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After 20 courses, 4 languages, 4 internships, 1 specialist — I finally finished my degree and this week attended my University of Toronto convocation as part of St. Michael's College. Although I finished my courses last year, I delayed my convocation until this summer, and could not have asked for a more beautiful day t0 share with my family and friends.

While sitting in Convocation Hall and listening to the University president discuss our great achievement, I began thinking what exactly these fancy diplomas will do for us graduates. With the spiel about University of Toronto being one of the twenty best universities in the world, I was pondering that something like 1 in 2 recent graduates are unemployed. In my own case, while already in a career it still has little to do with what I studied! So with tens of thousands of dollars spent on my degree, and even more time spent on internships and working — I became a professional blogger and a business owner.

Hello Darlings,

This weekend are the MuchMusic Video Awards 2012 and Toronto is buzzing with excitement! For me, this week has been a blur but in the best way possible and the best is yet to come. So many parties, so little time... and I am running out of cocktail dresses and my feet are in a permanent state of pain from heels. My head is spinning with excitement!

After an early wake-up, a venti Americano and a sleepy taxi ride, I arrived at the Red Bull headquarters on Queen West for the Universal Music MMVA VIP Gift Lounge. As a guest of Fiji Water, I was invited to pick up a number of goodies and enjoy the beautiful weather on their rooftop patio with a BBQ and DJ.

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Dodging heavy rain last Friday evening, I set out to watch the North American premiere of National Ballet of Canada's Hamlet, which runs through June 10th. Ballet has always been a part of my life. When my family moved to Canada from Ukraine, they enrolled me in a ballet academy where I danced for eight years. I may have retired my pointe shoes years ago, but my love for ballet continues.

In a similar way that I follow the art scene in Toronto, I also see many National Ballet of Canada performances. Thanks to their Dance Break program, members ages 16 - 29 can purchase tickets to any performance for $30 based on availability.

Hello Darlings,

I did it! I finished Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James over the weekend! I avoided falling into the Twilight-like trap for as long as I could but the controversy surrounding this trilogy was finally just too much to resist. I did not expect a Lolita type novel where the writing would be a masterpiece and the plot a mind-twister. I was expecting Twilight renaissance with a mild dose of BDSM (aka - bondage & discipline / dominance & submission / sadism & masochism) minus the vampires!

It took me about two days to go through the 528 pages. I was pleasantly surprised, the writing is casual but the plot is captivating. The book is erotic and insightful into the world of BDSM. Apart from the erotica, it depicts a relationship that is complex and absorbing. It is interesting to see how the two characters evolve.