The day I got the acceptance email to join Global Glimpse, a non-organization seeking opened minded students willing to travel into a Central America, I became filled with astonishment. Little did I know that this trip was going to define one of my important feature: adaptability. When the day finally came, my family helped me pack my bags and we headed off to the airport to meet my delegation. Approaching the group I was mesmerized of the amount diversity we had in the group; we had people from Palo Alto, Oakland, San Jose, Davis, individuals had traveled all over the world and those with a strong athletics background. Then there was me a 5’ 8” asian kid who had never traveled beyond California. Nevertheless we were all ready to set out into world of Leon, Nicaragua. Upon arriving on the first day the sight was unbelievable. There were cows roaming on the street, street vendors in the middle
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Each of us was assigned a family and me not know much Spanish was placed into a family that only knew Spanish. I took on challenge with the ambition to learn a couple of Spanish words and help the family the family out. Although it was awkward at first, I began to communicate with family using hand gestures, and soon enough we were teaching each other our own language. They trying to teach me Spanish and I was trying to teach them English and Chinese. After hours of sharing our cultures, language, background, the parade was about to begin. I didn't know what to expect. But when the community asked me to be in the parade, I took on the offer and wore a big wooden mask with a cloth over body. Dancing through the rocky path all I could hear was the drums beating fiercely as the kids came rushing in to join us. As the end of the day approached, we all began cheer and sing as we cracked open the pinata. This was definitely a new experience I will remember in years to
Each of us was assigned a family and me not know much Spanish was placed into a family that only knew Spanish. I took on challenge with the ambition to learn a couple of Spanish words and help the family the family out. Although it was awkward at first, I began to communicate with family using hand gestures, and soon enough we were teaching each other our own language. They trying to teach me Spanish and I was trying to teach them English and Chinese. After hours of sharing our cultures, language, background, the parade was about to begin. I didn't know what to expect. But when the community asked me to be in the parade, I took on the offer and wore a big wooden mask with a cloth over body. Dancing through the rocky path all I could hear was the drums beating fiercely as the kids came rushing in to join us. As the end of the day approached, we all began cheer and sing as we cracked open the pinata. This was definitely a new experience I will remember in years to