Author : Cecilia Or

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When I was looking through other’s blog posts, this article caught my attention, Why to Read: 10 Reasons Why Reading Books will Save Your Life.  While I’m unsure of the “save your life” part, I was intrigued by its 9th reason: “to discover yourself through reading”. I’m an investigator at heart.  When I read a novel, in addition to enjoying …
Most of us develop more interests in certain things.  This includes fashion, TV shows, movie stars, exercise.  Among all, one of the popular interests is dieting and losing weight.  Many think that reducing fat consumption can make them lose weight.  For example, fruit diet, peeling all the skin off their chicken, getting all things fat-free.  All of these practices can be …
Canada’s 150th Birthday It was Canada’s 150th birthday.  Instead of the usual big town activities, we decided to visit a unique small town called Stratford to spend the long weekend.  The experience was definitely different than a regular cookie cutter vacation with many special memories to take home with. We took a train into the little town, and the servers were …
Life is a Gift – a very precious gift. Sometimes, this precious gift can be short and very fragile.  In fact, to a certain extent, you don’t even know what may happen tomorrow.  It’s not just about you, but it’s also about the people around you.  Therefore, you shouldn’t simply let every day pass by without any sparkle. Yes, I know, …
Life can be busy… Sometimes, it’s too hard to have time in the morning to do exercise.  By the end of the day, we may not have the motives to exercise at home, or we run out of energy to go to the gym.  Therefore, Walking becomes the best option, easy to do and flexible with time. But it’s so …
Yesterday I was reading an article titled “10 Good Reasons For Leaving a Job”.  It turned out that it’s not about making life choices as I expected, but about how to explain leaving a job during an interview.  It even has a disclaimer informing people that one is not obligated on mentioning how one parted ways with the former employer. Wow! …
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