Panama, a mystical and beautiful country. Acres of jungle slope over hills swallowing up roads and houses. The only possible termination of the vast and expansive milluex of flora and fauna is the ocean or the canal. My hostel was a 3 story red house nestled to the side of a main road and as I slept, ate, worked… Read More Workcation
If I am to be brutally honest, which I think I am encouraged, I have not done a very good job of telling you what my graduate experience has been like thus far. Possible reasons include: Most of the time I cannot differentiate my many emotions, certainly not enough to attribute one particular feeling with… Read More The Life of a Grad Student: Part 1 of ∞
Go on, I dare you. Let’s see how good you can be at explaining the subject you eat, sleep and breathe in only 124 characters (including #tweetyourthesis). Mine will be: An inflammatory immune response can result from nutrient deficiencies (vit A and D) causing growth stunting in children #tweetyourthesis If you can’t do it in less… Read More Tweet Your Thesis
I own a humongous instrument. It is so big it needs 3 people to move it. It is so beautiful that it demands the attention of whoever is in the room. It resonates like only acoustic stringed instruments can. It is foreign like the language from which it comes from, and is heavier than the… Read More Two Fears and One Stone
February 9th, was Founder’s Day at the MacDonald Campus. Crowds of students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered in the festively decorated gymnasium to celebrate the founder of the MacDonald campus, and major benefactor of McGill University, Sir. William C. Macdonald. I have been a student at MacDonald Collage since 2005, when I started as an undergraduate in nutritional biochemistry.… Read More Sir William C. Macdonald and The Good Seeds
Ahk. I just lost my entire post. What kind of website doesn’t automatically save drafts?! WordPress, you are on thin ice. I am forced to paraphrase what I had written before about being a TA and wrestling students if they challenged my authority- but I suppose I’ve lost the zeal to do so and will… Read More The Baby and The Fat Belt
Hello compatriots! I am in New York City for the holidays and it is the BEST. So far I have walked a lot, eaten gluten free doughnuts and pizza, gone to the Turkish bath, sang karaoke, watched MacGyver, hit on a guy with a girlfriend, had a job offer and been asked out by a criminal justice lawyer… Read More NYC 4 NYE
Winter, a topic that requires no preamble. Nonetheless I will state the obvious: Winter in Montreal is cold, dark, salty and grey. It is full of small rocks that get in your boots and your bed. However, winter can also be beautiful, magical, spirited, romantic and quiet. Regardless of what it may or may not be, it is here now. So… Read More ZZ’s Haphazard Pro Tips on Winter
On Thursday, November 17th 2011, Congress voted that Pizza be classified as a vegetable because of the tomato paste it contains. Maybe instead of studying Nutritional Science I should have gone and become a politician. What do you think? Is this a good thing that will help promote healthy eating, or is it… Read More Actually Congress, a tomato is a fruit.
Don’t get me wrong, I like working in the lab- but there is something horrifying about feeling stuck in a project when the only thing you can do to finish it are tedious, repetitive tasks that require your utmost attention. You simply have to take your time, no short cuts. To add another layer of… Read More The Lab
The graduate student experience at McGill
The graduate student experience at McGill
The graduate student experience at McGill
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