Tag: Friends

We met in tennis class during our first day of high school. The four of us hung out every lunch on the far side of the quad. We weren’t the cool kids, we weren’t nerds. The other kids referred to us as the weirds and it stuck. Every weekend we went to coffee houses to see bands a...

Everyone has this question, and I think that’s a good thing. A collective with a recurring problem doesn’t stress me out, it makes me feel like I’m a part of something. Oh, this is annoying for everyone? Thank goodness, I’m not alone. The most recurring question I receiv...

Everyone has this question, and I think that’s a good thing. A collective with a recurring problem doesn’t stress me out, it makes me feel like I’m a part of something. Oh, this is annoying for everyone? Thank goodness, I’m not alone. The most recurring question I receiv...

We all have that “friend.” You know, the kind that leaves you feeling drained and deflated every time you talk. The one who never seems happy for your success, or who always needs to one-up your struggles with their own. The perpetual victim, the constant complainer, the fair-we...

You might think this article isn’t for everyone, but I actually believe it is. Introverts, extroverts, ambiverts — we can all unite in the reality that the quality of our lives is largely influenced by the types of people we spend our time with. There are, of course, going to be those...

You might think this article isn’t for everyone, but I actually believe it is. Introverts, extroverts, ambiverts — we can all unite in the reality that the quality of our lives is largely influenced by the types of people we spend our time with. There are, of course, going to be those...

The past two weeks have been surreal. Last week was one of the most memorable weeks of my life, and the week prior I spent with my dad who was visiting me in Japan. We cruised around my home in Osaka, visited Kyoto and then spent several nights on the island of Miyakojima. I was sad to say goodby...

“I heard she got that job because they need to meet diversity targets.” You’re just trying to eat your lunch. You don’t know the woman they’re talking about. You could pretend you didn’t hear. Statistically, that would be the wise choice. People that con...

Over a trendy pot of chia-porridge at Grød, the world’s first porridge-only restaurant, Brock Willis shares his experience of relocating to Denmark. “I was mostly interested in the culture and lifestyle,” Willis explained. “Since I moved here I can see why it’...

“You’re suchhhh a Miranda,” says a woman to another woman, hoping to destroy her self confidence. Any fan of Sex and the City knows that being the “Miranda” of your sexually active, slutty gal pal crew is a straight up call for suicide, or at the very least, heavily mel...

San Francisco cannot be categorized as a car or non-car city in the clear-cut ways that LA and NYC can be, respectively. It’s more of an “It can be nice to have a car sometimes, but you can totally survive without one” city. In fact, it’s usually easier and more pleasant not ...

I have been talking about wanting a social life but I have realised that maybe that isn’t what I need. What I need is to meet other people in a similar situation to mine. As empathetic as my friends are, it is not the same as living with a chronic illness and being betrayed by your body. I hav...

In today’s diverse and interconnected world, addressing racism is a responsibility that falls on individuals as much as on society at large. This paper explores the complexities and considerations surrounding the decision to call out racist behavior among friends. As we navigate this challengi...

On June 2, 2020 I posted a series of videos on Instagram where I spoke my truth. That day, and a day or two before, many people were posting black squares in order to “Amplify Black Voices.” There were hash-tags like, “I’m listening,” “Time to listen and lear...

Ifwhite supremacists were to co-sign any rapper, I suppose it would be Kanye West. On Saturday, an antisemitic and white supremacist group hung a banner above the 405 freeway in Los Angeles that read: “Kanye is right about the Jews.” Another banner cited Rev. 3:8, which r...

Words in the title of this article have haunted me for long time and I always end up checking the coin toss example to understand the concept better. However, I think we need to find a more relatable example… Duh!, who tosses coins in today’s world. While thinking about the right exa...

We met in tennis class during our first day of high school. The four of us hung out every lunch on the far side of the quad. We weren’t the cool kids, we weren’t nerds. The other kids referred to us as the weirds and it stuck. Every weekend we went to coffee houses to see bands and me...

Hey! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Karol, a 3rd year Immunology student documenting his journey. I have been part of my university's boxing club for three semesters now. I am still not very good. I walked into the Annual General Meeting thinking I was jus...

I met one of my closest and dearest friends in our Museum Studies graduate program in 2009. Her name is Beth. We bonded over our shared American value of loving Starbucks. Though we were studying in England at Newcastle University, we are both Americans- she from Delaware, and myself from upstate Ne...

A few weeks ago, with a heavy heart and all the enthusiasm of… well, actually, with no enthusiasm at all, I went and joined my local Slimming World group. Again. My weight has been creeping up and I realised that I was getting a bit out of breath while doing energetic things like be...

Explanation: Whenever we think of selfless love or service in our day to day life, the first person that comes to our mind is our mother. A mother is someone who gives out endless love and asks nothing in return. She only wishes the best for her children and keeps blessing them forever till she...