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White Collar

  • Nov. 14th, 2009 at 4:59 PM
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The show that I've been loving is White Collar. It's like the TV sequel to Catch Me If You Can. Matthew Bomer is so incredibly good looking. Watch it!

Oct. 31st, 2009

  • 6:56 PM
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Just had the cutest little boy come trick or treating.  He was of toddler age and had really no idea what was going on.  While I opened the door, he just came into the house and wanted to sit on the couch.  His mom had to come in grab and pick him up.  He was crying because he had to leave our house.  Never in my years of giving out candy has a kid come straight into the house. So cute!
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So amused they mentioned West Edmonton Mall - Fantasyland Hotel.

Unsolicited Advice

  • Sep. 17th, 2009 at 9:31 PM
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Everyone has already taken out the books on how to draft a will for the upcoming CPLED assignment. Sigh. Tip: The week prior the assignment is assigned, get the books on how to draft wills.

Sep. 16th, 2009

  • 10:06 PM
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My letter in Edmonton Journal here

Re: "Winner take all," by P. M. Woodward, Letters, Sept. 8.

P. M. Woodward complains that Caritas Hospital Foundation Lottery should give away four smaller cash prizes, rather than a grand prize of a$1.5-million house and $1-million cash prize because he would "feel more comfortable knowing I had a greater chance of winning a lesser amount of money than seeing one winner take all." The reason Caritas Lottery chose this strategy is because last year's ticket buyers complained if they won the house, they would not have the money to afford the upkeep of the house.

Furthermore, Woodward could choose to support the Cash and Cars Lottery which includes one grand prize of$1 million, and 12 smaller cash prizes. Another advantage of the Cash and Cars Lottery is the odds of winning are higher--one in 20, rather than one in 23 for the Caritas Lottery.

Unsolicited Advice

  • Sep. 14th, 2009 at 8:25 PM
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Do your all of the optional assignments for CPLED, or else you'll be overwhelmed when you do the Competency Evaluations.  I'm really glad that I did the previous assignments.

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Unsolicited Advice

  • Sep. 13th, 2009 at 8:14 PM
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For CPLED - take these courses:
- Wills
- Family Law
- Real Estate Transactions
- Interviewing and Counselling
- Negotiations

Wildflower Grill

  • Sep. 6th, 2009 at 7:38 PM
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WildFlower Grill   
10009 – 107 Street NW  
Edmonton, Alberta    T5J 1J1
T: 780.990.1938


Went to Wildflower Grill again on Friday to celebrate a friend's birthday. Although I had been to Wildflower Grill three times previously for dinner, I still like the restaurant. I like that they serve an amuse bouche. However, the brioche bread was a dissapointment.  Usually, it's warm and tastes like bread from T&T Supermarket (an Asian supermarket in Canada) but this time it wasn't as flavourful or as mouthwatering as the other times I've had it. I had the Rack of Alberta Lamb which was pomegranate glaze | panko crust | yorkshire pudding | creamy fontina herb garlic fondue.  The portion of the lamb wasn't substantial, but overall it was really filling because the panko crust was another serving of bread. I was also kind of annoyed at the server for trying to upsell the table with drinks constantly. This server seemed less sophiscated than Adam who had served me twice previously.

Ivory Club & Ebony Grille
10304 111 Street
Edmonton, AB T5K 1L2
(780) 465-6800


Afterwards, we went to the Ivory Club & Ebony Grille where Overtime used to be. The Ivory Club is a dueling piano bar. Two piano players play requests throughout the night. I was really impressed with their talent. The piano players would have to have the ability to play a wide repetoire of pop songs on the piano, and sing for an hour and half under hot lights.

Unsolicited Advice

  • Sep. 5th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
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Take Bankruptcy for CPLED.

Are there actually Alberta 2Ls or 3Ls reading this? Leave an anonymous comment. Sometimes, I feel like this advice doesn't really affect anybody.

Unsolicited Advice

  • Aug. 26th, 2009 at 9:56 PM
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Take Personal Property Security Law for CPLED.

Aug. 22nd, 2009

  • 9:33 PM
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My latest guilty pleasure is NYC Prep. It's like Laguna Beach meets Gossip Girl.

Unsolicited Advice

  • Aug. 18th, 2009 at 8:21 PM
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  • If you are 2L or 3L reading this, take Judgment Enforcement. It's really useful for the second Module of CPLED.
  • Keep your casebooks and textbooks from your classes. The highlighting of statutes that you did in class makes sense when you have to actually use it.

Mad Men

  • Aug. 15th, 2009 at 12:32 PM
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Sigh. I was really excited that Mad Men was going to debut on August 16.  However, CTV nor Bravo are going to be airing it according to this article. I will have download it via iTunes, except my desktop is too slow to play movies. I'll probably catch up on surfthechannel.com or buy Season 3 DVD when it comes out.

Doan's

  • Aug. 11th, 2009 at 8:08 PM
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Doan's
10130 - 107 street
T5J-1J4
PH: 780.424.3034
Fax: 780.424.6449
Sunday -Thursday 11am - 10pm
Friday/Saturday 11am - 11pm

Went to Doan's today for lunch. A bunch of girls from CPLED walked from Grant Mac to Doan's and ordered as soon as we got to the table. We're efficient like that. I had Special Beef Noodle Soup (Brisket, Medium Rare beef, Well Done Beef, Beef Balls). It was really filling. We wolfed down our respective portions because of the time crunch, but it was really good. I would definitely go back again in less rushed circumstances.

Aug. 10th, 2009

  • 8:54 PM
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How excited am I for Gossip Girl, Season 3! A bunch more promos at YouTube, but this one was my fave.

Mikado

  • Aug. 10th, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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Mikado
10350 109 Street Nw
(780) 425-8096

On the first day of CPLED, a bunch of us (6 girls)  went to Mikado for lunch because my cousin suggested it and I hadn't had a bento box in awhile. We had no reservations but got ourselves into a booth.  However, service was slow. At 12:25, nobody even came to our table to take our drink orders until we flagged the hostess to state that we were in a hurry. We had an hour long lunch break starting at 12:05 but eating at restaurants during an hour is always more time pressing. Thankfully, the word arrived quickly. I had the Bento Box A-4 with hot green tea. It had yummy chicken and beef, and shrimp and vegetable tempura and we made it back just in time for class.

Southgate Mall Part 3

  • Aug. 9th, 2009 at 7:50 PM
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 I went to Southgate Mall today, and it was really busy because it was part of the grand opening. There were two computers where people could enter their names to win a shopping spree which had *huge* lineups of 50+ people. Sephora, Kiehls, Coach and Brown's were all really busy. It's a nice mall, but I don't understand what all the hype was about. Sephora, Coach and Brown's all have their respective locations in West Edmonton Mall first.

What-EVER!

  • Aug. 8th, 2009 at 5:48 PM
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As reported in the Globe and Mail, Clueless is going to be a musical!

Southgate Mall: Part 2

  • Aug. 6th, 2009 at 8:15 PM
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According to this article, people lined up at 6AM for a swag at the opening of Southgate Mall. It's crazy the amount of effort that people will go to get free stuff.

Southgate Mall

  • Aug. 5th, 2009 at 8:07 PM
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I haven't been to the newly renovated Southgate Mall, but I can't help but think that Edmonton is saturated in retailing and wonder how the mall will hold up when they are opening in a recession. Southgate now has much of the same stores that were once "exclusive" to West Edmonton Mall such as Banana Republic, Sephora , Brown's and Zara - making WEM less of a destination centre.

One of the reasons why I think Edmonton is saturated is Coach is available at Southgate, WEM and Holt Renfrew. Kiehl's has their free standing store in Southgate, but Holt Renfrew has their line as well. Coach particularly has diluted their brand too much by having 3 locations for a population of 700 000. Their handbags are everywhere. I saw the same handbag twice in the span of 10 minutes at Heritage Days. Coach used to be an "entry level" luxury brand. However, now that their handbags are so accessible, they're not that special anymore.

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