sacha chua :: living an awesome life

On This Day...

• 2011: Fifty kilometers on my bicycle — Maira and Scott suggested biking along the Humber river trail, which stretches north-southish all the way up to Steeles. I’d [...]
• 2010: Blueberry jam, apricot syrup, and kiwi jam — From Starred Photos The blueberries at No Frills are near-perfect and relatively inexpensive ($1.47 per pint), so I stocked up and [...]
• 2009: Reflecting on how to prepare for workshops — Now that I’ve shifted to wearing my consulting hat, I’ll be giving more presentations and facilitating more workshop sessions on [...]
• 2008: Taking book notes — It turned out that our newest team member, Tom Plaskon, is also a bookworm. Over lunch last Wednesday, we chatted [...]
• 2007: Monthly book-checking — 10% proper savings, check. 10% charity, check. Adopting the Toronto Public Library as my cause. Crazy idea fund, check. Emergency fund in place, [...]
• 2006: Book day! — Today was a very good book day. I finished Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, and I bought five books – five books! [...]
• 2006: Sacha Chua, skater girl — I bought a skateboard today. It kept bubbling up in my consciousness, so I finally went ahead and got one. I [...]
• 2006: Domestic bliss? — I love my family to bits. Here’s a recent story from my mom: Hi Sacha, we spent the night here in [...]
• 2006: Thinking and not thinking — “Sacha, don’t overthink this,” said a friend of mine. This is not new advice, and naturally made me think about why [...]
• 2003: constructivist techniques — http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Essays/EngagementAndConstruction.txt I think I want to do the anonymous feedback thing. So little of their time, so much info for me… [...]
• 2003: Extreme Programming diary — http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/xpdiary.htm
• 2003: Emacspeak creator — http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6217099.htm