2018-08-14
So I decided to take a gap year, and my parents were not very happy with my decision in the begging. It took a while for them to understand and for me to learn how to stand up for what I believe. I believe in the power of learning from people and places. And...
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2018-08-14
If a stranger were to ask me to describe myself, I would say I am annoyingly persistent, proactively procrastinated, and blindly determined. I’m unbalanced but still crossing the tightrope. When it comes to me, where there’s a will, there’s always a way. And that’s how I’m finding myself here today, uploading my thoughts for Global...
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2018-08-14
पुणे. पुनवडी. पुण्यनगरी. माझं शहर. माझं घर. Sometimes, I wish I had found you sooner, felt your magic, seen your beauty. I remember, two years ago, when two foreigners thought that a rather unimpressive, dirty bridge was beautiful, I thought it was absurd. Now, as I pass that bridge, it reminds me of them, of...
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Our whole lives are challenges, challenges that will make us happy or sad, but most importantly, ones that would shape us, make us think and experience. When I applied to take a gap year, one of the outcomes I wanted to achieve was to make a change for myself. However, that process started...
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As I woke up at 5:45 this morning to the sounds and motion of my co-counselor amid her routine sleep-talk-and-walk show in our summer camp cabin, I knew there was no going back to bed. Throughout this week at camp, the question I have been most frequently asked is “When do you leave for...
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Monday 13th August 2018 Blog Entry 1 “Happy Families” Happy Families. A little known card game which I have played with my siblings from a very young age. The game is similar to that of ‘Go Fish’ with normal playing cards, the aim being to collect the most complete sets of families comprised...
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2018-08-13
Hello Flowers, first blog post, I am excited and terrified. Also, I haven’t even left my door yet. 12 days left until I will take off with the plane towards San Francisco, and my suitcase is was ready 2 days ago. You might wonder – “how do you pack for 8 months...
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