Category Archives: New Experiences

Horseback Riding at Churchill Chimes

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stenoodie

I’ve never been horseback riding before and have always wanted to try. A friend in the Mon Sheong group suggested to go for an outing and we did! After a satisfying breakfast at The Fickle Pickle, we walked into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fitness, Learning, New Experiences | Tagged animals, autumn, Churchill Chimes, farm, feeding horses, first time horseback riding, fun, horse trot, Horseback riding, outdoor, Stouffville | 3 Comments

Art Toronto: Toronto International Art Fair 2013

Posted on October 26, 2013 by stenoodie

After we had a messy but fulfilling lunch at Uno Mustachio at St. Lawrence Market, my friend Mandy and I attended the Art Toronto Fair. This was my first time attending it and Mandy’s second after having attended it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, New Experiences | Tagged Art Toronto Fair 2013, artists, Arts, buyers, Canada, collectors, downtown, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto | 10 Comments

Colours of Hope: Completing My First 5K

Posted on October 20, 2013 by stenoodie

I did my first ever 5K yesterday as part of the Canadian Cancer Society Colours of Hope 5K event! When I first received the e-mail from the Canadian Cancer Society about the event back in September, I knew wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fitness, New Experiences, Philanthropy | Tagged 5K, active, Canadian Cancer Society, charity, coloured powder, Colours of Hope 2013, fun, Health, Humber College, run, sponsor, Toronto | 7 Comments

Captioning the Asian Film Awards with Jade King

Posted on July 8, 2013 by stenoodie

On March 18, 2013, I attended the 7th Annual Asian Film Awards with Jade King in Hong Kong. I met up with Jade at 11 that morning to get to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. I was beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in New Experiences, Steno | Tagged 2013, Asian Film Awards, Asian Film Awards 2013, captioning done by stenographers, captions, closed captioning, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Asian Film Awards, Hong Kong stenographers, Jade King, job shadowing a captioner, Kong Kong captioners, live captioning, live captioning events, shadowing, simultaneous interpreters, stadium captioning in Hong Kong, steno, stenography | 7 Comments

Dragon boat workshop

Posted on June 30, 2013 by stenoodie

This past Saturday in the DiSCOVER 2013 program, instead of sitting in the classroom in our usual Mandarin class and business/Chinese culture workshop, we went out to the lake shore and did a 2-hour crash course on the wonderful water … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, New Experiences | Tagged DiSCOVER 2013, dragon boat, first dragon boat experience, how to dragon boat, Lake Ontario, learning, Mon Sheong, new experiences, strength, teamwork, technique, Toronto waters, water | 2 Comments

My first time tree-planting!

Posted on April 29, 2013 by stenoodie

On Saturday, April 27, the Mon Sheong/DiSCOVER group led us to tree planting! This was part of a city-wide initiative to plant trees and there were so many volunteers there. I was quite pleasantly surprised! I’ve always wanted to plant trees! … Continue reading →