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Shoreline Garbage: Educate yourself

It’s official, I’m currently in my last semester of my undergrad at the University of British Columbia. I’m taking a full course load, working as a fitness instructor and volunteering part-time at the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries at UBC. Things are hectic, but the good kind of hectic. As a part of my favourite […]

Post-NZ

My NZ student exchange is over. I can’t wait to re-read this blog in a 1, 5 and 10 years from now. Thank you for reading along with me. I never posted a goodbye blog post because I was pretty sad to leave and didn’t know how to say goodbye to a place I called […]

KIWI EXCHANGE

If you want to keep up with my latest successes and typical struggles, check out posts under the Kiwi Exchange header! I will keep adding new pages as the months roll by

New Zealand Bound

It’s time to leave for another adventure! Which means this blog will be used for travel stories and communication, as well as personal rants and lessons learned. Please Note: From now on, all my posts about New Zealand will be under the “Kiwi Exchange” Page under the heading photo (In between About and Photography) Since […]

Kicking Ass Since 1913: Conversation Two

Conversation One is in the previous post and must be read to understand anything that I’m about to talk about. (Names are still changed for privacy reasons) It’s the second night I’ve spent with Martha and the second time we’ve lost track of time and she’s gone to bed much later than she usually does. […]

Kicking Ass Since 1913: Conversation One

I’m currently working respite with a lady while her family is out of town on vacation. Technically, all I’m really doing is hanging out with her and reminding her to take care of herself, as she’s “ferociously independent,” as her daughter put it. I arrive at 7pm and leave at 9am for 6 days in […]

Chasing Freedom

One my good friends drives a VW Westfalia van. Last semester when things felt grey and foggy, he’d pick me up and we’d go to the ocean. He even convinced me to go to 33 Acres Brewery and have a taco from the Tacofino truck as a study break. He’s been teaching me that possessions […]

Wanderlust: What tumblr doesn’t tell you

I see these artisitically photoshopped Tumblr photos everywhere. (I’m talking about the picture under this sentence.) Maybe you’ve seen them too. They typically appear as a pleasant nature snapshot or a map with the words ‘wanderlust/adventure/explore/______’ written on top of it in a carefully selected typeface. I can’t lie, it’s quite effective. I doubt a […]

Summarizing Septober 2014

These photos represent what I’ve been doing for the last couple of months. It’s now almost November, which means it’s more than halfway through the term. (???!!?!?!) I have no idea how that happened so quickly. It feels like I’ve been sitting on my laptop planning out life more than enjoying life. Septober Summary: – […]