“Could you rank sleep, study and social life?” I asked this question during one of my CCA interviews, and I was genuinely shocked by the freshies’ answer: “Sleep definitely is the last.” Honestly, I can’t blame them for saying that, because I did the same thing too. Somehow, sleeping at 10 or 11pm has become a privilege, while being awake at 1 or 2am has become the norm for university students. Ask yourself: when was the last time you slept before 12am? Well, for me, it was t

I hated Mathematics. It was a spectre, constantly hovering over me, haunting my dreams, taunting my feeble resolve. It was an old, festering wound, re-opening from time to time, infecting my entire body, head to toe. The mere mention of a Mathematics examination would reduce me to shambles. Today? I, out of my own free will, take two MA2k modules, which would have probably tormented my 13-year-old self. Many a time, the rotten fruits of loathing are borne by seeds of fear and

IG: @mantoueatstoes Do you love dogs? Have you ever wondered what it is like to raise one? Let me be the one to show you what it looks like. My family recently started raising a little Pomeranian last October, and it has been a crazy experience. Before Mantou came into our lives, having a dog always felt like one of those sweet ideas people talk about—extremely fun, adorable in photos, and probably chaotic in real life. You imagine fluffy fur, happy barking, little paws runn