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On Saturday, I volunteered at the Chinese Canadian historical fair. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but the place was packed!! There were tons of booths and visitors. We were positioned next to a guy who had found a garbage dump of authentic Chinese pottery on his land on Salt spring island. He had begun digging one day, and had turned part of his land into an archeological site. It was quite fascinating. There were a variety of interesting displays including one dedicated to the history of Chinese laundries, and another on the Chinese female fighter pilots who flew in World War 2. In the middle of the day, we played Chinese Canadian Jeopardy. Our table kicked ass at the literary questions.

We met a lot of people including historians, genealogists, educators and filmmakers. Nettie Wilde, the filmmaker who made "A place called Chiapas" and "Fix" was in attendance, as she is researching for her next projects, one of which deals with the moral panic and the history of opium in Vancouver. I met her at a dinner she attended at [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s aunt and uncle's, so it was nice to chat with her. All in all, the fair was a success, even though I was quite tired and my throat got really sore from talking.

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