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Greensboro MAIC 2015 :)
We had an amazing weekend!!! I can’t believe it’s already been a year since the last Greensboro convention in 2014. Time flies and so much has happened since MAIC 2014. Let’s recount what happened this weekend. 🙂 On Wednesday, August … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Travel
Tagged Andrew Chee, Benson Li, bus trip, business, convention, entrepreneurs, family, framily, friends, fun, GenYTO, Greensboro, JR Ridinger, learning, MA, MA headquarters, MAIC 2015, North Carolina, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, road trip, team, Team Warrior, teamwork, Toronto, Wendy's Baconator Fries
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Scale
Be prepared for a nerdy post: The scale of the people walking on the stage at the MAWC 2015 convention looks large and grand but they all got there with a little bit of hard work, time, perseverance, and dedication. … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged conference, convention, entrepreneurs, fun, GenYTO, learning, MAWC2015, Miami, postaday, travel, weekly photo challenge
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Road Trip to Greensboro and MAIC 2014!
At the beginning of August, hundreds of young, ambitious, hardworking, kind-hearted, and energetic individuals boarded eight buses to go on a 14-hour road trip to a little-known city in North Carolina — Greensboro. This was my second convention to learn more about … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, New Experiences, Travel
Tagged adventure, ambitious, convention, dreams, energizing, energy, Fat Joe, fun, future, GenYTO, goals, Greensboro, growth, improvement, inspiring, Jamie Foxx, learning, memorable, memories, millionaires, motivational, mu30, North Carolina, patience, progress, relentlessness, road trip, success, technology, Toronto, working hard, young
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My first time attending Anime North!
I’ve never been a huge anime/manga fanatic. In my childhood, I grew up with Sailor Moon as my first exposure to “anime”. However, I didn’t see it like an obsession or an interest where I would be dressing up as … Continue reading
Posted in New Experiences
Tagged anime, Anime North 2014, annual, convention, cosplay, costumes, dressing up, Final Fantasy VIII, friends, Frozen Elsa, fun, handmade, manga, photoshoots, Rinoa Heartilly, Toronto, Toronto Congress Centre
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Banquet Food at the Pearson Convention Centre
Banquet food! I haven’t had this in a while. The last time was probably at either a wedding or at the last formal in the last year of university. What can I say about banquet food is that it is usually … Continue reading
Short thoughts on NCRA Convention 2013
It’s 2 a.m. right now and there are two more seminars ‘tomorrow’ morning left on Sunday before the Convention is officially done. So far, I’ve had some drastic changes regarding my steno career path in the last 2 days.
Heading to Music City in August!
Yay! I just booked my plane tickets to Nashville, Tennessee for August for the NCRA Annual Convention! Yay!!! I’ve also just registered for the event too. Heh. I got excited reading about the resort that the Convention is being held … Continue reading
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Tagged annual conference, convention, court reporting, Nashville, NCRA Convention 2013, networking, steno, travelling
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NCRA 2012 Convention and Exposition
I wrote this in September 2012 last year after I attended the NCRA Convention. Enjoy! On August 9-12, I travelled to Philadelphia to attend the NCRA 2012 Convention and Exposition. This is an annual event hosted by the NCRA (National … Continue reading