In just a few days, I will be taking part in an archaeological excavation with the St. Eustatius Center for Archaeological Research (S.E.C.A.R) team in the Caribbean! Here is some background information about the excavation and what is currently happening over there! Where Are We Excavating? Archaeological investigations of Colonial Period slave sites in…
Author: ExplorerMFM
Hey there! I'm a blogger enthusiast, innovator, entrepreneur and lifelong learner. Humanitarian passionate about public health, education and environment.
I have a passion for cooking, baking and herbal medicine! I also love exploring fun things to do in Toronto and I like to share my little adventures right here on the blog.
Planet Releaf: Roots & Shoots Canada Forest Campaign and What You Can Do To Help!
Part of the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada (JGI Canada), Roots & Shoots Canada is currently running a forest campaign called Planet Releaf. The purpose of Planet Releaf is to encourage Roots & Shoots groups to focus their projects on forest-related issues and take part in coordinated activities and events. In doing so, groups’ projects…
One Million Heart Sutras in the Buddha – Transcribing a Heart Sutra for the Buddha
After Kris’s recommendation on transcribing a Heart Sutra for the Buddha at Fo Guang Shan Temple, I immediately took the opportunity to take part in this amazing and auspicious event! The Sutras will be sent to Taiwan where they will be stored, with one million copied Sutras from around the world, in a Buddha statue…
Genes Says You’re A Neanderthal…Well, A Little Bit Anyway
In my previous post about scientists cloning our extinct cousins, the Neanderthals, I pondered on the idea of what it would be like to actually meet one someday. Well, it seems the latest discovery shows that we have met them….and they are ‘us’ – at least a little anyway. University of California Santa Cruz professor…
Chinese Buddhism in the Modern World: Fo Guang Shan Temple
During my trip to Taiwan, I was invited to visit the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and had the honor to meet many venerables and take a tour of the massive site. During the old days, when one would see a young monastic, they would normally heave a big sigh and say “What…
Surviving Life as a Student and Making a Difference
As a soon-to-be undergraduate student at University of Toronto, it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed with all the new things that you approach and what approaches you, especially when you are at the downtown campus! With a big city like Toronto, a campus that’s as big as a town, and crazy traffic almost everywhere it…
China’s First Emperor and his Terracotta Warriors
Little was known about Qin Shihuangdi (259 BC – 210 BC) until his astonishing army of life-sized terracotta warriors was discovered in 1974 by some farmers while building a well in Xi’an, China. Still not fully excavated, the Terracotta Army is estimated to number more than 8,000 figures, including 400 chariot horses and 300 cavalry…
Rare artifacts help Louis come alive in Canada
Metis Henry Hall is the proud owner of Louis Riel artifacts he’s been collecting for 18 years. Hall doesn’t consider himself to be the owner but instead he would rather be considered a ‘keeper’. This collection undoubtedly the largest personal collection of Riel memorabilia in B.C., and possibly Canada, is on display which started yesterday…
Happy Chinese New Year!
Wishing all who celebrate the Chinese New Year a wonderful beginning and prosperous year! We were at the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Toronto today and it was extremely crowded! I tried taking photos but unfortunately couldn’t due to the enormous crowds there…eh hem….pushing and shoving so to speak. Hope everyone received lots of red…
Valentine’s Day & Chinese New Year: Only happens every 57 years
Well, the countdown to the Chinese New Year is coming closer as we speak! And I just can’t wait to see my relatives for the get-together! I thought it was pretty cool that the Chinese New Year this year is on the same day as Valentine’s Day, what I didn’t realize until recently that it…
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