Student Life in Finland

Moi BCIT. Today marks our 16th day in Helsinki. This past week we officially started classes at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. We are taking five full-time courses: Investment and Portfolio Management, European Business Area, Branding, Small and Medium Enterprise Management, and Finnish. We will also be taking an intensive week-long ethics course, but…

Podcasts

Podcasts, who knew?

Over the winter break, while everyone was working to save up for the upcoming semester, enjoying a sunny vacation, or catching up with family and friends, I was confined to my bedroom with the blinds drawn and curtains drawn over those blinds. Now, I promise I wasn’t on house arrest or anything, I had actually…

New Year, No Money

The New Year has officially begun and with that comes the influx of new years resolutions, many of which focus around financial stability and budgeting. However, unless you’re lucky enough to be the winner of the upcoming powerball lottery, being a student at a time when the Canadian dollar is hitting record lows does not…

Fashion Friday: Holiday Dresses

The holiday season is all about the December weeks leading up to Christmas. Malls are abuzz with shoppers, every second car on the road has a tree tethered to the roof, and the invitations to holiday parties are flooding in. Holiday parties are one of my favourite events of the year as they are synonymous…