Happy birthday, Blog
Happy first birthday to my blog!
To my astonishing (and very very not-imaginary) readers, thank you for a wonderful year of laughs, insights, mini-tutorials and mentorship. I had not imagined getting such an overwhelmly positive response.
To celebrate, a list of my favourite posts so far. Happy reading.
14-Apr-08 The Best Thing Ever – My brother throwing an axe at a tree
18-Apr-08 My Carbon Footprint - My attempt at calculating my carbon footprint
22-Apr-08 The Asian Literature Photo Project a self-portrait by proxy series I did for a class
28-Apr-08 On Max Mosely and Other Religious Figures – My thoughts on the documentary Stalag and Kreidens from the Hot Docs festival.
6-May-08 My Grandma’s Home – I love my grandmother
6-May-08 The Olympic Run – I never thought that I would get to see the Olympic Run in Hong Kong.
6-May-08 Reading the South China Post - It is a real pleasure to find regional papers in English.
14-May-08 Cooking with my Grandma – Putting family recipes to paper is an emotional task
14-May-08 Bao San – A fun day at Cheung Chao Island
24-May-08 Voting in the People’s Republic I decided to vote for fun. I guess there are worst reasons to vote.
25-May-08 Trend in Chinese Art My most popular post
28-May-08 My China Extrusion – The day I discovered amongst many things that this blog is banned in China and guards are hot
31-May-08 Lessons Learned in Hong Kong – Travellers’ Tips for the Common Wealth bound
6-June-08 Oh My Yves! - My visit to the YSL show at Montreal Museum of Art
2-July-08 My Temporary Suburbia Where I discovered my love of referencing my parents’ childhood suffering like every other forum-poster on the Globeandmail.com forums
22-Aug-08 My Stepford Dream – A dinner party Tudor and I hosted
3-Sept-08 Wwwwwestside – A trip to the Art Gallery of Hamilton where I discovered the Ontario Association of Art Galleries
4-Sept-08 Performance Rating my Friendship Skills – I do not make a good friend
13-Sept-08 La revedere, Summer – My favourite pic of Yan
23-Sept-08 Ontario Association of Art Galleries Tour: Oakville Galleries - Although I made fun of Deirdre Logue’s “Beyond Her Usual Limits” in the post, after a couple months living milestone-less adulthood, I began to feel her pain
4-Oct-08 TIAF Gala – I scened
13-Oct-08 Ontario Association of Art Galleries: Robert McLaughlin Gallery - My favourite gallery on the east end. I great discovery
20-Oct-08 Toronto Fashion Week versus Ethics - A popular but quiet post
10-Nov-08 Fashion Takes Some Action - the beginnings of my evolving thoughts about fashion’s place in politics
22-Nov-08 A Dissolving Birthday – My favourite post. Probably the one post I spent time editing
20-Jan-09 Windsor Gothic – Pictures I took during a business trip to Windsor
1-Feb-09 Shopgirls versus Public Butter - another popular post. the beginnings of my thoughts on service. The Comments are worth a read.
19-Feb-09 Canadian Fashion Wasteland - This was fun to make. Too bad I don’t have photoshop now
3-Apr-09 – AGO Massive Uprising Party – Me at my worst: listless and wealthy
