So, last week, I talked about Orientation and touched on how it’s a different experience for everyone- and today, I’m going to go into a little more detail about how it’s a bit different for a specific group: the introverts.…
On Moving Away from Home
I spent this past weekend moving into my new apartment, and doing so brought up a lot of memories of the move I made last year from home to residence. For those of you living in residence next year, move…
How I’m planning to #startUofT
We’re halfway through August, which, to me at least, feels like the end of the summer. But happily, it’s not the end, especially since classes start mid-September for most students this year! Even though we’re not quite there yet, there’s…
Making the Most of Orientation Week
Orientation Week, or as I like to call it, Seven Days Perfecting The Art of Small Talk, is just a few weeks away. The orientation experience is different for everyone- when I reminisce about it with my friends, some insist…
My time in Global Brigades and our upcoming trip to Honduras
One of the ways I started getting involved on campus is with a student organization on campus called Global Brigades. It’s a new chapter here at U of T, only in its second year of operation. U of T Global Brigades (UTGB)…
On the move
In the past five years, I’ve moved four times, and in a few weeks, I’m about to make it five. I moved from home in 2010 into residence at Whitney Hall for my first year. After that, I moved into…
To volunteer or not to volunteer?
With the school year rapidly approaching and summer meeting it’s sad demise (T minus 33 days until classes, people!) thousands of us students will be collectively sighing as we map out plans for the upcoming semester. Now that classes have…
Exploring Beyond Downtown: Guild Park
For a self-professed Torontonian, I haven't seen that much of the city. Sure, I've been to the Eaton Centre 5000 times and I'm pretty good at giving directions to lost tourists on the subway, but I've never really ventured that far…
How to see your name in lights (or at least in print) on campus
One of the cheapest thrills on campus is seeing your name in print in one of our many student media publications. I can still remember seeing my first major byline in The Varsity - I wrote a story about going…
A Day at the Beach(es)
My hometown of Karachi, Pakistan is located right on the coastline of the Arabian Sea and visits to the nearby beaches have long since become a Sunday family tradition. Keeping our family visits in mind this long weekend, I fired…