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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By kelleyfoyt | Views [1638] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I strained my ears to hear, but I wasn't convinced I wanted to listen. The air was quiet, so I watched. There was a lump in my stomach and I hadn't worked out how I felt. My gaze was fixed ahead of me where a dozen or so people surrounded a horizontal ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By olivesophierose | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
“Why are we doing this, it’s FREEZING!”, I whinged at Sam’s back. She kept walking, ignoring me. She was right. We were two solitary figures standing at the edge of Karakul, the highest lake on the Pamir Plateau. Ash-grey glaciers, sheer slate and snow-... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lynnette_woo | Views [251] | Scholarship Entry
Clouds swept across the darkened sky in a silent, ominous dance, and the moon crept out from behind their shadowy bodies to cast its gentler light onto the courtyard. My teammate Diana had mentioned earlier that a full moon was coming, bringing something ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By liviayap | Views [259] | Scholarship Entry
I had never seen so many flies. They seemed to descend by the dozens, speeding to cover every spare surface. No one placed anything on the table- glass, plate, bowl, chopsticks, they had to be in constant motion, or fall prey to the unrelenting black ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By changsha | Views [244] | Scholarship Entry
I longed to visit Yunnan province. Nestled in my cave at BLCU, I read about the region. Lost Horizon, by James Hilton captivated me from start to finish. ‘Shangri-La’ was heaven on earth –where one would find inner peace, love and purpose. My tickets ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By oldoutsider | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry
The Muslim Quarter of Xi’an lights up like Christmas at night, and it was with Christmas in mind that I finally found my way into the canopied bazaar, looking for gifts to send my family. It was November, and I’d just travelled from Fujian in Southern ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By julietheroberts | Views [325] | Scholarship Entry
Night is falling and I need to catch a cab. In the humming metropolis of Taishan, China, there are no sunsets; the sky fades lazily from light to dark gray. I miss seeing the sky on fire. I walk up to the smallest of the seven loitering taxi drivers.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By aimei | Views [378] | Scholarship Entry
November 2012 was not the usual “ber” months when cold mornings will make me stay on my bed until I feel my stomach craves for food. It’s a hot and humid month in the Philippines. I cannot feel the excitement of the December vacation which is fast approaching.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By melissagb | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
My fingers were clumsy,unsure,as they did their best to maneuver the slim,wooden chopsticks I usually had no problem with.They had pierced the thin,soft,white skin of the dimsum,and warm liquid had gushed out,instead of the tender meat I was expecting ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By jing | Views [378] | Scholarship Entry
‘Where can I find the Shanghai-style onion pancake made just like it was before?’ That has been a question I asked my relatives every time I visited Shanghai, my place of birth. As a teenager in Shanghai, I used to get my breakfast from a shop in my neighbourhood ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By nomilkinmytea | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
China 1) You will love it here. You will hate being here for the first 3 months, but you will grow to love it. You will start to pick up every single mannerism that once annoyed you. Clap for yourself. The transformation is almost complete. 2) After ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By sarichayyi | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
I cannot imagine how I could finally end up having a very good relationship with some Chinese friends. It began when I decided to ask them to go travel to the beach along with some Indonesian friends. We were classmates in an “English for Business” class, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By zzhiming | Views [402] | Scholarship Entry
“Every woman is fragile, but every mother is strong.” When I first saw this sentence in a Chinese magazine called Readers, I could not understand it. As time goes on, I realized that it is a more philosophical saying. A mother has to be strong both physically ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By mejlina | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry
Hohhot is the provincial capital of Inner Mongolia, a region in northern China about a 12-hour train ride from Beijing. The town lies on the Mongolian steppes, but you couldn’t tell if you lived in it. Lush grassland had been replaced by grey two-story ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By hellyp | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
It is the eight large cabbages lined up against the wall outside, which grab my attention first. ‘To last us the winter,’ Yuan Yuan said, smiling proudly. But there is so much more to take in. Here, in the tiniest of courtyards, three faded red front ... Read more >
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