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Recent stories by and about Vince Chan

A story about Shania Twain

I was still studying at Timmins High & Vocational School when Shania’s music career started to sky rocket. The whole town was on a buzz because Shania was visiting the city to participate in its dedication of its busiest street into “Shania Twain Way”.

My classroom has a large glass window and suddenly the hallway was buzzing with noise. A beautiful lady walked through that hallway in (what I remember) a totally pink ensemble. I think they were like an athletic outfit that you’d wear on your way to the gym.

She was shorter than I imagined but simply gorgeous. Nobody that I’ve come across in my lifetime has not agreeded about Shania’s beauty.

I found out that she was trying to visit an old teacher at TH&VS (Mr. Browsowski). I didn’t attend the dedication ceremony (which was played numerous times on TV archive photage) or the concert that she held at the Archie Dhillon Sportsplex. But I will always remember that vision of loveliness walking down the hall in pink!

A story about Tood McFarlane

June, 2003 – I was at the Toronto Pearson airport boarding an airplane, on my way to a business convention in Las Vegas. I was sitting close to the last row (I think I was sitting in the last row). I was just putting my languages when I saw a familiar face walk up the aisle towards his seat.

I whispered to my friends that I think he was Todd McFarlane. My friends had no clue to whom I was referring until I mentioned that he bought the McGwire baseball. I decided to muster up the courage to ask if he were Todd McFarlane.

Upon confirmation, I asked what he was doing. He mentioned that he was on his way to buy the Barry Bonds baseball. We didn’t exchange many words but he was definitely approachable!

It was definitely surreal to see a millionaire businessmen, my childhood comic book idol (along with Jim Lee) sleep among the last rows of the plane? Why not first class?

Anyways, a few days later in Vegas, I saw a report on ESPN that Todd had indeed bought the Barry Bonds Ball

A story about William Shatner

I was at the O’Hare Airport waiting for a transfer flight back to Toronto. When all of a sudden, I saw William Shatner walk into the neigbhouring waiting area. I nudged my friend who went up to see if I was wrong and if he could talk to him.

He came back to me saying, “Yeah, that’s William Shatner, he just brushed me away. What an asshole!”


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