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Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games

Apr 302012

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Hunger Games is the first book in a trilogy by Suzanne Collins. It follows young protagonist Katniss as she prepares for and then subsequently participates in an annual event called the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual event where a male and female child from each of a dozen districts are sent to participate by killing each other off. This is done to remind the districts of an event in the past, and thus to keep them in line. Continue reading »

Office University 2010: Why Didn’t I Know About This?!?!

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Apr 262012

Microsoft Office University 2010

Why didn’t I know about this until this morning?!?! The past few years, whenever I needed Microsoft Office, I would usually get the Home and Student edition (which was essentially a student discounted version off of the Professional edition) for about $160 (well, I usually found it for about $130 when I had to buy it, but $160 is the list price). This edition comes with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote (I’ve always been depressed that it never came with Outlook).
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Finished My Application For Hoarders

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Apr 232012

So I found out this morning that I’m going to be transferring rooms to a different building in Marine Drive Residence tomorrow morning. Thus, I spent most of my day packing. As it turns out, I have a lot of stuff piled up on campus… This is what I ended packing up today (see below), excluding my sports and music equipment (which I transferred to my office for temporary storage) and my toiletries and mini-fridge (which I have yet to pack because I’ll be using them tomorrow morning); I somehow had packed all of this into Marine Drive’s rendition of an under-the-stairs-broom-closet. I must say I hate packing, and I can’t believe I have this much stuff on campus… …oh well, I’ll hopefully know two of the people in the room I’m transferring into (hopefully because the second person is also still hoping for a room switch into the room), so hopefully it will be worth it…
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Ma Dang Goul

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Apr 192012

A while ago, Emti, Carson, Julia, Khanh, Quinlan, Jonathan, Jenny, Daphne, Lu, and I decided to check out Ma Dang Goul, a small Korean restaurant located at Denman and Haro. When I say small here, I also mean cramped; the restaurant itself had little space, and what space it had was cramped with tables and chairs. Our table for 10 was at the back of the restaurant, and we were all seated tightly next to each other. This problem became especially evident as both us and other people in the restaurant tried to use the restrooms or pay using debit at the till–such actions required the invasion of personal space of some of those seated.
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Google Search Term Word Clouds

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Apr 172012

Out of curiosity, I thought it would be interesting to look at what people are Google-ing to find my blog. Here are the results from the past 7 days (as created using Jetpack (WordPress Stats) and Wordle (the word cloud)):

Past 7 Days

Dear Anonymous

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Apr 142012

Dear Anonymous,

I am writing this to you tonight after a recent epiphany I had. After much exploration and revisiting of many nearly forgotten memories, I decided to translate my thoughts to text. My motivation for doing so is not only to prevent this from becoming a forgotten memory within itself, but also to inform you of just some of the surface waters of the tide that drowned my consciousness that night. So whether we have been friends, acquaintances, or simply on either end of some distant admiration, these words are for you.
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A Basic Mechanistic Approach To Badminton Doubles

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Apr 112012

One of the things I’m doing this term is helping my friend Edward coach badminton at Kitsilano Secondary School. I know one of the things I had (or still) trouble with doubles is figuring out how to coordinate movement with my partner to cover the court. Fortunately, I’ve gotten better since I started (much thanks to the advice of Aaron, most of which below is adapted from). Alors, I’ve thrown together this resource so that it will hopefully be useful to some of you (I’ve shared this with the Kits badminton team).
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Research Assistant Opportunity (Database Development)

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Apr 102012

A Species-at-Risk database network – Graduate Research Assistant opportunity

The South Coast Conservation Program (www.sccp.ca) is a multi-partner, landscape-level conservation program for the South Coast (or Lower Mainland) of British Columbia. The primary objective of this program is to coordinate and facilitate the implementation of conservation actions to maintain and restore species and ecosystems at risk on the South Coast of B.C.
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