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10 Ways to Not Become Poor in Canada
December 10, 2011 – 8:15 am | 15 Comments
10 Ways to Not Become Poor in Canada

Christ­mas shop­ping is under­way in most parts of North Amer­ica and a lot of con­sumers took advan­tage of Black Fri­day and Cyber Mon­day deals. So, how to not become poor in Canada? How to man­age your money smartly?
Here are ten use­ful tips.

Picture of the Week: Snow Melting
December 9, 2011 – 8:15 am | 8 Comments
Picture of the Week: Snow Melting

I used to be very excited to see snow but the nov­elty ran out after two of three win­ters there. The first snow­fall is often beau­ti­ful and it’s weird to see the city blan­keted in white—the change of scenery is bru­tal, espe­cially when it’s very cold and snow does stay on the ground. But Canada’s harsh win­ters can also be a pain, a hin­drance to every­day life.

Going Digital
December 7, 2011 – 8:00 am | 20 Comments
Going Digital

I’m the kind of per­son who reads a book a day (and because OCTranspo is rarely on time, I have the chance to do so). Like most women, I carry my life in my bag, plus a cou­ple of books (just in case I fin­ish one, I like to have a backup). Some of my friends have tried to get me to switch to an eBook reader but I reacted like a granny. “It’s gonna hurt my eyes! It’s not the same as paper!” I protested.

My Travel ABC
December 5, 2011 – 8:15 am | 22 Comments
My Travel ABC

Katherina’s motto is “Eat, Travel, Photography”—with such a tagline, it’s not won­der that I’m read­ing her arti­cles reli­giously! Her travel blog, 100 Miles High­way, can give you a pretty bad case of wan­der­lust.
She recently com­pleted her Travel ABC, and tagged me for this spe­cial travel meme.

Welcome To The Jungle
December 3, 2011 – 8:15 am | 28 Comments
Welcome To The Jungle

I’m still a travel junkie. I’m afraid there is no cure for it.
On Decem­ber 14, Feng and I will land in Can­cún, Mex­ico, for seven weeks of travel. As usual, we have no defined travel plans. We will go wher­ever the chicken buses will take us.
Fol­low us on the road… Wel­come to the jungle!

Picture of the Week: Man on the Roof
December 2, 2011 – 8:10 am | 8 Comments
Picture of the Week: Man on the Roof

As the joke goes in Canada, we have two sea­sons: win­ter and con­struc­tion. And with win­ter approach­ing fast, the city is try­ing to wrap up many con­struc­tion projects, but some roads are still a mess.

Fall Sky
November 30, 2011 – 8:15 am | 24 Comments
Fall Sky

Between adjust­ing the clock back­ward and the short late fall days, the sun now sets around 4:30 p.m. The down­sides are obvi­ous: every­one feels tired and it’s hard to go back home in the dark. But on the plus side, we reg­u­larly get to see won­der­ful sunsets.

I Love Moo
November 28, 2011 – 8:20 am | 20 Comments
I Love Moo

I never truly caught the online shop­ping bug. In fact, the only times I get up from the couch to go get my credit card in my wal­let are to buy Thread­less t-shirts (because they are unique) and books on Ama­zon (because they are much cheaper than at Chap­ters).
And photo products.