Chinglish has life, don’t trample on it.
I find this interesting. Growing up in BC, in a french community, I heard my share of Franglais, but it was never treated as something to be preserved, an interesting alternative english (or alternative french).
… then I could have quoted this in last night’s exam on l’information journalistique.
Media Insiders Say Internet Hurts Journalism – The Atlantic (April 10, 2009) .
As a journalism student, I hear and read about the internet revolution and how it affects journalism almost daily. One thing I’ve kept in mind, though, is [...]
“Did ‘Save Darfur’ Lose Darfur?”
After listening to a piece on Radio-Canada on the recent controversy surrounding the pope and his views on AIDS and condoms, where one theologist kept saying that the pope was misquoted, I’m very interested in fact distortions on the ground.
I promised myself I’d knit from stash. I have at least four projects’ worth of yarn sitting in my office, including some summery yellow yarn and some hemp I’ll be making a skirt from. I have a sock pattern that I need to finish designing. I have a lace project in glorious Sea Silk that [...]
I moved to Verdun last summer. On my long walk up and down Wellington street, I’ve seen a lot of interesting restaurants, and some neat new businesses. Unfortunately, whenever I meet friends out for supper, we meet downtown or on the Plateau. A lot of people seem to be Verdun-phobic!
Tonight, I went to Su [...]
Last week, I started the Couch to 5k program. Today was week 2, day 1 — intervals of 90 seconds of running and two minutes of walking. Sounds easy, right?
It was a lot of fun, but it was not easy! I got a stitch in my side halfway through the session, and I was [...]