As we know, for all of its beautiful and precious moments, the world can be a stressful and worrisome place.  So much time spent fretting over things large and small.  Do we invite creepy uncle Fred to the Christmas Eve get-together again this year?  What will the job market look like when I finally graduate… Read more »

Welcome to the last month of the year. The month when, because of Holiday season, everybody’s studies start winding down, even if they don’t want them to.  Sure, a lot of us plan to use the holidays as that time to really bear down on our courses, thinking that the lulls in work schedule will… Read more »

Recently I had a very short trip to Japan for a single week, but there was so much interesting food that I found that this article is in two parts. Since WestJet has started offering direct flights to Tokyo, it made much more sense to visit Asia than to fly to the east coast of… Read more »

I am a firm believer in the idea that everything happens for a purpose, and for my good.  This is all swept up in my religion, but this maxim doesn’t necessarily have to be linked to faith; I’ve met plenty of people who believe in this idea but not in any particular god.  Yes, my… Read more »

I once participated in an interview where I was asked to discuss my experience working in a group comprised of individuals of varying ages.  I shared an encounter from my previous role in the advertising industry as an HR professional.  In that position, I was part of a project committee consisting of eight members with… Read more »

I’ve had bad luck with my last few job interviews, but I know what to fix.  My previous interview’s job description requested content creation skills, which excited me, as I love making videos and software tutorials, although I need to improve on graphic design.  During the interview, I clarified that I’d soon be able to… Read more »

We are all academics, so we strive for incredible intellectual goals: knowledge, and if we mix that knowledge with love, we get wisdom.  How can we up the ante on our academic goals? Reach for the stars because we’ve got it in us, whether we believe it or not.  Nothing is out of our power,… Read more »

I’m quite pleased this week to be able to reinstitute our comic feature, as Wanda Waterman has returned with a new series that she foresees being able to bring a lot of ideas into. This is actually the second comic she’s sent but I thought it was a better introduction to the characters we’re going… Read more »