Entries from December 2006

December 27, 2006

just a memory.

As I sit here at incheon Airport, my experience in Vietnam now only exists as a memory. No longer will I be able to sit on my Silver Honda Wave motorbike and ride through the streets of Hanoi at night with a pack of my friends on their Honda Waves. No longer will [...]

December 16, 2006

conclusion.

This past week, finals consumed most of my time. Now it is Saturday and EAP/CIEE just had their award/goodbye luncheon with all the people involved with our study abroad programs. It really hit me today at the lunch that this entire experience is officially over. It somewhat tore me up inside and [...]

December 10, 2006

cornered.

New Century, a nightclub here in Hanoi is known to be populated by what Vietnamese people refer to as Ca Ve, or prostitutes.  Today, CIEE as an entirety took a trip to New Century in hopes of paying prostitutes for their time to talk about their line of work and the impacts of society in [...]