Ngosong Fonkem is a rising second year law student at the West Virginia University College of Law. He is originally from Cameroon, and moved to Wisconsin with his family for high school and college. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
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Hi Ngosong!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your blog!! I'm so jealous!! Did you ever think you would receive credit by hiking in the Amazon??? Amazing, huh?! I also loved my trip there two years ago. We didn't sleep in hammocks in the jungle, though!
Ngosong, are you keeping a journal about all that you are sensing, seeing, learning, taking in? -That would be awesome for you to keep to turn to in the future. :)
You will travel a lot in your life. (I also wrote Kurt the message below.) While abroad, pay attention to how the Brazilians you meet accomplish their daily tasks and view life. Culture is fascinating. We all have similar tasks to accomplish each day: eat, sleep, work, love, help others, solve problems, etc. However, "culture" is how we distinguish one person's route in accomplishing those same tasks from another. Having lived abroad, I have sifted through my own culture, eliminating ineffective and unpleasant aspects and mindsets and adopting aspects of other cultures that better fit what I believe in. In fact, I am having my own "cultural" experience right now! I sit in suburban North American studying for the bar (a ritual our society deems important to entering a certain profession)and plan a wedding (another ritual where new & undesired expectations are placed upon you and where everyone involved feels that their opinion matters)! I think that your "cultural experience" is a LOT more fun than mine!
Congrats on all that you accomplished this last year!! Natalie
P.S. try to get prof c to dance. (ha, ha)