I am a curious person who loves to meet people. I wonder what will happen in the end of this adventure. I hear adolescents talking, laughing, and arguing. I see young people growing strong. I want the adventure of my senses before it passes me by. I......Read More
Hello my name is Sani Widowati, people usually just call me Sani, I am the new local director for Princeton Bridge Year Program in Indonesia. I was born and raised here in Jogja, surrounded by the unique Javanese culture. Before coming to join this......Read More
Whack! “Kamu memukul kepalamu lagi?” (Did you hit your head again?) “Ya, seperti biasanya.” (Yup, as usual.) I had indeed rammed the back of my head into my host brother Amar’s birdcage … for the fifth time. The......Read More
In Bolivia, one of the most common forms of transportation is the trufi, or taxi. Bolivian trufis resemble vans, in which you normally wouldn’t accept rides from strangers in the United States. Trufis push the limits of their capacity with three......Read More
Dear Friends and Family of Bridge Year Indonesia Students, We wish to formally inform you that Umi Akhdadiyah, the Bridge Year Indonesia Local Director, has decided to resign from her position. Umi made the decision to resign for personal and......Read More
Archer Students and Families, It feels wonderful to warmly welcome you to your Archer Abroad and Where There Be Dragons Yak Board for “Seva: Learning Service in India”. In a few weeks, you’ll bid farewell to home, and trade the lights of LA......Read More
क्या बात है Kya Baat Hai. Literally translated, the phrase means “what a thing.” Kya baat hai, we were told, is used to express great amazement. Specifically, we were later told, it is used by old men at classical or......Read More
Sunday morning, I received one of the worst wake-ups of my life. I got up, brushed my teeth, showered, picked out an outfit, and eventually decided to check my phone. I immediately was hit with a flood of messages, my lock screen completely covered.......Read More
The dawn of meaning breaks outside the precincts of the humble Hathroi Fort. Lo, the sun! It stretches life into every disgruntled crevice of the defunctionalized…the dehumanized. Two minutes into my walk, and I’m already preparing to take a......Read More
Upon our arrival in Yoff-Layenne, our home for the next eight months, our group is tasked with completing a scavenger hunt in our new neighborhood. We descend solo into the winding alleys to search and explore, equipped only with paper maps and......Read More
Honk! As the moped to my right alerts me of its imminent overtake, the sound is lost in a cacophony of other similar squawks, rings, and shouts, as the perpetual melee that is morning traffic in Udaipur arises from the tranquility of the dawn. We......Read More
Today, October 23rd, marks the 27th month since Ashley and I first began our relationship. Since July 2016, Ashley and I have been in a long distance relationship, stretching from Houston, where I lived, to the small town near Los Angeles where......Read More
Boy getting sick sucks; the annoyance of our unwelcomed houseguests, illness and injury, only escalates knowing that they seem to creep up at the most inconvenient of moments. This is all the more true on a trip like Bridge Year where it seems like......Read More
Sitting in my hospital bed in Singapore, recovering post-surgery, I feel a million worlds away from my friends, teachers, and family in Jogjakarta. I was evacuated here yesterday with Christine after I fell off my bike and fractured my elbow. The......Read More
Hello again! I couldn’t fit all the pictures that I wanted to include in my last yak about family, so this is a continued yak only with photos of my house here in Kotagede (i.e. what it looks like, the layout, and all the art in it). Enjoy! (:...Read More
It’s a day after arriving in Delhi, about 2 in the afternoon (4am back home), and we’ve been informed multiple times that jet lag is a myth. Nevertheless, I find myself slowly sinking into the couch of the hotel lobby, the room spinning slightly......Read More
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