Category: Blog Posts

Themes: privilege, family, understanding Today marks my first week since my flight landed in Singapore, and so much feels like it has happened. Aside from just experiencing culture shock, I’ve adjusting to living standard shock too. My parents immigrated from India to North America before the 2000s. They’ve told me of the struggles they faced…

I’m leaving home for my four month trip tomorrow. I’ve been scared about this trip for two months, and I focused my last blog on all of the unresolved fear I have around my journey. So, how am I doing now? I can report to you that, on the literal eve or my departure, I…

Tldr: The title. A lot of my friends and my friends’ friends and people my age I’ve met have gushed about “going abroad”. They talked about how much they grew and changed and learned about themselves, and who doesn’t want that? It sounds as easy as tapping an unused limitless credit card. “Free growth spurt!!…