As 20-year-old Ray stayed up late to stress out about assignments with his peers, he realised, “Life has started to become normal.”
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“I’M 19, halfway through my degree, and currently obsessed with thinking about my future.” Marcella Purnama thinks out loud as an unexpected meeting provokes some serious introspection as to what success looks like.
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SOCIAL media is for most international students as important as breakfast is for the body. For some, it’s oxygen.
“I think social media is a wonderful tool for connection and networking, but it’s a double-edged sword, because like all powerful tools it can easily be misused to disastrous consequences.” RY ♀
“I miss the good old days where people meet and chat with a real conversation instead of talking about other’s statuses on Facebook or Twitter. That’s just wrong.” CNM ♀
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INDONESIAN-born-Chinese Maurice Everaldo Purnama has been expected to earn some real money, but earlier this year he suddenly decides to gain Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and graduate three years from now at the age of 28.
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Most people would love Harry. Or Hermione. Or Ron. Some would love Dumbledore. Some might choose Draco, or maybe the Weasley twins. I choose Severus.
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Every time we international students walk into a tutorial, we instinctively walk to the table that has other international students. When we hang out, we usually hang out with international students. But why does this segregation happen?
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These are the days from my past – the bits and pieces that complete my life puzzle. It’s written, to taste life twice.
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I was 17 when I finally left my home country. I arrived at the airport at 9am in the morning and had lunch with my Mom and second sister at Pancake Parlour. The restaurant was located in the underground. Right after we finished our meals, the ceiling started dripping. Literally. Soon, the restaurant was half-full of water. It turned out that there was a hailstorm outside. Never in my life before I would imagine Melbourne to have the ability to actually be flooded. I would not even believe it if someone told me. But then I saw people running barefoot with their umbrellas broken, soaked wet from hair to toe. Not the best warm greeting of all, but welcome to Melbourne.
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Blogging was an accidental thing that I stumbled upon and love, and a passion that I’ve nurtured for over two years. There are some highs and lows, but it’s been wonderful journey nonetheless. Here are my top five lessons that I’ve learned from blogging.
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You speak Glee? I know you know this infamous quote already. You don’t speak Glee? It’s okay, I know you know this prognosis already.
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It was Friday, 9am. I was a first year student, in the first week of my first semester. I held the university map and studied it like the Bible, and brought four different subject guides to every class. So what could possibly be a worse way to enter your first tutorial? Oh yeah, being the only Asian in the room.
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