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A Relaxing Weekend
I love walking and have many blog articles with the words "walk", or "walking" in the titles. There are actually 12 of them. On Jan. 8,...

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Jan 16, 20232 min read
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A Fruitful Week
This Friday marks the first full week of my new career adventure as an HR Assistant. I was initially interviewed for a different job at...

Angela
Jan 13, 20232 min read
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大山侃大山
大山 is the Chinese name of a Canadian comedian called Mark Henry Rowswell. I didn't know his Canadian name until I did a search on him...

Angela
Jan 12, 20232 min read
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A Day at Google
When my daughter was a Google intern in San Francisco about ten years ago when she was still a university student, I did not have a...

Angela
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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New Year's Resolutions
Do you make New Year's Resolutions? Here are a few interesting findings based on this article: 38,5% of US adults set New Year’s...

Angela
Jan 1, 20232 min read
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Travel Talk: San Francisco (Part Four)
On September 26, 2020, in a blog post titled Travel Talk: San Francisco (Part Three), I wrote: I look forward to writing Part Four of...

Angela
Dec 30, 20223 min read
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Dancing in November?
I didn't think I would go when I saw that poster someone shared in a little group on WeChat. I need to study. My French exams are in next...

Angela
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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Ticket to Paradise
The movie came out on October 21, I went to see it with a friend a week later. Not only it has my favorite actor/actress, but it also has...

Angela
Nov 13, 20222 min read
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Movies That Move Me
I am a big fan of movies. I enjoy watching a good film either at the cinema or at home. Watching one film at home in the evening has been...

Angela
Oct 31, 20222 min read
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A Fruitful Weekend
Fall is the most beautiful season in Montreal, that is why I keep falling for fall, over and over! The weekend is one of the lovely warm...

Angela
Oct 23, 20222 min read
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Words That Move Me
"May the joy you have given to so many return to you on this Special Day." Those words are from a card I received yesterday. A birthday...

Angela
Oct 16, 20222 min read
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A Happy Vacation
Banff National Park is a beautiful place I have wanted to visit for a long time. On the last day of August, I finally made it happen. It...

Angela
Sep 10, 20221 min read
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Highlights of the Week
Another week has passed, it is my last full work week before I take a few days off from next Wednesday. I summarized my week with the...

Angela
Aug 28, 20221 min read
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Still Summer
Last Sunday I wrote, "summer has started going away..." What was I thinking? After a week of steamy hot weather, this weekend gave me a...

Angela
Aug 21, 20222 min read
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A Beautiful Weekend
This is only the second week of August but it feels like summer has started going away... The weather was perfect this weekend. I took...

Angela
Aug 14, 20221 min read
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Hot, Hot, Hot
This might be the hottest weekend. When I started writing this blog (8:55 p.m.), it is 29 C but it feels like 39 C. Inside my home, each...

Angela
Aug 6, 20221 min read
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My Weekly Blog
When I read the last blog I posted, I realized that I might have to change my daily blog to read: my weekly blog. 😂😂😂 It was Sunday...

Angela
Jul 30, 20221 min read
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Movies - Are You a Fan?
Since I decided to skip online Toastmasters meetings, I started watching movies on Tuesdays. Yesterday I biked to see a new French movie...

Angela
Jul 20, 20222 min read
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An Active Weekend
I love my home but don't like staying in it when the weather is nice and hot. I don't like AC so my way of escaping the heat is to go out...

Angela
Jul 17, 20221 min read
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Back to Dancing
The photo for this post was taken more than ten years ago. The venue in the background is a dance place made possible by the city of...

Angela
Jul 13, 20222 min read
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