Hello, my name is Valerie Chou and I am a candidate for the YAC. I would like to be a part of this committee because I enjoy working with others and learning at the same time. The qualities that would make me suitable for this position are: responsibility, dedication, honesty, and enthusiasm.

Saturday, August 29
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Center
City Place Mall, 4th floor
8661 Colesville Road, D173
Silver Spring MD 20910

More information call Hawa, 301-588-1399

Come out and celebrate a brand new year with us! Have fun with friends, grab a bite to eat and sign up for new video, graphics, and photography teams!

The time spent in El Salvador was a experience i feel we will never forget. In my case the friends we made were all the difference in my experience. i feel that if it werent for them our time there would of been a complete different story. now back in the sates, i always think how cool it is to have friends so far away.

Ancient chapel— dark once more— you weep in silence.
A sigh, like the sound of rustling bats, betrays your bittersweet heart.

We are gone.
No more, the careless laughter of our youth.
No more, the babel of our variant tongues.
No more, the beauty of our faces— innocent, full of light, the colors of the continents.

Long suffering mother of us all...

Reflexion al terminar

En ocho lunas comprendi
Lo que mis libros no contaban de tu cultura.
En ocho soles vi
Que no nos hacen diferentes ni tu color de ojos
Ni mi piel, ni mi estatura.

Eramos tres tribus distintas al llegar.
Bastaron solo pocos ocasos para ser una sola.
Ahora caminare pensando en tu futuro.
Muy seguro estoy que te acordaras de tan siquiera mi nombre.

in case folks didn't catch it in Bronte's expose...there's been a few trips to the doc the last few days and 4 have been down for the count...including me. We weren't able to make the trip to San Salvador yesterday and watched morosely as everybody else galloped out the front gates on a new adventure.

As we contemplated our sick day staring at the hanging plants in front of the kitchen, Berty (a staff here at CAP and the husband of on of the participants) came by and asked why we were inside. We said we were lepers and had to recuperate before the rest came back. He said, let's go see some ancient ruins. and we did. Las ruinas de Cihuatan.

So this was meant to go up yesterday, but due to some pretty terrible (nee lame) technical difficulties, I can finally bring you this posting. It's been a great time so far, and with yesterday, we went all over the place. I don't want to dwell on it too long but it included getting another interview done well, trying out some amazing food (The horchata was amazing), getting some new clothes for myself and checking out an amazing lookout point called "The Devil's Gate"

hello.
umm soo ... yeahh i ate weird fruit today . well not really ate it, you have to suck on it .. its taste different.. but its fun to eat :).
i remember getting off the plain and it being so hot, i didnt think i would enjoy this trip cus of the heat . but then i found out we have to take cold showers, cus there is no hot water. ohh and ive been sleeping with geikos...
but really i love it hear. its sooo pretty. and the people ive met are so cool.
i feel like ive discovered a new world... its so different then wear i live.
ohh and i feel prettier here. lol.
moi is building stuff with cards.. lol
and it just fell ..
and micheal said we could go to bed .. i might rest .. but i have to take medacine latter so it will only be a rest .. then ill work on editing.

It still boggles my mind that from this high up I can see an entire city, all the lights together as one entity. I can feel the energy emitting form it… Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of souls, each living their own chaotic lives, coming together and forming this beautiful sight that can only be seen from 38,000 miles above their own little worlds. I wish nothing but prosperity and love for all of them, and when my feet touch the soil, I become just another light in to be seen form the sky. My own world is part of something much larger.
- 8/1/09