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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By wayneshirley | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry
Sixty years ago, Nanyang was described as a prosperous and rich land while China was under the horrible shadow of war and armies. Everybody was so fear that they don’t know whether they could survive. A strong sense in everybody's mind, "I shall leave.... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By emily_jones | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
Royalty in Sabah “Welcome to the leech kingdom!” our guide Denny bellows across the downpour. His mirthful smile belies the sobering weather; the rain dripping from his peaked cap doing little to dampen his inimitable spirits. We seek Danum Valley’s ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jomcaleer | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
In the staff lodge of Stocks Hotel at approximately eight o’clock, a cup of tea would be constructed and a brash voice would shout, demanding the presence of whoever thieved the milk. Sylvia Jackson liked things her way. When I first set eyes on Sylvia, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By talarsb | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
It was as the elevator doors closed that I began to wonder if I had made the right decision. Inside this most miniature of metal contraptions I stood with a lovely man I had met minutes previously meandering down the Rue d’Orsel, my partner waiting patiently ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By katd | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
Our eyes met at an old food court in Singapore, in one of those malls frequented by Filipinos. It was a few second encounter; and yet I know for a fact that it was enough for us to understand each other. I saw in him a certain kind of strength - a steadiness ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jofairman | Views [362] | Scholarship Entry
Twice a week for many months I sat entranced, strangely soothed by the cigarette smoke swirling through the shafts of sunlight, and the silky, melodious Spanish that hung on the hot heavy air. The broken-slatted shutters and flap-down-easel chairs probably ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By benjaminvl | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
It was in the end of March I'm still half sleeping in my room, yet I can hear a huge bustle outside. In that moment I preferred to stay in my bed, firstly because it's around 5 a.m. and secondly because the members of the community are killing a horse ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By ngestipandowo | Views [90] | Scholarship Entry
The bleachers were empty. While the players of Ngesti Pandowo, the puppet men community was getting ready on the backstage. They were dressing. In front of the mirror, Arjuna, a hero in historic of Java was busy painting his eyebrows. In the next box ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By laurakb | Views [182] | Scholarship Entry
A sharp wave of nausea broke over me in a cold sweat, my aching stomach protesting loudly in anticipation. This was it-the point of no return. I closed my tired eyes in submission, and opened them slowly, staring at the red dirt ground of the makeshift ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By angelarhodes | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry
Djemaa El-Fna, probably not unlike most nights, is buzzing with music, snake charmers, henna ladies and hundreds of tourists. Street stalls fill the air with the smell of grilled meats as restaurant waiters try to lure you in to eat. We concede to one ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By sulintan | Views [139] | Scholarship Entry
The cards in my hands are well-used, greasy, as though they have been cooked with the dhal.The Queen of Hearts looks unglamorous.Angdoje scoops her up with the others from a pack which costs just 50 rupees. He shuffles with vigour like any well-trained ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By jennifer_norrie | Views [423] | Comments [10] | Scholarship Entry
I’m a firm believer of touring a country with your taste buds. In the middle of Jaipur, India, I’m by no means disappointed by what’s on offer. At my first opportunity I line up alongside a group of neatly dressed Indian men to get my hands on piping ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By thanasis | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
She washed the beans many many times... “They must be very, very clean” she said. “Look at them! They must be shiny white!”. Then she took the pot and filled it out with cold water. “Until the water boils, I must prepare the vegetables for my soup” said ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By pheen | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
This is Barlonyo, the village that the Lord’s Resistance Army attacked in 2004, massacring around 300 people. There are a few straw huts and an open field with a headstone, memorializing the atrocity that you have a hard time believing could have happened, ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By kaisa | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
It took a journey to the other side of the world to discover my own culture. Before that, being Finnish was for granted and so was the food I ate every day. How could I have known the potatoes weren't yellow in the southern hemisphere, or that somewhere ... Read more >
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