Two months into the spring semester, I share some of my experiences as an exchange student at the National University of Singapore.

Last Thursday, NYU Law’s International Law Society, SBA, and Asia Law Society came together to sponsor the annual International Food Festival in an attempt to break me out of my second-semester funk.

After both my Contracts and Torts classes culminated in the final weeks with sections on “damages,” it’s only appropriate that I reflect back on the semester and, well, assess the damage.

This past Friday, the South Asian Law Students Association held the SALSA Ball, the group’s annual celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights. As a member of the group, I participated in full force.

Taking a lesson from Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, I attempt to decipher the clues about what lies ahead in the daunting first-year experience.