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The lacemaking tradition traces back to Europe and the Mediterranean in the 15th century. It made its way to Lepoglava, a city in northern Croatia, in medieval times, and then to the Benedictine nuns on the islands of Pag and Hvar.

Al Nafla
Al Nafla celebrates the blessings the holy month of Ramadan will bring. This tradition happens before Ramadan and is used to prepare people for fasting. During the Al Nafla, families go out to get groceries and make traditional dishes to enjoy among families and share with the poor. Qataris believe that there will be blessings in celebrating this day as a family and helping others.

 
 
 
References
 
https://www.iloveqatar.net/news/community/top-five-local-qatari-traditions
 
https://indonesiaexpat.id/travel/history-culture/what-are-some-traditions-in-qatar/
 
https://www.business.hsbc.com/business-guides/qatar/society-and-culture
 
 
 

Altın Günü
Altın Günü, also known as Gold Day, is a gathering of women. On this day women get together to talk, eat, dance, and have fun.

Diwali- Festival of Lights
 Diwali

Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is the most important festival for the Chinese people, along with many others in East Asian countries. It is a 15-day festival celebrated between January 201st and February 20th, determined by the Chinese lunar calendar.

추석 (Chuseok)
Chuseok, also known as Hangawi, is a day when families gather in their hometowns to give thanks to their ancestors for the abundant harvest. Hangawi means the 15th day of August on the lunar calendar, which is the day when a full harvest moon appears in the sky. This year Chuseok was on September 11th, with three days in total, including the days before and after Chuseok.

Tennō Tanjōbi (The Emperor’s Birthday)
Japan is the oldest continuous monarchy in the world. The postwar constitution of 1946 states that the Emperor only has a symbolic function, meaning the emperor participates in ceremonies and diplomatic meetings, but has no effective political power. Even so, the emperor and the imperial family is considered a symbol of unity in Japan.

Nadaam Holiday
The celebration of Naadam began in the 12th century, originally used to demonstrate Mongolian’s military power. Since the 17th century, Naadam has been celebrated on Mongolian Revolution Day, July 11th, commemorating Mongolia’s independence from China. Today the holiday is extended to three to five days.

I started homeschooling this February, so I decided to start teaching English, and because I always liked kids, my target was to teach toddlers.
I don’t know what I did, but all three of my students are three-year-old boys. I teach a set of twins and an only child. There is a difference between their personality, the twins seem to be more child-like, their age-like, while the only child is more settled, knows bigger words, and is hard to distract when he’s playing by himself.

Starting off the first job I did at the barn was clean their stables, it might not sound appealing, but it's very important.
At our barn, we had horses of three different sizes: regular horses, ponies, and miniature horses. For regular horses, there are two main breeds, it is easy to tell from their appearance, one is skinnier and more muscular, they're race horses. The other looks more stumpy and less muscular, as they were used to pull carriages.

 

 
 
Introduction
HUTLC was founded in 2007 by the Harvard Club of ROC. Bringing together high school students from all over Taiwan, creating a memorable week where you can have fun and learn from Harvard students and professionals from various fields.
Application
I found out about HUTLC five days before their application deadline in May. Two essays, one self-introduction video, and daily manifestations until the acceptance letter in June.
This year HUTLC received exactly 500 applications from students all over Taiwan and expected to accept around 100 students.
Experience
Homeroom
I think homeroom time was part of what made our bond so strong, it was quality time within the team, getting to share our day, play games, karaoke, and practice for our talent show performance.
Lectures
Lectures were held by Harvard Students, teaching a variety of topics ranging from goal setting, public speaking, slow living, neurobiology, investment, and facing failure.
Guest Speaker Talks
HUTLC invites professionals from different fields to teach us about their careers, this year we had four guest speakers from backgrounds of global connections, independent media, business, academia, and music.
Career Fair
We had the opportunity to learn from professionals about their jobs, including academia, architecture, medicine, law, and business. I got to hear from architecture, law, and business.
Architecture is already complicated as it is, but I didn’t know architects also had to consider the directions of wind, and the area of natural lighting the building could get.
Stereotypically, lawyers are the people who sit in courts, fighting for justice. But according to our guest speaker, that’s not true. Most of a lawyer’s time is spent in the office looking at papers. Being a lawyer might be very different from what you think it is!
Business people shake hands often, and you can tell what a person is like from their handshake. Are they smiling and confident? Is the grasp firm enough? Or is it awkward? a good handshake can change others’ perspectives of you, so maybe practice it at home.
Mock Interview
Anxious in waiting rooms, we’re waiting for our turn to go into our mock interviews. Each student is paired with one Harvard teacher, who’s going to take you through a typical college interview procedure. The interview wasn’t based on any application, so after your self-introduction, the teachers asked you questions based on what you said.
From the feedback, I learned that my answers could be fun and casual, but you have to know what you’re talking about, in-depth. What I found difficult was keeping eye contact while answering, as there was only one interviewer, and keeping my eyes on them made the background seem to be spinning.
Student Project
At the beginning of the conference, a teacher announced topics for the student project, which is a project we have to work on by ourselves within the team. There were three topics to choose from: AI’s use in Taiwan, Humanities and Science majors, and Climate Change. Our team chose AI. For the presentation, I was in charge of the opening, a basic introduction to artificial intelligence, and TSMC’s contribution to Taiwan’s place in AI.
Talent Show
I highly encourage attendees to participate in the Talent Show, it doesn’t have to be the most impressive performance but the crowd would think it is. Everyone was so
Prom
It was exciting getting to experience this American high school tradition, the most exciting part I would say is seeing all the promposals. 96 students attended this year’s conference, and around 25 of them were boys. So although a couple of guys asked the girls to be their prom date, the rest of them were lucky to have girls asking them, but hey it’s 2023, so this fits the aesthetic right?
If you ever have the chance to attend, move fast, the guys are gone fast.
click here to see what our prom looked like from the outside ;))
What made it different?
Taiwan is promoting bilingual education, and in a lot of college applications you would see that they’re looking for students who have cultural awareness, but the definition is kind of vague of what makes you culturally aware or sensitive.
I’ve attended a few camps hosted by normal universities in Taiwan, and they were all great, you could really tell the college students put in work and effort for the camp, but why is it that 2023 HUTLC applicants all have HUTLC’23 in their social media bios and are posting pictures from the conference even after a month of it ending? This is something I thought about for a long time, is it the American education system? or the general personality of the attendees Harvard students picked? or is it the format of our dorm? or the interaction we had with our teachers which brought us together? There were so many aspects I thought about
The teachers wanted us to meet as many as people possible, so every team we were in consisted of people from different teams, the same applied to our dorm rooms
 

An estimated number of 374 million people all around the world are struggling with anxiety. In a world filled with constant stimulation and uncertainty, it has become an increasingly common aspect of modern life.
In today's discussion, we'll be talking about anxiety, its neurobiological aspect, and how we can deal with it.