http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Xandre/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Xandre en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:14:03 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:14:03 BST Another older assignment Cultural Incident 2My skin has been feeling particularly brown lately. The last time I felt this brown it was during Welcome Week at my first frat party at USC. But of course the context is different now. Instead of being the only brown girl in a packed sweaty room of drunk white college kids myself included in the drunken stupor now I am one of the few minor http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Managua/blog-272303.html Here's a throwback assignment from earlier this semester Cultural Incident 1I always ask my abuela how shersquos doing everyday. But I'll never forget the first time I asked her the standard ldquoCmo estrdquo It was some time during my first week in Managua when she responded with a soft sigh that literally translated into ldquo102 years of living is how I feel.rdquoIt was a rep http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Managua/blog-272300.html Ok all...so here it goes. Ive been in Managua for about 5 days and just thinking about all of the things that I need to get down in writing makes me want to explode and for those who know me well yes its almost like an orgasmic explosion of shock and excitement. At any rate the trip to Managua went really well. I was able to meet all of the other 19 American students at the airport and http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Managua/blog-243283.html