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| Rana Bose is an engineer, poet, author, playwright and editor of [http:// www.montrealserai.com] | | Rana Bose is an engineer, poet, author, playwright and editor of [http:// www.montrealserai.com] |
| Rana Bose est un ingénieur, poète, auteur, dramaturge et éditeur de [http:// www.montrealserai.com] | | Rana Bose est un ingénieur, poète, auteur, dramaturge et éditeur de [http:// www.montrealserai.com] |
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| I was born in Hong Kong on December 26, the year you will have to figure out for yourself. Being Asian, I plan to be wrinkleless until I hit 70 when I will finally start resembling a shriveled prune and wear only polyester. Even as a prune, I suspect I will continue LIVING FULLY and plan to spin on counter stools with my grandchildren in fast food joints, much to the chagrin of their parents. I will be a very happy prune.
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| I grew up in a concrete suburb of Toronto, Ontario. My best childhood memories are of riding my bike around everywhere and of playing “Sardines”, a kind of hide-and-seek, except that everyone hides with the person who is “it” until there is only one person left looking for the “tin of sardines”. I would still play this game if my friends would, but obviously, we wouldn’t have as many choices for hiding spots now. We’ve gotten bigger...
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| I wasn’t part of the “in” crowd. In fact, I wasn’t part of any crowd. I was a geek girl, the smart girl, maybe even the weird girl, but I appreciate even more so now how different I was. After high school, I abandoned the little box in which I had grown up and moved to Montreal where I could rejoice in my eclecticism...
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| When I was 21, I fell upon this quote from “The Power of Myth” and it changed my life forever:
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| ...If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living...
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| Fact was, I DID know what I wanted to be and had always known, so I left university in the middle of my third year and started my journey. I became an actor. I followed my bliss and never looked back...
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| My acting coach, Benson, taught me that it is selfish to have a talent and not share it with the world. I am a great organizer, know a lot of people, and can run. I discovered the joy of giving back to the community through racing - that finish line wasn't just for me anymore! I joined Team In Training and started raising money for great causes such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. It felt incredible!...
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| Nothing is impossible.
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| I don't believe in sitting around and watching life go by. There is just so much to see and do and feel and experience. What makes a moment miraculous or even just simply wonderful? It's not about the joy it imparts, but about the awe in life it inspires. True, there are those moments of great bliss where happiness is evident, but from great sadness one can also draw deep meaning and strength, and from this strength comes a great awakening.
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| I count myself lucky. I believe in passion. I believe in dreams.
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| I close my eyes and take a deep slow breath. A certain calm washes over my body, and I am home again.
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| ==Maleesa Phommavongsay== | | ==Maleesa Phommavongsay== |