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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sihombing | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
When I had been in Singapore, It was begun as I walked firstly at Changi Airport. Changi is the wonderful airport that I ever seen. it's neat and comfortable. When I was walking to get the baggage claim, I was surprised that every man who was walking ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By tourdesegur | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry
It was one of those days when you need to break away. I had only had $6 and 4 days off, so the furthest destination I could afford was Belarus. Intuitively, I took a subway to the outskirts of Kiev, where a busy highway to the north started. I stood on ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By suitcaseindian | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
In its colossal depths are stories brought ashore by whispering conch shells and gentle waves of nostalgia. Or by Goliath swells that pounce upon coastlines, destroying and reshaping lives. Dad’s sea suddenly shimmered one night with neon green iridescence ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By crystal_legaspi | Views [412] | Scholarship Entry
I shudder as he maneuvers the reluctant goat into place. Curly wisps of hair fall into his face as he wipes accumulated blood from a machete. In a sawing motion, he severs the goat’s head. Thick blood, contrasting sharply with black fur, pulses out from ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ironwench | Views [249] | Scholarship Entry
One Friday, while looking for a lunch place at the wet Quiapo market in Manila,I heard a wail.It sounded masculine,was terrifying in its undulations but mystifying,too,in its length and fullness.It came from somewhere beyond the carts of pirated DVDs,bottled ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By groovylocks | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
We had landed in my nightmare. Yichuan was a perpetual public works project, as if people just kept breaking ground as needed until an uncommitted city appeared. It was the final stop on Mao's Long March and had the eerie sense of being the “Made in ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By skiz1 | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry
Sun and sand aside, January in Baghdad can get quite chilly. My breath hitting the frosty morning air is proof in point. Eyeing the swimming pool and neatly clipped lawn and bushes that surrounds the posh house where I work, I register another irony: ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By keeponwalking | Views [343] | Scholarship Entry
I started my year by staying in a farmer’s house in Ifugao, Philippines, last 2011. It has been my perennial curiosity each time I stare at rice fields from my bus window on the way to some province. And it all became possible through the SITMo (Save ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thereyroad | Views [321] | Scholarship Entry
Our eyes are a reflection of our soul. It is a window to one’s inner self. Its capabilities of seeing things are beyond ordinary. Nonetheless, the way we see things is as relative as to the word beauty. And what makes it more unique is the moment you ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By DJRaby | Views [691] | Scholarship Entry
‘What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow.’ That was how the conversation went on a train heading out of Kolkata towards the railhead of New Jalpaiguri, in the far north of West Bengal. Having found our seats in the carriage, we discovered that ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By laura_p | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
“Have you eaten?” asks old Mr. Xu, as I step out into the cold, grey courtyard we share. “Not yet,” I reply, and Mr. Xu smiles, revealing a single yellowed tooth. His dark eyes shine beneath the brim of his leather hat as he waves me off: he’s heading ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By gloriakurnik | Views [279] | Scholarship Entry
Crowds, endless din & fanfare make a perfect blend with the motionless sweetness of temple incense. Clammy masses carrying all sorts of emotions charge with a strength of a battering ram. Thickening smoke bites the eyes & irritates the lungs while the ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wandering_robin | Views [114] | Scholarship Entry
I found the peaceful town of Taghazout by jumping off a local bus after a hurried conversation of “Ta –ga – Ju?” accompanied with frantic gesturing that hopefully implied “here”. Nodding, my fellow passenger, an old and wizened man, affirmed “Taghazout.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By the-wandering-wonderer | Views [401] | Scholarship Entry
Her eyes are fixated on me, noting every nuance on my face, desperately seeking a smile or groan of contentment as I prepare to wade in. She busies herself by cleaning the counter, but with a hurried intensity, the fervent scrubbing of the work surface ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sophiemac | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry
Las Dulces It’s midday in Seville and I’m sitting down to tortilla studded with gems of potato, creamy aioli, tender pork cheeks - far removed from my breakfast of espresso and churros, eaten on foot as I followed the streets of the barrio, dizzy in ... Read more >
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