we met, it was more than a decade ago, it was at McGill Toastmasters Club's joint meeting with Concordia Club. She was a...
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Angela
Jul 16, 20201 min read
Now It is Official
As it reads on the poster: on Tuesday, July 21 at 12:00 p.m. I am going to give a talk at Virtual CATS Corner, Career Advising &...
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Angela
Jul 15, 20201 min read
An Honest Mistake
Some of you (my 20 something subscribers) might wonder: there was an email last night saying that you had a new post but there was blank...
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Angela
Jul 14, 20201 min read
Public Speaking and You
The first time I heard about Toastmasters was in 2003 when the subject of public speaking was brought up during a college HR class. I got...
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Angela
Jul 13, 20201 min read
My Blog Statement
I have been fascinated with personal development and building a blog has been one of my PD goals. Thanks to WIX which helps me achieve my...
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Angela
Jul 11, 20201 min read
My Life in Black and White
It is a Facebook photo challenge I took on in May and the detail is like this: ten days, ten photos of my daily life in black and white....
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