Posts Tagged ‘Cafe’


First Formal? Do’s and Don’ts some young women use in preparing for a formal!

By Editor - October 6th, 2011

First Formal? Do's and Don'ts some young women use in preparing for a formal!

Written by: Jess E.

So, it’s your first formal? Here are some do’s and don’ts by that some young women use in preparing for a formal. Have some ideas of your own? Leave behind your tips.



Life Lessons: Lessons to your younger self

By Editor - October 5th, 2011

Life Lessons: Lessons to your younger self

Over the last few days, we collected “life lessons” you wish you knew when you were younger from our friends, and peers. These lessons have been valuable to many of these youth, and we hope they inspire you, and are valuable to your lives aswell! Sometimes, the best lessons we learn, are from another’s experience. Enjoy! Feel free to leave your own advice below.



Back to School! Did you know this about your university?

By Editor - September 5th, 2011

Back to School! Did you know this about your university?

On behalf of CTYA’s Blogs team, we would like to wish good luck all those students who start school this week, and to those who start next week! We hope this year will be a year filled with success. Before you begin, here are some fun facts about Canadian students and campuses! 🙂



The Monster

By Editor - August 14th, 2011

The Monster

Written by: Shalini S.

Amma, will you please check under the bed? I think there’s a monster underneath. Amma would always check, and assure me everything was safe. But I knew better, I knew there was a monster lurking somewhere.



Checkmate.

By Editor - June 29th, 2011

Checkmate.

By: Siva S.

In life, you have to remember, that it isn’t the final destination that is the most important, but rather the journey you took there. That’s where you will have learned the most, grew the most, and that journey is what’s important. The lessons, experience that emerged from your losses make a solid foundation that make your success so much stronger and allow you to appreciate it much more.



May 21, the End of World? It’s Never Too Late.

By Editor - May 21st, 2011

May 21, the End of World? It’s Never Too Late.

Written by: Gayathri R.

I’m generally not one to believe in superstitions, so the claim that today (May.21) is “Judgment day” and that the world will end in the “Greatest Earthquake Ever” was not one I truly believed. This isn’t the first time a group prophesized the world was ending on a particular day. Remember Y2K? Or the end of the Mayan calendar? Maybe we just have wait until next year for 2012?



Book Review: Bone China by Roma Tearne

By Editor - April 21st, 2011

Book Review: Bone China by Roma Tearne

Roma Tearne’s book Bone China is a tale of family, love, and painful choices amidst a period of unrest and war in Sri-Lanka. It centers on Grace, and her family, a once wealthy English-speaking Catholic Tamil family. With rising Sinhalese nationalism and a shift of power from the British, this Tamil family like many others are the victims of ethnic violence, and systematic discrimination that slowly eats at their place in society and government.



A Great Canadian Invention

By Editor - April 9th, 2011

A Great Canadian Invention

Inventions are great, they make our lives easier. I mean, without them, our life would just not be the same. But, today we’re not going to talk about the invention of light bulbs, or the telephone, we’re going to talk about another very important invention, one that was invented by a Canadian.



Nature’s Finest

By Editor - March 5th, 2011

Nature’s Finest

Nature offers us some the most cost-effective, natural and powerful beauty products in existence. Here are some of those herbs/foods which may be lying around in your own kitchen. If you have any pre existing health conditions, you should consult a doctor before using these home suggestions. Feel free to suggest your own!



Book Review: A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rogriguez

By Editor - February 27th, 2011

Book Review: A Cup of Friendship by Deborah Rogriguez

Deborah Rogriguez, a talented writer weaves together the interconnected lives of the men and women who meet and work at a modern coffee shop in the heart of Afghanistan in her first fiction work, A Cup of Friendship.