1)  Your Thoughts on the Canucks Riot in June of 2011.

                                                          

You know, I never really was that big of a hockey fan. Even still, I think that even the biggest fans can agree that the Canuck riots of 2011 were absolutely uncalled for. What a freaking joke! One thing I admired about Canada over the US is its grace and humility, especially when it came to something as trivial as sports. While that kind of behaviour can be expected of the Americans, I think Canadians should’ve held themselves to higher standards. To add insult to injury, of all the cities in Canada, doesn’t Vancouver stand for peace, love, nature and harmony? Shame on you, Vancouverites! You really became the butt-crack of Canada that year!

2)  What Are Your Personal Goals?

Narrowing down my personal goals is a rather dizzying process. I mean, I am so young… the world is my oyster, is it not? I want to be a film producer and a professional ping pong player, while having my veterinarian practice on the side. Seems feasible? Hardly! I’m only one person. I guess that means I have to choose, right? Sigh. But how do I know when I’ve made the right choice? I guess I just have to take baby steps, arbitrarily opening and closing doors as I encounter them on my path to success or happiness. Honestly, that’s all I really want to be – happy. It seems like such a simple goal, but when I look around at the majority of the people who surround me, below the surface, it’s actually extremely difficult to attain, let alone maintain.

3)  Your Favourite Book of All Time

I have always loved reading since I was a little girl. Therefore, to say that there’s a book that’s my absolute favourite would be dishonest, at best. There are some books that you read for entertainment, and then there are others that you read to learn something. While I was younger, I used to read to escape. I was very shy and very much preferred to remain indoors or on the patio of my backyard, reading all the translated versions of the “Harry Potter” series. I know for a fact that if my life allowed me the time to re-read the entire series, I’d probably be able to finish them within a month. Not only were those books extremely entertaining when I was young, but I can imagine that reading them again would put me in a place of nostalgia, where I might be able to recapture my childhood through the similar emotions I’d experience reading it as a teenager.

4)  A Lesson You Learned in Life

We hear so many clichés in life, yet, oftentimes, we prove to be the clichés. Huh? What? Let me explain. Since I was a child, my parents always told me that I can do anything, as long as I put my mind to it. While I understood what they were saying semantically, and even believed it, I certainly didn’t act like I believed it. How many things have you wanted to try, but always held yourself back from due to fear of failure? We all do it. I’d love to pick up the piano and play like Chopin, but I fear that I’ll make a fool out of myself. It takes courage to try new things, and it takes confidence to believe you can succeed. With both courage and confidence, you can do anything that you set your mind to completing. So while I heard the cliché that I can do anything I put my mind and heart into, I became the cliché of the person who let fear keep them from success and happiness. Someone once told me that half the battle is simply “starting”.

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I see the beauty in the world, the sadness in it, and therefore, all the things that we can do to make the world a better place. Am I just young? Am I naïve to think that making a difference is possible. When I tell most adults how I wish we could end world suffering, poverty, hunger, and oppression, they merely pat me on the shoulder like, “Oh, that’s cute! Well… you never know.” It’s actually extremely frustrating and ridiculously condescending. What has killed the fire in their spirit in the aging process, such that they’re willing to accept the world the way it is? Who put out their flame, and turned them into mindless and/or heartless zombies who can passively flip the channel when they see something terrible on the news. The complacency is mind boggling. I hope I never become like them. It makes me resentful, because these people represent what the problem is in the world.