Last weekend showed me two of Japan’s extremes. On Friday, three friends and I witnessed Japan's fast-paced mayhem in the ultra modern Shibuya. Over the next two days, the same friends and I traveled to rustic villages of temples and shrines.…
I can’t come in to write this blog today- Influenza (or whatever I have) and Steps to Take to Get Better
So I feel awful- fever, nausea, insomnia, you name it. It has been going on for six days now and to be perfectly honest, I would much rather be watching American Horror Story with a big bowl of chicken noodle…
Uh oh, I slept through my final exam!
“Mum, I slept through my final exam.” Of all the horrors film can provide, and no matter what craziness happened on Friday night at the Hart House of Horrors Halloween Party, this will forever be one of my life’s more…
Quitting Smoking, Part Deux
So -- remember that time my awesome friend Haley wrote a blog post about her quitting cigarettes for good? I joined the club. We used to smoke together, and now we're quitting together. It's not something I like to admit in…
When the Time is Right
I need to catch my breath! Just when I think life will slow down, I realize how wrong I am. If it’s not tests, essays or readings, it’s meetings, volunteering, events and the list goes on. In a perfect world,…
Halloween at the Clubhouse
Now that the first round of midterms are (kind of) over, I found myself a little sick of school. As a friend so eloquently put it: “It feels like a year of school has gone by, but it’s only been,…
What’s the deal with “Open Access Week”?
Last week was Open Access Week (or OAweek as the hashtag goes), both at UofT and around the world. The UofT Libraries and the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office were pretty big on pushing OAweek, but when I mentioned to the…
Dropping Courses
November 3rd is the last day to drop half year courses without academic penalty. If you are like me, you are sitting around trying to figure out if you need to drop whatever many courses. It is a difficult decision.…
Life at the University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo has two undergraduate campuses: Hongo and Komaba. I spend most of my time at Komaba, where the Faculty of Arts & Science is located. Komaba is austere. Hard lines, glass, and concrete characterize its Ando-inspired facade. In…
Beyond the Binary- Haley’s Ongoing Gender Journey
People always say life is complicated, yet often they don’t say the same for gender and sexuality. Too often it is “male” or “female,” and “gay” or “straight,” but what about those who don’t fit in those boxes? More to…