Preparations

Hey friends,

Like many others who have traveled abroad before me, I've created this blog in hopes of letting you all know what's going on in my life and what I'm experiencing abroad. I've never really been a big blogger or liked keeping journals; in fact, I actually have about 5 or 6 journals that I started to write in and never quite got around to updating it regularly or ever.


So my goal for this blog is really to update it occasionally (not on any schedule) , writing about my honest accounts on the different places that I travel to while I'm away. If you don't already know, I'll be in Copenhagen, Denmark for first semester and Hong Kong second semester, so I'll also write about living abroad.

I'd like to mention a few things about preparing to study abroad. Firstly, packing is a pain because I've never been a compact packer. Secondly, it's got me thinking a lot about my past travels and how it'll compare to living in Europe. So far the only places outside the US that I've really experienced any sense of culture shock is traveling to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Even then, both places have always felt a little like home for me, especially since I have relatives and friends in both locations.

So as I'm trying to imagine what it'll be like living in Copenhagen, I'll have my moments when I get really excited because I've always wanted to go to Europe; and I'll also have moments when I get really nervous about not knowing what lies ahead. Uncertainty can be a hit or miss for me.

One of my best friends, Aarthi, once said to me, "fear can either paralyze you or propel you," which has been one of the wisest and most enlightening words of wisdom I've ever heard. So while I am extreeemely excited about next semester in Denmark, I'm also going to choose to let whatever fear i have propel me, because we lead our own life with every choice that we make.