There is a certain stillness in a big city, one that is busy, chaotic, loud, yet walking alone through it brought a quietness of its own. Bangkok welcomed me gently, even when everything around me was moving fast. I thought it would feel overwhelming, being one of the biggest cities in the world. But after a few days, I understood why people called it the City of Angels. It had an angelic way of meeting every person differently. Whether you were a backpacker chasing cheap adv

I don’t think it fully hit me until I said goodbye to my parents and sister at Schiphol. Walking away from them, toward the gates and security, something shifted. Between the noise, the early morning, the last hug, and the “be safe,” it suddenly clicked: holy shit… what am I actually doing? Not for a holiday. Not for a weekend. But six months. Six months felt serious. Especially for university. This wasn’t a small adventure anymore. This was real life, just somewhere else, wi