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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Hanoi’
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 [...]
November 26, 2006
beginning of the end.
It has been a little over four months since I first step foot in Vietnam. July 16th, 2006 felt like yesterday. I still remember meeting my mother’s distant relatives for the first time, eating extra amounts of food with them, and sipping on cafe den with Ong Loi. I still remember the bustling city of [...]
November 17, 2006
dawn of a new age, perhaps?
So recently, here in Hanoi, there has been an implementation of temporary new regulations. All nightlife must end by 11 PM, certain roads are blocked off, an extremely high number of men in murky green or pale beige uniforms dominate street corners, and the disappearance of street vendors are widespread. What makes [...]
