I am trying to figure out why it is that some people have already had mid-terms, some are in the process of mid-terms, and people like me don’t have mid-terms until next week. No matter which category you fall into,…
Final Countdown
Time: 3:23AM Word count: 2,929. (just 71 words short of finishing my 3,000 word research paper) Typical countdown of a U of T student during finals week. (or even any typical week while drowning in schoolwork for that matter!) In…
Party in the Peacock – The Robarts Revitalization
If I was a millionaire, I would buy myself a mansion. For now, being the poor little undergrad student that I am, the only mansion I have banked on is the Robarts Mansion – where I invest countless hours in…
Get in the zone with Break Zone
The last week of classes are looming upon us and before you know it we get a taste of sweet freedom (aka Holiday break). But before we can take that breath of fresh air, we have to endure the stress and anxiety…
Surviving setbacks: the end of the year
I have now sunk to the lowest point a student can sink to. I have begged for marks. I'm not quite sure how I got to this point. I think it was a result of four months in one of…
Study group or study date?
Being part of a study group is a lot like casual dating. Sometimes, you meet someone and you hit it off instantly. You talk for hours and at the end, you get their number and genuinely hope to meet again.…
Blog your socks off!
I’m assuming you’re an lifeatuoft fan – after all, you’re reading my post. 🙂 But if you're clicking around lifeatuoft, then you might just be a blog fan in general. There are a lot of great blogs on the internet…
How to Do Well in University: The Desert-Traveller’s Journey – A Fable
When I was in my first year of university, I had a insatiable thirst for the magical potion of success in post-secondary studies. This elixir would, as rumour had it, provide one lucky student with a 4.0 GPA, exemplary extra-curricular…
Seeing clearly
A perk of being an optometrist’s daughter is that you get to test out revolutionary technology. As a self-proclaimed, passionate anti-glasses individual, I've looked far and wide for a solution, and orthokeratology (ortho-k) is the answer. What is ortho-k, you…
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…