Prince The Dog Returns Home After 5 Years, Finds Owner Myrna Carillo’s New House If you move four times in five years, it’s hard enough for the mail to find you, let alone a dog. But that’s just what one smart Shih Tzu did this past week. According to NBC Continue Reading
Hong Kong’s Forgotten Villages
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/world/asia/19villages.html?src=me HONG KONG — Sitting on a wooden bench near his small concrete house, Cheung Cheung drew his hand across the overgrown fields before him and described what they were used for. “The villagers’ animals used to graze here,” he said. “People kept cows, chickens and pigs.” Pointing to the Continue Reading
Daniel Garcia Rally Photos
Photos from the rally on Dec. 31, 2010.
Settlement agencies shocked by gag order
Settlement agencies shocked by gag order “Immigrant service agencies were horrified when they got a government email last week banning them from discussing recent federal funding cuts that may kill some of them — a memo Citizenship and Immigration Canada now says was all a big mistake. Members of the Continue Reading
Wary of ID Politics in Recent Campaigns
As I have communicated to others time to time, I have been increasingly wary about campaigns in our community leaning increasingly towards ID politics and electoral politics. Here’s what I posted in response to someone asking about whose interest multiculturalism serves and how it enforces racism: The interests they serve Continue Reading
What I mentioned at the bar today. watch the whole thing, fight back starts at 1:00ish 🙂
[The Star] The casualties of Rob Ford’s war
[The Star] The casualties of Rob Ford’s war 🙁 good summary on the damage Rob Ford is already doing to our communities. He said there would be no tax increases and no cuts in service; hell, he guaranteed it. What are these things? Cuts and increases. He suggests that refugees Continue Reading
Half a Catty, Eight Taels
Ok, this made my day! I randomly heard this classic Hong Kong song at Andy Poolhall and realized how much of an anti-capitalist working class anthem it is. my notes = < > background spoken lyric = ( ) My translation: Title: Half a catty, eight taels <traditional Chinese currency, Continue Reading
Another air crash nightmare :(
I dreamed of another air crash. As we were in flight, we heard a slight boom then clapping. People were saying they were happy since it sounded like another plane that was really loud nearby had crashed, and that it was finally quiet… i got pretty mad and yelled at Continue Reading
Players stand on their knees in protest against not being paid for 5 months! via Craig (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)