archives: Learning Experiences

I have eyes (and taste buds) for only one thing on the menu: the fried tofu with tamarind, chile and basil.   More »

A few friends and I were sitting around a table watching the festivities while drinking copious amounts of chicha and pisco (two traditional Chilean a  More »

More than the physical pressures and the unique skills I had mastered, those long hours spent in the middle of nowhere stuck in my mind.   More »

It was our first university banquet. I was new to everything in China and I took in the scene with an air of intrigued bewilderment that didn’t lea  More »