After taking on the mighty mission of googling “volunteer abroad”, I was a little taken aback, and realized this was still a world I was unsure of navigating. The question of what you want to do this summer is the best…
A student’s experience studying abroad in Central Europe
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…
mo money mo problems
Life at U of T is not always easy. Sometimes, you might say that we go to the University of Hard Knocks. Alternatively, you might say we go to Ball So Hard university, because we are that awesome. Rent, books,…
The world is free for you to fly
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqoANESQ4cQ The last few weeks have been very weird for me. Class attendance was abysmal, settled for B+s and gave up on trying for As, was eating one meal a day, cried way too many tears and slept when I…
Finding the High Road
Every now and then, you'll encounter someone that may not be the easiest person in the world to work with. It can happen anywhere and everywhere, and in our last community crew meeting, we ended up talking about the various…
Try the Tri
Like I mentioned last week, I find that signing up or registering – in other words, COMMITTING time – for a particular event or activity gets me motivated to go out and actually do something active. I think it’s because…
The Breakfast Club
Last week, I accidentally ate breakfast. Yes, that’s right – I didn’t intend to eat breakfast, but I did… and it was the best thing I’ve accidentally done in a long time. But how did this happen? How does one…
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…