Nanabosho and the Butterflies :)

        Went to the book launch and reading of "Nanabosho and the Butterflies" written by Joe McLellan and Matrine McLellan. Only Joe was there though. Oh, and with me was my CreComm partner in crime...Kalaya! :) It was held in the sunlit Atrium of the McNally Robinson Bookstore in Grant Park Mall. (Boy that mall is far! and did I miss McNally's!) There were probably about 20 seats set up, and we, the audience filled up about 2/3rds of that.

        Nanabosho and the Butterflies is one of eleven children's books centred on the character, Nanabosho (all authored by McLellan.) Nanabosho is the "teacher and protector of the Anishinabe people" as described in McLellan's website. The Anishinabe  is the third largest Indian tribe in North America.

        Before reading the book, Joe started off by giving us a little bit of a background about his Nanabosho book series. He said that he started writing books about the tribe 25 years ago, when most of the ladies in the audience weren't born yet. (hehe) His main purpose of writing the books is to hopefully help the new generations of the Anishinabe tribe to learn their native language.

        "Well it's not the same when you tell this story in english, but that's what our children speak now," Joe said, relating to us what an elder of the tribe told him. "But maybe if you tell the stories, they'll be interested in finding more stories, they'll be interested in the language."

        The children's book is a heartfelt story about a young Nanabosho helping a mother teach her children the important lesson of being independent. The book is illustrated with rich coloured paintings by a former student of his, Jackie Travis. He also incorporated a lot of native words into the story by substituting the english words for grandmother, butterflies, and thank you, etc. I hope and believe that his books will help those new Anishinabe generations learn more about their language and culture.

        In the Philippines, I know that some dialects are also dying. So I know how important it is to keep language alive. When I moved here to Canada, I found some parents struggling to teach their children the Filipino language. So far most Filipinos I know that were raised here, do understand the language, but only a few can speak it. Language becomes part of the identity of a people, and so when this is lost, a part of the people's culture is also lost.

If you saw one, wouldn't you try?

No really, wouldn't you?






HAHAHAHA =)))

So I've been thinking about renting a pole dancing studio this Christmas and just having fun with my friends...all girls of course. I already found one in the exchange that costs $75/hr. But of course we'll be there longer so it's gonna be expensiiiive. So I hafta think about that some more. But oh, I could just imagine how it would turn out. We'd be laughing at each other the whole time because of the pole dancing skills we don't have. hahaha :)) And we'll all probably land on our heads at least twice hahaha.

Anyhoo,,, I was watching some pole dancing videos on YouTube (like, wow!) and I came across this. HAHAHAHAHA poor lady! :)) So yeah, if you saw a pole in somebody's house, wouldn't YOU try? I would. HAHAHA. Heck, sometimes I even play with bus stop poles. hahaha. Or those in playgrounds. :)))

Lesson for the day: Don't open a Bud near a pole. (say what??) HAHAHAHAHA =)))))

Temporary :))

        Made this in creative writing class one month into CreComm. Heeheehee. The exercise was to write a fictional scene about a picture of myself. Requirements: 1) mention the photographer, and 2) someone has to die. :))

        Today is July 16, 2010 - the opening day of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. These two are having their picture taken with a street sign that says “temporary.” Let's call them Plaid 1 and Plaid 2. Plaid 1 came up with that idea; giving the "temporary" sign the meaning that we only stay here on Earth - in this life - temporarily.

        While the photographer is badly framing this picture, they hear Justin Beiber’s song, “Baby”, start playing from the outdoor stage that they're close to. All three of them, as well as most of the people around them, hurl terribly in their minds.

        They notice a street performer pointing to the clear blue sky above where they see a newly formed smiley face made by a jet to welcome the Fringe visitors.

        They smile and pose, and at the moment the shutter goes off, Plaid 2 is thinking of sushi and how she wants some for lunch. But as usual, they will end up in a steak house later that night.

        Little did they know that right after this shot is taken, a goat will run into the frame. People will be surprised and will gasp as the goat rams the butt of the man who is bent over in the background. The man will just fall over and get cuts on his hands and knees. But the goat will suffer a major concussion, will pass out and die in the animal hospital with the time of death of 8:17 pm. The kids at the Fringe petting zoo will later hear about this in the evening news, and will think it was funny and sad at the same time.

        Too bad the photographer wasn’t able to click the shutter on time. That picture would have been priceless.

;p

Dynamite - Taio Cruz - A Cappella Cover - Just Voice and Mouth - Mike To...

Coolie!! :D Just posting stuff on here that rocks my socks off! :D

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes

Saying AYO, gotta let go

I wanna celebrate and live my life

Saying AYO, baby let's go

Cause we gon' rock this club

We gon' go all night

We gon' light it up

Like it's dynamite

Cause I told you once

Now I told you twice

We gon' light it up

Like it's dynamite

I came to dance, dance, dance, dance

Flying Snakes. Awesome. ;p

That is so cool. Who would've thought that even snakes could fly?

This is a video that I got off of an article from Yahoo News about a show on National Geographic.

Wow.

Potter Heads ;p

This is for all you Potter Heads out there! ;p

        So part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is FINALLY coming out this Friday...tomorrow!!! Too bad I have work and I'll be super busy this weekend...I won't be able to catch a show :(( ...or maybe I will *cue suspense music* *evil laugh* So by next week everybody will be talking about it...and I. won't. have. any. thing. to. say :(( ...and again, or maybe I will... *evil-er laugh* hahaha kidding...I'm fine with that. ...or maybe I'm not... *evil-est laugh* :D

        Anyhoo, in Harry Potter there are these things you call "horcruxes." Ya know, those thingies where He-Who-Must......argh too much effort to type! I'll just say his name: VOLDEMORT! *crowd gasps* ...where Voldemort hides parts of his soul? Yeah, those ones.

        Horcrux: a magical object created through the use of the Dark Arts by evil witches or wizards who wish to avoid death. To do so, they conceal part of their soul within an object - the Horcrux - that is usually hidden away in a safe location.

        If I were to create horcruxes for myself (cause, I don't know, maybe someone was out to get me? hahaha), I'll break up my soul and put them pieces in my favourite objects in the world (Mr. V had seven. But I'll narrow mine down to three):

1. my mac book. is my life.
2. my blue and yellow Pilot mechanical pencil. Have been a pencil person ever since.
3. my rings. I just can't live without my rings.

        There. These things, I can't live without.
        Horcruxes. We all have some of those. :)

ciao! ;p

note to self: re-"listen" to yer HP 7 audiobook IF and WHEN you have time.

note to all you other Potter Heads: Silvercity Polo Park is already SOLD OUT for Friday.