Couch Potato on New Years
You don’t usually find the average person skipping out on a New Year’s Eve party to write a blog post. But hey I’m one that stands out. As I’m cozied up in my living room wearing my mickey mouse PJ’s, listening to Majid Jordan and sipping on some caramel almond amaretti tea (why am I such a cliche?), I’m looking back at 2016 as a whole. The popular perception of 2016 is that it’s been a terrible year (and it has in some ways) but for me, it’s been one ...
Hold the summer in your hands, ’til the summer turns to sand
After a night of laughter, signing monthbooks, and minimal sleep, I was able to reflect back on my unforgettable SHAD experience as a whole. SHAD has been an enrichment program for high school students since 1980. Over 1500 students applied for the program this year from across Canada and internationally. Only around 600 of them were accepted, one of which was me. The program runs every year during the month of July, with lectures and activities focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and entrepreneurship. I was fortunate to be ...
Escape
This is my first post on my website and to be completely honest, I am not too sure what I’m doing here. The one thing I know is that I’m hoping to use this as my escape. It recently occurred to me (despite how obvious this may have been to others) that all my life, I have been finding different ways to escape. At some point, my escapes were friends, TV (lots and lots of netfix and chill days), and things that simply wasted my time. Granted, some escapes served ...