“Goodbye.” That’s always a difficult thing to say, but sadly, this is my last post for Life @ U of T. Being the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) blogger this year has been the opportunity of a lifetime…
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Musing About Reading Week
Reading Week has come and gone, and now we’re back to classes. Sigh. Every year, I look forward to the much deserved break and yet again, I fail to realize how quickly a week can go by. I always start…
In Which U of T is Kind
Sometimes, I have a pride problem when it comes to academics.
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On Staying in Touch
University can get stressful at times, and it can be difficult to stay in touch with friends, particularly with those who don’t live in the city. But few things bring me more joy in life than hanging out and catching up with…
The time I slept through all the fun holidays
My entire blog post can be summed up into this:
*makes elaborate plans for Halloween*
*realizes Diwali falls on the same weekend*
*has to finish all assignments before that weekend*
*is overwhelmed with stress and feels guilty for cancelling plans with friends*
*cancels everything anyway and sleeps through Halloween*
Tri-Campus Travelling
As a St. George student, just exploring downtown Toronto is a grand task that has taken me 4 years of my undergraduate degree. That’s why the fact that the University of Toronto is made up for two more beautiful and…
The Yellow Brick Road: Tips for First-generation Students
Follow the yellow brick road. Follow the yellow brick road. Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow (follow, follow?) the yellow brick road, the munchkins of Oz sing. For Dorothy, the yellow brick road is the path she needs to take to get to her destination—the Emerald City. Without the road, her journey would have been a bit more difficult.
Powering Down The Stress
Feeling stressed out at university is natural. There are deadlines, midterms, relationships to keep up, moms to call, birthdays to remember and somewhere in there you are supposed to get eight hours of sleep?! It’s understandable why university life can…
Searching for the Bermuda Triangle: English as a Second Language in University
Shrouded in a thick layer of mist, where compasses cease to work and where you see not land or sky, but an ocean of uniform grey, the pursuit to the Bermuda Triangle is a frightening one. Going to a new…
Letting go of that other significant other
Have you ever heard of the “turkey dump”? It’s that phenomenon where a high school couple go to different post-secondary schools, they inevitably change and grow and forge new relationships there, and when they return to their hometown for Thanksgiving,…