Posts in May 2020

Hello! I’m Josh and I studied at Aberdeen last year. Studying Psychology transformed my wildest dreams into a reality (perhaps not your classic dreams of following trodden paths to the peaks of Everest, but discovering the neural pathways to the peaks of brain activity). This Psychology conversion course is the…

I moved to Aberdeen in August so this my first spring here. When I imagined living in Scotland in spring, I thought about the wild beauty of the Grampian and Cairngorm mountains, the crisp sunshine of May, and the stunning, rolling Aberdeenshire countryside. I never imagined that, less than a…

I'm a frustrated swimmer. Suddenly, after 10 years, my daily training came to an abrupt halt 32 days ago when the pool shut. I'm counting the days and soon I will be counting the weeks, with a sad sigh of longing.

Of course whenever one complains about these things, there…

The final year of my studies introduced me to a few challenges that I expected to face, from planning my future to submitting my thesis. However, a pandemic sweeping the nation was not one of them. Beyond residing in my second home i.e. the library, I had planned to spend…