MicahPaul

I have been fielding many questions regarding how exactly I’m managing to go to Germany, how long I will be there, whom I will be staying with, and so on. I attempt to answer most of these presently.
Some people will be rather sick of these trivialities. To these, I can only say that I sympathize dearly.

I am going to Berlin for 11 months on a scholarship, called the International Reciprocal Scholarship Exchange Program, or IRSEP. As its name implies, it is a reciprocal exchange program at the U of M, currently with programs to 6 countries. (If anyone reading this is eligible to apply, I highly, highly recommend it.) After an extensive application process, I was selected was one of two recipients to go to Germany. This is an amazing blessing.
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At times, everything just seems to synthesize into perfect harmony.
These times are fleeting, but while I’m here, what better than to blog about it, right?
Right?
A bunch of little loose ends all connecting in a short period of time.
My time spent in Chicago, I feel, has culminated in the realization of so much possibility. Many aspects have been belatedly and unexpectedly emerging. Such adventure is the gift that keeps on giving.
So if I start segueing from the abstract to the tangible, what is the method, and at what point does it become monotonous?
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