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Sarah Chan, wife of Mayor Don Iveson% `1 e( ~5 m) z6 ^( k
( o( h' Y. {# C o, w1) It’s Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?
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) `7 `& I) {, D$ \' W4 IA Cappuccino, made with full fat milk.
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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?+ T% R$ `4 Z6 h8 @4 k
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3) Who’s your hero?: N# d# M0 L# a3 s# f
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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?1 F c! D" k; }' o/ R
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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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- h; Z7 R; M6 f% D8 t5) Who was your childhood celebrity crush?
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7 `: X; x* Q8 m9 z; j$ BBon Jovi.. H6 e. j* |+ v3 b
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6) What’s playing in your iPod (CD, cassette or eight-track) right now?
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8 R( U8 q( _) q& [1 hRecently, 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.- q2 V7 m) o$ M& y/ E0 K
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7) If you could see one concert, what would it be?0 d/ q d+ [; M9 U2 B: \
' n1 c. v* h8 e, k- zRolling 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.9 K4 J4 G) }- q9 t$ V* C8 ?
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8) What’s the best thing about Edmonton?
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The people. I am quite fond of our current mayor.
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; s4 T |7 ~( U' |6 o2 e! i3 A9) 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.. l% n5 h' N: R# h& X
1 e8 d' A7 q4 H( w10) What’s your biggest pet peeve?
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; _- z, Y1 w# `# Q) g- ~Can I have two? Inefficiency and insincerity. Though the latter is just a different version of the prior.- Z& B. g: D- r' t! Z+ [
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11) What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?# y: v" g7 L* ^2 X" S {
" P" N# w6 @5 F" o# o, m6 t+ JTeen 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.
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0 g. {2 J2 l) f- \' C- ]1 l1 C13) Which person, alive or dead, would you like to have dinner with?
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My Grandma, at one of the Chinese diners in Vancouver’s Chinatown of the 90s. I miss her so much.. d. r* _1 ]& v8 v
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14) What’s your favourite vacation destination?
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7 Y ~/ N* H) r7 v* [2 W& VHong Kong. The transit system is phenomenal.
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7 X) D: ]9 T Q; b7 O15) 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.% b: s" v z: \; O; \0 Q: Y
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1 s9 Z4 k2 d- N! f, O lMy dream transportation is a completed LRT network in tandem with my bike!, X K B Z$ C M
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17) If you could have one super power, what would it be?9 I5 [& C1 O* [ Y) q- p7 R0 h
7 ?" A' i+ Q$ H! V0 M4 qBe two places at once.
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, G y" e0 X' `7 q( Z: w4 a18) What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?* Y' X1 V+ S( G4 [
5 [- i9 ?3 {, o# W1 j" qSee my kids grow up to be awesome adults.9 @0 ]3 c: P8 D
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19) If we’re buying, you’re having....
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! |* M# h9 G$ v3 b$ GChampagne and french fries.
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. B" u7 c/ g& C( u20) What are your words to live by?
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FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 03, 2015
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