Applications

I finished my medical school applications, and now I'm off to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia for two months. Join me as explore the land of the Incas... Jamie

... 60-second application video. Tourism Queensland has now added extra staff to help process the staggering 34,684 island caretaker applications. Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said she was blown away by the interest in the island caretaker role, which ...

... , the MBA had to be it. I pulled my finger out and started remembering how to write an essay.   Writing the applications was monumentally annoying. They ask you vague open questions that could be answered with a 500word essay and they insist on a 300 ...

Meme and Papa took Tyson and Jake to the Salem post office to send in our applications for our passorts.  Observing the process brought on a lot of questions for Tyson, who is not sure that Meme needs to go to Africa for two weeks.  We got the ...

This week I have been consumed with trying to finish my law school applications. I'm trying to get them in as early as possible considering most schools use a rolling admissions system. That means the earlier you apply the better consideration you'll ...

... it hurts like hell.) All these things really, really hurt, and still I liked it. Bit weird...   After the break we did applications. This is more practical stuff. You learn how to react when someone attacks you. A bit like self defense. I liked it a ...

China Briefing reports that applications for work visas in China now need an official certificate saying you don't have a criminal record from your home country. Yes, it does seem like things are tightening up in China for foreigners. Criminal ...

Picture this: you're in the midst of a drastically overpacked venue, trying to help maneuver yourself and your newly-met companions through the potentially fatally tragic crowd. You're very happy you spent all those hours practicing footwork techniques ...

Finally I've reached the point today where I had the visas for Nigeria, Angola, DRC and Congo Brazzavile in hand and could book my flight to Harare. This is where the truck is that I'll be driving up to Mali; a Mercedes Benz 1017 short wheel base and ...

so, we rise and shine.  Well, mike does...I roll out of bed, after fighting with myself and the lighting in the room. We head to starbucks, but what's left after the pony kids have decimated the pastry case is pathetic, so we decide to pony up the ...

... was quite rainy and chilly, so Jenna and I spent a significant amount of time in doors. During Essaouira, I worked on college applications a lot in this cute riad that Jenna and I randomly came across! Also, I walked around the famous Medina quite a bit, ...

... hostel owner approached my friend, telling her I work too hard and that she should get me out.  But, slowly, the applications started coming along. Finally, I made it to a point where the biggest challenge was finding a place where I could print out ...

... the World campaign has been slammed as the worst run contest ever by shattered hopefuls prevented from submitting their applications by repeated website failures. Fifty people, from more than 34,000 applicants worldwide, were this morning shortlisted ...

... reminder months from now when these decisions will be made as to who the heck we are.  Apparently they receive about 12 applications a month for the needed 6 spots every two to four months.  We had a lot of competition.  Many of these ...

... in our collection receipt and passports we watched as the man behind the counter went routing in his folder and took out our applications.  They hadn’t done anything with them yet!  After sitting very patiently for an hour the man called ...

... in China, and we are not talking about the Olympics. Rather, Chinese officials have been clamping down on visa applications and implementing bureaucratic impediments to new and renewed visa applications under the guise of pre-Olympic security. In some ...

I thought today I would be writing and letting everyone know about the many applications I have received for the training sessions.  Alas, I am reminded once again of development work and how things are not as easy as planned.  First, the day ...

... store and there are 35 people (last time i checked) using an application that i have created on their iPhones.  The applications are programmed in Objective-C and although i am liking the language there is a lot to learn and i have only scratched ...

... the process is usually pretty simple. The only problem is that often times embassies have rather cryptic rules regarding visa applications, offer very limited office hours, and have unbelievably inefficient bureaucracies. The rule of thumb to save endless ...

... and at least one of us comes from Michigan, U.S.A. We´re in our twenties and early thirties. Wearing coats and holding job applications, we line up beside the Andorran roads to hitchhike to the ski villages. Some of us have been doing this for ...