How are you doing with your New Year Resolutions? It has now been two months into 2012, and I think this is a great time to reflect on how you are doing (or not doing, as the case may be).…
Endings and Beginnings
Writing this week’s post felt a bit strange. Since it’s both the end of the term and the end of the year, I feel like I’m caught up in this weird cataclysm of endings and beginnings (especially since I…
Con te partirò… It’s time to say goodbye.
I can hardly believe it, but dear readers, almost two years and 57 posts later, this is my last for UpbeaT. Con te partirò... It's time to say goodbye, indeed. I've been writing for the blog since the summer of…
The Final Words…
I had a lot of trouble thinking about what to write for my last post. How do I end off this wonderful year, and put close the chapter to the spectacular time I have shared with all my readers here…
Yes We Can – next year
You know how the beginning of every school year brings that feeling of childish hope, that…
“Uh, so what did I learn from humanities?” Mary gets a rock for Christmas
"So really, what's the point?" This is the question that creeps into my consciousness with frightening regularity. Particularly now that I'm finishing university and graduating with a specialist in history, without any palpable skills other than supposedly being able to…
A Cup of Summation with a Dash of Fortuity
Welp, my last exam is in… 44 minutes. Not looking forward to it. For various, emotional and psychological reasons, I have not been myself this semester. Keyword: Apathy. Subtext: Delusions of grandeur. Playing the DVD backwards: Unadulterated sadness. But one…