Choosing to study biotech for my undergraduate degree was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It allowed me to tap into a molecular universe I had never imagined before, quenching my curiosity whilst equipping me with the tools to one day solve mysteries in uncured diseases. That was the goal I had before pursuing my degree. You may have a similar or slightly different goal, but I believe the biotech degree is well-rounded and robust enough to satisfy our goals, despite the slight...

Faces at a Festival Who amongst us is whole? Let them pick up a stone and judge us all. What is it like to live life with a heart unexpressed but praised for its mysteriousness? That is a question for which its answer I will never know. My soul meditates on things too complicated. It thirsts for a connection that my generation mocks. We rave over individuality but conform to ideals that make clones of us all. Our intentions are buried beneath fear. Fear that we mask as nonchalance but call...

A Heart Like Mine I love too much, and that’s the issue. Or is it? If you were to walk the path I have, you would notice that the choices I had were to die or to love. It would have been easier to die. I contemplated it, metaphorically and literally. I was enticed by the relief it would bring as its lullabies would sing me to sleep. But for some reason, I’d choose the weight of love. Over and over again. Forgiveness would strip me of the entitlement I thought I deserved. The fortified...