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  J ENESYS '19: AN ENRICHED CULTURAL IMMERSION IN JAPAN New Post!!! Konnichiwa... Perhaps, there's always something new to learn out there! Becoming a cultural exchange participant challenged many of my student and personal paradigms. It allowed me to get out of my comfort zone, something I will always be grateful for. It made me see things from various perspectives and understand that being different is not necessarily better or worse, and that differences are worthy of respect and value. Diversity is one of those things that makes the world go round. By being exposed to other cultures and sharing ours with others. Diversity builds global bridges! It contributes to making society significantly more aware, understanding and appreciative. As my admired supervisor Dr Apisalome Movono always says: “Nothing is significant if you don´t know it first.” This knowledge of others usually translates into appreciation and tolerance, a deeply felt need

अतुल्य भारत! It's always a dream come true to visit India, a place where displaced Indians from around the world trace their roots and routes, much like us from Fiji. There is a ring in the name of India. The sound of bells, conch shells, religious chantings, but India is more than just that, it puts you on a transcendental high. The roar of the tiger, song of the nightingale, and the dance of the peacock are all part of a truly mesmerising ambience. The humming of industrial activities and futuristic development reveals a buoyant economy. And add to this the call of vibrant and colorful costumes, decorations, festivities, liting music, folklore renditions, hand-crafted artefacts, puppetry and you will have an incredible wonderland that is India, the Incredible India.  I initially went to India as an  Exchange  Participant on a leadership exchange program aligned to SDG 4: Quality Education  on behalf of AIESEC in Fiji, a youth led international leadership organisation that prom

Initially, I prided myself in staying away from conventional big brand religion and this is where Stoicism hooked me away. Apparently because it is simple to apply, quite practical and its association with inspiring leaders who applied the principles of Stoicism in their daily lives.  As an individual who was almost depressed by contemplating on existential crisis, I came across various beliefs of which stoic was pragmatic. Existential crisis made me question a lot of things including my own believes and quite frankly, I was never satisfied with answers that were given to me. The questions were endless. What would constitute a credible belief? What are believes made of? What exactly is it? What do we really talk about when we talk about believes? What does it mean that you have beliefs? How are believes structured? But then I had to make peace with the overwhelming depressing questions over  existential crisis.  All these made me understand one thing, and it is exactly this: how existe