Not Being Asked About India

“Oh yeah that’s right! How was India?”

The Smallest Big City in the World

Reno, Nevada is nicknamed “The biggest little city in the world”, a name quite fitting for a city…

Light & Love to Kolkata.

Just like when I got back from abroad before, my experience adjusting has been me diving head first back into my…

Epilogue

How has this experience changed my perspective about globalization, business, etc?

As far as business is concerned, my thoughts haven’t really changed much. I worked for a global company where the practices and culture could be the same anywhere around the world.

A Whole New World

I’ve been back for about two weeks now and it still seems a bit off. Like I’m not really here, like it’s just a dream and any minute now I am going to wake up to the sound of the guy on the street yelling “paaaaaaaaper!”, covered in a light layer of sweat, and Leah across from me in our dim lit…

“Your whole heart is a village, everyone you love has built it”

Coming back to the United States was a very surreal experience. My journey abroad felt like one long, vivid dream that I had just woken up from. As a result, it was very hard to process everything that had just happened…

Future home?

7 weeks in Bolivia went by so incredibly quickly. I am so eternally grateful to have had this experience. After going back to Hong Kong, I noticed how rapidly my life changed. It was so easy to fall back into the materialistic world and not enjoy the little things life. Now that I am in London, it is…

Change vs. Transformation

I have been home for a couple weeks now and eating pretty much nonstop ever since. But, as the novelty of unrestricted food and water wears off, air conditioning no longer shocks me, clothes fit snugly once again, I’ve soaked up quality time with family and friends, I get a similar…

A summer to remember

So it’s been nearly three weeks since I’ve been back from Bolivia. After spending three days at home, I headed back to…

Ṭhika āchē

When I first got home from India, everything felt surreal. Each moment felt as if it were a memory. It felt too good to be true and I was…