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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By acinonyx | Views [1183] | Scholarship Entry
I broke the intense silence, "Têm uma Coca-Cola por favour?" Perhaps caught off-guard by my Portuguese, or perhaps concluding it was the best way to get rid of me, the store keeper takes a second to react. Moving to one side, she draws a dusty bottle ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By josephle | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
Juan was my taxi driver from the Venezuelan border to
the Cúcuta airport . Our
total time spent together was about 20 minutes.
But in that time he would remind me again of the spirit behind one of my
favorite quotes from Nehru, “We live in ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By edsonlg | Views [1175] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
I see him ascending the Williamsburg Bridge, which hands off Brooklyn to Manhattan, on the long, arduous up-ramp. His shoulders arched in a shoddy jacket as he labors over a shopping cart that swells with black garbage bags arguing for space. Their ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By draupadi_caesar | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
Why are crucial moments in life always signified via slow motion in movies? In the moment, when I was hurled off a scooter, toppling in the air and struggling to reach ground, I knew why. On the way back from Majorda beach to Palolem beach in Goa, my ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By cultureoneday | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
Food is an important part of our society. However, there is more to food than many of us perceive. In the medieval times, food was core to Greek hospitality. Does food control our culture today? Shawn and Sarah took me to a restaurant as soon as they ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By snapshotales | Views [267] | Scholarship Entry
Laughter, Love and 1pm Goodbyes Butterflies swarm in my stomach as the mini-van pulls around the corner, smoke the colour of charcoal bellowing from the back. Fellow nervous volunteers join me, waiting, waiting; in a bare concrete jungle, hotel car ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By samantha-u | Views [312] | Scholarship Entry
Growing up on the Great Lakes, you'd think I'd know a thing or two about fish. I know the big ones, the little ones, the ones that slither past and make me jump out of my skin. Then there are the fun ones that put up a fight. But eating it? No thanks.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By campfirevampire | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
Thumb and index finger come together; the universal sign for money brings a smile to the gas station attendant’s face. The station is old, as worn and beaten as the landscape it colours momentarily with signs of life. We rolled in almost running on empty, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sam_louiseb | Views [393] | Scholarship Entry
She sits cradling her dead husband’s body, gently stroking his forehead. "You were such a good husband," she says tenderly "why did you have to leave us?" The room they are sitting in is bare; a coloured hand spun rug on the floor the only decoration.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By trishlim12 | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
The jeepney comes to a halt. I wipe the sleep from my eyes and lift my head to find five bearded faces glaring back. The sun’s harsh rays fall directly from above, intensifying the ruthless expressions on the disembodied heads that hang from a wooden ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By desmondmilroy | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
Mau makan? The invitation to eat. On a bright spring morning in Ubud, I left my room at Pasak’s, eyeing the geckos and tropical birds nibbling bits of rice and fruit. Left on an elevated shelf by Pasak’s wife to bless my room, these morsels were special ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jennybeverage | Views [243] | Scholarship Entry
I was considering getting a corkscrew curl perm that many teenage girls had, but decided it made them look like poodles. I bought heels instead, barely squeezing into the largest size (8.5 US) available in China. I went out into the melting sun, ignoring ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By kryescent | Views [526] | Scholarship Entry
I've been told Thai cuisine revolves around the four fundamental taste senses and my nose is inclined to agree. A few steps inside the Don Hwai local market in the outskirts of Bangkok, the curtain of spicy incense smoke lingering from the outer temple ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By kutitap | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
Udo and Inga were from Luneburg. They moved to Schöneck, 15 km NE of Frankfurt, to start a family with 3 children. Udo was an engineer and had built their house from the ground up himself. I had started a correspondence with their daughter, Susi, whom ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By andrewdschultz | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
Trekking into Burma reminds me of hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains. Moist air feeds the lush wilderness. A noontime shower is always possible. However, any similarity to my native Carolina soon disappears as a crater cuts my trail in two.“Mortar fire,” ... Read more >
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I've heard a real life story on the radio about a woman who recalled that her mother had always brought her to the Basilica during Sinulog when she was young and that had made her a devotee of Santo Niño up to now. I see this all the time at Sinulog, people bringing their kids and younger brothers and sisters to the event. Whether to become an early devotee or just to be blessed I just don't know.
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