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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By cucamonga | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry
Tom’s tuk-tuk pulled into what seemed like a large tin hut in the middle of the jungle. It was all only 1 room full of small plastic tables and chairs assembled in a manner resembling a restaurant. Only one other table had people, locals in their mid ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By compulsivewanderer | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
Red. Orange. Brown-red. Pale-red. I stand over the glass case looking into what can best be described as a desolate aquarium. Though devoid of the charms of a regular aquarium- no colored pebbles or swirling artificial bubbles - the life within is unusually ... Read more >
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Sat, 21 Apr 2012 | By riceandbeans | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry
We left our compound in Makeni Sierra Leone and headed down the dusty unpaved road towards breakfast. Along the way children danced and called out opporto –Krio for white man- in a rhythmic sing song way. Our 7 minute walk to the 5 block lady, as we called ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By jdalme | Views [259] | Scholarship Entry
Inside the white, Greek styled monument that is the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, I reach out and touch one of the names chiseled into the stone, just one of 11,447 British soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the First World War. Sorrow, ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By wanderabout | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry
Five years ago has been my first time to visiting Singapore. It is a twinning program between my high school and one of the prestigious junior college in Singapore. During the program, I have to stay with Singaporean (that's how they called themselves).... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By krungthep | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
Perched on the edge of the kerb, I hugged my knees to my chest as I stared out at the fat raindrops hitting the pavement. The smell of rain weighed heavily in the air, mixed in with wafts of heady steam coming from the pot of boiling noodle soup sold ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By ikikikikaa | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
It was my first time Saturday morning in Bantul, Yogyakarta. I opened the door and felt like the dew splashed my face. The scenery in front of me looked beautiful which was a green carpet of rice field. That was why I didn’t want to miss a morning gift ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By fiki | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
Neither of us are bothered by giggles emanating from the dunes. Cocooned in the moment, Anisia’s thumb has found her mouth. I look down at this little package with her spiral jets of hair and nut brown skin. Her yellow top now a faded lemon is ripped ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By crossroads | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
I am going to talk about the 3 trips that changed my life. The first trip happened when I was 18 and had just finished high school. I was about to begin college or my 'new life' as I used to believe, to become that 'new person' (I didn't become that ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By clementine | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
I was told that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. Couples everywhere, small tables for two all over the streets, plenty of artists trying to create a portrait and trap that moment for eternity; La Tour Eiffel sparkling on the background while ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By hellogoodbyesha | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
I'm getting ready to head to the slopes of Mount Merapi in Sleman and Boyolali , to plant trees around the area. Experience that I can never forget in my life. I saw a lot ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By tiririri | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
Bisera, my Macedonian host, says a must when in Prilep is afternoon Turkish coffee in the Old Bazaar. Svelte waiters pirouette their way through the maze of red plastic tables serving short men with pipes, women palavering and resonant children, ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By lisovka | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
Pasta, pizza, ravioli, lasagna… mmm… I was on my way to Italy. I thought I felt its taste even in the airport! When you hear “Italy” the first you imagine the melting cheese stretching from your slice.. it’s hot and incredibly tasty! But I was really ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By sheng | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
Puerto Princesa’s Gems It was late in the afternoon when we arrived at Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Along with my friends we visited the Museum first to bask the island’s history and know more about their culture and people. On our second day, we went ... Read more >
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By k_yorke | Views [477] | Scholarship Entry
Meandering along the roadside in regional Rajasthan, I was engulfed in an intoxicating haze of incense as I walk past stall fronts. The blisteringly dry sun is a painfully hot reminder that I am in fact, in India. There is little respite from the heat;... Read more >
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