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Austin is DEFINITELY the place I feel the most comfortable and myself. I thought I knew this before but only confirmed it after visiting

I’m not viewing the city as a tourist on vacation, therefore I feel like I don’t have interesting travel advice or a way for you to live a vacation through my eyes because I feel like that’s not what I’m doing. I wish.

Why did I decide to move to Austin after high school? Why did I choose the Dominican Republic to study abroad in? Why did I move to across the world to Dubai?

Chicago came on the map for me because Wafiq flew a direct flight to America and landed in Chicago. X

The hard part with blogging right now in my life is figuring out what to say. I barely know what to think.

This is hilarious. I can’t believe I’m addressing this. When I came back from the Dominican Republic a few years ago I remember the study abroad organization sent me an email warning me about “culture shock”.

It’s only fair – If I tell you what I LOVED doing in Dubai for the year and a half I lived here, I also tell you what I should have AVOIDED.

I tried to keep this list to activities rather than accomplishments

For some reason, I assumed there would be American’s all over Dubai. Everyone speaks English, there’s a bustling economy – I thought American’s like to get out & explore the world!

Awwwwwww, the time has finally come for my big announcement!

I’m not really sure where the idea that Dubai is not safe comes from. Probably the generalization of the entire Middle East

I’m writing this post with the sole purpose to show you that I am indeed alive.