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Ndak ndank moy japp gole ci nay

2012-10-10

It is all about the pace and patience. I am learning rather quickly how slow the pace of Senegalese culture is, and how important patience is. I can already hear my family at home laughing at the idea of me living in a world surrounded by patience. Always antsy and wondering what is next on the agenda, it has become...

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A Lesson In Culture

2012-10-04

Like America’s dedication and creed towards freedom, is Senegal’s declaration of Hospitality. Americans appriciate choice and individualism, and thus their citizens like to “mind their own business”. Senegal’s Hospitality is the opposite. So proud are they to host their country, village, neighborhood, and houses, that they will indeed host you— throwing huge pellets of smiles...

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Safari: The Way of Life.

2012-10-02

So much has changed in my life since I left the United States. I finished with Fall Training on August 29th and boarded the plane for New York that evening. We spent the next day using a 17 hour layover to visit Little Dakar in New York and taste the official dish of Senegal –...

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Project Save The Kittens

2012-10-01

Goodbye. I have said it time and time again over the past six weeks and each time it hasn’t gotten any easier. How do you say goodbye to your family and friends? How do you say goodbye to the wonderful people you met in California? How do you say goodbye to the host family that...

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Tey Foot ~ “Laundry Day”

2012-09-28

Thursday is laundry day here in Dakar. I have worn three pairs of pants and four shirts in the last seven days. Laundry day only comes once a week so you can trace everything that has happened to me in the past week through the stains on my clothing. There are coca cola spills from...

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Would you rather?

2012-09-28

Let’s play the game “would you rather:”   Would you rather…   Would you rather travel to another continent or would you rather drive 6 hours north to a university? Would you rather sit in a small class room that felt more like a family or would you rather sit in a university’s lecture halls?...

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In-Country Orientation Video

2012-09-26

Here is a look at what I have been doing in Dakar, Senegal for the past 3 weeks.  I have encountered unimaginable things and seen some of the most incredible sunsets with wonderful people by my side. Senegal: In Country Orientation This is my first video I have ever made and this is the first...

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A Night in Dakar

2012-09-25

I hate to admit it, but after two weeks in Senegal, I needed a little escape. I know, I know, I should be immersing myself in the culture, and I have been. I just needed some breathing room, a concept that is very low on the Senegalese priority list. I decided to kill two birds...

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Misconceptions

2012-09-24

I believe that there are many worlds in this universe. Each person’s experiences and perspective create a personal world that only they can fully understand. Today there are over 7 billion of these personal worlds. And of course, there is the world in full, the world as it really is. The full world will never...

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The Future Can Wait

2012-09-21

I need to stop looking forward. Since that anxiety filled December day when I stood in the Cub Foods parking lot, listening to a voice on the other end of the phone telling me I was accepted into Global Citizen Year, all I have been doing is “looking forward.” Looking forward to finding my country placement, looking forward to...

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Senegalese Enough

2012-09-21

After a week in the bustling yet somehow insanely sandy (seriously, where does it all come from?!) city of Dakar, I transferred homestays. I left a large, loud Wolof family where I was surrounded by constant, indecipherable movement to be transferred into a quiet, Christian, and very Western home. It felt refreshing to be in a place so calm...

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Connecting With It

2012-09-18

I promised you guys a blog entry. I was hoping I could get it in earlier, but it’s been non-stop over here. So here it goes :] I am currently in Dakar, Senegal; Africa. It is as close to the west as I can get, while still being in Africa, but it is far from being Western. I...

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