Written by
Carine
Friday October 22, 2010
Russell Williams has been sentenced to two life sentences without a chance for parole. Great news but has justice really been served? Nothing can really justify a wrongdoing as grave as his. Nothing can right the wrong he committed.
The biggest ...
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Written by
Carine
Friday October 15, 2010
Eli and I have purchased a one-way ticket to my hometown. I am too excited at this moment to be fearful. I am overjoyed to be leaving Canada in the dead of winter and going home for Chinese New Year. ...
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Written by
Carine
Monday October 4, 2010
Dairy products have a laxative effect on most people, correct? And I’ve come to believe that living in Canada, on top of the weirdest allergies I have since been inflicted with, I’ve also started being one of those lactose intolerant ...
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Written by
Carine
Friday October 1, 2010
While I was offended by the Immigration Officer’s comment about it being “safer” for me to have stayed away from Beirut on my trip to Lebanon, I have to admit that Lebanon is a very misunderstood country, misunderstood even by ...
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Written by
Carine
Wednesday September 29, 2010
While I am sick and tired of hearing myself diss the competency level of Canadian Civil Servants, I must say that I was rudely disappointed with the Immigration Officer who had the fortune of greeting me upon my return to ...
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Written by
Carine
Friday September 3, 2010
I had the privilege of being in a room full of people eagerly waiting to be sworn into the family of Canada where I noticed a disturbing behaviour.
These grown men and women have either very poor listening skills or do ...
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Written by
Carine
Monday August 30, 2010
Is it weird that I'm not bothered at all that I've been carrying around a packet of blood stained tissue paper in my bag for the past month? Or that Eli is still wearing blood stained shoes? Or that we ...
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Written by
Carine
Sunday August 29, 2010
Weekends go by at such an incredible speed that I feel myself trying to backpedal every Sunday night, as anxious as a child who forgot to do her homework. I hate the anxiety Sunday nights bring. Although I don't have ...
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Written by
Carine
Thursday August 26, 2010
I’ve got my hands on the new camera and so I am sorting out my memory cards… And I came across the photographs Eli and I took the fateful night we were viciously attacked by a complete stranger.
It is difficult ...
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Written by
Carine
Monday August 16, 2010
Gran Torino is not a movie to be watched by someone who has been violently victimized.
My anxiety was at its almost peak throughout the entire show. It's bittersweet ending was not something I needed on a day like this.
Something just ...
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