Writ of Mainprize

My sister, Heather, got married on Saturday in Keswick at the Cornerstone Pentecostal Church in Keswick. The ceremony was on one of the hottest days in June, but the chapel was air conditioned, so wearing heavy fancy clothes was not unbearable. The rain held off, although clouds seemed to threaten all day. I piped in the wedding party, and my brother brought Heather down the aisle. Three bridesmaids and groomsmen filled the complement of the wedding party. The reception was held in the Lions Club hall near Mount Albert.

In many ways the Graduation Day ceremony for your Bachelor's degree is anti-climactic. It doesn't really capture the essence of the last four years of your life. Does it feel like an adequate award for all those late nights, cram sessions, and frustratingly hard assignments? Does it capture the happiness that you shared with your friends? Is it a true homage to your university life that has totally defined you as a person for the past four years? | No, probably not. There were other events that probably did that for you—Your last exam, your last party with your friends, your marks on your last transcript, your final days in the dorm or your shared apartment. So why bother with Graduation Day then? Well, it comes down a few, important things: ... Read the full post »

On the Victoria Day long weekend, we went hiking up at Mono Cliffs near Orangeville. This is a small provincial park with several trails that traverse the Niagara escarpment in that area. The Bruce trail also goes through that region. The parking is just a self serve metered park, $10.00 for the day. That weekend, the bugs had not started biting, but the weather was warm and sunny, so we had an amazing day. ... Read the full post »

The winter in Toronto seemed to be very long, but spring is here! In fact, spring came fast and hard. It was 27oC yesterday! Incroyable!. I meant to take these pictures yesterday or the day before, but some of our flowers have bloomed nicely. We got a little rain today, so maybe a few more flowers will come up. The magnolia tree across the street has just about bloomed. Hopefully I will remember to take a picture of it! ... Read the full post »

You need to switch your language setting to Chinese (Big5) need to be able to view Unicode to see the symbols correctly in this table: Counting in Cantonese 1一yat1 6六luk6 2二yi6 7七chaat1 3三saam1 8八bat3 4四sei3 9九gau2 5五ng5 10十sap6 The numbers beside the phonetic spelling represent tone "shapes". There are 9 tones and 3 tone levels. Tonal PronunciationTonal Pronunciation 1High Falling 6Low Level 2Low Falling 7High Level 3Mid Rising 8Mid Level (short) 4Low Rising 9Low Level (short) 5Mid Level