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When I entered and when I am leaving

June 26, 2010

I recently came across a certain document that made me red in the face and nostalgic….my letter of intent when I applied to GRS (Global Resource Systems, my bachelors of science at UBC). Red in the face because of all the big words and cheesy cliches I managed to stuff into this 500 word letter. Nostalgic because I recently had the honour of being student speaker at my graduation convocation, and I had to craft a very similar speech…So for your amusement and enjoyment, I’m going to post both of these writings/speech. Also as a reminder for myself 5 years down the road.

Summer goals 2010

May 7, 2010

Vancouver’s legendary beautiful summer is finally here. No more bipolar weather craziness! Hipp Hipp Hurra (as I learnt in Norway)! This year, I fully intend on working hard and probably achieving the goals I set out. Especially since I’m only going to narrow down my goals so they ARE achievable (for once :P) So here it goes… 1. Bike from home to UBC (or at least a similar distance) – I’m seriously going to start biking this summer and my […]

Tiffany in five sentences…

Tiffany prefers to spend her days globetrotting and living out of a backpack. She is deeply intrigued, frustrated, and inspired by international development work, especially in food security, education policy, and citizen agency issues. One day, she hopes to convince the world economic system to work in favour of the marginalized and the environment. One of her identities is being a graduate from the Global Resource Systems program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. She aims to write posts that will make her cringe in ten years on this blog.