Do-It-Yourself Postcard. So during my trip abroad, I had planned to send off in the neighborhood of like 40 postcards... I only finished like 20 or so. And I didn't exactly go in like order of priority or anything, so if you didn't receive a postcard from me, it doesn't mean you're not important to me, it just means you weren't lucky enough to be randomly selected off of my address book. Well anyways, to make amends, this post is designed as a do-it-yourself postcard. (Aside from a few personal touches here & there, most postcards I wrote followed the same basic mold.) You can make your own customized "message from DW while abroad"- one to your liking. Choose somewhere between five and ten of the snippets below (however many fit on a postcard) and arrange them in any order that makes sense. Snippets need not be used in their entirety...
Hey _______,
1) Singapore was amazing. So many memories & experiences that words & pictures would not do justice. As simple as it sounds, study abroad really makes you realize that life actually DOES go on outside the US.
2) I guess one of the most important lessons I've learned is to not be so afraid to step outside your comfort-zone, otherwise you might never have known what you were missing.
3) If you ever get a chance to study abroad or otherwise spend an extended period outside the US, definitely go for it- it's very eye-opening.
4) "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
~Shakespeare's Hamlet; Act I, Scene 5
5) I feel like I've learned a lot here- 99% of it outside of the classroom, I should add.
6) I encourage you to take a look beyond your current horizons. I've seen and learned so much from my travels, yet I feel like I've barely even scratched the surface.
7) I'm still trying to straighten out in my head everything that I've gained. It's like when you read a trippy book or watch a very "artistic" movie, and afterwards you're not completely sure what you just saw.
8) You get so much more of the culture when you talk and interact with the locals compared to when you visit relatives and they baby you.
9) This notion of "culture" is so much deeper than I would have imagined just half a year ago. Some things are universal, but every country, every person has small things that make them unique. "Same, same, but different," as they say in Thailand. Sounds simple, right? But until you've been there and SEEN it, LIVED it, it's all just lofty talk.
10)I'm thankful that this trip has allowed me to better appreciate the college experience before it's truly over. Helped put things in perspective. Savor these days while they last.
11) You don't realize what you've got until it's taken away. I miss foods, friends, and that feeling of familiarity... and firewater of course, heh.
12) It's also made me realize that we HAVE grown up. We may not notice it, but for better or worse, we are NOT the same people we came into college as. (Ignorance is bliss though, I still say, heh.)
13) "I can still recall old Mr. Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to that old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out 'Tadpole! Tadpole is a winner!' We all thought he was crazy. But then we all had some growing up to do." ~Jack Handey
14) I came here wanting to run away from real-life, but instead I think I've FOUND it.
(random letter-ending comment),
-Daniel
*Optional extra credit assignment: If you wrote your customized message out on paper, turn it over and draw a fish's tail connected to a lion's head. Now draw water coming out of its mouth into a river in front of it. Draw several skyscrapers in the background and write "SINGAPORE" across the top.
Hey _______,
1) Singapore was amazing. So many memories & experiences that words & pictures would not do justice. As simple as it sounds, study abroad really makes you realize that life actually DOES go on outside the US.
2) I guess one of the most important lessons I've learned is to not be so afraid to step outside your comfort-zone, otherwise you might never have known what you were missing.
3) If you ever get a chance to study abroad or otherwise spend an extended period outside the US, definitely go for it- it's very eye-opening.
4) "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
~Shakespeare's Hamlet; Act I, Scene 5
5) I feel like I've learned a lot here- 99% of it outside of the classroom, I should add.
6) I encourage you to take a look beyond your current horizons. I've seen and learned so much from my travels, yet I feel like I've barely even scratched the surface.
7) I'm still trying to straighten out in my head everything that I've gained. It's like when you read a trippy book or watch a very "artistic" movie, and afterwards you're not completely sure what you just saw.
8) You get so much more of the culture when you talk and interact with the locals compared to when you visit relatives and they baby you.
9) This notion of "culture" is so much deeper than I would have imagined just half a year ago. Some things are universal, but every country, every person has small things that make them unique. "Same, same, but different," as they say in Thailand. Sounds simple, right? But until you've been there and SEEN it, LIVED it, it's all just lofty talk.
10)I'm thankful that this trip has allowed me to better appreciate the college experience before it's truly over. Helped put things in perspective. Savor these days while they last.
11) You don't realize what you've got until it's taken away. I miss foods, friends, and that feeling of familiarity... and firewater of course, heh.
12) It's also made me realize that we HAVE grown up. We may not notice it, but for better or worse, we are NOT the same people we came into college as. (Ignorance is bliss though, I still say, heh.)
13) "I can still recall old Mr. Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to that old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out 'Tadpole! Tadpole is a winner!' We all thought he was crazy. But then we all had some growing up to do." ~Jack Handey
14) I came here wanting to run away from real-life, but instead I think I've FOUND it.
(random letter-ending comment),
-Daniel
*Optional extra credit assignment: If you wrote your customized message out on paper, turn it over and draw a fish's tail connected to a lion's head. Now draw water coming out of its mouth into a river in front of it. Draw several skyscrapers in the background and write "SINGAPORE" across the top.
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