As you can see from my stylish outfit, I always wanted to spread positivity and love. As a kid, I enjoyed playing football and hang out with friends. At that time, I did not care about my background and neither did my German friends.
The only thing I knew, was that I grew up in a small village in Germany with exactly 3 Vietnamese families. You guessed correctly. The three of us represent each family.
During my time in high school, people started to ask me about my background. Obviously, I looked Asian but I felt more German since I did not know anything about Vietnam, besides my broken Vietnamese.
The more foreign languages I learnt, the more I understood different cultures and it was the English essay, asking me "What is home to you?", that hit me like a brick ...
Not knowing what I wanted to study, I decided to take a gap year. It was definitely not something that my Vietnamese family liked to hear, since they judged it as "đi chơi", which means playing in Vietnamse. So I told them, that the purpose was improving my English.
But secretly I was hoping that it would be a life-changing experience. Since people often say ...
Dear younger Thomas,
I am writing this letter to you because I am so grateful that you made the decision not to rush into university but to invest in yourself. This last year in New Zealand shaped me like no other year. Thanks to this given opportunity, I was able to learn more about myself, such as my strengths, weaknesses, limits, but also my passion and purpose. I realized that freedom, kindness, and honesty become my core values and I will use them as guidance for life. But most importantly, I want to promise you to not lie to myself anymore and also accept and respect my own needs.
Thanks for believing in me,
CEO of my own life
During my time in New Zealand, I met so many great and kind-hearted people that taught me so much about life. Being deeply grateful to those meaningful encounters, that shaped me to the person I am now, it is now my turn to give back to the community.
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