as written by Melissa Kartini
I took a short break last week because it was birthday week, but I’m back with a new update. This time, I’d like to touch on a hot topic that is currently all over the news: Covid-19. While the issue of Covid-19 seems to be dying down back home in Malaysia, the same cannot be …
When people think about studying and living abroad, they envision a bright, bright future with a white picket fence house. Good food, a good job and a good, problem-free life. Rarely do they think about some of the less appealing realities that are attached to settling in another country. To date, I’ve studied abroad in …
*This was written specifically for a school writing competition. I’ll write another one exclusively for this blog sometime in the future ; ) In life, change is inevitable. We all grow up, move around, lose friends, gain new ones, experience joy and heartbreak… The list goes on. As a person who was born and raised …
I have next to no exposure to natural disasters of any kind. Thus, you can imagine my anxiety when I decided to study in Japan–one of the most natural disaster-ridden countries in the world. In my half-year stay here alone, I’ve already experienced a handful of earthquakes (waking up to what felt like a swaying …
Since I’ve been studying at a Japanese language school in Tokyo for about half a year now, I thought that it was about time to write about it. At first, I wasn’t exactly feeling this particular topic, but I suddenly realized that this might be something that more people would want to learn about. After …
At first, I was a bit hesitant to make a post about this, but as I gave more thought into the matter, I realized that I have in fact traveled with many people over the years. A lot more than I initially thought. And it was through these travels that I had learned quite a …