China’s First Emperor and his Terracotta Warriors

Little was known about Qin Shihuangdi (259 BC – 210 BC) until his astonishing army of life-sized terracotta warriors was discovered in 1974 by some farmers while building a well in Xi’an, China. Still not fully excavated, the Terracotta Army is estimated to number more than 8,000 figures, including 400 chariot horses and 300 cavalry…

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Rare artifacts help Louis come alive in Canada

Metis Henry Hall is the proud owner of Louis Riel artifacts he’s been collecting for 18 years. Hall doesn’t consider himself to be the owner but instead he would rather be considered a ‘keeper’. This collection undoubtedly the largest personal collection of Riel memorabilia in B.C., and possibly Canada, is on display which started yesterday…

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Wishing all who celebrate the Chinese New Year a wonderful beginning and prosperous year! We were at the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Toronto today and it was extremely crowded! I tried taking photos but unfortunately couldn’t due to the enormous crowds there…eh hem….pushing and shoving so to speak. Hope everyone received lots of red…

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Valentine’s Day & Chinese New Year: Only happens every 57 years

Well, the countdown to the Chinese New Year is coming closer as we speak! And I just can’t wait to see my relatives for the get-together! I thought it was pretty cool that the Chinese New Year this year is on the same day as Valentine’s Day, what I didn’t realize until recently that it…

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Moving over from Windows Live Spaces to WordPress

I’ve officially moved over to WordPress from Windows Live Spaces. I’ve been hesitating for awhile because I cannot import my old posts from there onto WordPress! It’s ridiculous I know! There is a possible way to move the stuff over but I just don’t want to go through all that trouble just to move a…

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