How do you take care of your car- that huge financial investment you made? When you’re buying it, the dealers make it seem simple. Just pour some miracle liquid into the crank case, sprinkle magic dus…
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Survival Guide: Research-Backed Tips For Acing Exams
IB students, CBSE board students, university students and all other students: February brings with it the whiff of nerve-wrecking schedules, a touch of panic, oodles of last minute studying, sometimes…
The Story of Moti Roti
Dubai is not an easy place to make it big. There’s no pot of gold handed out by immigration as soon as you clear customs. And for an expat living here, let me tell you personally, it’s hard. Bel…
5 Places To Take A Class Without Entering A Class Room
It is said that one never stops learning. As of this decade, this statement could not be more accurate. The internet is estimated to have reached 4 Zettabytes. Yes, Zettabytes. I’m willing to bet you’…
Fresh Graduates, Set Yourself Apart With These 5 Interview Tips:
Job applications, interviews, cover letters and C.Vs. Job-hunting in the U.A.E can be a difficult, long-winded process if you don’t know how to traverse the interview and application process. Al…
5 Work Resolutions To Make 2015 A Successful Year
Every year, we make promises to ourselves – exercise more, stay fit, become a better person, learn a new skill. This year, let’s change things up. Instead of focusing on our complicated personal…
Hello, Dreamer! It’s Nice to Meet You
Allow me to introduce myself to you: I am a dream – an unconventional career. I am the choice you decided to forego. I am the naive ambition you wanted to pursue, but never did. Parents avoid di…
Don’t Hesitate to Make the Move
Leaving the country you were born and raised in is terrifying. If you’re anything like me and are not inherently the bravest person, it’s easy to question everything you’re doing, even if you know it’…
Congratulations – You Failed!
He pats his son hard on the back with a smile. With the report card in one hand, he hugged his son with the other. He took another look at the glaring ‘D’, turned and said “Don’t let it bring you down…
Rang De: Kick-Start a Business & Keep Your Money
Every time you read about an appeal to change someone’s life, it’s inextricably linked to some form of donation: cash, time or kind. What if we told you that it’s possible to improve someone’s life wi…
Waiting For a Call: Oh, the Agony!
Should I call back? No. I should probably wait a little longer. I mean I was sure I’d get the call back soon, but it’s been a week. It’s only a week, not that long. Seven days I’ve waited and I can wa…
Where’s My Post-Grad Life Handbook?
Suitcase full to the brim. Boxes packed, taped and shipped off. Closets empty and shelves bare. The room looked so empty and somehow seemed smaller; maybe because my luggage was lying in the centre an…
Educational Reform: What Are the Kids Learning?
We pay thousands to ensure that our children are enrolled in the ‘best’ educational institutions, receiving instructions from a faculty that is knowledgeable and skilled to teach children. We expect t…
A Word on the Back-to-Work Blues
You’ve bathed in the sun, frolicked on beaches, gone snorkelling and spent all your time without a to-do list or the urgency of a deadline. Blue skies, rainbows and butterflies. Waking up withou…
Tips to Save Money While Having Fun
It’s finally summa summa summa time as your good friend and mine, DJ Jazzy Jeff, would say. You know what that means! No, I’m not talking about lemon water in mason jars, lazy days by the pool or morn…
Yes, I’m an Arts Student – No, I’m Not Stupid
A fine Sunday morning, three students walked past three identical white lilies in a luscious garden. The Science student plucked the petals of the lily to understand it better… for research. The Comme…