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Review – Vina Vietnamese – West Van

November 25th, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, FOOD | Comments Off on Review – Vina Vietnamese – West Van

Review – Vina Vietnamese – West Van

  | Whenever I hear people talk about how amazing Vietnamese food is, all I hear is Pho this, Pho that. Pho is overrated. A few thin slices of meat, a handful of noodle, a thing of soup many times flavoured with powder from a supermarket. And I’m hungry an hour later. This article is […]

A Call to Social Scientists — Segmenting Population & the Inadequacy of English

August 25th, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, SOCIAL SCIENCES | Comments Off on A Call to Social Scientists — Segmenting Population & the Inadequacy of English

A Call to Social Scientists — Segmenting Population & the Inadequacy of English

| Anyone of Asian descent born or mostly raised outside of the motherlands, particularly, in English-speaking nations like Canada, the US, Australia, and England share so many similarities in terms of history and interests that I am surprised academia has not coined a term that groups these populations and that allows us to talk about […]

Ming & Yuka – The Week that Was, their Love that Is

July 29th, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, LITERATURE & VOCAB | Comments Off on Ming & Yuka – The Week that Was, their Love that Is

Ming & Yuka – The Week that Was, their Love that Is

| I used to work in a nice building downtown that was shown in a Tony Hawk game which means something to some and nothing to others. One summer there, I met a woman named Yuka. Mike: “Hey we’re gonna have a temp here for a week, a student from one of those ESL schools.” […]

Marry Me – Kyle Hanagami & Koharu Sugawara

July 26th, 2015  |  by  |  published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on Marry Me – Kyle Hanagami & Koharu Sugawara

Marry Me – Kyle Hanagami & Koharu Sugawara

| It’s mid-summer and for many of us that means wedding season, a time when we celebrate the union between two people we hold dearest, or some relative we’ve sort of met and that person they met that time. (Image Credit – Mcdonald Selznick Associates) Kyle Hanagami is an acclaimed choreographer based in Los Angeles. […]

Esther Lee and Remmington Chow Got Together

July 21st, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, LITERATURE & VOCAB | Comments Off on Esther Lee and Remmington Chow Got Together

Esther Lee and Remmington Chow Got Together

| 2010. Olympics year. 30 year. Back in Vancouver after nights and days in my “F”th floor apartment on Bangbae’s Café Golmok (방배 카페골목) thinking about culture shock and how I would ever bring myself to working in Canada. Here would be no there. English education isn’t a pillar of the Vancouver economy unlike Seoul’s […]

Kowloon Walled City, Greg Girard & RAG

June 23rd, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, SOCIAL SCIENCES | Comments Off on Kowloon Walled City, Greg Girard & RAG

Kowloon Walled City, Greg Girard & RAG

| Image Credit – Wall Street Journal | Vancouver is loaded with summer attractions! Inevitable time conflicts will force you to choose one over others. Saturday was one of those days and I opted for photographer Greg Girard’s exhibit at the Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) entitled Richmond/Kowloon (ending Sun. June 28) over (a) Granville Art […]

ArtWalk Granville & Fragrant Wood Gallery

June 22nd, 2015  |  by  |  published in ARTS, FEATURE | Comments Off on ArtWalk Granville & Fragrant Wood Gallery

ArtWalk Granville & Fragrant Wood Gallery

| So much to do, so little time! It’s officially summer today, Sun. June 21 and Vancouver’s event schedule is bursting at the seams. Jazz Fest, Car Free Day, Make Music Vancouver, Celebration of Light — just some of the events we get to enjoy for being here! As a followup to the Canadian Art […]

Harris Loureiro – Transformers Stop Motion Magnificence

May 4th, 2015  |  by  |  published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on Harris Loureiro – Transformers Stop Motion Magnificence

Harris Loureiro – Transformers Stop Motion Magnificence

| For those who grew up in the 80s, many of us, at some point in our lives, have dreamed about Transformers toys coming alive – mayhem spilling over the carpet floor, fluids gushing, laser fire brilliance, smoke plumes, bodies strewn, deafening blasts, the sizzling sound of electrical waves, the crackles and snaps of sparks, […]

Role Models – Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh

May 2nd, 2015  |  by  |  published in FEATURE, SOCIAL SCIENCES | Comments Off on Role Models – Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh

Role Models – Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh

| “This is a different kind of currency much more valuable than money.” — Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh | A lot of us associate plastic surgery with frivolous stories from the entertainment industry. At times, we find it in useful tales like that of nine year old burn victim Ragini. In a 5 minute instalment […]

VAN HOP – Art Gallery Hop 2015

April 2nd, 2015  |  by  |  published in ARTS, FEATURE | Comments Off on VAN HOP – Art Gallery Hop 2015

VAN HOP – Art Gallery Hop 2015

Last night, the girlfriend handed me a sharp-looking pamphlet. I opened it up to learn there’s a not-for-profit charitable organization called the Canadian Art Foundation that links artists and art fans across the nation through a diverse program that includes interesting and free events like Gallery Hop. The event is on Sat. April 11 and […]

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a heterogeneous mixture : jumble

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