2019-09-11
Danielle Diaries: Fears at 3 am: “To be or Not to be that Is the question?” I want to be brutally honest with you guys when I tell you that it is currently 3:33 in the morning. I am currently in a netted bed with mosquitoes ready to devour my skin to the point where...
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2019-09-11
Danielle Diaries: “Childhood Nostalgia Meets Overlapping Dreams of a Barely Adulting Adult” Dear Diary, (Between August 25th– September 4th) It feels weird. The years of pinning to leave home has finally culminated to this moment.As a passenger on my continuing flight I can’t help but think about everything that has led me to this moment....
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Did you mean: How to fake Spanish 101 1. Simply use google translate for all conversations. 2. Speak English with a Spanish accent (works wonders). 3. If the above doesn't work, just use literally any other language (I've got my point across with Finnish words in the middle of a sentence). 4. Be an expert...
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One of my host mom’s favorite phrases to say to me is “poco a poco”. Slowly, mija. The first day we met, she told me the story of her family, how her children miss their father but every day it gets better. Poco a poco. Each morning, she reassures me that I will...
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I met my second family 17,038 km far away from Peru. I was born in Peru and I consider that diverse and colorful country as my home. But, the ‘little’ town of Changshu in China is also home to me. Thanks to the uwc movement, I had the opportunity to live and study in Changshu...
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2019-09-10
You know you are in Senegal when… when “bug spray, sunscreen, malaria pill” becomes the most important part of your morning routine when you drift off to sleep to the sound of goats just outside your window when any and every conversation begins with a friendly “asalaa maalekum” when the power goes out almost… routinely ...
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I have been waiting for a long time for the perfect moment to write my first Bridge year related blog but now that I think about it, what would be that perfect moment; my first day with my house family, Ganesh Chaturthi in India or maybe simply my first day at school being a disaster? But despite those...
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