Daily misery

In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist Isabel Allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories of powerful women she has known, some larger-than-life (listen for a beauty tip from Sophia Loren), and some simply living with grace, dignity and ingenuity in a world that, in too many ways, still treats women unjustly.

I find this talk moving and important. For me, coming from a developing country where the society is still marinated with the very idea of male superiority, Isabel’s tales of passion poignantly points out how we can solve some of the aching problems facing our world today by simply empowering women.

I live in the middle of the heart of Toronto. Although the billboards here are not as grand and poshy as the 5th in NY, you are still uncomfortably surrounded by myriad of overpriced French boutiques and theatre houses. Such convenience, as I later found out, is supposedly part of the ‘whole deal’ of living a vibrant city life. It’s kinda hard to breath around here sometimes. Thank god for the Burger King across the street.

Took me about an hour to put this up. Love it. Thanks, Erica :).

ps: I’m pretty bad at following the manual.

Rest in peace

This just made my day :). snippets_from_suburbia