Movie Recommendations
Most nights before going to bed I tried to watch a movie as it's something I'm passionated about. This is a list of some of the movies I watched over my time in Senegal, which in a way they touched me. —> Call Me By Your Name —> Midnight in Paris —> The Iron Lady…
26 May, 2019
My biggest fear
I apply to GCY without overthinking, it was a very spontaneous decision that I took. It took e time to start processing the fact that soon I was going to be leaving Uruguay and start a new life in Senegal. Once the process started the questions started to arrive Am I prepared? Do I really…
26 May, 2019
Life Under a Mosquito Net
When I describe my time here in Thienaba I think it as living in two worlds at the same time. I have my first and main world, which is the one when I’m awake and fulfilling all my daily activities. My second world is once I get under my mosquito net in my room and…
20 March, 2019
Daily Routines
I live in a small village called Thienaba about 20km away from Thies (a major city of Senegal). In here is always very calm. Houses are widely spread between one and another and most of the citizens have animals such as chickens, sheeps, goats, donkeys, horses and more (in my case we have 6 sheeps)….
20 March, 2019
Who am I?
If you know me for the past 18 years of my life you probably know me as Luca Sassi…. maybe my full name if you know me well, but not in here, not in this country. The moment I took my first step in what is now my home I saw a woman, who the…
20 March, 2019
Un Nuevo Comienzo
English Two years ago I embarked on a life changing experience traveling to Singapore to attend high school at the United World College of South East Asia. At UWCSEA my world was changed in many different ways. I was sharing my life and space with people from all around the word, something very odd to…
17 September, 2018
