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Social events
Joining an academic social event means you have to interact with other people and internationals, get to know them better, and share academic insights as the direction of conversation permits. And I noticed that people with the same interests could also share the same energy towards certain activities, such as socialization. While others can still Read more
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Being the foreigner
Being in a foreign land is exciting, and it feels like all your senses are heightened because you start to hear things you’ve never heard before, like foreign languages. But then, the more you listen in to the words you don’t understand, the more they become muted like white noise until you move on to Read more
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Letter no. 36
Dear reader from the future, I have just finished my work assessment exam for my dream job today. What does a dream job look like? Well, at least for me, a dream job is something I’ve been aiming to get, and while in the waiting, I acquired all the necessary qualifications (both knowingly and unknowingly) Read more
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Little inconveniences
There are some inconveniences that we willingly participate in, such as waiting in queue. Why? Because we see the end goal, not the discomfort we’re experiencing at the moment. Read more
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Becoming a burst of sunshine
Being there for somebody else, especially when you help them see a kind of tomorrow they never imagined possible (yet), makes you a burst of sunshine in their lives, revealing a beautiful landscape no one sees in the dark. Read more
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Doing the bare minimum
What does it even look like to do one’s best? In grade school, I was told, “Why settle for good when you can do best?” I carried that idea through the years and worked through life with that frame of thought until doing the best of my abilities became the norm. It’s like doing otherwise Read more
jessa
Everyday Stories, Lived
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