DISCLAIMER: this post may be a little boring for some readers. Not much blog-worthy adventuring has happened since my last post, so this post will be dedicated to detailing what I have been up to at the office. If this sounds interesting, allez-y. Otherwise, go check out Cait’s newest blog post – it’s really fun! A I mentioned in the last post, the culminating project … Continue reading Notes From The Office: 2 Months Down
It is hard for me to believe that I have been here in Geneva for the past two weeks now. I had almost lost hope of getting an internship during the summer since I wanted to be back for the fall semester and the visa process is generally long and tedious. That meant I might have to do my internship either in the fall semester … Continue reading Salutations de Genève
Today marks the beginning of my second week of the IEDP internship, and while most of my classmates have endured long flights to new locales, I’ve elected to do an internship from the most ordinary place ever… my home. Luckily, my home is in New York City which is more exciting than a lot of other places. Working from home isn’t for everyone, but before … Continue reading Adventures in Interning from Home
According to wikipedia, people from Hamburg are called a Hamburgers, and for this post, I’ve decided to agree with wikipedia. So, I can say that I am slowly becoming a Hamburger. (Bad dad joke, I know, but bear with me)… In the last few weeks, Hamburg has started to feel like home! I finally know my way around the city (although, I have to admit … Continue reading Becoming a Hamburger?
صباح الخير [sabah alkhyr], or good morning from Amman, Jordan! Sadly, after a week that’s still about the extent of my knowledge of Arabic…and it’s not even morning right now. And full disclosure: I had to google the correct romanization after learning it phonetically from my Uber driver (more on that later). I originally had it typed in my phone as “saba alhair”– you can go … Continue reading Jordan or Japan?
In my first couple of weeks in Paris, I had a range of experiences; good and bad, and I could not make up my mind about how I felt towards the city. It took me a few days to get my rusty French language skills going again, which has helped make my stay a lot more pleasant. Speaking French, or at least trying to speak … Continue reading Ici c’est Paris
Namaste and greetings from New Delhi! It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve already been here for almost two weeks when just a month ago it seemed like I would have to make alternative plans for my internship. After multiple phone calls, several exasperated emails, anda fruitless trip to the Indian Consulate in New York City over the course of two months, I had … Continue reading Coffee or Chai?
Five weeks have come and gone since I arrived in Lilongwe – a stretch of time that has seen relatively few difficult days. Even my first week living at the ‘All Creatures’ kennel proved more interesting than it did anything else. Lilongwe is warm and pleasant, a temperament reflected in the welcoming nature of its roughly 1.3 million inhabitants. I need to give a shout … Continue reading Update from Lilongwe: Tax Reform and Girls’ Education
1 year older 2 field visits 3 supervisors 4 rounds of revision 5 concurrent projects 36 pages of report 57 photos 280 kilometers of traveling and countless learning moments ————————————————————————————————————————————- If I were to summarize my first month in India with numbers, these are definitely the highlights that come to mind. The past few weeks have been filled with surprises (good ones), challenges, lots of … Continue reading One Year Older, One Year Wiser
Um okay, where has the time gone?! Six weeks in – officially half way through my stay in Beirut and I feel like I just got here (which is why this post is so late, didn’t I just write my first blog last week?). Yet, I also feel like I leave tomorrow and have zero time to do everything I still want to do. I … Continue reading Learning with World Learning
The International Educational Development Program 