Category: Situations

  • Bus Station

    I bought a season pass ticket for all the college sports events. I thought it’ll be an unforgettable experience. I’m not a football person: I Googled “how many quarters football game” during the halftime performance of the first game. But being a part of 100,000 people screaming in unison is special, so I went to…

  • Wheelchair Access

    I don’t use a wheelchair. I can walk, and it’s pretty much the only exercise I’m doing. The only place in which I shamelessly ask for a wheelchair is the airport. Airports are usually big and require a lot of walk, focus and calm. I also can’t stand in the long lines leading to every…

  • Coffee

    One of my bad habits is getting coffee outside. I know it’s expensive; I know the disposable cups are bad; and yet I do it anyway. Something about walking with a hot cup in my hand just makes me feel much more like other people. Like I’m busy, like I’m going somewhere, like I can…

  • Sheets

    My mom once commented that a person becomes independent when he or she washes their own underwear, “and I haven’t washed yours in a while.” Well, she’s right – between attending boarding school and living alone, studying at the university, I did learn to do my own laundry. And after I take them out of…

  • Rain

  • Hold My Beer

    Two years ago, I was nearing the end of my first year at the university. I wanted to go to the university’s annual festival, “Student’s Day”, but I was scared. Public gatherings are difficult for me, mostly because the combination of being 158cm tall and very physically unstable is a winning one. People tend to…

  • Crosswalks

    I really don’t enjoy walking, as it involves moving my legs and carrying my own body weight (plus the occasional backpack) around, while trying to avoid obstacles of many kinds. But, in lack of a driving license, I find myself walking to bus and train stations. This involves using crosswalks. I love the concept of…

  • The Shower

    When I walked into my new room at one of the residence halls, I was delighted to discover the best shower ever built on planet earth. Not only was it ridiculously big and had grabbing bars at the right height, it had a folding seat. Everything seemed perfect. When I managed to get the water…

  • Soup

    I went to a boarding school in high school. Its dining hall had stairs in it, so I had to develop a system to get my food down from the stations to the tables. It took some time, but I settled on holding one very full plate with my left hand, while getting down the…

  • Elevators

    I hate stairs. I was never great at the activity of using them, they always feel like an unnecessary risk, and they aren’t fun. I’ve spent much time in my life waiting for elevators to arrive. I’ve also learned to listen very well while taking an elevator: does the door squeak? Is it well balanced?…