The Greatest Decision I’ve Ever Made

Top, left to right: Ryan, Piroozi, Chris, John, MillerBottom, left to right: Cody, Grant One year ago today I sat alone at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. I had just said goodbye to my parents. I had hosted a going away party the week before. I had sorted out so I had all my books and…

Why Do I Keep Doing This?

The 11th of August marked a day I dread every year. Every year I try to not get emotionally involved, I try not to care and I try to now watch the events that occur during the following 9 months. Yet every year I sit and watch. Whatever day of the week it is and…

Happy Birthday Stefan!

Six years ago I met one hell of a person. I was going to my first festival, and when I got there, my dad informed that one of his colleague's brother was going to be attending. I did call him, but I thought HE was the one working with my father. When I said my…

Unbiased American fast food ranking

What’s one thing every foreigner does when they’re in America? They pig out, and eat fast food. We will eat everything in sight because we never know when we’ll see these fast food chains again. Spending a semester in America has therefore made me a qualified fast food critic. I will rank each chain from…

What motivates me?

Since starting my studies at Uppsala University, I’ve often struggled finding motivation. For the years leading up to my studies, my motivation was to get accepted into Uppsala. After that goal was accomplished, I didn’t know what I wanted in life and what my motivation was. I searched far and wide for answers. I would…

The age gap

Since 2015, I have been working at a security company in Stockholm during the summer. This summer, I returned to the company and it will be my last summer there. In previous years, I’ve usually worked with people with similar situations as me: students who are looking to make some money to aid their studies…

ASAP Rocky, The Sweden /America criminal exchange

Swedes are a group of people that heavily rely on their principals. We try and not make ourselves too much of a nuisance in public, we try to stay neutral in arguments and, most importantly, we despise criminal activity. However, all three of these principal rules were broken not long ago by a young man…