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My Scholarship entry - A local encounter that changed my life

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 | By ole | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry

Ho Chi Minh City, a schizophrenic about its communist past, is tumbling toward the future. Motorbikes clog city streets, the heels of executives click and clank on French colonial sidewalks, and skyscrapers negotiate space between crumbling supermarkets ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 | By julianawinarome | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry

One of the most beautiful journey in my life was travelling to Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. I came here because my father comes from there. My father's village named Iliwodo. We flew from Surabaya to Denpasar by using Boeing, and continued ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Seeing the world through other eyes

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By haziq | Views [237] | Scholarship Entry

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” - Mark Twain. I've always been a sucker for books, to me, books are gateway to places that I've always wanted to go even before I even knew it existed. The journey to the discovery of things, ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By hassan | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry

i just love my country and i know many things abt it but plz slect me i realy need this scholarship plzz ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - A local encounter that changed my life

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By cc1 | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry

I’ve made it! I’m sitting alone in the back seat of late model Mercedes, with Madhu driving me to a steel processing plant on the outskirts of Jakarta. I sit contently, glancing vacantly through the tinted window. It’s been almost two hours since I left ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Seeing the world through other eyes

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By markji | Views [237] | Scholarship Entry

Rocinha was situated on a mountainside south of Ipanema. The condominiums of Sao Conrado stood imperious below it, the richest and poorest of Rio de Janeiro sharing the same premium ocean views. Little boxes stacked upon each other like a lego castle, ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - A local encounter that changed my life

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By roadlover | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry

Almost 16 years, recently, i have been take travelling around some place in Pulau Jawa and Sumatra (besides, i am an Acehnese, Sumatra). Especially, when still in study, what i've seen in Aceh---when I travelled around it---just I wrote on my own daily ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By worldconnection | Views [130] | Scholarship Entry

I traveled with my family to Fiji and refused to stay at a neatly packaged resort. With the tropical, coconut laden surrounds, I could easily substitute Hawaii for Fiji if the friendly ‘Aloha!’ replaced the friendly ‘Bula!’. Instead, we spent three nights ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By andreaze | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry

On this particular evening, I noticed the tablespoon of love my favorite street vendor added into my shrimp pad thai. While devouring this piping hot goodness, it dawned on me what separates Thai cuisine from others: that extra bit of love in every dish.... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Giving back on the road

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By nvogelpoel | Views [289] | Scholarship Entry

The smell of wet asphalt looms above the road and stale dust lingers in the air. Clumps of bitumen make delirious patterns all around me. In the creases of my knees, sweat has matted my locks. The tuk-tuk wrangles multiple abysses as if it has been here ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Seeing the world through other eyes

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By stephennwalker | Views [166] | Scholarship Entry

The month of May is a great time to experience one of the most culturally significant cities of the world - Kyoto. School groups from all over Japan know this too and you will be sharing your Kyoto discoveries with energised bright eyed kids from Japanese ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By niall-l | Views [1077] | Scholarship Entry

I'm woken each morning by women singing the praises of Shiva at a small shrine by a sluggish Ganga, with the discordant accompaniment of crows and mynahs. The wizened family matriarch, in a household surrounded by a family compound dating back the the ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Seeing the world through other eyes

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By wayfarer | Views [182] | Scholarship Entry

While Annette and I were in the garden, a young black lady, her skin dark and shiny as ebony, entered the yard. She cast a look around, glancing briefly at us and then disappeared somewhere. However, some time later, she emerged from the room of the old ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - A local encounter that changed my life

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By panayiotisnotaras | Views [134] | Scholarship Entry

As I stepped into the paddy, I was captivated by the alluring beauty of a single rice stalk. This miracle of life seemed at once fragile and strong. I was out of my depth physically (I clumsily fell on several stalks) and intellectually since even though ... Read more >

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My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By prei | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry

What do we really want to know about the food the we eat on our table? Aside from the fact that we want it to be tasty and filling, do we really care where it came and the value and impact of it on our culture? For most of us, the answer is No. Few people ... Read more >

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