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EarthCorps, Elections, and the Plight of Being on a Budget
It is happening again. I’m starting to post less and less and this is only my third post! I keep planning on making a post over the weekend and then I find excuses to not do it. Hopefully, I get back...
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The Final Weeks
Wake up. Bus to campus. Homework. Class. Homework. Hang out with Kaness. “We should get lunch!” “I miss you!” “Are you going to (insert one of the many numerous events here)?” Global Gala. Finally...
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Preparation
In just three and a half hours I will depart my house and head to the airport. In seven hours and ten minutes my plane will take off. Twenty and a half hours from that I will land in Viet Nam. Am I...
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First Impressions
After a brutal twenty hour trip in cramped conditions, 1940s Taiwanese victory music blaring, a long layover in Taiwan, and the inability to sleep I finally made it to Vietnam. I said I didn’t have...
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Tourist or Traveler?
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes ‘sight-seeing.’ -Daniel J....
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Spirited Hanoi
As of this moment, I am in Hue and I am now actually doing classes. Although it has been only a couple days, this place feels way too touristy for my tastes. The fancy hotel with a pool on the top...
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Rules of the Road
Hello everyone! So awhile ago I said I would post more… nope. Sorry about that. Between the fact wifi is terrible in Viet Nam and I’m out and about all the time, it’s hard keeping up with this. There’s...
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Resurrected with Fresh Eyes
Hello again! So… I messed up. I said I would blog in Viet Nam and tell you about all the cool things I did and I broke my promise. On the bright side, I definitely enjoyed my time and it will be some...
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How to Wear a Hijab 101
The past few weeks as I have been juggling FIUTS volunteering, meeting with friends, doing homework, and going to Malaysian events including Hari Raya Haji (more widely known as Eid al-Adha), I...
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Malam Rakyat 2013
This will be the final post I will make today, I promise! Of course, this is going to be about food. One of the things I miss so much about Asia is eating at night markets. Yes, those stalls lined up...
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Language Barriers
Around seven at night, he drove me to a little tea restaurant on his motorbike. He ordered something in Vietnamese for us and while we were waiting they gave us a bowl full of seeds. “Watch,” he’d tell...
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Holiday Season in the Pacific Northwest
For most of my life, Thanksgiving has been one of those holidays I secretly count down the time till it goes away and Christmas season appears. In preschool, we were forced to dress up as pilgrims and...
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Two Concerts, Two Cultures
Hello! Thanks to finals week and winter break, I haven’t done too much especially. After that twenty page research paper in archaeology, all motivation to even move around in my house has dwindled...
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Here’s to a New Year
So this is ten days late, but technically it’s still January so it should still be acceptable and expected. That Resolution Post. I figured I may as well make my own and put them on here so I can go...
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Chinese New Year Poem
Tomorrow, I have a Chinese New Year event with the Malaysian Student Association. One of the events for the day is a poetry competition. The only rule is it has to have a Chinese New Year theme. I...
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A Simple Conversation
(Posted Late) The past few days in preparation for Chinese New Year, I’ve been receiving messages from some of my dear friends in Viet Nam. I’d like to focus on one person in particular because it gave...
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The Path of an Academic
Hello again! It’s been quite a while since I have last posted on here. I’m not really the greatest at keeping up with blogs, but I decided to try to bring this dying creature back to life once again...
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Freedom, Whatever That Means
You know what’s a commuter’s worst nightmare? Losing their bus pass and having to frantically shut down the card before some guy decides to go joy riding around the state with their money. You know...
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The Muslim Chams
On 14 November 2015, the University of Washington’s Muslim Student Association hosted MSA Fest, a celebration of the diversity of the Muslim community on campus. The night began with a tour of the...
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How to Wear a Hijab 101
The past few weeks as I have been juggling FIUTS volunteering, meeting with friends, doing homework, and going to Malaysian events including Hari Raya Haji (more widely known as Eid al-Adha), I...
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