Category Archives for Uncategorized

Memes

www.9gag.com has taken over my life since I encountered it around 3 years ago. Basically, it’s a fun site where people post things like cartoons about politics, silly situations in everyday life and the rare inspiring message. It’s similar to … Continue reading

01. March 2013 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Speaking

Ryan Avery is 25 years old and is the youngest World Champion of Public Speaking in history. He competed against more than 30,000 people from 116 countries and on the 22nd of February, he came to UBC to share his … Continue reading

24. February 2013 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Watchmen

Watchmen, a graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, is a story about ordinary people with an extraordinary urge to uphold justice. The catch is that they all started out as everyday citizens who are, by no means, perfect. … Continue reading

21. February 2013 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Soup

In Japan, one compliments the chef by slurping up their noodle soup as loudly as physically possible. Not only does this practice indicate the customer’s enjoyment of the meal, it also allows the meal to be eaten before it has … Continue reading

15. January 2013 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | 2 comments

Parodies

Did you know that UBC has an archive full of historical documents about Vancouver? It is located in the basement of the Koerner library and on a cold misty day, we CAP students were lucky enough to spend a lesson … Continue reading

23. December 2012 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | 1 comment

Greetings

Two summers ago, I was fortunate enough to go to Nairobi in Kenya with a group of people from my school where we helped to renovate a primary school located on a farm. On top of many life lessons that … Continue reading

21. December 2012 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Taste

Finals are over, you’ve arrived back home and you’re snuggled under a blanket whilst watching snow fall from the sky, glistening under the moonlight. What are you thinking about? In these moments, I find myself contemplating what it means to … Continue reading

19. December 2012 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

798

Last summer, I spent a month in Beijing learning the language of my people. In between the three hour lectures and struggling over re-pronouncing long lost phonemes, we had some spare time to explore the area. Whilst searching for souvenirs, … Continue reading

03. December 2012 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | 1 comment

Intro

Hello there.   My name is Clarice Yeung and I am a first year CAP Culture and Media Arts student. I was born in Burnaby and flew over to Hong Kong when I was 6 months old. At the ripe … Continue reading

01. November 2012 by clayeung
Categories: Uncategorized | 1 comment

Spam prevention powered by Akismet