We have all heard about the beating D.C. got about two weeks ago from Mother Nature. At the time, I loved it. I got 4 days off from school. I enjoyed being holed up in my apartment, drinking hot chocolate and reading and watching TV. I took several fun treks out during the blizzard to…
I know that I’ve said it before, but just to bring the point home, I’m going to say it yet again – I hate cold weather. I know hate is a strong word, but come January and February, that’s what I honestly begin to feel toward the Winter months. However, to make the cold bearable, there are certain…
There’s been a lot going on in my life right now. Flying across a gazillion time zones, starting a new school year, picking up new classes (music teacher doing social studies? Perfect!), moving house, blah blah blah. Upheavals galore, and normally I’d really just take it all in stride. But one thing has been driving me…
Out of all the airlines in the world, I fly Cathay Pacific the most because I have a lot – a LOT – of family who live there. At one time Cathay was the only airline that offered direct flights from Toronto to HK, and the food was good, and they provided airline socks, and…
Normally, I like to blog about hobbies, music and things I do for fun. However, the earthquake in Haiti has been what occupies much of my thoughts lately. Seeing human misery on such a scale, it is impossible not to want to help. I haven’t suddenly morphed into a newshound who stays glued to the…
Yes, it’s time to talk once more about our pets. Those wonderful creatures who make our lives so much better, but who at times, can drive us absolutely bonkers. I inherited my beautiful kitty Princess nearly ten years ago from family members moving overseas. Princess came to me with the unfortunate routine of needing to…
Man, the Interwebs certainly has changed our lives since Al Gore got the idea all those years ago. Now with Twitter and FaceBook, people know where you are. Every day. All the time. They know what you’re doing, what you’re not doing, and what you should be doing. And, unless you’re fabricating a w-a-a-a-a-y more…
As my spring semester is about to begin, I’ve started reading one of the books for my Brit Lit class– Oliver Twist. The book list for the class includes many titles that I feel like I should have read, but never have (Sense and Sensibility, Mrs Dalloway, Heart of Darkness, Picture of Dorian Gray). As…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSs7W9HSw8 I’ve never seen a celebrity before. I’ve been to performances, concerts, etc. (I am still proud of the fact that I was in the same room as J.K. Rowling… in the very back row of Radio City Music Hall while she was on stage) But actually seeing someone famous “in the wild,” so to…
I remember when I learned music in school, my teachers drew stave lines on the blackboard with a handy little wire gadget in which you insert five pieces of chalk, parallel to each other, and hey presto! 5 parallel lines = music stave. But times have changed. And now we use whiteboards instead of blackboards….
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