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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thank Goodness for Book Clubs
I was an avid reader when I was young. Then university, life, and adventure happened...and somehow I got away from reading books. I read magazines, text books, and with the explosion of the internet - online material. Then a couple of years ago, a friend started a book club which I joined. It started off slow and I was reading one book every two months (I can't believe that as a child I used to read upwards of 10 books a week!). But even if I hadn't read the book for that week, I would attend Book Club. I found that many of the conversations about the books, also addressed common concerns or issues in life and I was still able to contribute. I'm so glad that I joined, and even with a new child I am pretty much able to keep up with the reading list. It is great to spend an evening with the other ladies and expand my horizons even more, by reading books that I would not normally choose myself. Book Clubs have definately become more popular of late. A local online magazine, The Pear Tree, is profiling book clubs...maybe they will profile ours?!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Regrets in life...
Do you ever regret the choices you made? I'm sure a lot of people do, however, without the choices we made we wouldn't be living the lives we have today. We wouldn't have the friends we do, and the experiences that we have had.
Sometimes we don't always make the mainstream or popular choice. Life is far too interesting to do what everyone else is doing. As you get older and more confident, making different choices becomes easier.
The important thing to remember is that you can change your future not your past, so why have regrets?
Sometimes we don't always make the mainstream or popular choice. Life is far too interesting to do what everyone else is doing. As you get older and more confident, making different choices becomes easier.
The important thing to remember is that you can change your future not your past, so why have regrets?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Today is Chinese New Year!
Welcome to the New Year! I hope you have had a chance to clean your home, pay your debts, and resolve your differences. On Chinese NY the elders give "lai see" or red packets ("fung bao" in Hakka) to the children of the family. These packets often contain money or chocolate coins. They are used to symbolize good luck and ward off evil spirits.
Gung Hay Fat Choy! To you and your family...a proserous New Year!
Gung Hay Fat Choy! To you and your family...a proserous New Year!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Vaccinations
There is so much controversy with vaccinations (one of the hard decisions a parent has to make). Here is some more information regarding the report that linked vaccines to autism, and the doctor who produced the report. An interesting watch for those parents or parents to be out there.
CBC Report on MMR link to Autism
CBC Report on MMR link to Autism
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
I want to do a flash mob!
I've always wanted to do a Flashmob...but this Mp3 experiment looks really fun too!
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