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Musical with mask: How we delighted the audience covid compliantly

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Today is my second day from the one-week Chinese New Year Break. Loyal readers now assume that my entire UWC life consists only of holidays, because that’s when my blog posts appear mainly. But it’s not true – an update.

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Why it was the best decision to move for a few days to a host family

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As soon as I got accepted for the scholarship, I contacted the previous German scholarship holders at UWCSEA. I asked questions about Singapore, school life at UWCSEA and how life works in the boarding house. Again and again I heard that they liked to leave the boarding house for dinner or overnight because they wanted to get out.

I couldn’t understand it because: Hallooo? You’re part of such a cool community in Boarding House, why do you want to leave? Even in my first few weeks in Singapore, I could not understand these escape wishes – even our catering food is mega good!?

my host, two of the siblings and me
with my host Alice, two of the siblings and me: Cheers!
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And don’t forget to unpack your presents!

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I’m writing these lines sitting in the midst of green beauty, a breeze of natural sweetness blows around me, mixed with herbal cigarette scent of the past evening.

Maybe I should not continue with my writer’s career for the time being … The described scene is not invented, but actually illustrates my writing situation with the French host family, which accomodates me for a week.

I like to live in the boarding house and love it to meet my friends right around the corner, but some distance and a little break from the always same environment do well from time to time.

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Bye, Boarding Interns! Hello, Ursula von der Leyen!

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Long time no see! I am curious how often I’ll begin posts in the future in this way. The reason for the absence was initially that not much exciting happened besides my classes, so a blog post would not necessarily have been informative. And now so much has happened.

Before I came to Singapore, I’ve watched every single video about UWCSEA that exists on YouTube. That’s whi I’m so happy to be a part in the new Tampines House Welcome Video now, watch it!

https://milenarrative.com/en/2020/12/10/bye-boarding-interns-hello-ursula-von-der-leyen/(öffnet in neuem Tab)

How antithetical that the day of this “Welcome!” video shoot was at the same time “See you soon, we’ll miss you!”-Day.

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COVID and Singapore – how is it?

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Milena wearing a mask as COVID measure in front of the Central Business District of Singapore
Masks are mandatory in Singapore.

Keywords such as “new infections”, “measures” or “new maximum value” are daily trends on German Twitter, masks are mandatory in schools now and people protest against the LoSs Of OuR fReEdOm. Germany is now in lockdown light and my family is not sure how or if they will celebrate Christmas together.

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