Pictures of Hong Kong

The Avenue of Stars features a statue of Bruce Lee.

Young girls in traditional dress getting ready for a parade.

So many colorful dragons danced in the parade. The parade was just one of the many ways Hong Kong will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the hand over of power from Britian to China

A beautiful trip on the Star Ferry that crosses between Hong Kong and the Kowloon Peninsula The start of a an escalator that runs for over 2 kilometres directly through the center of the city.

June Mak, Quest counsellor based in Hong Kong, and me smiling among the nations.

Foods from around the world...

One of my favorite things about traveling is food: trying new dishes, learning new recipes and getting a different perspective about my own food choices.
Here's a link my good friend, Aatri, sent me that shows a weeks worth of food (and costs) from many different families from all over the world.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html

I look forward to tasting the specialties in Hong Kong tomorrow. I'll be sure to take some pics!

Visiting Hong Kong

Hello! I will be visiting Hong Kong from June 20th-26th. If there are any students that would like to meet or have advice on what I should see in their beautiful city, please feel free to email me at keely.stott@questu.ca.

A Good Holiday with Great Friends....

If I could offer recent high school graduates one piece of advice, it would be to....keep in contact with your friends. Despite busy schedules and other pressing day to day stresses, my closest high school friends and I had made a pact to always go away together one weekend in May. This year we went to Manning Park, B.C. I can honestly say that it is the most fun of my entire year. So hold on to your high school friends...as you get older, it becomes a tough thing to do but it's definately worth it!

113 Days....

113 days until we welcome students on campus. I can't begin to tell you how excited I am. We have applicants from all over the world and ,finally, I will get to meet them in person!

Today, I went to the campus and here are the most recent photos...

The Student Services Building
The view of the Library from the Recreational Building The brand new Gym floor...ready for the first slam dunk ever!
The view from the Recreation Building of the all weather field, tennis courts and residences.
A close up of the residences

The Academic Building

Preview Day at Quest University Canada, April 14th

Another successful Quest Preview Day was held on Apr.14th. Here are some picture of the event and the progress of the campus. Enjoy...
Getting ready for the tour
Alex from the CEC visited

Into the Library

Happy Greek Easter

Kaló Pás'ha!
This year, Greek Easter coincided with Easter and I was fortunate enough to spend it with my best friend, Sandra, and her family. The Greek Orthodox Church does not always celebrate Easter on the same day as the Catholic and Protestant Church because the Greek Orthodox Church historically followed a different calender.

Tradition says that the Virgin Mary dyed eggs red to celebrated the Resurrection of Christ and to celebrate life. At the Greek Easter celebration, each person takes a hard boiled red egg and challengers attempt to crack each others' eggs. The breaking of the eggs is meant to symbolize Christ breaking from the Tomb. The person whose egg lasts the longest is supposed to have good luck for the rest of the year. (Below: Sandra and I just cracked our eggs. Guess who won?)The most traditional dish at Greek Easter is roast lamb which honours the 'sacrificial lamb' of Christain tradition. Other foods such as special breads, greek salad and spanakopita were served.
Dancing is another fun tradition at Greek Easter celebrations. It's also a good way to work off the feast that was eaten!