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Category: Reflection

Integration

I am writing you from a shop in Kreuzberg, a district of Berlin. Kreuzberg is an area that pretty perfectly demonstrates the constantly evolving...
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Welcome to Berlin

(Written in the St. Oberholz with an Augustiner pilsner and a faint experimental-electronic-type soundtrack :OR: The most “Berlin” situation I have been in all...
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Reflecting on Independence and European Fashion

More than a month after my return home, my experience in Paris seems kind of like a dream. My life there, away from family...
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Prophecy Fulfilling

As I look back on the essays I wrote before leaving, postulating what I would get out of an experience studying abroad in Hong...
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A Quarter Older

After moving into my first apartment, I looked outside my window and stared down at the Northwestern University sign at the intersection of Clark...
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Life, post london

Leaving from London was very difficult. It was not only difficult to leave the vibrant, somewhat posh, and active city, it was difficult to...
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Looking Back at Singapore

Studying abroad in Singapore has been a journey like no other. I think that studying abroad has been beneficial both for my personal growth...
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Reflection

Upon reflecting on my experiences in Singapore, I came to realize that I have grown, both personally and professionally. I came to Singapore with...
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“You are not just my study-abroad friends”

Up until 6th grade, my family moved a lot. Ottawa to different parts of Toronto to Chicago. Every time, my mom always said, “home...
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Paris, What Can’t You Do?

  Hello from Charles De Gaulle International Airport! It seems like ages since I last introduced myself to you all. I will blame this...
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