Embarking on my journey to India through the Prime Minister’s Scholarship has proven to be a rollercoaster of challenges and triumphs. From language barriers to divergent viewpoints, every obstacle has become a stepping stone towards personal growth and a deeper understanding of India and me. In this post, I want to share my struggles with…Continue Reading From Struggles to Strength: Exploring Community Spirit
He aha te mea nui o tea o? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people. How long does it take for strangers to become whānua (family)? Sometimes, as quick as a camera flash. I am…Continue Reading It is the people that make the place
As I sit down to articulate my thoughts about my first week in India on a Prime Minister’s Scholarship, I find capturing the essence of this experience in a single blog post challenging. Our journey has taken us through bustling cities like Chennai, Mahabalipuram, retreats like Coimbatore, and historic gems like Pondicherry. Each destination brought…Continue Reading A Journey of Tears and Triumphs: Navigating India on a Prime Minister’s Scholarship
As soon as we walked out of the sliding glass doors at the Chennai International Airport, my senses were overwhelmed. The air was hot and humid, so much so that you could taste it with every breath. All I could hear was horns tooting one after another. A police officer was ushering people along, blowing…Continue Reading Tamil Nadu 🪷
It is so crazy to think that 4 months ago I moved my life over to Canada, with no idea about what was to come. I have very mixed emotions about leaving. Although I am excited to see my family again, I have made such amazing friendships and feel settled here, so to leave feels…Continue Reading So long Canada!
Exchange students are particularly lucky at Tec De Monterrey as every 5 weeks we have a ‘semana tec’. Semana tec (tec week in english) is similar to a mid semester break where no assignments are due. As Tec De Monterrey has 18 weeks in their semester, we get 3 weeks in total of semana tec….Continue Reading Adventures Across the Agricultural Land
One of my favorite parts of exchange is being able to explore a new country with people from across the globe. The energy of exchange students is irreplaceable. People are just as motivated to educate themselves about your exchange country as you are, while being just as spontaneous to try new things and have crazy…Continue Reading Magic Of Mexico
Noun: the gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not looked for. More than the places I have been to on this trip, which have been beautiful indeed, it has been the people I have met there that have left me in a perpetual state of “how?!” How is it possible that I shared breakfast…Continue Reading Serendipity
Week 4 in Mumbai:We are now over half way through our internship and trip which is rather scary. So far, time has absolutely flown by. Up until this point everything has seemed so new and exciting. Don’t get me wrong everything is still amazing, but we are definitely starting to settle down and find some…Continue Reading The Adventure Continues
Just like that, it’s over. Six weeks have come and gone like the blink of an eye. I swear yesterday I was meeting the others in the airport to fly out. It seems a little bittersweet – we all leave the airport, go our separate ways, back to our real lives. Will we keep in…Continue Reading Alvida