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Sarah Chan, wife of Mayor Don Iveson
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% s0 s8 N( C# w/ [ U* d0 b Y% SA Cappuccino, made with full fat milk.1 X4 S) j9 U6 l+ I$ {/ ]! K& M
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2) If you didn’t do what you do for a living, what would you be?
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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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$ z+ W6 p r2 L% \7 S- C, T3) Who’s your hero?
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" m h1 ]/ B7 V$ h* s$ D. C: \My Parents. I would be nothing without them. Literally and figuratively!" D+ Z3 [* f' [" |) p* a
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3 P4 I s+ t" |$ X" DThe 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.
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5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
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Bon Jovi.
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) p) b, k% \* z7 l, Q7 l8 n6) What’s playing in your iPod (CD, cassette or eight-track) right now?7 `" N/ E8 k% D8 P# A
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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.: p: P) Q( h" a1 d$ J8 ]
) C6 B8 u! j9 L& Y7) If you could see one concert, what would it be?
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0 S" ?# X K6 c' hRolling 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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& B& l ]5 t, t. r) @8) What’s the best thing about Edmonton?2 |$ O" F; `% j) D
, D8 m2 r! u/ ^- O4 `+ \3 kThe people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.+ ~' f' {& ], o; J$ J# u+ c; _
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; W9 B8 a4 l) Q5 k1 Y+ ~3 S9 OHow 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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10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?$ H* \3 |0 g7 ^; X+ I4 j
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Can I have two? Inefficiency and insincerity. Though the latter is just a different version of the prior./ W" _7 n( @& H" @
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11) What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?+ o% G4 }2 {' n3 G$ a& }4 b
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Teen combo at A&W, with root beer.
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12) What was your most embarrassing moment?- i, E9 l* u/ H/ l3 [' p+ X+ d$ W
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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.8 @" `# Y* ~3 [& e6 Q# [
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13) Which person, alive or dead, would you like to have dinner with?4 _% ]0 h2 ]9 O
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My Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much.
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( k; f9 \0 U5 U. J e14) What’s your favourite vacation destination?
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) _ x$ z* J: C9 k `2 tHong Kong. The transit system is phenomenal.3 Q0 K* ?# d/ i2 h! \5 S3 j. i
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15) 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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+ f7 G; O: N0 O1 r16) What’s your dream car?
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/ P0 z# A+ u& |' NMy 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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0 k: L6 ?: _1 `" h18) What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?
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& q$ ] ^. ]$ ~0 Q+ ESee my kids grow up to be awesome adults.
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19) If we’re buying, you’re having....3 H# K4 _4 ^/ k; O4 s* S: ^
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Champagne and french fries.
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20) What are your words to live by?* W4 \: k( ?1 [. O' ~' u7 c# P
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' }8 g u; h' C' zFIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2015
5 t, r6 [6 b" @' M; j8 _0 ~http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/ ... on-mayor-don-iveson& S9 Y+ n* X# P
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