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"Because it just looks wrong, duh!" isn't a valid reason in graduate school.
Before he climbed up into his top bunk, I said tentatively, “Konbanwa.” Good evening.
For the first 15 months, neither the subway lady voice nor the crowds bothered me.
One of my more poetic students remarked that I looked like an Amazon warrior.
My understandings of Indian femininity were initially judgmental.
This seemingly bizarre local custom involves stacking standing participants on top of one...
Are you really prepared, or have you just been watching Amelie on repeat?
It’s linguistically marvelous to be able to express a specific emotion so succinctly.
I began working at Kaze to Matsu every weekend. Sunday became known as Gaijin Day.
Inés taught me how to keep friend for 30 years; Aunty Ji taught me how to break the ice...
It was developed-country anonymity piled on an unforgiving language barrier.
“So. Why medicine?” my interviewer asked, as he sat in a chair across from me.
There were two men with dark bandanas, and two ragged rifles pointing at us.
You don’t need to watch 'Paris Je T’aime' to know that romance is kind of a big deal...
This somber stone house, unfinished barns, and aging apple orchard were to be mine alone.
Use of idioms is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and language.
Suffice it to say it took me an hour to pick up the giant box of cereal from my mother.
It doesn’t matter where in the city you found this taxi. It’s clear you’re a...
Watch Elf, give your neighbors bottles of eggnog, build a Hello Kitty gingerbread house.
Our slang reflects the rich history that has made Trinbago what it is today.
Living abroad as a dependent with the military feels like living abroad with training...