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It’s been a month since our visit to Brussels, but it still feels like it was yesterday. All the happy moments, the new and old friendships rekindled, the lessons we’ve learned, and inevitably, the farewells, all of these are still fresh and fond in our hearts.
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efore I tell you the story about our week in Belgium, I want to take you down the memory lane... It’s summer, the year 2021. The first decent summer after the whole pandemic thing. About time... School is finally over, and summer break is just around the corner. You feel like you have all the time in the world, but not really any idea on how to spend it. I would spend a great deal of the day, mindlessly scrolling through social media, as one does, when
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out a sudden, I noticed this post from VCS about a project or something (at the time I had no idea what any of those things were). I somehow got myself to follow the link, read the description and decided to sign up anyway. It wasn’t long until a mail turned up in my mailbox. It was an acceptance letter, telling me that I was chosen to be part of this project, which felt both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. I didn’t really have prior experience and couldn’t help but feel anxious about it. Despite that, I gathered my courage and chose to follow through. I found the office, now it was too late to turn back, and somehow, anxious, or not, went in. There, I met one of the coordinators who welcomed me, and even the slightest initial interaction that we had, helped me settle my nerves. He was one of the first amazing people out of them all, that I met during
