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3 things I do to feel immediately at home in a new country

“What are three things that you must have or must do that will make you feel settled [in a new city]?” asked Fai, my new colleague whom I’ve become fast friends with.

I didn’t expect the question. Fai, I’ve come to learn, has this uncanny skill of asking deeper questions that doesn’t quite disarm you, but comfortably spurs you to pause and think — something we all need in this fast-paced day and age. I appreciated her getting to the root of things, and making me put on my thinking cap.

It wasn’t so much that I didn’t have an answer, it was that I never really considered having to narrow them down. I definitely have more than three, but nudged to pick, I went with…

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What To Leave Behind When You Travel

In whatever terms you deem fit, you’ve arrived. Wittingly or not, you’re about to leave an impression on your host country, be it on one of the 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam, the in-transition societies of Myanmar or the tourist-run beach towns of Indonesia. In visits to lands like these, where cultures are rich and curiosity richer, how much of an outsider footprint is too much? 

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