2018-09-15
I am on a cultural exchange program which is called Global Citizen Year (GCY), but to be blunt, I am taking a gap year here in Senegal. There are two parts to this question that deserves two separate posts. The first post is about the program agenda which perhaps will resolve your curiosity regarding the...
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WELCOME TO MY 1st GLOBAL CITIZEN YEAR BLOG! This blog is separated in three parts of MY STRUGGLING PAST, MY BRIGHT PRESENT, AND MY UNCERTAIN FUTURE story. Here we go…. (if you find any English mistakes, please let me know if your comments. I have no Excellent English, by the way). MY STRUGGLING PAST, I...
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The water is pouring down from the sky as if there’s no tomorrow. The buses here are confusing. With broken portuguese I try to find my way home to “Ingleses” at the North of the Island. The sun is setting very early and shortly after six the whole world is dark. If it weren’t for...
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The fact that I am in another country just truly hit me. My host family is hosting a church gathering at my home and playing Christian rock so loud the house is shaking. If you know anything about the way I was raised this is definitely a new experience for me. It has finally been...
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2018-09-14
Oi! I’ve now been with my host family for one week. It’s been beautiful. My Portuguese vocabulary has expanded exponentially and I’m excited to share the three best words that l learned this week: 1. sinuca – pool (the game not the body of water) 2. botas de chuva – gum boots 3. mamâo –...
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2018-09-14
Yesterday I watched three guinea pigs go from squirming little fellas in a box to a delicacy on my plate. Did I think this would be how my Thursday night would be going? Of course not. But turns out “cuy”, as the dish is referred to in Ecuador, is pretty delicious! Pro tip however: Don’t...
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2018-09-14
A fun thing about the English language is that, for some reason, it sells like hotcakes in many parts of the world where English is seldom even spoken or understood. One of these locations is Florianópolis, Brazil apparently. And since the English language is rarely understood, the intricacies of its grammar, which us Americans tend...
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