Hello classmates, TAs, and Professor, my name is Ryan Derbawka, and I am nineteen years old beginning my second semester of my second year at the University of British Columbia. I am in the faculty of Arts, intending to major in English or creative writing with a minor in journalism. Now, to touch on the […]
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Hello! My name is Samantha Rogers , but I go by Sam and I am excited to start the journey of Romance Studies! I am a second year student with plans to major in Psychology. I was born and raised in Vancouver. I am an avid reader and often read non-school required books everyday. I […]
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Hey Everyone, my name is Toluwalope Ayedegbe Paul, which is a Yoruba name. Yoruba is a tribe that originated in Nigeria. I was born and raised in Nigeria till I was 13 and then moved to Toronto, then moved to Calgary in Junior high. I also attended a 2 year college in Cupertino California before […]
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Hi all welcome to my blog! My name is Farahnaz and I am a third year student studying International Relations. I will be honest I definitely thought that this class would be all about the world of romance in a black and white sense, so when the professor said it would be more complex I […]
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Hi, sunshine! ˙ᵕ˙ My name is Shanelle Danimae Cuevas (Yes, I have two first names) but you can call me Shan! I am currently a first-year student here at UBC and I am pursuing a Bachelor in Political Science. My goal is to achieve my Bachelors to eventually study law with the ambition of becoming […]
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Hello everyone! My name is Steve Kim. This is not my legal name, but still, everyone calls me by this name. I am a psychology major. I am from Seoul, South Korea. In other words, English and other Romance languages are second languages for me. It is nervous to read stories with a language I […]
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Hi everyone! My name is Jessica Jensen, and I am a second-year student majoring in Psychology. I am considering minoring in philosophy, but am still determining if I will pursue that path. I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, just like my dad, but my mom is from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. My […]
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Hello everyone! My name is Meave (pronounced Maeve, like the sex-ed character). I’m a first-year student in the Bachelor of Arts program and hope to major in psychology. I’m from Hong Kong, and I have yet to meet many people who are also from HK, so if you are, feel free to come up to […]
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Hello to everyone here! My name is Arella Ng and I’m a second year student at UBC (though this is my first year here). I’ve declared my major in Psychology, and I intend on pursuing grad school in the future (thinking of going into clinical or research) and declaring a minor in Ancient Mediterranean and […]
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Hi to everyone in RMST 202!! My name is Maia Dueck (she/her). I’m currently in 2nd year general arts, with interests in creative writing, english, and history. My hope is to be an author (specifically for the YA genre) and to be involved with script writing/film production. I am always down to talk about books […]
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