2019-08-31
Before I leave for Ecuador, I want to reflect on what I will miss about home. I’m going to miss the snow and how frozen roads meant no school. I’m going to miss Korean food. I brought a bottle of Sriracha (though not Korean) to add a little bit of spiciness if I start missing...
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I am currently at the Global Launch at Stanford California and lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about harm. These past couples of days we’ve had talks by inspiring entrepreneurs all working for a better world in their own way. In our discussions we always came back to the difficulties of the solutions to these...
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All kinds of emotions swirl in my brain, changing by the minute: excitement, apprehension, nostalgia, euphoria, curiosity, determination, turmoil and peace mixed with a strange, hollow gust of emptiness. I imagine myself, digging through my blurred memories and trying to remember this jumble of wanderlust as I face the ocean waves while stars shimmer in...
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My "experience" in high school wasn't a good one but don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad one either. What it HAS been was a journey trying to find the "up to my down". https://soundcloud.com/maliavibes/malia-sweetwater In elementary school, my fourth grade teacher asked the class of twenty what their dream schools were. My bestfriends...
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After my first week in Standford with Global Citizen Year I have had many thoughts coming into my mind. Many questions about this next eight months in Ecuador. How is my life going to be? What new experiences would I live? It is inevitable for me to think about the culture that is ahead of...
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Dear Self, Today you wake up seeing the world not as it is , but what it can be. Today you will learn. Today you will evolve. Today you will experience growth. Today you will have a conversation that will move you. Today you will experience an amount of emotions that you may not understand...
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“How do you feel about moving to Senegal?!?!?!?” Introversion and impulsivity are the worst traits. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing bad about the sense of comfort that comes from within – introverts commonly have an acute sense of self and keen observation… and we all have a moment in which we acted so...
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