Gluttony and Gratitude Thanksgiving Day epitomizes the paradox of American culture. It’s a mix of being thankful and being gluttonous, a blend of humility with oversized celebration, a day of rest and unending commercialization. While traditions vary from household to household, illustrating the melting pot of immigrant-ancestry, certain themes exist all throughout the United States: […]
Thanksgiving Day: A Tradition of Family For me, Thanksgiving has always been a special holiday. It is the week after my birthday and it involves my absolute favorite dish, pumpkin pie. I consider it the peak of the Fall season since it is right around the time when all of the trees’ leaves turn from […]
‘If we are honest with each other, nothing can break us’ He thought about it; it seemed to make sense. Transparency as a shield; one that could make them unbreakable. No matter how much they hurt each other, they would have the truth. Those had been Gabi’s words, words she had uttered a few months […]
Are you often told that your obsession with your feline friend is…unhealthy? Too intense? Just plain annoying? Well it happens to me all the time, and I couldn’t care less! I profess my love for my beautifully fluffy, cloud-like, heavenly, majestic, and surreally stunning kitten. (Obviously I had to include a picture) Okay now onto […]
The FIFA World Cup (A Timeline and a Bit of History) The FIFA World Cup is an international event that has a lot of followers throughout the world. It started in the year 1930 and only thirteen teams that were invited by the organization competed. Since then this event has been held every four […]
My future? I am not really sure. I am always thinking about my future. It can be about what will happen in one month, one year, maybe five or even more. What do I want? My plans are changing every day. Especially now with COVID-19 and the quarantine which helped me think about whether I […]
The beach is a beautiful and peaceful place. You can always connect with nature. I’ll tell you my experience the very first time I went to the beach in a foreign country. At the beginning, my family and I were at our hotel room ready to go to a beach nearby. The view was amazing […]
