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Toastmasters and Social Media
Do you know there are over 95+ social networking sites? How many of them are you using in your daily life? Here is my brief list:...

Angela
Jan 5, 20211 min read


Let's Affirm...
"I choose to be patient. I choose to trust the process. Everything I have visualized, intended, prayed about and worked onis in the...

Angela
Jan 4, 20211 min read


A Quiet Sunday
I loved going to the cinemas and I used to go see movies at least once a month. I watched only four movies in 2020. Two great ones at the...

Angela
Jan 3, 20211 min read


Winter Wonderland
Last night we had a lot of snow. This morning I woke up in a winter wonderland. I sent a snow photo with Jacque Cartier bridge in the...

Angela
Jan 2, 20211 min read


A New Beginning
On New Year's day 2018, I received a text from A Beautiful Friend in the Neighborhood: "Happy New Year, darling. What are your New Year's...

Angela
Jan 1, 20211 min read


A Day of Reflections
Great quotes never fail to inspire me. On the last day of 2020, I jotted down some of my favorites along with my reflections. I didn't...

Angela
Dec 31, 20201 min read


Book of the Week (#21): Abolish Silicon Valley
The last book of the year 2020 is the one I cherish the most. The writer is my very own daughter: Wendy Liu. The book was published in...

Angela
Dec 30, 20201 min read


Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody
Today I am sharing a story. It goes like this: There is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody....

Angela
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Did You Walk Today?
The sun was asleep all day. He was nowhere to be found. It rained, it snowed, sometimes it was the mix of both. Walking against the wind...

Angela
Dec 28, 20201 min read


An Unusual Boxing Day
Boxing day = Crazy shopping day. That was the case in any other years except this year. Don't you agree? It started with the weather....

Angela
Dec 26, 20201 min read


A Joyful Christmas
Today is Christmas but it wasn't a white one. The temperature was above two digits at one point. Walking outside felt like walking in the...

Angela
Dec 26, 20201 min read


A Song for Now and for Ever
So This Is Christmas is the song for this time of the year, especially today and tomorrow. A friend forwarded a video of that song to me....

Angela
Dec 24, 20201 min read


Book of the Week (#20): Getting Unstuck
The book was written by Pema Chödrön. It is about "Breaking Your Habitual Patterns and Encountering Naked Reality". "Chödrön demonstrates...

Angela
Dec 23, 20201 min read


This Christmas
2020 is an unusual year, this Christmas holiday will be very different. Our holiday gatherings have been canceled. New Year's party has...

Angela
Dec 21, 20201 min read


A Few Fond Memories
I came to Edmonton in May 1997 with my daughter to join my ex-husband. He was a Ph.D. student. The city was lovely. My son was born there...

Angela
Dec 20, 20201 min read


Are You Travelling This Winter?
"You asked me that question, really?" Well, I read an article saying that Montreal Airport was filled with people yesterday. The article...

Angela
Dec 19, 20201 min read


Sunshine On My Shoulder
This winter the sun hasn't been very generous with us, there weren't many sunny days. It is easy for people to feel under the weather. 😒...

Angela
Dec 18, 20201 min read


Some French Sayings (法语俗语)
I started learning French at the beginning of November with a group of Chinese. I have "met" a few other eager learners. I was often...

Angela
Dec 17, 20201 min read

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