Hours collide, often with my head and bones aching, scrambling to eat breakfast, starting the day and ending it with the sentimental weather. (overcast, sunny, overcast, sunny…) I went to Chibuto and Xai Xai in Gaza province on Thursday. The landscape mostly flat, wiry trees and scattered crops passed quickly by the window. I wonder… [Read more…]
October 28, 2009
On Tuesday my group went to the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane again. My teammates and I spent some time on reflection and goal setting, then we waited to see our newfound contact at the school — a cheery Portuguese teacher who goes by his surname Goba. I found it hard to focus on new acquaintances and… [Read more…]
October 26, 2009
Portuguese, Changana, Echuwabo, English Elections, Observation Missions, Fliers, Capulanas Students, Orphans, Believers, Peddlers Embassies, Credentials, Maps, Interviews ………….. This Morning the class visited the U.S. Embassy. One of the diplomats made an appointment for us to interview the director of the law school of the main university in Mozambique, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. We interviewed a… [Read more…]
May 25, 2008
At the end of May I went to Santiago with two other Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars to visit a Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) team. True to my informative spirit, I will provide some useful information about GSE teams taken from rotary.org: What is Group Study Exchange (GSE)? The Group Study Exchange program is a unique… [Read more…]
April 3, 2008
This past week was Semana Novata, a week which celebrates freshman. Classes are suspended, and each evening boasts an event hosted by the university’s federación estudiantil, or student body. To take advantage of this week off school, I along with two other girls studying at PUCV on exchange went camping at the National Reserve Siete… [Read more…]
March 4, 2008
This is an update e-mail I sent to my family last night: Mom, Family and Friends, I am on a different keyboard, so forgive me if i make a million mistakes.! I arrived today, Pablo picked me up from the airport and we took a bus directly to Viña del Mar. We spent some time with… [Read more…]
February 19, 2008
This year I made two visits to John in Manhattan. I saw the MOMA, Marjane Satrapi’s movie, and a multitude of interesting venues including the Muji Store. :) Pictured at MOMA On top of the Rockefeller Center enjoying a light room installation Look at more pictures from my trips here.
November 2, 2009
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