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This February
This morning, I told a friend I would write a blog entry tonight. It is a way of motivating myself to write so I don't have to answer...

Angela 
Feb 20, 20233 min read
 
 
 


A Day in the Office
I started working for the government on April 8, 2021. Almost two years have passed. Yesterday was the FIRST day that I worked in an...

Angela 
Feb 10, 20232 min read
 
 
 


Embrace the Cold
According to the Chinese lunar calendar, Saturday, February 4th is called 立春. 立春 (Lichun) signifies the beginning of spring in East Asian...

Angela 
Feb 5, 20232 min read
 
 
 


A Weekend of Celebrations🥂🥂🥂
The reason for the celebration? Chinese New Year! Here is what I read online: Chinese New Year is the BIGGEST holiday in China. Chinese...

Angela 
Jan 22, 20232 min read
 
 
 


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,...

Angela 
Jan 16, 20232 min read
 
 
 


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
 
 
 


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
 
 
 


Come Waltz With Me
Come walk with me and let go of the way you are going Come talk to me and I'll tell you what's really worth knowing Life's much too good,...

Angela 
Jan 6, 20231 min read
 
 
 


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
 
 
 


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
 
 
 


2022.12.31
On the last day of 2022. I had a date, a perfect one! Do you want to know whom I had a date with? 🙃🙃🙃 A date with myself: the most...

Angela 
Dec 31, 20222 min read
 
 
 


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
 
 
 


Cloud Nine
What is the meaning of being on cloud nine? Here is what I got after I typed that sentence on Google. To be extremely happy and excited....

Angela 
Dec 22, 20221 min read
 
 
 


Sunshine on My Shoulder
The lyrics go like this: Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so...

Angela 
Dec 13, 20222 min read
 
 
 


A Rainy Saturday
When I did a search on my blog "A Rainy Day", I got four "hits", two with the exact wording. So I added Saturday to today's entry. I...

Angela 
Dec 3, 20222 min read
 
 
 


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
 
 
 


Thank You Bixi!
Yesterday was the last day of this bixi season and today we welcomed the first snow of this winter ⛄⛄⛄ What a coincidence! Who wants to...

Angela 
Nov 16, 20222 min read
 
 
 


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
 
 
 
How Deep is Your Love?
The stars in this video are My Wonderful Children. Thanks for taking the time to record this and for allowing me to feature you both at...

Angela 
Nov 7, 20222 min read
 
 
 


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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