Remember how I told you how I have a bad habit of making homes out of human beings? Well, I’ve made a permanent nest in my best friend Shaquelle’s presence. We met in second year in POL200 through a mutual…
Post-Grad Blues
My dad always says: “if you are too busy focusing on whats on the plate of another, then the food on your own plate will go cold” or something like that. Lately, I’ve been feeling like the ultimate loser. I…
Dear Mom and Dad:
The other day, my mother walked into my room and saw me sleeping next to my laptop, with a textbook as my pillow surrounded by laundry to be done, paper plates to be thrown away and garbage yet to be taken…
The Week I Dropped the Ball and Everything Fell Apart
The week after reading week, A.K.A, the week everything was due. And I have yet to meet all the deadlines and the week is now long over. Yep, I dropped the ball. Not because I am a lazy or irresponsible…
Don’t take yourself too seriously U of T !
If you’ve ever met me you know that I always have a looot of energy and seem to be in a constant state of excitement. Life is exciting, and the labour of continuing my existence excites me. But my energy…
A Present Puppeteered by the Past
Last Thursday night I finally was able to visit U of T’s planetarium and telescopes. Did you know they host FREE public tours of the telescopes, lectures on our place in the cosmos and planetarium shows the first Thursday of…
Love At U of T
Lately, with everything going on in my life, I’ve been thinking a lot about love and how it is the only reason why we’re here at all. I don’t mean just romantic love; I mean all kinds of love (familial,…
I dare you to try SQUASH!!
U of T, I double dog dare you to try squash!!! My friends have been bugging me to try squash for a while now and I always used to tell them, “are you crazy, its way too intense for me.”…
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…
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…