Dickson's Blogathon

May 2005 - Posts

• Yet another Chinese superstition

  Tonight, I attended a Chinese choir dinner to celebrate our recent performance. While we were eating, people were commenting on how I was holding the chopsticks. Apparently, if you hold it near the top end of the chopstick, it means you will marry someone Read More posted 16-05-2005 10:15 by dicksonw | 8 Comments Filed Under: General

• Imagine Cup Canada Update

  This morning, the Imagine Cup Canada winners were announced and unfortunately, Mack and I did not win. However, we did have a phone conversation with Daniel regarding how the competition was handled and also discussed our solution. While nothing Read More posted 09-05-2005 04:24 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Pope Benedict XVI's history maybe even darker

  Why would a man who wants to devote every aspect of his life to God pray not to be elected as Pope? Soon after his election, many news agencies dug into his past and discovered he was a former Hitler youth? Even more recently, Pope Benedict XVI faced Read More posted 09-05-2005 04:12 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• New hot sauce can be fatal

  A new chili sauce developed by Blair Lazar was awarded the hottest sauce in the world. Using a unit system that measures "chili heat", the sauce scored 16 million units while the world's spiciest pepper scored 570,000. The sauce is 30 times hotter Read More posted 09-05-2005 01:06 by dicksonw | 1 Comments

• Imagine Cup Canada 2005 a great disappointment

  Mack and I participated in the this year's Imagine Cup, a Microsoft sponsored student competition, and it has been a disappointment right from the beginning. Mack wrote a great post detailing the general problems with the Imagine Cup and the frustrations Read More posted 08-05-2005 09:31 by dicksonw | 0 Comments Filed Under: General

• Battle of the Bulges

  As a college student, how often have we heard the common "I'm getting fat" or "I need to exercise" complaint? We hear it so often that it has become a trademark of college students and we take it with a grain of salt. I'm one of those students who always Read More posted 08-05-2005 05:45 by dicksonw | 0 Comments

• Choir Performance

  Its been a long time since my last piano performance and it felt quite strange tonight when I performed the piano with the Edmonton Melody Choir Club at the UofA Convocation Hall. But I got through it with no significant errors...as always :) This choir Read More posted 07-05-2005 11:50 by dicksonw | 1 Comments Filed Under: General

• Back to the digital era

  It's been awhile since I've blogged mostly because I haven't had the time. Since my exams, we have been busy working round the clock moving and rewiring our new office. Though its been tiring, it has also been quite fun and exciting! One interesting Read More posted 05-05-2005 08:36 by dicksonw | 1 Comments Filed Under: General