Archives: Fellow Updates
French Adventures
Ananda Day
2009-10-16
Oh la la,where in the world is my mind? Last week the we had our first french lesson here, and Hilary and I are with Madame Dianaba (Jana-baa). Before the lesson we had to take an exam to find out which class we would end up in and the exam consisted of a speaking conversation with...
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Ananda Day
2009-10-16
It rips through the silence, and all that is left, is all that I hide.-Beirut Looking at the majority of my days, there are usually some things that go wrong, but every day seems to turn out at least a little bit great. Its funny though how sometimes, even when so many things go right,...
Read MoreSaturday Evening
Gaya Morris
2009-10-15
Saturday evening might have been my lowest low and I say that with some ambivalence in conscience of the fact that I still have six months to go and the fact that it is always too easy to oversimplify things in retrospect, soften past pains to heal lingering ones. On Saturday evening Rachel and I...
Read MoreChuchos
Michael Wilson
2009-10-15
I had a pretty exciting encounter with a chucho today. A chucho is a wild dog. So as I was panicking that I couldn’t find my phone, I walked down the street to Zuleika’s house (one of the other fellows who happens to be staying with my host mother’s sister, or something like that). I...
Read MoreAy! Mi Zapato! Lo Siento!!!
Laura Keaton
2009-10-14
Today was the first day I played soccer in Guatemala. It was an impromptu game after we visited our town’s public school this afternoon, and I was wearing tight jeans and ballet flats that flop off when I’m simply walking, so I felt quite disadvantaged…but excited none the less. It was Luis, Miguel (or Michael,...
Read Moresome days, they last longer than others
Victoria Tran-Trinh
2009-10-14
Semi-lengthy update! This is a picture of my host cousins playing the kora for me. They played a mixture of traditional and love songs. Haha. I got offered many things, from new Senegalese husbands to drags off communal cigarettes. (All of which I refused, politely, of course.) Home life: My host family is great and...
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