I watch my friends—all applying to US this fall—frustrated while trying to write their personal essays.

What you feel is something in between a bunch of disappointments and a chunk of expectations when a Nepali youth leaves the country for further studies. It is estimated that more than 200,000 Nepalis aged 18-24 have already left the country in the past 10 years.

Enter the 21st century: smartphones, laptops, tech gears, and exploding ‘Samsung Note 7s’. We, the teens, are usually the only Generation Z kid in our family.