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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By dpark | Views [278] | Scholarship Entry
“You slurp, like so.” With a smack, the man cracked them cooked egg on his head. The children sat around him, grinning toothily and eyes glistening. Using his mouth like a vacuum, he slurped through the crevasse of the egg. He began chew voraciously. ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By shiny_globalcitizen | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry
I was in awe at the sight of the crowd,waiting outside of the airport.There were tears of joy of reuniting with family members, there were taxi drivers trying to allure foreign tourists into their taxis, there were police officers, trying to subdue the ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By renaissancesoulja | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
Norzagaray is a town in the province of Bulacan. It was a historic place and has some heritage sites. There is a river in Norzagaray called Bitbit. And that was our destination. The dawn was breaking when our 13-kilometer journey on foot started. Four ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By tinsaillesaway | Views [356] | Scholarship Entry
Pilgrims An unpaved road stretches out before us, reaching a point where even our eyes cannot see. There was mud everywhere, and on it were traces of footprints, hoof prints and tire tracks weaved together to form a fleeting pattern that will be soon ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By penguinboy | Views [353] | Scholarship Entry
“So this is the Pacific”. Lame but honestly, these are the only words I’d whisper to myself after being hypnotised by the ocean’s heaven-like serenity. It surreal to see how the thick bed of clouds open holes for sun beams to bring light to fishermen ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By applepiewrites | Views [341] | Scholarship Entry
There are many days in my life I’d never forget; one of them was when I saw the aftermath of a violent natural disaster. I went to Mt. Pinatubo last July 2013, and the three-hour trek had been no simple thing. First, to get to the base of the mountain, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By francesr | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry
We found ourselves bathed in the first moments of daylight, the sun barely hovering over the horizon, yet we were already met with a grim landscape. It felt like that disorienting state of consciousness we get upon waking, though we have already been ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jgrimm | Views [231] | Scholarship Entry
BANG!!! None of the village ladies react. They carry on chatting. BANG! I look around. It can’t be fireworks. I am in a remote village without electricity or running water. But I have only been here for a few days, what do I know? In my rudimentary ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jauntingjest | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
Harvey, our guide, had only a vestige of a moustache in his nineteen years. The entrance of the caves, like a giant, corroded mouth, brooded darkly. We shuffled crab-like down the sloping rocks. The last high notes of birdsong found our ears and the last ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By eriphoria | Views [265] | Scholarship Entry
There are just some days that you feel lost, from over thinking and stresses, from the everyday life musings and the bites of reality. And then, there are just some days where you feel like jumping off cliffs, not because you’re suicidal, but simply for ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By lacson_intolerant | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
Under the licorice-black sky on a Friday, I was on our patio and drinking a bottle of soda that is so cold, it leaves pleasant pain in my throat that matched a more intense one in my heart. I was in the middle of a crossroad of choosing what I really ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jommythompson | Views [266] | Scholarship Entry
I woke up on the beach with the sun roasting my face, and moved my hand up to my eyes to block the penetrating light. “Ahhh!” – people sitting on beach chairs around me had undoubtedly been watching for hours, wondering if I was going to wake up, or if ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By travelingkelly | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry
The rain has started up again. I try to capture video on my dying camera but only the pounding clatter against the corrugated tin roof translates when I play it back. I put it away and climb up through a hole in the middle of the floor into the small, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kaleidoscoper | Views [182] | Scholarship Entry
It was only when the motorcycle was halfway downhill that I realized we were on free fall. The engine was shut and the only sound I could hear was the rush of wind on our faces and the surrounding trees. We plunged on as my companions shrieked in mingled ... Read more >
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