‘You OK?’ The cashier at the supermarket asks me. I look up from studying my stumpy nails, smile and respond with; ‘Isn’t that the million-dollar question?’. He laughs, shrugs and mutters something along the lines of ‘Yeah, I guess’. In hindsight, he had every reason...
Hi! I am a 22 year old woman that was born and raised in Sweden and I am here at San Francisco for one semester, studying marketing. Today I was thinking about what to write about in the blog, what homework I should do first...
One of the most profound and accurate things said this week was done so by an Uber driver. Some friends from my home university had flown out to see me, and were currently all faffing about in the back of the car as we drove...
High ceilings, climbing walls and a big reception was the first thing I saw when I walked in there and in my head I was just thinking “oh my god! Is this heaven or a school gym?”. I went to the reception and talked to...
The most common question I get asked when people find out I am from abroad, and more specifically England, is how America compares to across the Atlantic. I always start by commenting on the nicer, if slightly more unpredictable weather– because there is nothing more...
Unoriginally, the start of my journey here was stressful and almost disastrous. You hear stories like that all the time: my bags were too heavy, I couldn’t find my passport, I almost missed my flight, etc. My experience was no different. It started off with the...
A guy came up to me at a party the other night and asked if I remembered his name. I told him I didn’t, and a large factor of that may have been because I had never seen or met him before in my life....
Hello! First, do you know what day February 4 was? Yes, Super Bowl!! It's said as the third biggest championship in the world despite of being held with teams from United States only! (First is Olympic and Second is World Cup, actually) Unfortunately, I don't have...
Hello, We almost finished second class week at SFSU. Once classes start, the campus get full of students and very busy and lively. Today, I'd like to talk about an important feature of SF state that I find in this week. That is ...
People scream during earthquakes. They shout helpful things like ‘Earthquake’, and ‘Oh God’ between intermittent breaks for general shrieking. I would not have been able to tell you this until moving to San Francisco, having lived on the small island that is the United Kingdom...