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Visiting the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC

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I never knew how many museums and art galleries are in Metro Vancouver, yet as I was searching for places to visit near Vancouver, many museums that I didn't know existed came up. One of which is the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC. My younger sister graduated from UBC, but Jomar and I have only been there together once when we went to explore the Museum of Anthropology. For our local exploration today, we spent three hours at Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The famous blue whale skeleton. One section of the Cowan Tetrapod Collection Below are the six sections inside the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. Cowan Tetrapod Collection  - There are a lot of specimens of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and so much more. The Herbarium  - This section has an organized collection of preserved plants, al

Top 12 Moments of 2021

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I am writing this year-end post on the last day of the year, and I am unsure how to present a summary of my 2021. So I checked Google Photos to see what moments I captured and decided to choose 12 things we did, and that happened this year that I'll treasure. For future me who might read this, we were still in a pandemic in 2021. So we can go out, but you both are still working from home. 1. Seasons Actually, the four seasons should count as four memories, but I am grouping them into one. We had snow around February and more snow (than usual) in December. Walking in the snow, picnicking during summer, and the beautiful colours of spring and fall truly made me appreciate living in Canada. Walking in Snow Beautiful Spring