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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By kalipulako | Views [249] | Scholarship Entry
Two years ago, as I was going about my daily business as a student, a friend of mine invited me to an event organized by a local outdoor shop here in Manila. The event was supposed to benefit a few kids in a rural school of Quezon province called, sitio ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By thefirsttimer | Views [460] | Scholarship Entry
White Girl, White Desert I was mistaken for thinking a desert had rolling hills that would provide protection; not for me, but for those on-board, who were in the middle of Ramadan, and weren’t enthusiastic to see my glimmering buttocks flashing around ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By thinktravelwonder | Views [451] | Scholarship Entry
A grumpy taxi driver dropped me off at the end of Thalang Rd. near a hostel I have been booked. The weather in early November is enough to make me tighten up my jacket. This place seems deserted. I see no one on the street. The wind blows and flickering ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By rubalsabode | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry
Happiness really lies in your head. In my busy days, I love travelling! So what even if it's just my daily walk to the office. This thought process indeed changed my perspective about life. So, here's a poem I penned down about my travel to office everyday:... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By plopipay | Views [649] | Scholarship Entry
Early in the morning, when the sun has just rising, men and women, mostly workers, walk passed by on their busy steps, focusing only to a thing on their hand, whether it is a worksheet, a newspaper, or a hi-tech gadget. They didn’t even notice other person’s ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By thedailywords | Views [323] | Scholarship Entry
Speaking of food, one cannot be separated from the activity of eating itself. While the food reflected the origin and the diffusion of the ingredients as well as the idea of how each country or people connected to each other, the way of eating revealed ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By todayistomorrow | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
I am embarassed when I reflect on the state of my English fluency these days. “I must pay these bills, you can help?” I ask the greeter at the bank. Sounds like this when I am come home? Wonders I. The truth is, I enjoy being limited to the most basic ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By suyee_lin | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
On the way to Playa Azul in Manzanillo, Mexico were long stretches of sun-speckled sand, iridescent iguanas sunning themselves on the rocks, large as my forearm and thicker still. A man in the ocean threw jellyfish onto the shore; they landed softly, ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By sjsmith | Views [189] | Scholarship Entry
Chaos—the first word that comes to mind peering out a tiny
airplane window at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Among the few still-standing
buildings with rusty tin roofs are hundreds of multicolored refugee tents.
It’s ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By heidisiefkas | Views [331] | Scholarship Entry
My Secret Receta By: Heidi Siefkas My secret receta (recipe or prescription in Spanish) for understanding a culture is mainly by the way it cooks, eats, and celebrates with food. That is why, nearly fifteen years ago, I quickly accepted an invitation ... Read more >
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 | By rachel_cole_uk | Views [266] | Scholarship Entry
The lobster takes up almost all of the plate, its deliciously cooked flesh tempting me to dive right in and consume it as fast as possible. But this is a moment to savour. A bottle of beer sits next to the plate, condensation dripping down the glass, ... Read more >
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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 | By opauli | Views [324] | Scholarship Entry
I whip out my bright pink digital camera to take yet another happy snap, this time of a gorgeous white baby llama, sprinkled in fine desert dust. It’s tied to a faded fold up office chair with only about 30cm leeway, clearly uncomfortable. I pity it ... Read more >
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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 | By jeffreyeide | Views [1153] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
At 24 I found myself in Diyathalawa, a small, quiet town in the central tea hills of Sri Lanka. Without plans, a gentle voice invited me for tea. In spite of my reflexive defenses, and a healthy amount of skepticism, I couldn’t refuse a cup of tea so ... Read more >
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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 | By wesamalgdban | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 | By aabsteiner | Views [332] | Scholarship Entry
The blue of the sky and lake deepened. I felt nervous, ashamed at our having intruded, but when my friend and I arrived they seemed happy to have us. The men that were having the barbeque were all police officers in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Like us, ... Read more >
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