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Hello all. My name is Rhys Falby, I am a fourth year undergratuate student, majoring in Psychology. My goals are to complete a masters of counselling psychology, and eventually go on to become a clinical counsellor. I was born in Toronto Canada, and moved to Vancouver at the age of 2. I have lived here […] read full post >>

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Hello Everyone, My name is Esther Zhou and I am a second-year student majoring in psychology. I am an international student born in China and grew up in Spain, France, and Italy. Since a child, I have enjoyed listening to classical music and playing the piano. Music makes me relax and escape from this noisy, […] read full post >>

Hello Everybody！Please allow me to make a brief self-introduction. My name is Cici Zheng and I am a fourth-year student, majoring in Asian Studies. I rarely read books in my spare time, and I usually choose to watch dramas, singing, or do some outdoor activities(e.g. hiking). Since, my daily school and part-time job have taken up […] read full post >>

The reading for this week, I, Rigoberta Menchu, was not difficult in the sense that it confused me, but difficult in the sense that I found it extremely hard to get through, as the reading was filled with discrimination, injustice, and inequality that was faced by Rigoberta Menchu and her family. It is a tough […] read full post >>

This week’s novel by Vargas Llosa, Captain Pantoja and the Special Service, was a really fun read! I will say, even though Jon informed us it was a comedy, the book was not at all what I was expecting – but in a good way! The idea of having a “special service” comprised of prostitutes […] read full post >>

After finishing One Hundred Years of Solitude, I was left amazed at how much Garcia Marquez was able to fit into the novel.  Not only where there seven generations packed into this book, but each generation had meaning and characterization, and there was plot points surrounding all the characters we meant. Of course, the importance […] read full post >>

Wow! Even after only reading the first part of this book, I must say it has for sure been my favourite of the term. I have enjoyed every page, which is wonderful considering as Jon said the book benefits from reading as much as you can in one go, and I found myself not wanting […] read full post >>

The reading this week, Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges was a collection made up of short stories and essays. I found there to be pros and cons to this type of reading. One on hand, I enjoyed that it could be read easily in pieces. Due to how short each writing was, you could easily […] read full post >>

This week I chose to read “The Underdogs” which is a story of the Mexican revolution. For the reading this week, I purchased a hard copy of the book from the bookstore, and this was actually my first time reading a handheld version of something for school in a long time, and it made such […] read full post >>

My last week of RMST 202 had a dampener put it on it by the common issue that everyone seems to have right now – COVID. I was actually quite excited for the final week, to look back at how far I had come and how many new books I had read. Instead, I ... read full post >>

My last week of RMST 202 had a dampener put it on it by the common issue that everyone seems to have right now – COVID. I was actually quite excited for the final week, to look back at how far I had come and how many new books I had read. Instead, I ... read full post >>

I did not know what to think while reading, ‘The Society of Reluctant Dreamers’, by José Eduardo Agualusa. It is certainly a book that I found exists more in the realm of the unknown than the known. The story relies on speculation much of the time... read full post >>

I did not know what to think while reading, ‘The Society of Reluctant Dreamers’, by José Eduardo Agualusa. It is certainly a book that I found exists more in the realm of the unknown than the known. The story relies on speculation much of the time... read full post >>