Varshini Chandrasekar

  • Making Memories in Kingaroy

    Making Memories in Kingaroy

    I’m not an outdoorsy kinda gal. I like having access to everything I need right outside my doorstep and the thought of repeatedly running into my neighbours at the supermarket truly unnerves me. So, if you’d told me that one day I’d fall in love with living in a small country town, I certainly…

  • Awkward encounters and other fun things I like to think about…

    Awkward encounters and other fun things I like to think about…

    We’ve all been there – you wake up on the right side of bed, the sun is shining, birds are chirping and it’s not ridiculously hot outside (for once). You’re having a pretty swell day, going about your business and then all of a sudden BAM – you have an awkward encounter. And now…

  • ‘This is Going to Hurt’

    ‘This is Going to Hurt’

    I hate flying. The cramped economy seating, the strong musty smell of pre-packaged plane food and the incessant crying from babies all throughout the plane (I swear it’s like they take turns) – I hate it all. Stuck on one of these less than pleasant long-distance plane rides, with nothing to do, I desperately…

  • The Awkward Tales of a Medical Student

    The Awkward Tales of a Medical Student

    The medical student is a creature of habit. Every morning, it wakes up, hoping that today will be a productive and efficient day, making fanciful goals for success. Every night it goes to sleep, having achieved none of what it had planned, self-loathing and an ever-growing pile of work still intact. At times, it…