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Sky High

III.III.IV SKY HIGH I stopped smoking the day after I had my emotional break-down-slash-break-through. We were going for a weekend trip to Croatia so that would be the perfect distraction. And lo and behold, an entire weekend flew by and I barely noticed I hadn’t smoked. Of course, I did notice the withdrawal symptoms. My tongue started sprouting ulcers like […]

Added on September 4, 2018 Third Year , Rebirth

Rock Bottom

III.III.III ROCK BOTTOM I know I won’t particularly enjoy writing this. Mostly because I have to mention a lot of my failures in excruciating detail. Also because it’s probably gonna sound like I’m giving a lecture or something. I want to reiterate that I’m no psychiatrist nor a motivational speaker – I’m writing solely from personal experience. That, and the […]

Added on August 28, 2018 Third Year , Rebirth

Hedonia

III.III.II HEDONIA On the same exchange program were about twenty other students from all over the world. I wasn’t too keen on making new friends at the beginning. My time in Hungary was supposed to be my me time. Little did I assume that by that very first night, they’d already be family. I still remember us sitting down on […]

Added on September 6, 2016 Second Year , Love

Stasis

II.I.I STASIS I’ve always been somewhat of a living paradox. I’m not saying that in the quasi-pretentious way – you know, like those attention-seekers who insist on highlighting their uniqueness and individuality only because they’ve got nothing better to do. Or maybe I am – I am the main character of this story after all. For the better part of […]