Jun
11
Lullaby
Posted by: Natasha Chiang | June 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’ve been listening to this song by One Republic each night as I fall asleep: Lullaby. —- June 8 Homesickness hits unexpectedly, as I anticipated it. It feels like apathy, manifesting itself as indifference, carelessness, and even selfishness. Being as sentimental in nature as I am, it urges me to look through the photos of friends […]
Jun
11
Kindergarten
Posted by: Natasha Chiang | June 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
(June 1) It’s not fair that any of these children were born under these conditions. There are too many of them, and not enough resources, nor an efficient system, to serve them and/or train them into the best citizens that they can be for their country, their families, and themselves. The little boy with the […]
May
25
Poverty
Posted by: Natasha Chiang | May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Visiting families in their little hut houses always puts me in an awkward position. The Ugandans are extremely hospitable people, and so they always offer us with their best (and only) chairs. So we sit, perched on their nice chairs, while the elders and mothers of the household sit with their newborn babies, sometimes breast […]