Graduation

Wow…the day came and I graduated from grad school in the US!!!! Well…it wasn’t a real graduation but a commissioning ceremony since officially we finish in December. I thought I would not like to wear the cap and the gown but it was good overall. A relief of being almost done but at the same [...]

Ecuador

One of my classmates, Joel Nsongo (Jo-Jo from DR Congo), was so nice as he drove me all the way to Washington where I had to process my visa to Ecuador.At first I was kind of anxoius about it because I didn’t really know if they would consider me under their juridiction but everything went [...]

Soccer World Cup 06′

I can’t believe they made it!!!! Italy is the 06′ World Champion in Soccer!!!
Fifa
Yeahhh… it was very interesting to follow the World Cup in the US. Soccer here is not that big of a deal as it is in Europe. In Albania for example most of the coffee shops/bars/restaurants are full of people who [...]

An Albanian in Washington DC

police: ID pleaseme: I just have my passport…police: Where are you from?me: Albania police: Al……what? Albany???me: Albania!!!!!police: Ahhhh (as she knew:)….phone number please…we will contact you…..
These were some of the words I exchanged with a police woman in DC….Never thought that I might encounter that…Well, it all started when I left Philly on a China [...]