As some of you may be experiencing right now, I am going through this adapting phase trying to enjoy the city in the rain while managing the tremendous amount of readings I have haha ! Some days may feel weary but working in the library this...
Recently myself and another international student went to a comedy show. My friend and I are both British and we had tickets to see Russell Howard, a British stand-up comedian. A lot of my, US, friends exclaimed "you can't come to the US and watch...
San Francisco has been offering me a lot of contradictions; privileged homeless people, water wasting in time of severe drought and sometimes awful, but sometimes epiphany-inducing live music. I’ve made the same mistake three times. James Joyce said once that a genius’ errors were volitional and...
When I was a teenager I was very influenced by the American culture: music, movies, celebrities etc. When I graduated from the high school I had only one idea in mind: “I want to go for my study to the U.S.” Since I was only...
Last Saturday at a flat in the Mission, a friend of mine from my study abroad days pulled out a box of photos. “What’s this?” I asked. “The best two years of your life.” he replied. We sat at his kitchen table looking over the photographs. “We look so...
After 2 years studying abroad, I have heard many sad tales regarding students who travel overseas to pursue their dreams, all the while keeping their boyfriend or girlfriend back home. But after so many heartbreaking stories, it's difficult not to become quite hardened on the...
This week I finally had the chance to see some more of the state California besides the lovely city San Francisco. On a road trip to southern California, my roommates and me both passed and visited many cities in just three days! This weekend, we headed...
Every first Friday of the month streets along one of Oakland's busiest corridors are shut off to traffic and opened up to the local community to showcase local artists in an "Art Murmur." I went along to the March edition last weekend with some friends...
After a good six months of relaxed Californian life, my year abroad up until now had been an experience with little to no stress. Then I snagged my last pair of tights or panty hose beyond repair. If I was still in England, as fellow Brits...
The Bay Area has one of the highest concentrations of Chinese people in the United States, as such, celebrations of the lunar New Year are a pretty big deal here. Last weekend saw the colorful (and very very loud) annual parade take over the Downtown...