Photos by Huiting Lian (Maryland Institute College of Art), Student Correspondent for AICAD in Japan, Spring 2023 Winter is the season for hotpot! My housemate, Tomoko, works part-time at a hotpot restaurant. She invited us to the restaurant for a warm hotpot dinner. After I started my semester in Osaka, I go to live houses once every two weeks. […]
The Bells of Resistance – Occupation Mauá
Written by Angel Akinleye (Howard University), Student Correspondent for CET Brazil, Spring 2023 You can hear a faint ring in the distanceVoices rise… hands clasp… pupils raise to the skyAn echo of determinationA will that will not be deniedChange that will be madeRoots of hope branches of lifeEach hand plants the soil a tree of beautiful soulsTheir home […]
Underground Stamp Collecting
Written by Bayani Pascual (Bowdoin College), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 To foreigners, at least, Taipei’s metro is famous. Known locally as the MRT or jiéyùn, it comprises a rainbow of different lines and more than 130 stops as it snakes its way through the city. In contrast to much of the public transport in the US […]
Photo Essay: CET Taiwan
Written by Tashi Sherpa (Middlebury College), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 Here are some photos that capture my first 3 weeks in Taiwan! My first night in Taiwan, my local roommate took my housemates and I around to grab noodles from a food stand near our apartment. Then we also got an order of stinky tofu […]
Friends, Food, and Fun!
Written by Quila Gustave (Allegheny College), Student Correspondent for CET Taiwan, Spring 2023 Posing in 118 Street while admiring the scenery Coming to Taiwan can be an exciting and nerve-wracking feeling. CET helps with orientation, where you learn about the program and make friends! For me, on the day of arrival, I went to the CET office […]
Photo Essay: CET Florence
Photos taken by Madeline Warren (University of Wisconsin- Madison), Student Correspondent for CET Florence, Spring 2023 This is a little fruit and vegetable stand I walk past nearly every day. It’s one of my favorite spots to pick up produce! Everything is always so fresh, and the owner is very friendly. Primavera (Spring) is one of my favorite […]