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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?
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A Cappuccino, made with full fat milk.0 Z3 e% ?, p: Z/ _* I' P! @
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2) If you didn’t do what you do for a living, what would you be?
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! g+ R) I/ O3 g ^! ~! |+ U- nI 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?- X0 l ~2 Q$ N4 d2 c+ Q
3 t. M3 ]* Y) [+ R1 `* x3) Who’s your hero?
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, d! G$ J; L" c. Q! e# j, |: mMy Parents. I would be nothing without them. Literally and figuratively!6 e$ t0 u- W* }- J, G( {! C
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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.
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5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?8 m: C- N- N+ j4 ]
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Bon Jovi.
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6) 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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# e, {2 R1 l z6 v7) If you could see one concert, what would it be?
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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.& j9 U3 b1 b! P' |7 b
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8) What’s the best thing about Edmonton?) V3 W5 v6 q' O* x/ E6 v: @
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The people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.
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9) What’s your weirdest habit?
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3 c! b& M7 R+ U2 cHow about my most irksome habit? Saying what I think. It routinely gets me into trouble and makes it difficult to make friends. x" `; p2 R; i5 Q! ~5 C) {
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10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?3 t. G3 l$ s' f$ f
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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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+ R p1 {' `3 ^6 M, X1 I! S0 X- `: DTeen combo at A&W, with root beer.
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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.9 r( Q+ F5 ]( n5 \& q
, D* {9 R/ d) b( e13) Which person, alive or dead, would you like to have dinner with?
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0 K& q+ h! L. PMy Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much.0 \) M T9 ^- d* m1 N
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Hong Kong. The transit system is phenomenal.5 m$ f5 q7 Q1 Z8 p' Y& G
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15) What is your favourite TV show?% Y) C8 H: ]" ], @: ^# {
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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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16) What’s your dream car?
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My dream transportation is a completed LRT network in tandem with my bike!' z# \6 ~' [9 z, V% Y3 x6 _2 e, _
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17) If you could have one super power, what would it be?
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* i3 y0 D, o, M0 K0 A# F; }4 VBe two places at once.
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+ M7 C" v3 j9 u2 ?, P, Y18) What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?
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See my kids grow up to be awesome adults.0 m: o7 U! _! u$ o3 ^2 a
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19) If we’re buying, you’re having....
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Champagne and french fries.
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20) What are your words to live by?: S# o3 r' g7 z( y- s, s
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