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About an year ago, I hated this city for 5 months straight... every passing moment,was longer than usual, every person I met was mean, every interaction I had made me feel inferior. And now I am sitting here, gazing at the downtown, mesmerized, at peace. And I am glad those 5 months happened... I learned a very simple rule to follow., "It's all within!" Be it courage, happyness, motivation, confidence, or lethargy, inferiority, fear... Try not to be a slave to your weakness, strive to be the master of your strength 😊! Rise and shine 😎 #vinchi0208 #chicago #neverbackdown #motivation #shotoniphone (at Medical Center Apartments)

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Sometimes your thoughts get hazy, your head gets cloudy... your shine becomes a flicker... it might appear to be a gloomy moment but it's the moment of test... just like the last hour of the night... waiting for the dawn... #shotoniphone6 #vinchi0208 #willistower #night #cloud #philosophy #chicago #dawn #hope (at University of Illinois at Chicago)

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Sometimes your thoughts get hazy, your head gets cloudy... your shine becomes a flicker... it might appear to a gloomy moment but it's the moment of test... just like the last hour of the night... waiting for the dawn... #shotoniphone6 #vinchi0208 #willistower #night #cloud #philosophy #chicago #dawn #hope (at University of Illinois at Chicago)

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A bright and shiny forefront... the struggle at the back door? No one knows... #vinchi0208 #chicagotheatre #chicago #drama #nightlife #stage #lightcameraaction #performanceart (at The Chicago Theatre)

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We went out for lunch... yes, like immediately out of our office 😜 perks of working in suburbs I guess 😊 (at Ensono)

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Thanks @ensonoit for my first mango of the season 🍋😍 couldn't thank you more 😋 you can pay me with Alphonso 😬😜 #vinchi0208 #mangolover #sachmuchaam #aamkaseason #aamsutra #aamkhaashai (at Ensono)

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Best example of first world problems 😂! Here queues are usually for luxury, not necessity. Featuring: @pranayy_mehta as "Bhaiya" #vinchi0208 @mariositalianlemonade #gola #lemonade #chubtijaltigarmi #chubhtijaltigarmikamausamaaya #nimbupani #baraf #icecream #queue #firstworldproblems

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Yes it's a Weekday, yes I am in office, yes I am an intern, yes I am wearing a graphic tee, jeans, sport shoes, red and black wrist bands 😎 Because at @ensonoit we have much more important things to get straight than shirt's crease 😉 #firstinternship #firstjob in US, #coolcompany #dressingdown #turnontheburners #vinchi0208 (at Ensono)

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Seattle Day 1 snippet, go to the Facebook page for complete video. #vinchi0208 #travel #state5 #amazon #bellevue #alki #dock #downtown #washington #starbucks #firststarbucks (at Seattle, Washington)

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Seattle Day 1, someone give me wings to see this city of airplanes ✈️ #vinchi0208 #travel #state5 #amazon #bellevue #alki #dock #downtown #washington #starbucks #firststarbucks (at Seattle, Washington)

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Sneak peak of @seattle.city Seattle Day 1, for more follow @vinchi0208 (at Seattle, Washington)

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Speak peak of day 1 at @seattle.city Follow @vinchi0208 for more! (at Seattle, Washington)

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They circled around India Gate, we did the same with @spaceneedle 😎 @meetme_anu you are amazing 😘. #rangdebasanti #indiagate #rdb #spaceneedle #seattle #state5 #vinchi0208 #moherangdebasanti rang de basanti.. rang de basanti yaraaaaaaa 😇😍 @vaibhavravi and @archana_6692 you guys can thank me later 😜 (at Space Needle)

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Had an amazing trip to Michigan, visited this beautiful island. A small teaser from that experience. Visit the Facebook page (link in bio) to see the complete video 😊 Happy traveling #vinchi0208 #state4 #mackinacisland #daywellspent #keeptraveling #travel (at Mackinac Island, Michigan)

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Simple but necessary message: Walking around a very cool and LGBTQ pro street (rainbow flags everywhere), I came across this lovely graffiti. Today we are just looking at the mirror, pointing out our flaws, ignoring the underneath layer. Corporates are minting money through Cosmetics, surgeries, enhancements, dieting, chemicals, powders etc out of this insecurity. I know it's a bit tough to overcome this mindset seeped in our psych for generations but still "Remember you are beautiful"! 😊 #rememberyouarebeautiful #michigan #detroit #state4 #vinchi0208 #beauty #soul #beautyisundertheskin (at Ferndale, Michigan)

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Travel I have been traveling for past 10 days and will be traveling for next 10 days. It have costed me (read my friend 😜) about $500 as of now. Was it worth it? Yes, without even a shadow of doubt. Why? I met more than 50 people, slept on a stranger's couch, who is now a fatherly figure to me; cried with the strangers sharing pains in everyone's lives, they are now friends for life; got inspired by the story of another stranger that shook me to the core and her achievements are out of this world, she is my ideal now; met a girl in the mountains of Pennsylvania who was a completely stranger to but was actually living in Chicago and also 5 minutes walk from my home in India 😃.... And these are just a few to mention. This 10 days of travel has given me so much, I am really looking forward to next 10 days as of now, and my whole life a few days later 😉 #travel #vinchi0208 #strangerthings #strangers #faith #calculatedrisk Featuring @meadityagrawal home's backyard (at Fricker's Troy)

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I am so lucky... You see that smile on my face, isn't it amazing 😜, and there are so many reasons for me to smile. Let's start back tracking the reasons. I feel so lucky that the host of my first night as solo traveller just gave me $100 because I spent some 40-50 minutes trying to help this 79 years old Tamil man fix his flush tanks. I am even more lucky because when I came to his place at 10 pm, first he came to pick me up at the bus stop and then was waiting for me to have dinner with him, and dinner was Dosa with Bombay Chutney. Even before that I am so lucky that I got rid on my inhibitions and talked to this tough looking guy at the Penn State University who explained to me in detail all the spots to see, and luckily I bumped into him 4 times whenever I had a question to ask, I mean 4 times in such a huge campus! But even before that I am lucky to meet the same old Tamil man few meters away from State College airport whom I approached just to ask about some motels/hostels near by, but he offered me a drive to Penn State University first, going out of his usual way and then explained me how to reach his home once I am done roaming. But even before that I am so lucky that one of my closest friends packed me lunch at 4:45 AM so that I don't starve in front of expensive airport food outlets. And even before that she was the one who convinced me to go on this trip even when I am short of money by loaning me money for undefined time period. I am lucky to bump into these amazing people every now and then who restore my faith in humanity and Karma. I am so lucky 😊! (at Cricklewood Garden Apartments)