I had good penmanship. My handwriting, regardless of style I adopted, was neat, uniform and highly legible. Sadly, without the opportunity to practice, I have now lost much of this skill. Just the other day, when I picked up a pencil to write for an extended period of time, I was horrified at the unevenness [...]

The 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver has now come to an end. In the short span of 17 days, I have experienced sheer joy, profound respect and unbridled pride. Other than Shane Koyczan’s poem at the opening ceremony,I can think of no other words to define my emotions accurately:
We can stand here today
filled with all [...]

… I turned around and looked back at where I came from. I like to venture into the hibernating woods, bare though it is at this time of the year, and feel the serenity. Under the canopy of snow, the ground glows. The snow crackled lightly under my weight with every step. The stillness all [...]

I rarely look into the eyes of my conversation companions. When I do, it is a perfunctory glance, shrouded behind a veil, performed reluctantly to satisfy the basic customs of holding a conversation. I attribute my tremendous difficulty in maintaining eye contact to my lack of self-confidence. Vain as this may sound, [...]

This is the only known picture of the first Canadian Olympic team:
[In 1908], for the first time, the Canadian Olympic team was named based on results from Olympic Trials and were primarily funded by the government. All team members proudly wore the maple leaf. This was the first time that the Olympic Motto “Citius, [...]

We are animals observing animals:
The series is entitled The Institute of Critical Zoologists, which is the first interdisciplinary scholarly center dedicated to promoting scholarly dialogue and research on the principles and practices of animal spectatorship, animal advocacy, animal killings and animal-related polices in the fields of social sciences, entertainment, commerce, aesthetics, culture and ecology…
My projects [...]

… I stood at the feet of the structure and looked up into the sky. The sun rays filtered every crevice, obscuring the topmost in a flare of light. I felt small, humbled by the quietly imposing presence the structured commanded. I reached out and touched its skin, a rough hide laboriously wrought of sand [...]

…Vancouver, 1912. Vancouver is a bustling city. Hastings Street is at the heart of the downtown core. It is the place to “see and be seen”. The city’s most popular theatres, restaurants, dance halls, and hotels are all located in the first three blocks of East Hastings Street. In that year, Antonio Demetry establishes a [...]

… A natural storyteller, Norman Rockwell envisioned his narrative scenarios down to the smallest detail… He first brought his ideas to life in studio sessions, staging photographs that are fully realized works of art in their own right. Selecting props and locations, choosing and directing his models, he carefully orchestrated each element of his design [...]

Adulthood is riddled with responsibilities and obligations. The reality of survival clutches all form of frivolity in its grasp upon graduation and yanks us from the bliss of our mothers’ petticoats. Hampered by unrealistic expectations (from our parents) and naive aspirations (from ourselves), we begin to assume our roles in society as the next generation [...]