My family and I emigrated from Vietnam to Canada in 1981. We settled down in the diverse and growing community of Parkdale. During the early 80’s, Parkdale was home to many immigrants. We were all different, each with our own story of how we came...
The very first movie I ever saw in a theater was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I must have been six or seven when Disney released this classic animated feature. I remember getting all dressed up sitting in the dark, watching the Seven Dwarfs...
With a slight break in the hot weather I decided to spend my Sunday afternoon at the antique market. It’s important to size up your opponent when negotiating with vendors, and to bring your poker face. There is not much to my game plan; I...
Brutal Canadian winters become a distant memory when temperatures hit the high 30's (Celsius). For the last couple of days the city has been wrapped in a thick blanket of hot air; causing sweat to pour out of every crevice, even when I’m sitting still....
You know that feeling you get when you are riding a roller coaster? Fear and excitement rolled together! Screaming for your life in terror, and so excited you want to hurl! That pretty much sums up how I feel about my upcoming camping trip. I...
S-N-A-K-E, just saying the word makes my skin crawl. When I was 6, I rushed home from Sunday school with a full bladder. Making a mad dash to the bathroom I was just about to sit down when out of the corner of my eye...
I kept a journal as a kid, which I poured all my teenage angst into. Anger, gossip, heartbreaks, embarrassing moments, the best days and the worst days of my teenage years all recorded. The pages of my journals were a jumbled mess of thoughts and...
My blog entries would read like gobbledy goop if it weren’t for the generosity of my friends; Jennifer and Lynne have the tedious task of picking through and polishing up my entries before posting. Writing is a real struggle for me; I would spend hours...
I am off to New York for a couple of days, packing my copy of A Walk in New York, Up & Down New York and This is New York, my official travel guides to the big city. I am leaving plenty of room in my...
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