The University of Toronto provides students with a plethora of unique and interesting learning opportunities, many of which can quite literally be considered 'once in a lifetime.' One learning opportunity I unfortunately never pursued during my time as an undergraduate…
Don’t mind my bubble, I can totally still hear you…
So we're all back to the grind now. I've been busy searching the internet for used text books, waiting in line at the book store, and just trying to get back into my routine. It's pretty much business as usual. This…
volunteering and community
Earlier this week, my grandfather who was 88 passed away. He was a kind, gentle old man who always strived to do good, to help people. I remember when I was 7 or 8 years old, he was visiting us…
The Art of Getting By
To quote a friend: "I was Spongebob in 1st year; and now I've become Squidward in 4th year." When I was a child, I used to be terrified of the dark. One day, my father told me that all I…
Easing Into Round 2
While many have already set goals, carved out their regular spot at Robarts, and resumed to a military school way of daily life, I’ve firmly operated this entire week as a slow ease into what will be another round of chaos.…
Breaking out of holiday mode.
Well, I don’t know about you, but my Christmas break was a whirlwind of family, friends, food, and more food. It was pretty darn cold back at home in Northern Ontario. So even though I got out to shovel snow…
Do What Makes You Happy!
Over the Winter Break, I did a lot of eating. And by a lot, I mean A LOT! At one point, I had eaten 5 dinners over 3 days. My stomach never ceases to amaze me. But eating wasn’t the…
Outgoing Advice
It's 2:47 AM, Sun Airway's "Put The Days Away” is blasting into my eardrums and I'm attempting to write a deep and meaningful post for you all to read, start this semester off with a bang, you know? Truth is, I…
Goals That I Probably Will/Might/Probably-Won’t-But-Like-To-Tell-Myself-I-Will Accomplish This Year
Hello bloggies! I hope you enjoyed your holidays! I feel like I haven’t posted since last year. (Ha, see what I did there?) I’ve spent the past few days trying to actively pull myself out of Holiday Mode (somewhat unsuccessfully…
its a new dawn, its a new day
First, I’d like to say that I’m thankful that we all didn’t die a horrible, zombie apocalypse death on December 21. Instead, we later got word that Kim and Kanye were expecting a Lil Kim, and somewhere in the universe, Ryan…