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matilda aquila · Nov 10, 2024 · 15 min read

Troubles in Paradise: Reflections from my month in Papua New Guinea, 1 year on

I boarded a flight with a foreign friend I've just physically met, on an airline I've not really heard before, to spend a month in a developing country known for poverty, tribal vi…

matilda aquila · Feb 5, 2024 · 11 min read

3 months and beyond... Lessons I learnt from my Sabbatical abroad.

It's February 2024. Time has been a blur, speeding up over the last 6 months that I've been back home in the busy city of Singapore. IN FACT, I have been the busiest I've ever been…

matilda aquila · Jun 1, 2023 · 9 min read

2 Months in Norway: Why I relocated to a small Nordic city... just for a bit.

It is 7.30 p.m. on a relaxing Saturday as I am writing this, where it's about 8 degrees out and cosy and warm inside. It has been about 2 months since I took a full night and day o…

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