Mental health. This is something I have been meaning to write about. It is a topic near and dear to me and one of utmost importance to us human beans. A few weeks ago I was at a really great presentation at UBC on mental health. Although it is a topic that I have actively […]
Currently playing (~˘▾˘)~ Take Courage – Andrew Bird Beautiful Barcelona, When can we meet again? You’ve been on my mind constantly this past week and I can’t stop thinking about you. I’m not sure I’ve ever felt this way… Yours always, Yuliya A really big thank you to Octavio from the Arc House hostel that […]
The title is, indeed, correct – I am back online! To share post-exchange thoughts, and meanderings! More posts are TBA.. First post: what to say (or not to say) when conversing in French! Je suis excitée – Warning, this does not actually convey your level of stoke for something. This saying is more often used in […]
Having come back to Vancouver at the end of the summer, my stuff had made a tornado-like exit out of my suitcase and onto my floor, and bed, and chair. Is this what they mean by pathetic fallacy? My mind was still swimming in the Black Sea in Ukraine, and that was why for me […]
I guess this is a bold statement to make since this was the first time I’ve been traveling solo, but Prague, you’ve won me over. After spending a solid hour getting my computer back to working shape at the train station info center, my time in these Czech streets led me into big fluffy dogs, […]
Whoa, I can’t believe this semester is coming to an end already. It’s been in the making the past few weeks – everyone has slowly started wandering off after having finished assignments, and although we are still some here, revising for exams, or post-exam recovering, things have started to slow down. I finished my exams […]
One of the things that has created some of the warmest memories during my semester is definitely the UNIL campus. Although fairly large, it is a walkable campus if you have classes in both the Arts and Biology buildings. Tracing the steps back from one building to the other, you would cross a small stream […]
May 12, 2016 Yup, title says it all: Isabel and I have class together on Thursdays. We finish around 5pm and luckily most grocery stores are still open, we decided to stop by to get groceries for this weekend. We are planning to make a pancake brekkie with our roommates, yum! Overall it was just […]
Oh my goodness this weekend was so so beautiful. Between clear blue waters, tropical tree-covered mountain peaks, and walks through endless Italian-inspired Swiss sidewalks, this weekend was a time to laugh, loads, to meet new awesome friends, to hold your jaw from dropping to the floor when you gaze at the scenery around you. The […]
… make new friends! In the midst of classes, essays and presentations, when you know it’s the last month and deadlines start to creep up on you… Well at least for me it sometimes feels like a whirlwind of thoughts going through my head. Today especially, maybe because I also realized I have a presentation […]