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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.( Y/ j2 E1 j9 B2 u
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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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5 }% K4 v0 x$ @, i0 d" f3) Who’s your hero?
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My Parents. I would be nothing without them. Literally and figuratively!
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4) Last book you couldn’t put down?
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8 d% U# g/ G V2 QThe 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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+ i% P* G+ W$ z' h8 K5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?' O% ^" T7 j$ V$ Q3 _4 Y( X% G
1 A3 S3 M; n9 K8 u! pBon Jovi.
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4 b- k3 t& c5 m0 a, X; d. p0 Z6) What’s playing in your iPod (CD, cassette or eight-track) right now?
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7 Q. }1 ^* ?7 o( @/ rRecently, 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./ d9 U' x# R. Y
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7) If you could see one concert, what would it be?
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- s0 d2 _$ N) ERolling 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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) a% p2 A. E" ], k8) What’s the best thing about Edmonton?* d0 R2 }) Q# K) x- R0 }8 L
, z; y$ f6 h4 k& G( n! l/ p% sThe people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.
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5 N- l' e' {2 X9 z. ^# o0 i9) What’s your weirdest habit?
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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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; l" z/ n2 N! CCan I have two? Inefficiency and insincerity. Though the latter is just a different version of the prior.
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11) What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?
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1 d' _. c4 ~8 f# l7 v% Y3 `0 FTeen combo at A&W, with root beer.
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3 z+ K9 z$ U; I* T- y: H12) What was your most embarrassing moment?" u Y: C& r1 M& K
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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.- g0 V+ ^( h& d7 X: L% o
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. K5 } ?* }! C2 f3 DMy Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much.1 s/ |! X, j% t) X8 c1 t
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14) What’s your favourite vacation destination?
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: I2 ? S% u: h4 k+ j' i. K15) 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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16) 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., w# n/ Q, [, ?" M1 L
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See my kids grow up to be awesome adults.4 z0 @8 } d+ [. V
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Champagne and french fries.0 N* ^, G6 A- e
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FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2015
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