Farzaneh Jalalinejad (Blue Sky) - UBC Student
Short Story Series # 3: The Stone of Opportunity
The story began many years ago, when Homo sapiens found the stone of opportunity. To conquer the world, they learned how to speak, plow the earth, and build tools and magnificent pyramids. They touched the sky with sky scrapers and even reached the moon. They aimed for Mars and Venus afterwards. Why they are the [...]
What Now? Musings From a Recent Grad
You’ve written your last exam and put the finishing touches on your final paper. Summer has started! But this isn’t a break that ends in September. You’re done with your undergraduate degree! It won’t take many days of purposeless couch-lounging and expensive beer-drinking before that burning, unrelenting question finds its way into your consciousness: what [...]
My Trip to the Museum of Anthropology
I was really glad that I got to visit the MOA (Museum of Anthropology), because I am interested in ancient culture. Also, I am majoring in History and Culture, but this is the first time I have gotten the chance to study Canadian history. Previously, I just studied the history of Korea, China, and Europe. Now [...]
About Young People’s Jobs
Why are some young people going to work before they graduate from their university? Are there any advantages or disadvantages of young people doing this? What kinds of jobs are good for young people to do? There are so many different opinions about these issues. In my culture, young people typically go to work during [...]
Study and Sports
In Japan, most of the middle school students have to belong to a club. My school had a soccer club, a baseball club, a volleyball club, a judo club, an art club, a brass band, and so on. When I entered middle school, I wanted to try a very hard club because my teacher said, [...]
Exam Stress – How To Deal With It
It’s that time of year again. The ELI classes end and exam season starts. Everybody will be studying hard for their exams, and the libraries will be filled with a stressful atmosphere. The best way to perform well on your exams is to learn how to deal with exam stress. This will allow you to [...]
For Academic Success, Motivate Yourself!
Nowadays there is not enough time for children to play. Do you know why they are so busy? In Korea, most parents have very high expectations of their children; they are under a lot of pressure to get high grades in school. Children spend most of their days indoors studying, never with nothing to do, [...]
My Multicultural Home Stay Family
Canada is a multicultural country. This is especially obvious in Vancouver. Whenever you are wandering around downtown, you can hear more than five languages spoken by diverse people. Also, Vancouver is filled with many different kinds of food and restaurants from a variety of countries. It is even hard to find someone who is not [...]
Resolution
The Tokai University students who were short term students left here on March 30th. It means three months have already passed since I arrived here. How quickly time flies! During my stay here, I have experienced good things and bad things. Although studying English is really tough and hard, learning new things is fun. Recently [...]
