Under The Oak Tree
We went on a ride I could pretend I didn’t know where But it was to that new diner And I left you there, under the Oak Tree We all got in...
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Syeda Dayemi (UIC ‘20)
Syeda Dayemi (UIC ‘20)
Hello. My name's Syeda Dayemi and I'm a junior at UIC. I'm majoring in Biology. :)
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An Inefficient Collaboration
In my entire life, I never had to write a research paper with other people, and it boggled my mind when it was first brought up this...
The Thing About People Remembering Your Birthday
My birthday was on March 6th and I had a different experience this time around. For my previous 20 birthdays, I always had this idea that I...
Tips To Help House Guests Feel Welcome
1. Explain to them that this is their home too (at least for the time being) and they should feel free to sit anywhere and chill. Tell them...
Welcome To America
The cold freeze passed your skin and froze the bones Her flight was that day and it was frigid Her cheeks turned red as if her blood was...
How Not To Spray Perfume
What I absolutely love about going to make-up or perfume shops are the free samples. They have the cutest small containers and I just love...
Adorable Cousin
I just came back from my trip to India. I had visited for my cousin’s wedding. Despite the opposite time zones, I was not jet-lagged when I...
The Rain Fell In Waves
The rain fell in waves, rather than drops. It felt like he was standing on a shore at the beech instead of the middle of the city. It was...
6 Ways to Mess With Your Brother When You're Bored
Log into his laptop and change his scrolling direction: The way my trackpad scrolls is not the way my brother’s trackpad scrolls. I have...
First Thanksgiving
My family never celebrated Thanksgiving. While I was born and raised in Chicago, my parents were immigrants. Thanksgiving never meant...
The Walking Stick
I have a walking stick. It’s too cold to wear a coat, But the walking stick walks, Until it’s too cold to walk Its spindle legs tap on the...
Night Befallen
As night befallen, And with nowhere to sleep, The moons rise to shatter, Into pieces to reap. The earth gathers the pieces And scatters...
How to Crack Open a Pistachio
Remember all those times when you had the urge to eat pistachios but you didn't have the strength to open those pistachio shells? Well,...
Things You’ll Want to Say Just Before You Die--In No Particular Order
1) “I left a million dollars in the…” This one will be quite funny; I think this is a classic! Of course, it’s more likely that no one will...
My Words
I was a very emotional child who used to write about darkness and hard times, without ever having experienced them. When I was about ten or...
Foreign Words and Numbers
I can’t spell if my life depended on it. Of course, I used to read a lot when I was younger and most of the spelling words I know are just...
I Want To Write
I want to write a girl’s freckles And the way they pattered across Her nose and her face And what she gained and lost I want to write a...
Stories Just Insane Enough to Believe
When I was in my junior year of high school, I read a book called The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. It was just a bunch of short...
The Only Light We See
When the moon rises And the light that I see Goes dark from underneath your door I will struggle to stay awake The loneliness strays from...
5 Things NOT To Do At Your Cousin's Engagement Party
1) Don’t eat 2 slices of cake before even having the food. Trust me. You think you are being discreet, but people see you. Especially your...
