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I want to yodel
“I want to learn to yodel,” said Natalia as she was walking out of the room. I laughed. It’s always just the crazy things you say you want to try, but you never actually do. I say it, you say it, Natalia says it too. You go to a concert of your favorite music band…
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A stage for what we can’t say
I’ve always been drawn to things that don’t fit. To spaces that are too loud, too soft, too strange. To people who don’t behave or who behave too much.To art that doesn’t apologize, that’s why I love cabaret.Not just a stage or a performance.But a way of being expressive, unapologetic, a little sideways.It’s theatre, but…
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A career begins in a university club room
University campuses are not just spaces where academic knowledge is transferred. Beyond course schedules and lecture halls lies a world full of opportunities. At the heart of this world are student clubs. These communities offer students meaningful opportunities for personal development and social belonging in a wide range of areas including social responsibility, culture, arts,…
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Through the Echoes of my Mind
As I’m trying to figure out what I will do with my life in 4 months, once my year of volunteering in VCS will be over, I find myself doing a lot of self-reflections. What am I supposed to do with my life? Why is life so confusing? What is my place in the world?…
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The Globalization of Hearts
It’s well known that travelling from one country to another isn’t always easy; depending on the agreement between the two countries or current qualifications, some countries may require passports and visas from others. However, while this situation may create physical barriers, it demonstrates that emotional bonds cannot be affected by these barriers. Empathy and friendship…
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Feeling excluded
No matter how much my appearance changed, or how old I was or how many friends I have gotten over the years, there is something me and my inner child can both agree on: we are both excluded. Being excluded as a child hurts badly once you realise you will never be part of those…
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Relationships matter
Everything is social relationships. If you think about that statement, there is something utterly true about it. We are humans that depend on social connections so much that the relationships we have with other people can actually become a matter of life or death – not only in a Romeo and Juliet kind of way…
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Beneath Big Brother’s Relentless Gaze: Unraveling a Dystopian Reality
Review on George Orwell’s Novel 1984 1984 is not just a classic or a “good” book that the high school literature teacher propagates with all her pathos. Treating it as such would diminish its values and cloak it with a certain cynical mediocrity. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength” is the refrain…
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Drama first, love later
A group of conventionally attractive people arrives at the tropical island. The girls let out the obligatory pterodactyl squeak and proceed to compliment one another. Don’t get too excited about the ‘girls power’ vibe, though… in just a few days they will most likely talk trash behind each other’s backs. Next scene, the guys. You…
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What if Epicurus was right?
Before I arrived in Macedonia to work with Volunteers Centre Skopje for three months, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew nothing about this country, its culture, or its pace of life. Yet, from the very first days, a striking contrast caught my eye: here, everything is “chill.” Peace of mind reigns. We work,…
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Walking my heart through Belgrade
A man walks through Belgrade in a straight line. And I don’t mean it metaphorically – he literally moves forward without stopping. No fence, no building is an obstacle for him. As if he was the one with the city. That’s a movie I’ve seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art. I walked the streets…
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