My Journals https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/ Mon, 6 Apr 2026 21:08:39 GMT World Nomads Adventures I am a young oceanographer, working in a developing offshore survey company. I am also an emerging master of hydrography student, starting 2 September 2013. So, why am I still applying to this scholarship at the first place? Well, I did apply to the scholarship for the grant. I do have a burning passion in traveling. I even chose my job and my master’s degree in order to have free traveling experiences across places, which I consider as the 'real salary.' But then a letter came to my house, telling me that I was accepted in their course. I would have to choose then, whether it was a go, or no go. After giving much serious thoughts, I decided to just go. I wanted to withdraw from this race, but after reading my journal once more, I just couldn’t. It was one of the best compositions I have ever made. So here I am, with my photos, and their story. Enjoy. PS: This isn’t my original essay. I changed it. https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/photos/41355/Indonesia/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Indonesia gabriellalodia https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/photos/41355/Indonesia/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/photos/41355/Indonesia/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:11:00 GMT 0 Dear judges,<br/><br/>My name is Gabriella Alodia, you can call me Gaby. You will find a slightly different name in my passport: Gabriella Alodia Adiputra. The immigration needed a family name for my passport, and I do not have one, so I simply added my father's last name as my family name.<br/><br/>Yes, I love taking pictures since high school, but I never really knew the difference between 'taking pictures' and 'photography.' So far, I only consider the thing I am doing until now as 'taking pictures' because I am such an amateur on this thing. I learned the basics of photography from my friend, just to make the pictures look better.<br/><br/>To be honest, I have just thought about making photography as my job after I found this opportunity and realizing that, I might took good pictures from my last trip. But if you are asking about my passion, I would definitely answer: traveling the globe, exploring new cultures, and having new experiences. I would do anything to have a job that would make me travel a lot. I believe that traveling would change people's life. Or at least, make them see things 'from the other side,' so they could realize how blessed they are, and how beautiful it is, to live with smiles. https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/photos/38982/Egypt/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Egypt gabriellalodia https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/photos/38982/Egypt/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/gabriellalodia/photos/38982/Egypt/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:52:02 GMT 0