Radio on TV!
November 23, 2009
Two weekends ago, the Cameroon’s national football (soccer) team was playing the final qualifying match against Morocco for the World Cup. The number one national sport in this country is drinking beer, and the second is watching football, while drinking beer. Naturally, this was a big deal. I headed to Dschang to hand out with Clotilde, a French girl I…
Read MoreLife Lessons from Audrey
November 19, 2009
A few weeks ago, I watched two of my favorite movies starring Audrey Hepburn – Funny Face and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I had two thoughts after watching these movies. 1.) They sure don’t make movies like that anymore. 2.) I still believe in great romance, and despite of my will to help others, I still pine for a life with…
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a small step forward
November 16, 2009
This past Friday night, I had yet another typical night-in au village. Not sure where the inspiration came from, but on this evening, I decided to finally take the small step forward and to explore becoming a translator. After all, the title of this blog is Asian Polyglot, which implies that I know many languages, so it should make sense…
Read MoreSocial Media Guilt
November 11, 2009
In an ideal world, I am a girl who is a complete book worm who indulges in book after book across many genres and languages. In that world, I would write my thoughts in my notebook and have very intelligent conversations when I am out and about. In that world, I would spend my time absorbing every bit of knowledge…
Read MoreVillage Justice
November 10, 2009
Back in March, I eluded to the justice system in village, and the amusing ways that news get around. Last week, I was once again reminded just how things operate here, and how different it is from the justice system that we are so used to in the modern world. Last Monday, on my way to Market Day, my moto…
Read MoreSpecial Thank You
November 10, 2009
After months of incessant money begging via all the desperate measures that I could come up with using my only tool – the Internet, I somehow managed to raised $11,500, with the help of Kate, Siobhan and Laura. This is a special post to thank all of you that have helped me in one way or another throughout this process.…
Read MorePast. Present. Future.
November 10, 2009
Yesterday, I sent off my graduate school applications to my European schools of choice. Today, I feel free for the first time in a while to think about updating this neglected blog. Even though I still have three more applications to sent for American schools, having done those three felt like a major step forward – this is really happening,…
Read MoreGRE in Cameroon
November 2, 2009
October came and went, and as I indicated in the previous posts, I’ve spent most of the month cramming esoteric vocabulary words into that tiny brain of mine, and also remembering how to do 7th grade math. This GRE is a re-take for me. Last time I took this painful exam was in the U.S., at Saint Louis University in…
Read MoreGlobetrotting Gen Y
October 18, 2009
For years now, since Freshman year of college, I have been traveling. I haven’t spent a full year anywhere except for right now, where I’m in Cameroon, West Africa. My time in university was broken up between a summer in France, a semester in London, and another summer back in London. I thrive on the change and the unknown that…
Read MoreBlog Action Day: Cold in Africa
October 15, 2009
I really didn’t plan on writing a blog post for this year’s Blog Action Day because I honestly don’t have all that much to say about climate change. But I think the weather this week wanted me to. We are now heading toward the end of October, and normally here in Cameroon, that means the beginning of dry season –…
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