I went to a Write Now! session this week. Write Now! is a drop-in writing session facilitated by mentors and is offered through the poet-in-community. We began simply by writing as much as we could without thinking about what we were…
Fun in the Snow
Sometimes, you don’t need a reason to have a little fun. You are in for a treat this week! I was really happy with my completion of four midterms and an essay in my first month back from the holiday…
My Healthy Eating Pledge
I have commitment issues. No, not with people. Not with responsibilities. But with something that has far bigger consequences. Healthy eating. *collective groan is heard throughout the campus* I think the longest I've been able to keep up with a…
Making Group Work Work
"Teamwork makes the dream work", or so I've been told. Some people might be inclined to respond that "Group work makes the nightmare work". It's a scary form of assessment which universities seem to be falling increasingly in love with. From an…
Getting out of Tokyo
Popular media often characterizes Tokyo as a mess of endless neon and concrete. I've also described it this way in the past, but getting out of the city is actually surprisingly easy. From Shinjuku, one of the city’s most densely…
Doing #joyatUofT
So, we're approaching the middle of February. You know, the most wonderful time of the year when your dreams decide to go on sabbatical. When you either have 500 midterms/reading responses/papers the week before Reading Week, or 600 midterms/reading responses/papers…
The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway: Winter Commutes to U of T
Back in the summer, I wrote about surviving the summer heat while being a commuter. Rachael’s covered the campus winter life hacks, but in light of the recent snowmageddon that was unleashed upon the city (possibly a mild exaggeration), I…
My Off-Campus Housing Assumptions
It was around this time last year when I was in first year, that my friends and I began thinking about where we wanted to live next year. We had all lived in residence during first year and although we…
Long Winter Living
Wow, what a month! Now that January is over, we can get right into February (though I’m pretty sure February might be even crazier). I had three tests and an essay in the first four weeks of this semester with…
Lugging Mugs
I throw out a lot of stuff. I also drink too much tea. Such are my conclusions after a week of hanging onto every paper cup I would have thrown away. I was inspired by a radio interview I heard…