Christmas is a family business. We all know it, we all claim to hate it, we all love it deep inside. The food, the warmth, the fact that your family is trying to get together at least this one time of the year - as fake as some of you might say it is - … Continue reading CHRISTMAS IN ITALY: A FAMILY BUSINESS
CONSTANTLY MOVING
They say home is where the heart is, that nothing feels as good as being at home. It's natural, essential, a fundamental need that each one of us has and strives to fulfil. But what happens when your heart doesn't actually reside in a place, when your mind is constantly wandering to far away lands … Continue reading CONSTANTLY MOVING
THOSE LONELY MORNINGS
We all have those days when our first intake of breath feels like gas and your room like a prison cell, where you look outside your window and the day looks grey. When you feel alone in your bed but at the same time space is all you need. We all have those days where, … Continue reading THOSE LONELY MORNINGS
THE THREE REASONS WHY GENT IS BETTER THAN ANTWERP
As some of you may know, I went to Belgium for a couple days last week. My class got cancelled on Thursday and, although most people's normal reaction would be to roll to the other side and keep sleeping, I opted to leave the country because YOLO. Good old Flixbus was my friend and with … Continue reading THE THREE REASONS WHY GENT IS BETTER THAN ANTWERP
CHILLIN WITH THE SQUAD
So I am late to the party and am now writing a blog post about Halloween, because I'm lazy like that. Apologies. Last month we went to an event called the Twilight Zone, which was basically a halloween themed sort of party the Friday before the actual Halloween day. The night was hosted by Hoboken in … Continue reading CHILLIN WITH THE SQUAD
HOW TO SURVIVE EXAM SEASON: a guide
Each University student - sooner or later - gets acquainted with the traumatising, overwhelming and at times tragic experience called exam season. You start off your year with the intention of going to all the lectures, taking notes and going over them after class to keep up with the schedule. Except you never do. Which brings … Continue reading HOW TO SURVIVE EXAM SEASON: a guide
THE BIG NOTHING: October un-appreciation club
"Life is such an endless sum of beginnings and ends, consecutive events which mean all and nothing at the same time, this huge, massive, imperative big nothing. Because we breathe the same air and we eat the same things and we live the same way and it's like we don't make a change at … Continue reading THE BIG NOTHING: October un-appreciation club
“So you do Architecture?”
This week I found a really cool event to go to at BIRD, a nice little building which somehow is a restaurant and a pub and a club and a concert venue all at once despite any rule of logic. The event was called CityLab and it was basically a meet up of all the … Continue reading “So you do Architecture?”