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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wandermama | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
"Please no more"—words I dread to beg of any soul who wears sparkling diamonds of perspiration from hours of tending sweltering pots in a minuscule Moroccan kitchen. The utter sight of the crude contents brimming the glass tumbles my innards. Not yet ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thewayfarer | Views [416] | Scholarship Entry
The sound of Cicada chirps envelope the small city of Isahaya with a deafening ring every summer morning. To some, it’s complete torture. During the early days of September, however, these excruciating (not to mention extremely irritating) noises ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By travelism | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry
An extremely hot sun as summer in Ankara, Turkey, makes me want to chew some ice cubes. However, I get a burning tea as a welcome drink when I look for lunch at the cafe. I remember an occasion few hours ago, when I settle down at Kizilay park. The sellers ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jenniferoctavia | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
The snow is falling as I stand on the side of the main street of Allendale village with other thousands of enthusiastic people from kids to elderlies, waiting for the festival to start. I spot one man dressed as Ali G in a stereotypical “gangsta” getup ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By oendiik | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
Actually I dont really know about this big world and i never know how to get out from this little box to move on to the biggest box that is the world. Until time i found a photographer comunities at some town in Indonesia, that is Malang cities. I meet ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By nosoygringo | Views [373] | Scholarship Entry
We had been cheated by the bus driver: 45 NTD over usual fare. An hour of unclear travel and we finally arrived to Shalun at 5 pm; my airport shuttle leaving at 8. The way to the little-known beach had been full of tricky alleys, sampling in minutes ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By rominlima | Views [155] | Scholarship Entry
Providence Days Relieved to have arrived, limbs and dignity intact, after a midnight taxi drive through the back streets of Bogota; streets solely decorated by the battered looking working ladies, bleached graffiti, windswept newspaper pages and busy ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By doreesimon | Views [780] | Scholarship Entry
One fish. Two fish. Red, blue, silver, with garlic, salt and… Wait, what am I doing? I haven’t eaten meat or fish in years. I haven’t even wanted to. And yet, as I stroll along this towel-dotted Spanish beach, my mouth salivates. My nose leads. And ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jasiwalker | Views [143] | Scholarship Entry
When I think of that rugged, weathered peninsula fixed to the southwest of the isle of Britain, my first thought is of a pasty. It’s hard to think of much else when these savory delights appear in so many bakery windows, proudly displaying their Cornish ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By katypillar | Views [627] | Comments [5] | Scholarship Entry
It’s a long walk to school for Srey Nit aged 5. She treads the dusty dirt track from her village, emerging on the bustling main street of Stung Mean Chey on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. The air is thick. Exhaust fumes hang heavy in the air and there is ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sjacks | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
Today at lunch I ate a fish—a fish pulled fresh from the lake, dipped in a fryer, and put on my plate—head, scales, bones and all. I’m sitting on an outside bench; the plate on my lap is filled with ugali, unidentifiable greens, and of course, the fish.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By lynnette_woo | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
Malaysia is like the fruit that thrive there: the blossoming fuchsia dragon fruit revealing an albino kiwi-like flesh; the unwieldy hairy rambutan hiding a sweet, refreshing lychee-cousin; the leathery plum epidermis of the mangosteen dying skin and clothes ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ronin-girl | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
In 2009, I was lucky to periodically stay with a Thai friend’s family in a small village near Sathing Phra, Thailand. A family poor financially though not for any other aspect of their lives. The mother seemed to prepare rice in her sleep as it was ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sarah_fleur | Views [394] | Scholarship Entry
Bursting with excitement I rise early on our first day in Cairo, the thick smoggy air tickles my nose as I anxiously await our tour guide. An hour behind schedule, Mohammad appears and our journey begins. We scurry from the great pyramids, to nearby sphinx ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ash-ley | Views [258] | Scholarship Entry
When every inch of gnarled floor and battered seat had already been claimed, my friend and I were stuffed into the engine room with 6 other people. We arranged ourselves between bags and gasoline cans, squeezed into vacant dirty corners. The roar of the ... Read more >
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