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Sarah Chan, wife of Mayor Don Iveson
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1) It’s Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?) O' l( o: i' Z6 E6 S
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A Cappuccino, made with full fat milk.) }2 f# T, r6 d
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2) If you didn’t do what you do for a living, what would you be?# t8 l: `+ p. N" I2 l# A
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I love my students, so it’s difficult to imagine life without teaching and music. I would probably get paid meagerly for all the not-for-profit work I am currently doing for free?
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, L# `1 e/ q6 L: p; @4 L3) Who’s your hero?
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My Parents. I would be nothing without them. Literally and figuratively!' t! t" C: S1 Y5 X& h) k l
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4) Last book you couldn’t put down?
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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I also love the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. After my English degree, it has been difficult for me to look at words on a page without falling asleep immediately., w" E+ G( E& y/ v( ^$ F B% d
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5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
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0 n5 @3 r" e9 n p* j5 kBon Jovi., H& n+ w; z0 P' c" b/ H
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6) What’s playing in your iPod (CD, cassette or eight-track) right now?1 `) Z4 `; H8 W+ i! O
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Recently, lots of AC/DC, Kansas, and Aerosmith. Nostalgic tunes that make up the soundtrack to my summer trips to the lake. Also, Chromeo and Robyn when it’s time for a dance party.
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Rolling Stones. Everybody tells me that the Stones are better than the Beatles (I am a huge Beatles fan) and follows up by stating I can’t make an accurate assessment of the Stones because I haven’t seen them live. I would consider it a part of my research.! O9 g- k& t, u3 B% ^
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m/ z. z3 d8 _' ]The people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.
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9) What’s your weirdest habit?6 r% B7 R% z4 J- A
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How about my most irksome habit? Saying what I think. It routinely gets me into trouble and makes it difficult to make friends.
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# j' z6 s/ p! u8 V10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?9 S) {) f3 X6 B* |' L
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Can I have two? Inefficiency and insincerity. Though the latter is just a different version of the prior.
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11) What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?
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- Z; ?& ~& P; k, Y% CTeen combo at A&W, with root beer.0 A0 I) F# w) I$ |& _8 _
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12) What was your most embarrassing moment?2 N) g6 S. l0 v8 ]/ Q
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Too many to count! I have the habit of embarrassing myself almost daily. Everything from forgetting having previously meeting people, to spilling coffee on myself, and always putting my foot in my mouth. I run the gamut of embarrassing moments." Q0 p6 p3 P. ?
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My Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much.7 V+ X, O+ F9 M
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14) What’s your favourite vacation destination?
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Hong Kong. The transit system is phenomenal.
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. h) J; ]4 N; ~- @+ r' |5 |. GThe Wire and Buffy if we’re going way back. Also love Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead., f2 O! g/ [: \+ W: E* x' {
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% w T: W) N" ~3 k5 C$ k) ^8 dMy dream transportation is a completed LRT network in tandem with my bike!. k5 b+ ? R' I6 S! V
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17) If you could have one super power, what would it be?) z y, b7 Q* b) x
+ [ P9 ?+ l+ d Q" C$ vBe two places at once.
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18) What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?3 @) F2 k7 N; L0 \
7 ]: x, ^ ^: V/ g$ f: i% } gSee my kids grow up to be awesome adults.
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Champagne and french fries.4 u( S8 m0 c) n- H' e
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20) What are your words to live by?5 ?+ b- m1 E D, o, h
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What’s next?
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FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2015
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