Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a nice and stress-free Thanksgiving break if you celebrate that holiday. As I am an international student, I didn’t grow up with this holiday. So, this month was only the second time I ever celebrated it. I know that the origins of this holiday are complicated, but I do think that a holiday that…
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Fall Break in Dakar
Last week I had my Fall break. I know that Wellesley students had their own a few weeks ago. Fall break marks a little over the halfway point of my time in Dakar. I have a little over six weeks left here and I do not want to leave yet. I am going to take the next few weeks to…
Fall break & flight bookings
Fall break is already coming to a close. Tomorrow morning, once again, I will find myself wedged on a Greyhound bus bound for Boston, as we creep our way past the places I’ve never visited but now have memorized-New Rochelle, Bridgeport, New Haven, Westerly, Kingstown. I’m so relaxed right now, which is part of the reason this update is coming so…
Tradeoffs
Whew – back from Thanksgiving break! It was really nice to see not only my family, but also my dear friends from high school. Believe it or not, you may eventually miss the high school classmates who get on your nerves now. I’ll admit that I didn’t do much homework during the break though. In my high school, some teachers…
Break Plans
Welp, I’m on my last few classes before Thanksgiving break. I’m really blessed in that I’ll be going all the way home for the holiday. I’ve become really well-acquainted with airports in the past three semesters. Many of my friends are staying though. There are only a few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so staying certainly isn’t the end of…