Amongst the inside jokes my friends and I are continually forming during our time abroad here: “It feels like I’m walking on…rocks.” “That’s because…we are?” “I’m totally not as sloppy as her!” “I feel like Angelina on MVP night.” “It’s the bread before the bread.” “Hey guys, so what’s your 5-year plan?” “But why is [...]

I normally don’t write much about political issues going on in the news because, well, sometimes I just have too much to say and it’s hard to put down in words. But I have several I would like to say now. During my last few weeks in Illinois, I ventured to downtown Chicago with a [...]

Why does everyone in this country think I am either of the following: Under 18 years of age (16, to be more specific) Chinese Native Costa Rican, or even just Latina Not a real American Forreals.

There’s a rumbling outside and I’ve been debating for the past few minutes on whether it is a looming thunderstorm or just a volcano making some ruckus. Loving how things like that are even options here. At any rate, my epic adventure in Panama has now passed with a blur. It literally was just 5 [...]

So I’m due to leave my house in about 10 minutes before my pre-adventure to the Panama adventure. Our transport is set to leave at 3 in the morning (ugh!) so several of us have decided to just get together, drink and party it up until around 2:45, then head over to school to board [...]