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…

Chevening Interview: What are the Questions? | Tips from an alumni

Congratulations to those who got Chevening interview invitation!! You’re halfway there, seriously! To be invited for an interview means that your essay is really outstanding and they want to know you better, hence the interview. You just need to nail the “last” step to be awarded. “Last” because if you pass the interview stage, you…

Low Budget Trip to Iceland from the UK: Tips!

One of my highlight trips in 2019 was definitely Iceland! Iceland is one of my bucket lists and since I was gonna be-3 hours-flight-away from Islandia, I committed to find ways to go there, in a student budget. I have read many blogs that a trip to Iceland can be really expensive, especially in food…

Writing Chevening Essay: Breakdown Those 4 Questions

Writing an essay for Chevening scholarship was not an easy task. But surely, we need to invest our time to write, revise and polish it. The whole writing process took me 1.5 months, but let's not use this as a standard as anyone can have different situations. In this post, I'm going to breakdown each…

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…

Tips From Sailing Komodo Trip

Semenjak trip ke Pulau Komodo, banyak yang bertanya mengenai trip tersebut. Mulai dari perencanaan, siapa travel organizer nya, berapa orang, berapa hari, dan lainnya. Nah, di post-an ini, saya ingin berbagi mengenai tips selama sailing trip ke Pulau Komodo kemarin. Semoga membantu kamu yang ingin travel juga!   Kalau kamu belum pernah kesana, saya sarankan…