Survival Instinct

“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”             
― Leon C. Megginson

I don’t want to be an expert at traveling. It takes away the fun. The fun is to make mistakes, to get lost, and by doing so triggers one’s survival instinct---the very primal ability that helps us to get on the top of the food chain. Most people would pray for a smooth and safe travel, but that doesn’t do anything other than get you from location A to location B. Some of my classmates felt bad that I couldn't get to the school with all of them on the day of arrival, but that was actually an excellent opportunity for me to experience Barcelona. Instead I learned how taxi works in the Barcelona airport and how to communicate with the taxi driver.

It is very interesting to see how my fellow classmates react to different things while studying abroad since I had experienced those mixed feelings before. Some can adapt and change quickly, some are struggling with it, and some are not even trying. I like to inspect people’s behaviors because they help me to understand my own. I might share some of these theories later on in my blog.