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Book of the Week (#8): Tuesdays with Morrie
Did you know laugher is the best medicine? Did you know that shedding tears can be good for your health? Did you know that that a good...

Angela
Sep 23, 20201 min read
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A Day Without Power
It doesn't happen often that we lose electricity in the house but today that happened. We didn't have power from 9:00 am to 16:00 pm as...

Angela
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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Sweet Sixteen
That was the caption for the cover photo taken on June 1, 2014. It was my son Eric's 16th birthday. We had dinner at Saint Sushi Plateau....

Angela
Sep 21, 20201 min read
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Movie: My Favorite Pastime
Last Friday, I went to the cinema to celebrate the 100 entries of my blog. I went alone but I didn't expect that I was the ONLY one in...

Angela
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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My Reflections On Travel Quotes
I love quotes and I love to travel. Today I am recording some reflections on travel quotes. Once a year, go someplace you have never been...

Angela
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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Adding Valuable Connections
Job Search Tips and Tricks from Montreal's Leading Headhunters, That was a webinar I attended this Tuesday. It was recommended by my new...

Angela
Sep 17, 20201 min read
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Book of the Week (#7): Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
It was written by Carol S. Dweck. It was recommended to me by A Beautiful Friend in the Neighborhood. Based on the Goodreads.com. It got...

Angela
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Toastmasters is a Journey
If you have read my previous articles about Toastmasters, you will understand why I said that Toastmasters is a journey, A Journey Like...

Angela
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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A Child Born on Children's Day
My son was born on International Children's Day. In case you wonder, it was June 1st. If he were born in China, he would have benefited...

Angela
Sep 14, 20201 min read
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An Outlet to be More Present
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There is no way around these two things...

Angela
Sep 13, 20201 min read
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Travel Talk: Punta Cana - My SECOND Winter Escape
I moved from Toronto to Montreal in August 2004. I just realized that I had my first winter escape only in February 2015. By winter...

Angela
Sep 12, 20201 min read
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A Poem about Music
The poet is Roxane Faulkner. Music is part of my everyday life. It's the one thing that makes me feel alive. No matter what it could be,...

Angela
Sep 11, 20201 min read
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Networking - An Action
Last week, I decided to do something productive to five connections each week. I reached out to my five mentors last Thursday to show my...

Angela
Sep 10, 20201 min read
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Book of the Week (#6): What I Know for Sure
An audiobook read by the author: Oprah Winfrey. It is a book that packed with insight, truth, wisdom, and revelation. Her words are...

Angela
Sep 9, 20201 min read
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The Secrets of A Winning Club
Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because it has one of my Weekly Highlights: the Toastmasters meeting. I have been with McGill...

Angela
Sep 8, 20201 min read
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Daddy is "Taxi"
For the past few weeks, my Monday articles came with publications in Chinese. Here is my daughter's feedback: "Mom you gotta translate...

Angela
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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A Few of My Favorites
Technology is amazing sometimes. It knows what you like to read and it recommends articles to you. That is what my phone does to me from...

Angela
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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Travel Talk: Charlevoix - A Beauty Next Door
Charlevoix is a beautiful cultural and natural region in the province of Quebec. The population is just over 13,000 yet it has tons of...

Angela
Sep 5, 20201 min read
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Music: What Can I Say?
"Music drives you. It wakes you up. It gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct turn will chill you down" Dimebag...

Angela
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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