as written by Melissa Kartini
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 …
So after the onslaught of personal posts, we’re back to our regular content about Japan. This time around, I’m going to talk about seven bad habits to avoid while studying Japanese. Now, I have been studying Japanese for almost three years (one and a half years in Malaysia, and almost a year in Japan), and …
This is a lil’ bonus post for the Saturday update that I missed last month. Happy reading. — I’ve never been the sort of person to place much importance on New Year’s resolutions. Even when I tried to get into the hype, I couldn’t really get into it–because the arrival of the 1st of January …
Photo by melissakartini There aren’t enough words to describe the year I’ve just had, but I’ll try my best. So here it goes. If there is one theme I’ve noticed (among many) in 2019, it is that it was a year of many firsts. Yeah, I’ve mentioned a lot about personal growth before, but this was …
Every country has its own way of speaking English. There’ll always be certain words, phrases and slang terms that are different by country. What’s important is that we understand each other, right? Right. We Malaysians have our own quirky way of speaking English. We basically dot our English with a couple of Malay and Chinese …
Photo by melissakartini This was a lot harder to think up a list for than one of those usual gratitude or best experiences lists, but here it is. Luckily, I’m quite obsessive about documenting my experiences on Instagram, so that made creating this list a lot easier. So what were my most rewarding experiences of 2019? …
Photo by melissakartini For a detailed overview about Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens: Let’s Go for a Garden Stroll in Tokyo… Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens, an Overview — Hey, everyone! I know I missed out on my usual Saturday post this month on the 7th, but there’s a reason for that. I got a little busy, and then got …