Tag Archives: DiSCOVER 2013

DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 7. July 22, 2013.

Posted on September 24, 2013 by stenoodie

Today was fantastic! I didn’t think that it would top yesterday‘s fantastic events, but it did 🙂 Today, we went to the Terra Cotta Museum in Xi’an. Wow, it was so amazing. Our tour guide, Rose, was able to tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Ancient City Wall, biking on city wall, China, Chinese performance, DiSCOVER 2013, Dumpling Feast, hand-rolled noodles, hot, knife-cut noodles, Mon Sheong, summer, Terra Cotta warriors, Terracotta Army, tourist, travel, Trip to China, Xi'an, Xi'an Museum, Xi'an subway system | 20 Comments

DiSCOVER. Trip to China. Day 3. July 18, 2013.

Posted on August 13, 2013 by stenoodie

Second day of trip, or technically the third one as the first and second are considered one day due to the flight. We visited Peking University today! Chantel, Jesica, and I did our presentation to the students there. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Beijing, Bird's Nest, China, Chinese students, DiSCOVER 2013, history, hot, Mon Sheong, Olympic Park, Peking University, summer, tourist, travelling, Water Cube | 19 Comments

DiSCOVER – Mon Sheong Youth Group Program

Posted on August 5, 2013 by stenoodie

Wow, I just discovered that DiSCOVER has a flickr page that has albums upon albums of pictures from all the events that we’ve participated in in the last 6 months! Way to go to whoever has been uploading all of … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Life, Philanthropy, Travel | Tagged DiSCOVER 2013, grateful, life experiences, memories, Mon Sheong Youth Group, travel | 6 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

DiSCOVER 2013 retreat

Posted on June 18, 2013 by stenoodie

This weekend was a bit of a prelude to the 2-week trip to China that I’ll be partaking in during July as part of the culminating event to the 6-month DiSCOVER youth development program. We went up to Blue Mountain … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Travel | Tagged Blue Mountain Village, Collingwood, DiSCOVER 2013, friends, games, leadership, Mon Sheong, new friendships, retreat, team-building | 4 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 →

Posted in Learning, New Experiences, Philanthropy | Tagged DiSCOVER 2013, Milliken Park, Mon Sheong, new experiences, plant trees in spring, planting trees, spring, Toronto, Toronto tree planting, tree planting in Toronto | 3 Comments

I have excellent penmanship

Posted on April 23, 2013 by stenoodie

Haha, in one of our DiSCOVER workshops this past Saturday, we learned Chinese calligraphy. A friendly Chinese lady who practises calligraphy full-time presented a PowerPoint slide to us to introduce us to the basics and history of Chinese calligraphy. At … Continue reading →

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It begins… Chinese Consulate dinner

Posted on April 7, 2013 by stenoodie

Tonight I went to the Chinese Consulate dinner with the participants and committee members for the DiSCOVER 2013 program. The highlight of the dinner was to meet Deputy Consul General Zhang Meifang and Mon Sheong Foundation First Vice Chair Frank … Continue reading →