A Letter To Myself
From: 2019 To: all the years that have gone by I remember on May, 11, 2010, just five hours into the flight to North America, I had tried to use my broken English for the first time to order a Coca Cola I didn’t even want. My three-year-old brother was sleeping with his legs in my lap and his head in my mother’s. We said go...
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A Thank You Letter to My Grandparents
Hey grandpa, grandma. Here are the words I wish I could say more eloquently in Cantonese. I only know how to do this in English, but I hope you can feel my appreciation in our day to days. To my lovely grandparents, I like to think that I’m a pretty lucky person; I have the privilege to go to school, I don’t have to worry abou...
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Five Ways To Use Leftover Chicken
It’s a Tuesday and you drag yourself out of the house. You decide to go grocery shopping at your local supermarket. You think to yourself “I should probably stop eating out so much and cook for once..”. And then… you see it: A ROTISSERIE CHICKEN. It’s so beautiful… you need to buy it. I absolutely love rotisserie chicken....
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Three Things I Learned from my First Semester of University
Six months ago, I moved out from the cozy suburbs of Markham to London to begin my time at Western University. Never did I expect my life to undergo the transition it did, despite the conversations I had with current university students about their transitions. As I look back onto my successes and failures from my first semester here, I...
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Western Voice 2019: Meet the Contestants
Now that the show is right around the corner, it’s time to learn a little bit about our contestants who are competing for $500 and the title of winner of Western’s largest singing competition! Top: Talal, Mark, Patrick, MadisonBottom: Destinie, Esther, AudreyMissing: Stefanie Audrey Cullis What is&nb...
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Meet Simu Liu
Western Voice 2019 is in less than 5 days and we’re excited to share a little bit about our special guest judge Simu Liu before then! Born in Harbin, China, Simu immigrated to Canada at a young age and grew up in Mississauga, ON. He previously studied at the University of Toronto Schools and Western University’s Ivey Schoo...
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Meet CantoMando
Based in Toronto, ON, CantoMando consists of three members: Sheldon Ho, Edward Leung and Mike Wu. These Youtubers are known for their humour, creativity and Asian related content they produce. We had the opportunity to ask them a few questions to get to know them a little bit better, so here it is: What inspired you to start a Yo...
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Western Voice 2019: The Breakdown
Western Voice 2019 is just around the corner and here is a breakdown of everything you should know and why you should come out to our show! On January 31st, 2019 in Mustang Lounge (UCC, Western University), we will have 8 contestants competing for 1 championship title and for the first time ever, a $500 grand prize! Meet and gre...
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How to Win at “Settlers of Catan”
Picture this: It’s a Friday night and your friends want to go out. You, being the indoor hermit that you are, suggest that you guys stay and play board games instead. Because you are a man/woman of culture, your board game of choice, 9 times out of 10, turns out to be “Settlers of Catan” (or Catan for the real OG’s out there). On...
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Last-Minute Gift Ideas
We all know what time of the year it is – “finals season”! In the midst of all the studying, did you remember that the holidays are just around the corner? Were you just reminded of all the gift exchanges you agreed to participate in, but haven’t gotten any of the gifts for? Fear not, CSA has got your back! Whether it’s some...
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