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“Toska – noun /ˈtō-skə/ – Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness.

“No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”
― Vladimir Nabokov

By Natasha Chiang

Teacher candidate in the UBC B.Ed Program, with a background in psychology (BA, 2012);

I am a teacher at heart, and an aspiring educator; I am always joyful in learning alongside children. This blog documents my experiences in Vancouver as a young adult, student teacher, and friend. I am a reader and I like to take photographs and write in purple ink.

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