Katy at UBC

The video below describes my Grandfather’s life as he grew up in Vancouver, and the family’s produce store in Kerrisdale. You can see him as a little boy in his father’s lap around 20 seconds in. The narrator is Girlie Koo, my Great Aunt and my Grandfather’s sister. I have many memories of the shop […]

So, this summer I got a letter in the mail from this Golden Key Honour Society asking me to join. At first it seemed like a pretty legitimate group, but the more I read the more I felt like it was a bit of a scam. There were a couple red flags that made me […]

First of all, let me state that I don’t have unreasonable demands for the bookstore. All I wanted were my books! Seriously, there is a disturbing lack of organization that I’ve noticed over my two years here at UBC. For instance, last year the bookstore ordered the wrong book for my ASTU 100 class, so […]

So, my (our) first week at UBC is over. It’s been a little hectic, what with switching classes and whatnot. I hope that everyone has had a good summer! This summer I went to Italy with my family, where we went to some amazing museums and ate delicious food. I also went to Berlin, Amsterdam […]