Go Travel and See the World
Go travel and see the world as you may find
that it is just so stirring; experiencing a different culture, studying
in a different environment, speaking foreign language and savoring a
various cuisines. Especially if you are still a student, no reason that
you do not go travel and see the world for free!
You will discover that you are very grateful
to have Indonesia as you country where you were born. It will have you
realize that you really adore Indonesia as it has the most scrumptious
food in the world based on Time Magazine. On the other side, you will
find that your country still needs your active contribution as there are
even more countries out there that are more developed than Indonesia
for they have good quality of human resources. Somehow, that’s what I
feel so far. Witnessing many develop countries has got me ponder what I
can contribute to Indonesia so it can stand in line with those develop
countries. The more I travel, the more I fathom that my country’s future
is on my shoulder.
Note that plenty of scholarship and travel grants are available. So go travel and see the world. You may utilize Google or any other media
to search for scholarship information that will be abundantly shown on
your laptop screen. It’s been easy today as internet provides almost
everything that we need. If you type “scholarship”
on Google, believe me that you can never stop clicking links about
scholarship. Bear in mind that the more you search, the more you find.
Besides, subscribe for
news letter from scholarship institution to give you more accurate and
regular information about student exchange or else. One that you should
not ignore is the announcement board in the corner of your campus. Your
campus staffs will never stick on some useless information. You might be
laughing to read, but frankly saying, reading announcement board is one
of my hobbies when I was still in university. Announcement board must contribute a lot on your way to make your dreams come true. Thus, keep watching it so you can go travel and see the world.
However, you’ll never find your way to travel
and see the world if you just wait for your friends telling you about
such programs and asking you to apply together. You have to be aware
that telling your friends “why don’t
you tell me about this” is very out dated and inexcusable; moreover if
you blame your friend as he or she is going abroad and left you behind.
You need to go travel and to see the world if
you want to compare your quality with the other student in the other
countries. Enroll international summer course or apply for a student
conference as you will mingle with many outstanding students from many
countries. You will learn that it’s very fruitful to have discussion
with diverse minds from diverse countries. In this occasion, you will
grasp your true potential in international environment. Nothing can
really portray your emotion if you are accepted for a program abroad. It will open yourmind and eyes and you will learn more about the world than our newspapers provides in our daily life. It will be such a thrilling moment in life.
Do not believe in your TOEFL score before you
go travel and see the world. Prove that you didn’t waste your 6 years
studying English at school and 2 years taking pricey English course by
practicing English with foreign people that you will meet in foreign
lands. Yet please don’t be too upset if, in fact, your English skill
isn’t understandable enough for foreign people. It’s not solely your
fault, it is possible that your foreign friends have even lower grade
for English. Take that as the art of communication.
Yes, you have to go travel and see the world.
You will be so grateful that you have been to so many places, yet
you’ll be humbled by the fact that the world is still a big place and
you’ve seen only small part of it. At some point, you must be challenged
that you need to put more effort to take part in another international
student program which offers fee-waiver in order to you can see the rest
of world. That’s what I call as addiction of traveling as a student.
Go travel and see the world. Staying for a
long time in foreign country and getting along very well with people
from unalike culture will augment your knowledge on how to deal with
cultural difference. I am so flabbergasted when I had to take shower in a
sento –a public bathhouse in Japan- where all men get naked
in the same room and take shower together, savoring a duck blood soup in
Vietnam, or being ignored when I spoke English with French people. But
that’s the uniqueness of diversity. There’s always a droll story when we
have to grapple that.
So, go travel and see the world if you want
to pursue your dream having an international career. See how people in
the other parts of the world study, work, and make a living. Learn how
you can adapt yourself in international environment. And, convince
yourself that the world can recognize your potential as a talented
student.
There’s no more reason, go travel and see the world!
This article is also in my page on Kompasiana
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