2019-03-11
[image: IMG_1616.jpeg] *Image 1. Laguna (Learning Seminar 2)* Hello people. I went MIA there for a bit, didn’t I? It’s March and I can confidently say that I have finally mapped out my daily routine here. You are right, it is about time isn’t it? I mean I have been here 7 months, but 7...
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2019-03-10
Throughout my life, death has always been taboo. I think much of this feeling comes from being raised in the Western world, where we as a society often hide the fact of dying. We don’t really talk about death, we do everything we can to slow the inevitable process down, and once it does happen,...
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2019-03-10
Hey there! Long time no see 🙂 About 6 months ago, I left Seattle knowing little of the journey ahead of me. Sitting here now, with those 6 months having brought truly countless new memories and experiences, I finally feel like I have a grasp of the lessons and takeaways I’ll be leaving India with....
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1. Are you married? (even if you look 15 years old) 2. Do you wanna be my 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th wife? (Senegalese men are legally allowed to have 4 wives) 3. I love you so much (it’s your first time meeting them) 4. Can you cook Ceebujen? (Ceebujen is a senegalese dish of...
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Greetings are different in every culture and here in Senegal specifically greetings are different in different part of the countries. Where I am currently located, it is mostly inhabited by Wolof people which is also the biggest ethnic group in Senegal. Greetings starts from Salam Walekum and Nanga def which means basically hello and how...
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I’ve been away from my permanent home for 7 months now. In that timespan I’ve lost too many things. Here’s my final goodbye to them all. The chain from a necklace that my first committed partner gifted me, that was accompanied by a one-of-kind topaz pendant that my mother and I picked out by the...
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living...
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