Lunapads Blog

Hi all, I’m Andrea and I’ve been with the Lunapads team for about a month now.

I grew up in a very small town in BC as the oldest of three girls, and moved to Vancouver when I was seventeen.

I’ve always been interested in just about everything: In college, I shifted focus from creative writing, to philosophy, to math, to literature… and finally landed unexpectedly in fashion arts, and found for the first time that both my left-brain and right-brain were satisfied! I’ve been working in the local fashion scene ever since, as a production manager. It’s been exciting to find a career that combines many of the things I’m passionate about: small business, local economies, creative problem solving, working with people, and even excel spreadsheets!

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Hi everyone, this is Karen. I’m not much of a blogger nor writer so please bear with me. Where to start…? I guess I will start with a summary of my life. I come from a huge closely knit family where most of us live less than a 5 minute walk away from each other. I was born in Macau and immigrated here when I was young. Zipping past elementary and high school, I finished my Science degree (Cell Biology and Genetics major) at UBC and am currently trying to get a diploma in Accounting by going through the Diploma in Accounting program.

My hobbies are anything related to the word “lazy”: sleeping, eating, watching TV, daydreaming, staring into the blue sky…… “Exercise” is a foreign word to me. Even so, I love the great outdoors. I love the greenness, the calmness and the musky smell of the forest, which is why being as lazy as I am, I would still say “yes” to any camping or hiking trips. I guess Scouts Canada had been a big influential factor for this. Scouting had occupied the majority of my childhood, even thought I stopped for a few years, I rejoined and am now a proud Scout troop leader for one of the local Scout groups.

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I’ve been given the opportunity to introduce myself in between editing videos late at night and listening to some favorite tunes. So here we go.

First off my name is Nancee Zhang. I was born on January 10th 1990, in Kitchener Ontario, but moved over to B.C when I was 5 years old. I lived for the majority of my teenage years in Walnut Grove, Langley, in a small suburban environment with elementary school, high school, and local restaurants within a few minutes’ walking distance from my house. Needless to say, when I finally left my small town for UBC after high school graduation in 2008, I was thrilled to finally enter the big beautiful city. The city is full of opportunity!

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I suppose I should take the time to introduce myself before another year flies by! I’m the youngest of three and grew up in a small suburb outside of Vancouver. My mum, an avid crafter and quilter, introduced me to the world of creative and I knew at a very early age what my passions were.

I attended the Emily Carr University, formerly the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, immediately after high school and began to experiment with textile-based work and feminist thought. After graduating and taking some time off from art making I am now stitching and drawing up a storm!

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Well it looks like I am next on the role call! I found my way to Lunapads in December of 2007 and have been quietly learning the ropes without so much as a squeak in terms of blog-writing so I guess its time I introduced myself.
I grew up on an organic farm in the sleepy little town of Metchosin BC on Vancouver Island. If nearby Victoria is known for its population “Newlyweds and Nearly-Deads” then Metchosins’ handle would be something like “Sheep Farmers and Old Timers”.
Childhood consisted of a lot of tearing around outside, playing with/ running away from farm animals and absorbing my parent’s vast knowledge of organic agriculture. At a very young age I tried my hand at growing my own food and was very successful. I still do it to this day when my living situation permits it.

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Why, hello! Lisa here, resident web wizard. I’ve been the newest addition to our covey for quite a while now, and thought it high time I peep up and introduce myself.

I was born an only child in Quebec, and raised in a rapidly sprawling bedroom community of southern Ontario. There, I spent my young days merrily climbing its garbage mountain, swimming its fake lakes, aimlessly wandering its strip mall parking lots, and creating my own fantastic dream world out of the so-called tedium that surrounded me.

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I am so excited to be here writing to all you wonderful women who do us the honor of being curious about who we are and what we do. A few brief biographical details about me before we move on to more interesting topics: I was born and raised here in Vancouver, and love the city of my birth passionately. I attended University in Ontario prior to doing a lot of traveling and working abroad. I am an enraptured parent to Genevieve (or Miss Milk, as she is commonly known), who was born on April 10, 2005. I am married to her Dad, a very sweet man called Tim, who is an incredible source of love and support to me. Some other random personal tidbits: I am a left-handed Capricorn with a wicked sweet tooth who is also a proud reformed smoker, tennis enthusiast (although I refuse to keep score), novel-reader, armchair fashionista and sewing fiend.

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Hey Lunagals everywhere, here is my intro to the blogosphere. It’s exciting, as I’ve often fantasized about blogging  so that I could share with others the story about the birth of  my boys and my personal journeys.  Plus, I really enjoy reading a few friends’ blogs as well as lurking in the local motheringdotcommune discussion boards. But, I never got around to creating my own blog. So, Lunapads’ foray into the world wide blog is my chance! And it’s been really fun learning how to use the blogging tools and writing stories and comments on what is going on in my mind.

I was born and raised in Victoria BC by immigrant parents from China who moved to Canada looking for a better life.  I moved to Vancouver in the early 80’s to attend university and get a business degree and become a Chartered Accountant…

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Ever since in my life, I haven’t put my mind to a blog or thoughts surrounded my self, because in my reality, as a human being I will exist through my belief to my passion, which is my work satisfaction. I’ve been encouraged to blog about myself, when I’ve heard such words or stories from my co-workers about Lunapads’ foray into the worldwide blog and it ignited my enthusiasm and curiosity to the concept!

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As the gal who writes the customer service emails on a daily basis, one would think I’m okay about getting a bit personal. I can recommend what size pad you need for your flow and talk you through figuring out just how that Diva Cup works. But that is a little different than putting myself ‘out there.’ I’m noticing we’re all talking about our nervousness towards this task but with an air of excitement. I’m sure once we’ve done a few entries this will all be old news, but our first baby steps in to the world of blogging are wobbly indeed.

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