My Life In a Nutshell

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My Life In a Nutshell

• LIBR 500 Foundations of Information Technology
• Instructor Dr. Susie Stephenson

By Allan Cho School of Library, Archival
and Information Studies University of British
Columbia allancho_at_gmail.com
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A Little About Myself. . .

• I was born in Vancouver
• A long, long, LONG, time ago

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My Early School Life

• I was a not a great student
• I did not like studying
• I did not like teachers
• I did not like rules
• I did not like detention
• I hated report cards!
• Grade 8 C average

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My Childhood Dreams

• I wanted to pursue ONE of THREE professions
• Hockey Player
• Writer
• Engineer

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But Later On In Life . . .

• I somehow managed to go to university . . . .
• Didnt know what to study though . . .
• I enjoyed reading about the past . . .
• So I majored in history!

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I liked History So Much That . . .

• I decided to do a Masters program
• But what to do?
• I wanted to do Asian-area studies
• Combine a personal interest
• But also fun to research
• Without looking overly unacademic

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So I Decided To Combine . . . .

• My love of MOVIES and CHINESE HISTORY
• To examine the Martial Arts wuxia Movie during
  the Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
• Was the genre cultural history?
• Or just pure entertainment?
• Youll have to read it here to see for yourself
  . . .

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My Hobbies

• During my free time, I enjoy
• Playing Sports
• Watching Movies
• Watching TV
• Reading
• Writing

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Sports

• There are really only two seasons in Vancouver
• Summer . . . and . . .
• Hockey!
• After a year of absence
• . . . Its Back!

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Movies

• I watch anything with a moving picture,
  including
• Hollywood
• Chinese
• Korean
• Japanese
• Even Woody Allen

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Reading

• Books! Books! Books!
• Im a book-aholic
• Bookaphile
• Fiction AND Non-fiction

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Journalism

• I enjoy writing so much that I . . .
• Write for Perspectives Newspaper
• BCs First Chinese-English Bilingual Newspaper
• In Print Since 1991
• Visit us!

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Television!

• I have a few shows I like, including
• The Office
• Arrested Development
• Family Guy

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What To Do Next?
After Graduation. Whats the next step in my
life? I asked myself
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Options

• Go teach post-secondary? (i.e. PhD?)
• or
• Finish off that Novel? (or at least start page
  one?)
• or
• Resume skating and . . . ?

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No! I want to go into Librarianship!

• There are so many to choose from!
• Public?
• Academic?
• Special?
• Profit?
• Non-Profit?
• Ill tell you in two years! (Lets hope so)