When I was in my late teens, I visited a friend in Belgium. Her father, knowing I was Canadian, took me on an impromptu full day driving tour of the war graves of Flanders. There was a language barrier between…
Laugh it up!
I bit the bullet last week, gave 12 whole dollars to a student in my faculty and signed away my Tuesday night. For what you ask?! Why a trip down to Blue Jays Way of course, all the way to…
Don’t fear the Procrastinator
Everyone does it, and I know for a fact that you, as a student, do it all the time. You procrastinate! The first step to combating procrastination is to admit that you're guilty of doing it, and also to realize…
University Life and the Art of Living
Lately, my facebook feed has been stacked with friends’ and acquaintances’ reposts of news articles talking about the most-profitable undergraduate majors. Typically, the people posting these articles tend to be in one of the top 10 “employable” majors – pure…
A Lesson in Asking for Extensions
This is my back-up post for lifeatuoft, written during the honeymoon phase of the school year (September) when I am still madly in love with my professors, schoolwork and the predictable routine of university life. I wrote this post back…
Navigating the Career Abyss: Extern Job Shadowing, Part 1
Trying to figure out what career I want, or how to get there makes me feel like Alice. Yes, that Alice, the child who fell down the rabbit hole into the abyss of oddities. Except my confusion isn’t make believe,…
Library Fines Aren’t So Fine
Ever have a moment of clarity, when you think to yourself, “Why did I do that?” I had that earlier this week when I checked out my online library account . I have $49 in fines, because I had 14…
It’s here……(I’m saying this in a spooky voice)
Last year, for the first time in eight years, I didn't get my flu shot. I was busy with mid terms and essays and I ended up putting it off. Well, two flus, one case of strep throat, and innumerable…
The Value of Sheep
An interesting thing happened to me this weekend, something that doesn't typically happen to a student within the parentheses of Friday and Monday: I learned something! And no, it wasn't how many beers I could chug in five minutes. I…
Tear-aways are a rip-off! (Or are they an essential item?!)
I was having a little chit chat with the ladies yesterday; we were discussing the ways in which we could categorize an athlete based on the gear they’ve got kickin' around. I personally think that it’s too bad we can’t…