Chevening Essay is About Connecting the Dots; What Does It Mean?

After I published a post about breakdown Chevening essay in my blog, I received many more requests to proofread Chevening essay. I only accepted a few depending on my loads, but in total, I have proofread 10-ish essays. Some made it to the Chevening interview, some didn’t. As a proofreader, I don’t check merely on grammar/vocabulary mistakes…

How to Manage Your Scholarship Money

Managing the scholarship money sometimes can be stressful as it might be the only resource you have to finance yourself while study. There are also feelings for "make the best out of it", especially for PG student (we only have 1 year to spend, guys!) which led to unclear prioritisation and ended up overspend (if…

Lesson Learned After Being Rejected by 7 Scholarships

I am completely familiar with the bitter feeling of rejection. Angry, disappointed and confused. And I have been experiencing this for 7 times, until the moment that even I kept doubting myself of not deserving any scholarship. I kept trying to apply schools and scholarships for two years, but no one was successful. Until I…

Writing Chevening Essay: General Tips from a Scholar

A student for a year, a scholar for a life! Hi, there! The deadline for Chevening scholarship 2020/2021 is approaching really sooon! As a Chevening scholar who just finished the master study, I’d like to share my thoughts for essay writing for Chevening scholarship. I also did mentorship for some people for Chevening application 2019/2020…

Story of mine: Exchange to Korea #1

Hai! Saya mau berbagi pengalaman dan cerita waktu saya exchange ke Korea. Well, telat banget yah? Saya pulang ke Indonesia tanggal 25 Juni 2013, berarti udah sekitar 4 bulan sejak kepulangan saya dari Korea, dan saya baru mau cerita pengalaman ini! Dari awal saya tiba di Korea sampai saya pulang ke Indonesia, gak ada satupun…