by Lydia Hsu | Jun 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
I watched Hotel Rwanda for the first time today, after months of prodding from my parents and friends. Although I haven’t quite decided how I feel about the film, there was one particular scene that caught my attention. *Excerpt taken from Hotel Rwanda (2004):...
by Lydia Hsu | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
MURAHO! (Hello! in Kinyarwanda) I’m still in Evanston, but I finally figured out my living accommodations for the next two months! For 400 USD a month, I get a room in a house where “everything is included (gardens, a housemaid that comes 3 times...
by Lydia Hsu | Jun 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
I dropped by Borders today and discovered a clearance section with $1 classics. The cashier was very amused as I made trips back and forth with armfuls of books to price check. Every time he scanned a book and it showed up as $1, I’d jump up and down and say...
by Lydia Hsu | Jun 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Many people have asked me, “Why are you teaching English in Rwanda? What makes you think that the Rwandan people need to know English? What qualifications and what right do you have to take what you have learned here to teach students there?” My response to these...
by Lydia Hsu | Jun 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
As celebrations and farewell parties mark the end of my third year at Northwestern, travel vaccines and hours spent browsing www.kigalilife.com (Kigali’s form of www.craigslist.com) mark the beginning of an exciting upcoming three months that promise to be drastically...
