Tag: reflection
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Things that feel like home
Learning that the Tetun word for mandarin is just tangerina Finally bartering taxis below $2 Knowing where the cereal and apples are in Centro Supermerkado Wembley op shop shirts for Dili heat “Mana Tetun mos!“ The staff at Letefoho Coffee no longer offering the sugar bowl when they deliver my coffee (upstairs, of course) Xefi teasing…
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Why I ate on $1 a day
Most of you would know that this week, I’ve been taking part in Live Below the Line – a fundraising campaign that challenges participants to eat on the Australian equivalent of the extreme poverty line. In Timor-Leste, that’s 88 US cents per day. It’s something I’ve taken part in annually for the last six years…
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Top and bottom 10, month #1
My ten favourite things about living in Dili, at the end of my first month here: Friendly strangers calling hello as you walk down the street Twelve hours of hot bright sunlight every day Cooking dhal on the camptop stove at home Learning to luku (dive) Seeing skinny cats and fat cacti everywhere Stovetop coffee The funny…
Sophie Rai Liur 