The greatest luxury is time.

I got into Peace Corps!   I had an interview yesterday, and at the end of it, the recruiter nominated me for Latin America to do Agriculture Extension!!!!!!  I have never been so thrilled, terrified, and excited in my entire life.  I haven't been able to stop smiling ( Read more... )

It has just been an awful day, from a really hard midterm, plus two last week, one tomorrow, and 2 papers due thursday.  In addition, seeing the ex holding hands with some girl on campus.  Not the best sight to see on a weak stomach from stress and a bad diet for the past week.  Sigh, I just need to relax and focus for tomorrow, one day at a time ( Read more... )

200 pages of reading tonight....

A Protest by women of military recruitment on Shattuck....

The most intense Jazz Dance Class Ever..

Problem set on the effect of education on economic development....

4 hours of work....

4 hours of Class....

MUN nuclear proliferation debate.....

All in one day....I'm going to miss this

Sigh.... In a little under a month, I will be back in NC sipping ice tea and studying for the GRE.  The only problem is I do not want to leave.  My heart is so conflicted, and even though there are only 3 weeks left here, there are some tough decisions I have to make ( Read more... )

Today riding the bus to work, I stood up and walked to the front (in order to get off).  As I'm leaning against a pole, I see a pigeon in the middle of the road ahead.  I don't think anything of it, until we get closer, and closer, and it refuses to move.  The bus can't stop and we proceed to run over the bird.  I hear a tiny thump and the bus ( Read more... )

You know those really beautiful photos you see of Mexico where there is a brightly painted adobe house with an old woman siting in a chair staring off into the distance?  Yeah, not as great as it seems.  Mexico, along with India, and most Latin American Countries has a huge informal economy, which has millions and billions of dollars in waterlogged ( Read more... )

"In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game." - Anita Brookner

I love my job, I'm interning at the Secretary of Economic Development for Nuevo Leon in the Foreign Investment department.  I mostly deal with American, French, and Japanese investors, plan visits to monterrey, research factors for investment, write speeches, make powerpoint, write memos, and more research.  I love love love it ( Read more... )

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