Childhood Dreams Come True: Reviewing NKOTBSB

I can’t believe I’m going to do this, but I have to interrupt the regular flow, or lack of thereof, to describe one of the most notable things that have happened to me as of late: I watched a Backstreet Boys concert. FINALLY.  I’m one of those people that refuses to give up on the…

The Maastricht Mixtape

To celebrate the end of one of the most frustrating parts of my thesis, the literature review, I decided to do something I haven’t done in a while: start reading a book. Yes, I rewarded myself for finishing reading by doing some more reading. The life of a bookaphile. I’m currently engrossed in Love is a…

Coming Together To Celebrate Being Lebanese.

Being Lebanese is not just a nationality to me. It tends to define who I am, how I see the world, and much of my ideas. I have no problem flaunting it or just happening to drop “I’m Lebanese, so” or “In Lebanon/Beirut” in every sentence, regardless of how annoying it sometimes gets. But one…

One Step Closer To Being Fit: Zumba Classes

Maybe it’s the change in altitude, maybe it’s my two very stubborn but lovely flatmates, maybe it’s just that I really want to get active and healthy, or maybe it’s a combination of all three but at one point in early October, I decided to join the university’s gym. And no you AUBities, going to…

Honoring A Memory In Its Own Special Way

There has too much that has been said about loss, about death, about coming to terms with the gravity of the situation, about moving on, about honoring a person’s memory, about taking what they taught you and making them proud of you even if they couldn’t physically be there. But for me, that particular realization would…

My Top Procrastination Tools

Warning dear readers: The items that make up this list have been proven to be highly addictive. This blogger, therefore advises you to tread very cautiously around them, especially when you have deadlines to meet and exams to study for, and explore at your own risk.  As a graduate student, I spend most of my…

Big Books Don’t Scare Me

I may have spent the better part of the two months complaining about how much reading I had to do for my classes, how I’d rather be cleaning- an activity I normally detest- than sitting in front of my computer taking down notes on economics and innovation. Yet, a day after the first period ended,…

An Untitled Post + Video

Here’s something about me: I like knowing things. I’m almost always following up with the news, reading leaflets and signs in the street, eavesdropping onto conversations in languages I can understand, and generally spending hours browsing through Wikipedia’s infinite pages- all in the name of knowledge. One thing I cannot claim I know anything about is the…

Apologies and Updates from the Lowlands

As far as bloggers go, I am the example for the worst kind: the one that gets super excited about something and consistently talks about it and then the moment something better comes along, I just abandon the blog and requests from friends here and back home and focus on that. In my case, it’s the…

Welcoming Graduate Studies

I don’t feel like a graduate student. It is that particular thought that has been clouding my mind all day long, as tomorrow is my first official day of classes, and I already have to think of a topic for my thesis. Yikes. I am supposed to be reading about 8 articles about healthcare innovation…