Leaving home to study abroad: A journey filled with emotions!
‘Papa kehte hai bada naam krega’ inspired us throughout our whole childhood to make the best man of our lives proud! Congratulations, on starting this voyage of making your loved ones proud by getting accepted into the overseas university of your dreams! It is finally that time when your parents are receiving applauding calls from all your relatives, and your parents are trying to contain their excitement. But we understand, what a rollercoaster of emotions both you and your parents must be feeling. It has finally started to hit you that you’re leaving your home, your family and friends, your country behind. Get ready with a tissue box, this is going to be one hell of an emotional write!
It’s not like a trip with your friends where you’ll be back in a couple of days, it’s a major change that will take place in your life. You would be gone for a noticeable period, away for years, missing celebrating your favourite festivals with your siblings, without your mom buying new clothes for you or dad getting your favourite box of sweets! Gear up for your mom being emotional at any random time about how she’ll miss you and how home wouldn’t be the same without your echoing voice, for your dad to conceal his emotions and tell you how you will be managing everything, for your grandmother to burst into emotions, and your siblings to miss their partner-in-crime!
We understand that it’s not easy, but, you must keep calm when your oh-so-sweet (or maybe not) relatives advice you on your do’s and don’ts for your study abroad journey till the time they see you off at the airport. Although you’re full of excitement to start your life in a new country and humming ‘ek zindagi meri, sau khwahishein, main puri kra’, but the reality of leaving home and being emotional is also natural. You’re also anxious about all the new things you explore in your host country from a new home to a new best friend to a foreign language to new favourite food, but, your loved ones and Lorien are always with you!
So, when your family is being emotionally vulnerable, just tell them ‘Dhondu, just chill!’ And that you’ll manage it all with their blessings. That this decision of flying to a foreign land will help you get closer to your dream of making your loved ones proud, and that you love them so much, and no matter the distance, you’ll be close to them forever!
At Lorien, we are like your fairy godparents - we’ll bibbidi-bobbidi-boo all your study abroad needs into reality! Whatever it is that you require assistance in, we’re there with you throughout your study abroad journey! Connect with our counsellors to ease your voyage making you hum ‘Yun hi chala chal raahi, kitni haseen hai ye duniya!’
Board that plane, take the risk of a lifetime, make mistakes and ace your journey! A dream, a new country, a course and some new friends await your arrival! After all, zindagi ek safar hai suhana, yahan kal kya ho kisne jana!
