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Sarah Chan, wife of Mayor Don Iveson, n( {7 y' I1 G' C: j/ c' Y- O2 A
8 f% \) Q% b$ |( ?1) It’s Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?
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& n( {% K+ d, XA Cappuccino, made with full fat milk.% v6 c1 p4 @% N
8 a( _! ^5 d2 r& s: j2) If you didn’t do what you do for a living, what would you be?6 l: i, U, K+ S+ Z. E+ \6 \9 ^- ~% W
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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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7 o; t0 D& a8 h' K( F) \( e' d8 U3) Who’s your hero?4 h& Z7 W# `# _6 @+ j, T
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My Parents. I would be nothing without them. Literally and figuratively!
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. q, d1 [* ?% o' [* Q$ f: V4) Last book you couldn’t put down?6 p/ p# }( m/ Q9 K6 x4 T
+ H- P, H. N) D: RThe 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./ c% }: u0 S3 O: G3 y' D4 I! B
, `% P; m2 x( U9 T5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?) R- [; b' G# u6 A7 B- @
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, f" j3 V# d7 u8 ^6 s$ v6) What’s playing in your iPod (CD, cassette or eight-track) right now?
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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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8 y6 T, f* [+ ~0 X, u; a! A7) If you could see one concert, what would it be? K8 n6 q: {& b& x) V, g" z9 E
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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.
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/ p2 ]7 o. k; u4 T3 B8) What’s the best thing about Edmonton?
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+ T3 c0 m& }- y9 P \- tThe people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.
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# s, N# l( @7 {5 H' F9 @' B9) What’s your weirdest habit?: X$ q8 K5 h1 |8 T) Q
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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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/ @0 h m; O* u! _- f10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?
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Can I have two? Inefficiency and insincerity. Though the latter is just a different version of the prior.! @4 P0 m5 H, @0 _
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11) What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?
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6 b Q; t$ o* b- v5 ^Teen combo at A&W, with root beer.8 o! s0 u2 m; W# F' Y
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12) What was your most embarrassing moment?
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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.6 x8 l4 _9 g. D
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My Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much., Y: E5 B" R; R! w% f9 L0 h
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14) What’s your favourite vacation destination?
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Hong Kong. The transit system is phenomenal.8 n$ n7 B* m% \# x: D1 E5 [& V# z
4 E" b2 L6 D' I$ \7 M* J' q0 x15) What is your favourite TV show?
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The Wire and Buffy if we’re going way back. Also love Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.
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4 d, S3 t) }9 o16) What’s your dream car?
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My dream transportation is a completed LRT network in tandem with my bike!
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17) If you could have one super power, what would it be?
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Be two places at once.
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18) What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?) p, I: U3 [1 K7 W; V6 r! ^7 n. x
4 n2 D- M9 R% m+ U7 {: SSee my kids grow up to be awesome adults.
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19) If we’re buying, you’re having....4 U! I) b1 W( {2 J9 w% a
0 Y \" U M( y9 r4 MChampagne and french fries.
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What’s next?
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