Posted on 22 November 2009. Tags: Andrea Holmes, featured, Miss 604, non-profit, Vancouver, WIL, Women in Leadership Foundation
Yesterday, Lili and I had a great time at the Women in Leadership Foundation’s Superwomen Friends Winter Palace Gala. Lili won the tickets through the Miss 604 contest and generously invited me to accompany her. The Women in Leadership foundation is a registered Vancouver charity dedicated to advancing women in leadership roles. Yesterday’s Gala night [...]
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Posted on 15 November 2009. Tags: featured, PAL Theatre, Vancouver
Thanks to Raul Pacheco and Kelly Sheridan, Mr. Ames and I had a great night on Friday the 13th. The Physicists is an interesting tale about power, science and insanity. Through the eyes of three mentally ill scientists, we learn that our craziness can sometimes be convenient. Well… I don’t what to give the plot [...]
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Posted on 11 November 2009. Tags: Canada, featured, Vancouver
I am learning to understand Canada through photography. My old Pentax K100 has helped me reach some Canadian souls and learn their stories. 2009 was the first year that Mr. Ames and I headed together to the cenotaph at Victory Square to remember those who fought and are fighting in wars for Canada. We remembered [...]
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Posted on 08 November 2009. Tags: featured, iphone, telus
Finally, Telus released the Iphone on its new 3G network. I might confess that I tried to be tough and resist, but unfortunately I was able to hold on to my proud for only24 hours. And it only happened because the system went down on the new network’s first day (just for the records, I [...]
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Posted on 19 October 2009. Tags: featured
It’s taking more than I expected to re-adapt to my Canadian life. It has been more than 2 weeks since I came back from Portugal and it’s still hard to settle back to my normal life. Lisboa is an amazing city and the warm weather definitely took me to heaven! Portugal still makes me happy when I see flip-flop tan marks on my feet…
As a Brazilian, I’d never thought about visiting the mother-land before and I need to thank my friend Alessia for that! For our 1-week tour throughout Lisbon-area we decided to spend our between Cascais, Belém, Sintra and Lisboa.
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Posted on 17 September 2009. Tags: a multicultural life, featured
My class at SFU has been the most exciting thing about my life. I am only taking one class, one communication class, and my world has changed a lot in only two weeks. I have a crush on academia! The idea that I can create, feed and motivate my thoughts in different directions just turns [...]
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