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A Classical Piece
My son is a software engineer by profession, but he also has some professional level of music performances as well. He listed a few on...

Angela
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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Happy Chinese New Year!
The Spring Festival in China is like Christmas in Canada or Thanksgiving in the States. It is the biggest holiday of the year. It ends...

Angela
Feb 11, 20211 min read
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Book of the Week (#26): Dare to Lead
The book was recommended at PowerSkill 2020, by one of the speakers. I placed a hold at the library and it took me quite some time to...

Angela
Feb 10, 20211 min read
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Recognition Matters
"Recognition is the greatest motivator." Gerard c. Eakedale I totally agree with the quote. I am excited to read the email sent in...

Angela
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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My Life in China (4): One-child Policy
The One-child policy was not born yet when I was. It was introduced only in 1979. When I got married in 1989, I had to pick up a...

Angela
Feb 8, 20211 min read
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A Catchy Quote
Have you ever heard of such a catchy quote? I don't know who said it but I read it on LinkedIn when one of my connections posted it. Wake...

Angela
Feb 7, 20211 min read
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Best Quotes Of The Day
It is a Group I followed on LinkedIn. There are 216,434 followers. I am one of them. I am often inspired and encouraged by its uplifting...

Angela
Feb 6, 20211 min read
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A Cello Knows
When I experienced my first "writer's block" on September 11, 2020, I wrote a blog titled A Poem about Music. I used a poem written by...

Angela
Feb 5, 20211 min read
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The Power of a Walk
The title was borrowed (partly) from an article published in Harvard Business Review: Don't Underestimate the Power of a Walk, written by...

Angela
Feb 4, 20211 min read
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Book of the Week (#25): 30 Lessons for Living
Written by Karl Pillemer, the book was to provide us with practical advice from the experts about how to make the most out of life. The...

Angela
Feb 3, 20211 min read
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Do You Have SMART Goals?
Do you know that 80% of New Year resolutions fail by mid-February? No wonder I don't make New Year resolutions anymore. Guess I don't...

Angela
Feb 2, 20211 min read
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My Life in China (3): College Days
Yes, I made it to the lucky 4% but I did not get into the university where my brother got in a year before. One reason behind wanting to...

Angela
Feb 1, 20211 min read
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Graduation Day
The online graduation ceremony is still happening as I am writing this blog. It started two hours ago. It is a WeChat group called Le...

Angela
Jan 31, 20211 min read
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Memories about Tour de l'ÃŽle
The Tour de l’Île is a Sunday biking classic, where thousands of cyclists fill the streets of Montréal with their positive energy and...

Angela
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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A Beautiful Day
The sun was shining when I got up this morning. Even though the feel-like temperature could be a lot colder, the sun brushed off at least...

Angela
Jan 29, 20212 min read
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A Quiet Day
Last Thursday was the first day of the three-day PowerSkill 2021, I had a total of five different sessions throughout the day, from...

Angela
Jan 28, 20211 min read
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Book of the Week (#24): 100 Ways to Bring Out Your Best
It is audiobook I am still listening to. It is a four-hour long audiobook. The author is Roger Fritz. It got 3.0 out of 5 on Google...

Angela
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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My Life in China (2): English Corner
After I published my first entry about My Life in China. I got this feedback from my kids. “This is great mom! looking forward to the...

Angela
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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My Life in China (1): I was among the 4%
I would really enjoy if your blog posts included more stories about your life! in china, and now. It would be nice to have a fuller...

Angela
Jan 25, 20211 min read
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A Perfect Day To Chill
after three days of action-packed PowerSkills Career summit. The weather matches my mood perfectly with a chilly minus -26 degrees (feels...

Angela
Jan 24, 20211 min read
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