Archive for December, 2006

beit hanoun article

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

I just finished reading a great article called We overcame our fear: The unarmed women of the Gaza Strip have taken the lead in resisting Israel’s latest bloody assault about the siege of Beit Hanoun. An inspiring article, with some hard questions for those in the West who are ignoring the ethnic cleansing of [...]

pointless consumption

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Once again, it’s that time of year where we prop up the failing North American economy through vast amounts of pointless consumption. Waste money and waste resources, or face being accused of not loving your family or something. ugh. Sales of toys, CDs, and other low-priced non-essential stuff go up by 66% [...]

enjoying the semester break

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Since exams finished, i’ve been mostly just hangin out and having some fun. I’m still working hard on chinese, though. The next few chapters in our textbook are a more complicated, and we’re going to be doing 3 chapters in the first week of classes in january. Normally the first week of [...]

stuff i’ve been reading

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Here are a few things that have caught my eye lately. I’ve been pretty busy with final exams lately, but i’m all done now so hopefully i can find more time to blog properly.

an insightful article about current and future venezuelan politics: After the “Red Tide”: New Challenges for Revolutionary Venezuela
a speech by [...]

中文考试

Friday, December 8th, 2006

今天是我的中文考试。 考试不太难。 明天我写数学考试。 我理当学习更多可是我情愿演习汉语。

trees and snow

Monday, December 4th, 2006

I went out birding today for the first time since summer. It felt nice to get outdoors again where there’s nobody around but me and the animals. I realized i can’t remember ever walking in the woods in the snow before…it really doesn’t snow here that often i guess, or i’m thinking about [...]

SFSS idiocy vanquished

Monday, December 4th, 2006

After a long period of waiting, there’s been a court ruling on the validity of the Special General Meeting that impeached 7 members of the Simon Fraser Student Society Board of Directors in october. For those who don’t remember, the impeached ex-directors tried to pretend that they weren’t impeached and tried to continue making [...]