Pat Mahoney Torguson resided with her family in Tainan from 1958 to 1960. Only in grade school at the time, her observations of Tainan Air Base and the city of Tainan are unique. Read her comments, as seen from a school girls eyes HERE. If you have more to say about your tour in Taiwan, please email us. There is certainly much more to be recounted, why not share your remembrances....

Dylan Hitchcock- Lopez (USA, AC 08-10) The first thing any Chilean will tell you upon arriving in their country is to watch out for Chileans. According to Chileans, Chileans are very dangerous. They will- they say -rob you blind and leave you to die in the gutter without a moments hesitation. Indeed, It might have even been

... particularly personal ones, such as emotions - how one was feeling at the time, for example, or what one was thinking - can be terribly subjective. And, as a result, inaccurate. Our memories are colored by the passage of time, by changes in our outlook and perspective, by what's important to us now, by how our definitions have been altered by our experiences, by how we feel or what' ...

As the school year of 2009 draws to a close, I suppose it's time to reflect on it. An integral part of being in year 5 is of course, hostel. I cannot reflect on this year without talking extensively about hostel, yet of course, I also cannot reflect on hostel life without talking about this year entirely. Hostel is more than a place to live, it is more than just an experience, because it ...

Last weekend Ridwan and I attended a seminar about the Crusades organized by Islamic Legacy. It was a whole-day event, but we had to leave after lunch, so are now going through the second half of the story using a really awesome CD made available on the day. Now I'm thinking we should have gotten 2 copies of the CD, one to give to Shakeel. My brother's into these things. He willingly ...

As far as I can remember, we learnt one day that we (humans) are somewhat related to monkeys, mosquitos, and rice. Oh, spinach too.   I also remember laughing about how "MonHum" (very loosely, the term for the Human-Monkey relation; or Monkey-Human relation) sounded so Cantonese. Ngor hai mon hum. Cheers.