Name: Aafke Van MerleCountry: The NetherlandsAge: 18 |
Last summer I finished gymnasium and after Up with People I will go to study medicines at the university. I love to play hockey, to run and to play harp. I listen all kinds of music, but especially film music and musicals. |
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Name: Ada BleasbyCountry: CanadaAge: 18 |
I am taking a year off between highschool and university. I love travelling and learning about different culture. |
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Name: Alana FerburtCountry: USAAge: 19 |
I am a student at Bermuda College, majoring in Liberal Arts to be a social worker. I work at Samadhi Spa at Newstead Hotel as a spa coordinator. My interest are spending time with family and friends. |
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Name: Alexandra CoppietersCountry: BelgiumAge: 18 |
I just graduated from high school and have decided to take a year off before starting design and inside architecture. I choose UWP because during these six months I want to do things for others. |
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Name: Alex LippertCountry: USA |
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Name: Alex PennyCountry: USAAge: 24 |
I am taking time off from Prescott College inPrescott, AZ to travel with UWP. I spend my summers working with high school students doing trail work. Teaching and spending time outside is the greatest combination in the world. |
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Name: Alex Vargas SolisCountry: MexicoAge: 20 |
I’m a Law Student. I live with my parents and my sister. I love the sea. |
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Name: Alexandra Rehn AppleqvistCountry: SwedenAge: 20 |
Graduated from gymnasium (high school) in 2007. Moved to England, lived and worked there for a year and then I went back to Sweden to raise the money for UWP. Love music, explor the world, taking photos and having fun |
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Name: Alexia DelvauxCountry: BelgiumAge: 18 |
I was in Bulayment. After this, I was in Costa Rica to learn Spanish. I love to spend time with my friends and to dance. I like to learn other languages to meet |
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Name: Andrea Rodriguez LopezCountry: MexicoAge: 19 |
I’m study university 3rd semester Biophysic. I love play soccer, I love pets (dogs), I love Kids!! I love dancing, be with my friends, family, watch movies and cooking. |
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Name: Andy NijssenCountry: BelgiumAge: 20 |
I sit in a wheelchair. I like helping others. |
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Name: Andy RogersCountry: USAAge: 19 |
I’m currently a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where I am transifioning into a theatre/performance acting major. I love to sing, dance, act and have a great time thus I’ve decided to pursue a career in acting. I’m also a firm believer in multicufusism as a key aspect of one’s life, making UWP an AWESOME organization. |
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Name: Angie PfeidererCountry: USAAge: 25 |
I graduated from the university of Me in 2006. I have taught kindergarten for 2 and half years. |
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Name: Anne LawrenceCountry: USAAge: 23 |
I am in lingo between undergrad and getting my masters. |
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Name: Ashely MerrillCountry: USAAge: 18 |
I am excited to travel, learn about different cultures, and gain new experiences, I graduated from high school in the spring of ’08 this was a great opportunity for me to see the world. |
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Name: Axel KremerCountry: BelgiumAge: 19 |
I just finished my secondary school. I don’t really know what I’d like to do for a job, but it will be social or artistic. I like the children, and maybe I’ll be a sport teacher. |
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Name: Camilla AamodtCountry: DenmarkAge: 20 |
I went to a boarding school in my city. I was a day student (called Herlufsholm). I have been playing handball for 10 years. I am interested in dancing and singing. But it’s not anything I have done. |
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Name: Camille VandenkerckhoveCountry: BelgiumAge: 18 |
I graduated from high school in June and afterwards I’ve been studying Spanish in Savilla (Spain) from Sep. to Dec. I love dancing , having fun, diving, swimming, making a fool of myself sometimes… |
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Name: Coty WalkerCountry: USAAge: 18 |
Hi, I’m Coty Walker. I’m 18 years and have just graduated from Highschool. I’m a gymenastics coach and when I am, I’d like to be an actor. |
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Name: Emil ElholmCountry: DenmarkAge: 20 |
I graduated from the Danish Gymnasium this summer and after that I was working to raise money to the UWP program. |
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Name: Gianna RoosCountry: SwitzerlandAge: 19 |
I finished High School in July 2008 and so I need a break after 12 years school. To earn money I worked as a server in a little Caffee for 5 months. After UWP I like to go to the university. |
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Name: Gregor PollehnCountry: GermanyAge: 24 |
I graduated from University in 2008 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration Systems. I’m interested in traveling around the world and meeting a lot of different people and cultures. I like to do ballroom-dancing and singing. |
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Name: Hannah BehunCountry: USAAge: 19 |
I am attending Northern Arizona University to become a teacher. I like to swim, go to concerts and hang out. I babysit and work for maintenance at my school. |
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Name: Ida LundgrenCountry: SwedenAge: 19 |
I like music, sports, spending time with my friends. I just graduated from High School. |
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Name: Ida ThomsenCountry: DenmarkAge: 20 |
I graduated High School this summer, and worked for a half year to earn the money for the trip with Up With People. I worked as a teacher, a phoner for a newspaper and in a bookshop. |
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Name: Ido AdlerCountry: IsraelAge: 24 |
I studied computer science. I’m interested in perfoming on stage. |
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Name: Isaline PetitCountry: BelgiumAge: 18 |
I was in a boarding school. I spent 4 months in spain before I came here. In Belgium, I like to spend time with my friends. I like to meet new people and to find out more about new cultures. |
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Name: Jason DelgadoCountry: USAAge: 20 |
I’m a tile installer and server. I like mountain biking, singing, and basketball. |
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Name: Jefferey ForemanCountry: USAAge: 26 |
Before traveling with Up With People, I was a teller coordinator for a US Bank. I also enjoy singing and recording music |
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Name: Jessica SchangCountry: USAAge: 26 |
I am interested in improving my skills of working in and with different cultures because my goal is to eventually work in human rights on a global scale. For now, I can’t situate my travel bag. |
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Name: Joe SalazarCountry: USAAge: 19 |
I was a student at Collen County Cormits College. I like to play Volley Ball and Tick Box. |
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Name: Josephine FehrmannCountry: GermanyAge: 19 |
I finished High School last zear. I love to travel and get to know new and other people, countries, cultures, food. My passions are photography, psychology and singing. |
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Name: Joshua YuCountry: ChinaAge: 25 |
I graduated in 2007 and worked after that as a purchasing specialist for one and a half years. Now, I’m a free fish who is traveling with his dreams. |
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Name: Josimar SerberieCountry: The Netherlands Antilles |
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Name: Juan Carlos Gonzalez BellonCountry: MexicoAge: 20 |
I study mechatronics , I’m in the third semester. I like classic rock, melodic metal, blues, old country and classical music. I like videogames. |
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Name: Karoline Veum SolbergCountry: NorwayAge: 19 |
I just finished high school. I love music and theatre and would like to work with that in the future. I also love swimming and snowboarding. |
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Name: Katja PedersenCountry: DenmarkAge: 20 |
I finished High School in 2007 and moved to Finland for six months to work, beacause my mom is Finish. I love dancing and sweets (candy!). |
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Name: Kelly CurranCountry: USAAge: 23 |
I recent graduated from Wake Forest University, majored in psychology, minors in sociology and gender studies. I want to be a family therapist and hope that the experiences in many cultures and families in Up With People will be of use. I enjoy dancing (Irish Step, etc.) scrapbooking and writing. |
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Name: Kristen EastmanCountry: USAAge: 22 |
I recently graduated from the University of Nebraska in Biology and Psychology. I hope to attend graduate school following Up With People. |
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Name: Kyle HarnoisCountry: USAAge: 18 |
I studied music and math at CCRI. I work at Yawgoog Seent reserration. |
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Name: Lilian StettlerCountry: SwitzerlandAge: 24 |
I’m interested in culture, social work, traveling, music, and dance, dance, dance! |
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Name: Lindsey FrothinghamCountry: USAAge: 24 |
I’m a Mechanical Engineer who loves nature and being creative. I love to rockclimb and swim. I’ve always wanted to do Up With People and am so excited to be on tour! |
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Name: Liz DavisCountry: USAAge: 26 |
I recently graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in Mass Communications and a concentration in Public Relations. I have two younger siblings and I love being a big sister. |
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Name: Lotte AalbertsCountry: The NetherlandsAge: 18 |
I have finished highschool and now I want to learn about the world together with people from different cultures. After traveling with Up With People I want to study international communication. |
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Name: Luis Espinosa ChávezCountry: MexicoAge: 20 |
I study mechatronics in my homecity. I love to draw and play videogames, was well als longboarding and snowboarding. |
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Name: Maggie McDowellCountry: USAAge: 18 |
I graduated from high school in 2008 (a year early). I worked at Red Robin for 8 months to save money for this trip. I enjoy swimming, riding my bike, hiking, wakeboarding, volleyball and making hemp jewelery. |
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Name: Marianny Sanabria DelgadoCountry: VenezuelaAge: 18 |
I’m a student and studying music (drum, guitar and piano). I love music! I think it’s the best in the world and also love my country. |
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Name: Marjolein VisserCountry: The NetherlandsAge: 19 |
I graduated from pre-university in 2008. My interests are philosophy, psychology, theatre, writing (stories), reading, travel and cultural anthropology. |
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Name: Matt AboussieCountry: USA |
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Name: Michael SmetsCountry: BelgiumAge: 26 |
I just like to do a lot of different things. I’ll see what will come across my way and if it pleases me I’ll join the ride. I you want to move on with us: join the bus! |
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Name: Nicole LemasCountry: USAAge: 18 |
I attend Hawaii Pacific University in their international vocal Ensemble, studying cultural anthro. I love singing, surfing, swimming (outdoors). I work as a server back home at a italian restaurant. |
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Name: Nouria VandermeulenCountry: BelgiumAge: 19 |
I went to a grammar school for 3 years but graduated in the option human science. Music is my passion. I love to listen to it, to sing and to get to know new bands and genres. I love to travel and want to make a bit of the cultures a piece of myself. I also write, mostly poems in dutch. |
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Name: Paquita CornelissenCountry: The NetherlandsAge: 18 |
Before Up With People I finished high school and went to a musical academy for 4 months. I like singing, acting and dancing, but I’m not a good dancer. I just want to have fun doing it. After Up With People I want to go to university. I’m interested in anyting about biomedics. |
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Name: Rebecca Thorbek UldallCountry: DenmarkAge: 22 |
I finished high school (“Gymnasium”) in the summer of 2008 with a focus on theatre, politics, psychology and philosophy. |
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Name: Ricky GonzalezCountry: USAAge: 22 |
I am a musician, I work for Universal Music Group. I am attending junior college, majoring in economics. I love reading, running, and spending time with my family. |
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Name: Rixt MeindertsCountry: The NetherlandsAge: 18 |
I graduated from highschool in May 2008. My hobbies are sewing, traveling, reading, hockey and music. |
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Name: Rowinda AppelmanCountry: The NetherlandsAge: 22 |
Hi y’all! I just graduated from university and I would love to work at the UN. My journey with Up With People will hopefully teach me a lot about other cultures and beliefs, so I will be able to help make the world more unified. |
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Name: Sanne SchockaertCountry: BelgiumAge: 18 |
I did acting school, dance and singing. Those are also my interests, and I like music. I’m sure Up With People will change my life. |
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Name: Shalyn HarrisCountry: USAAge: 19 |
I am a passionate dancer. I love traveling to new places very much. I am a people person and family oriented. Currently, I’m attending the University of Alaska, Southeast in Medical. |
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| Name: Shannon McClellan Country: USA Age: 23 |
I go to school in San Diego Mesa College. I’m a self-employed pet-sitter. My interests are being with my family and friends, singing, music, going to the movies, go to the beach, shopping, etc. |
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Name: Sisa CernanskáCountry: SlovakiaAge: 24 |
Hi! I’m interested in traveling, learning about new things around me, dancing, helping others, sport, learning everythink I can from foreign cultures. I graduated in Marketing, Management and Publicity. |
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Name: Stuart DanielCountry: USAAge: 20 |
I was a corrections officer before coming on tour. My interests include music, dance and any form of theatre. |
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Name: Subu RanaCountry: NepalAge: 21 |
I am a social worker by education and profession. I love travelling to different places especially such places where I can help disadvantaged and poor people. |
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Name: Theresa GeipingCountry: GermanyAge: 20 |
Last year in june, I finished school and really wanted to explore the world. So I worked quite hard to finance “Up With People”. But it’s a great opportunity for me to get to know many different people and their culture. |
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Name: Toño Gonzalez HinojosCountry: MexicoAge: 27 |
I studied Industrial Engineering and Percussian. I like to play soccer, tennis and also singing. I play the drums, narimba, some guitar, some piano. I love learning things and taking pictures. |
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Name: Torrin TylerCountry: New ZealandAge: 22 |
I love sports, especially ice-hockey, and working with animals. In the future, I want to became a canadian citizen. |
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Name: Tove AlsegårdCountry: SwedenAge: 20 |
I’m between swedish high school (“Gymnasium”) and college. I like to perform (dancing and theatre). In my freetime I love to be outdoors in the nature. |
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Name: Yan ZhangCountry: ChinaAge: 21 |
I’m a student in Soochow Universitz. I like social workd and being a volunteer to help others. Reading, sports and making friends with people from different countries are my favorite things. |
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Name: Yewalashet GirmuCountry: EthiopiaAge: 28 |
I am a journalist and a teacher. I have a BED degree in Geographi and a Master’s degree in Population Study and Development. In my freetime, I write different articles, poems and short stories and also play Ethiopian cultural instruments. |
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Name: Yohannes Yimer DawdCountry: EthiopiaAge: 28 |
I have graduated in Business Administration with a Masters degree from Addis Abeba university. I have been working as an organisational capacity building consultant for non-profit working organisations. I like playing table tennis and travelling. |
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Name: Zelda LiangCountry: ChinaAge: 22 |
I graduated from university a few months ago. I am working on applying for graduate school and hopefully become an Anchropologist. Right now, I am seeking for the answer of “who I am” on tour. |
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Name: Zola GedamuCountry: EthiopiaAge: 23 |
Hello! I am Zolalem from Addis Abeba and graduated in Information Technology in 2006. I worked as a Data Manager. You’re very welcome to talk to me if you’re interested! |
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We can’t wait for you to get to Colorado Springs! I hope you will love it here and we are making preparations for your visit. Hurry!
Love, Jan and Bob Cass and all the other host families!!
Hey Dear Cast B:
Greetings from sunny Philippines, how come that there is so posts about Hermosillo, Culiacan or Tepic, uh??? Shame!
Anyways… I can’t wait to see you all, the team at Subic Bay/Olongapo City can’t wait to see you all!!!! Hopefully you liked the video we prepared for you, more are soon to be released!!! yay!!!
Okie dok… thing else by the moment…
Armando.
Greetings from North Platte Nebraska!
Love your blog! Hope you are having fun in the Philipines!
Please visit us soon! Every one is still talking great things about your performances, and probably will be for the next month!
Be safe and have fun!
Hey! How are you? Loved meeting you all and I learned a lot when you were here! Every one is still talking about your shows and what a cool experience to get up and dance along with you! My friends and I will be talking about that for a long time! Hope to see you soon!
CAN’T Wait to meet you CastB!!!!!
hello everyone,
my name is kevin from erdatech student i miss da people who i meet in our school and on meralco theater i miss u laura ur an angel voice n anika,cheryssa,gijs,julie,laura lynn,bianca,zach and i love you so much ms,danniela i hope your sick will go far away n also you mr.miguel im happy for u u gives me a lot of fun i hope i will see you all again thank you!!!
sincerely yours,
kevin
Hello Up with People!
I’m Shamemne Santos (pronounced as Shamem). I enjoyed watching your wonderful show in Meralco theater. It was sooo great!Its a show that must be watched by the whole world. It made me sing and dance on my seat and it also changed my outlook in life! Yeah!!! (two thumbs up!) Your songs has a lot of messages for the whole world!
Up with people, keep on inspiring and lifting up people’s dreams and spirit. I hope you could visit Philippines again. Take care and God bless!
Truly yours,
Shamemne
P.S
To Ms. Clothide,
Thank you for being nice with me, I learned new things about your Christmas in your place (Belguim) Get well soon girl!
Hi Cast B! I’m the “girl from the lunch” last Nov. 19 (as how some of you remember me) when you came to Manila.
Congratulations for a very wonderful show! It’s really inspiring and encouraging. I do hope that more young people will join Up With People.
I’ve always wanted to say this to the team: You made an impact in the lives of many people more than you can imagine. Especially to the people in our country. Whatever you learned from the UWP experience, keep sharing and living them. I congratulate Up With People for existing for four decades. With what you do, I believe in it, so I know your organization will go farther; you’ll be able to do more! God bless you!
With much LOVE and APPRECIATION,
Angel
Mr. Phil Woods,
I forgot to say ‘thank you’ for your help last Dec. 4!
Thank you!
Best regards,
Angel
i really enjoyed watching your show here in subic!! we hope that you could visit again here in subic bay and make another up with people show or visit our school campus of st. joseph college-olongapo!! thank you for being patient for such things like picture taking..
Hey Cast B!
That was an awesome performance at SBECC at Subic Bay! As well as the “sneak peek” you guys performed at Brent School. We all loved it! You guys are so talented! Everyone at school has been talking about Up With People, that’s all everyone talks about these days. My friends and I made a fan club for Up With People on our school website and there has been seven members in the past 20 something hours. Even with school and exams. We are so sad that you guys are leaving so soon! We hope you could have stayed for the school’s Christmas party this upcoming Thursday and just have fun! I wished I could say bye to all of you guys before you could leave Subic. I love you guys! E-mail me a message back once someone from you guys read this. angelica_antonio12@yahoo.com/angelica.antonio12@gmail.com/diamonds-emeralds@hotmail.com Email me in any one of those. Hope I get an email from one of you soon!
XOXO,
Angelica
hey whats the meaning of aiko anyway?
…..up with people is soooo awesome.
everybody’s saying that zach murphy looks like zac efron….he’s so cute……and cheryssa my fav. performer… i wish i can email you…because we miss you…when we’ve met in SBECC we just wish you will perform again….
please email me at asami_imae@yahoo.com
-from-
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I was so happy to see a fellow Canadian in the cast. Where in Canada is Candice Boos from? I travelled in 2005 and was one of only 3 Canadians. Looks like you all had a great time.
Greetings from Victoria, BC Canada,
Crystal
uP wiTh peOpLe cAst B’08..
esp2 mArtin(“,)matthew(“,)jochem(“,)graCe(“,)ai(“,)riikka(“,)tina(“,)lexi(“,)abeba(“,)
wE aRe hAppy & prOud to mEEt u guYz herE in GK Tawi-Tawi,,aLL of u aRe so kiNd—thAnks foR eVerYthiNg!!!wE hoPe thAt you’ve neVer chAnge,sTay as whO u’r—& wE hope tHat u coULd visiT pHiLippInes esp.herE in GK Tawi-Tawi agAin!!!
wE miZ u & wE LovE u guYz+++goDbLess
mAriCeL cheLLe(“,) sAdAng
Thank you for a beautiful show in Pensacola. I hope you enjoyed the alumni lunch. It was the first show I had seen since i had my stoke, and the first time i was able to take my two children. (Nicholas and Maggie ). Was glad to see the show hasn’t lost it’s message, or it’s entertainment. I didn’t know what to expect since i traveled in 1980. I just wish I was able to help you as much as you helped my family, by bringing the great show. All I can say is “Thank you”. Wish i knew the words in all the languages of your cast members countries.
I just wanted to say to Jason Delgado, Congrats on going out and exploring the world! I was exposed to UWP through a friend and was so excited when I heard you were doing the program. I’m sure you’ve left your mark on the world!!!!
Katie Le Vere
Hi all! I traveled with cast D96 and my sister in A07.
Back then when I traveled, I was known as Weslie from Panama, and was the youngest one of my cast as I turned 18 during our tour. It is refreshing to so many young cast members. I’m sure you will enjoy it as much as I did. To me, it was a life changing experience that has influenced everything I have done since then… University, Graduate School, work, relationships and life in general. And thus, the world around me. I would do it all over again.
Go rock the world and keep the spirit of UWP alive.
Congratulations!
hello every UWP guys:
I joined your show at Yuan-lin Performence Hall in Taiwan on Sunday evening, April 19, 2009, and left this message here for ANYONE who has interest to make friends with me for Culture and language exchange and for friendship of course.
Your show was designed enegetic and splendid in every second during these two hours, just like a firecracker show in the night sky. In Chinese there is an idiom says 目不暇給(I do not know how to translate it, please ask your members form China.)。熱鬧非凡,精采得眼睛差一點掉下來。What is good is, I believed no one fall into sleep during this show. And what is not so good is, I am just worrying that someone cannot find time for breathing and then might have to be sent to the Yuan-zon hospital, one of the sponsor, you know.
But for me I was most touched by your, how to say that in English? 認真,投入。A
It’s always beautiful to see someone doing something with his/her full effort, complete concentration. All your smiling faces are charming. Well, 90 diamonds are put together on a small stage……
Taiwanese, basically to say, are friendly to foreigners and are always willing to chat with foreigners. However most of us, me included, are somewhat shy to chat with foreigners, worrying about our language ability, not knowing what to chat at the beginning also. Your being more active to chat with local people will definitely bring you a bigger harvest, and will bring most of us an unforgettable experience, no matter young or old, , maybe more exciting than watching your show. A simple language exchange is a good start, I think. You can try to invite them speak English or even some other languages whenever possible, and you will find they are very glad to teach you Chinese or Taiwanese or anything the can.
Your skedule plan shows that you will stay in Taiwan for the coming 2 weeks. for anyone of you who are interested maybe we can use the e-mail for language or culture excahnge, or anything about Taiwan you would like to know you can try to ask me, and I will do my best to help you. However I do know your skedule is busy too; and I believe your host family are all nice and can provide a lot of help you need; anyway it’s just an optional help for you, all of you. (Actually Joseph Salazar and several members of you have my phone numbers if you need it, and I am very glad to meet you and chat with you, but my english is not so good in listening……)
Again, thanks for your 目不暇給的show and welcome your coming to Taiwan, and hope each of you will have a wonderful harvest during your stay in Taiwan.
Sincerely yours,
陳文忠
Chen wen zhong
e-mail: chen24365@gmail.com
phone: (ask Joeseph Salazar)
facebook: (you can use my name,Chen wen zhong, to search my facebook, it’s empty now because I just built it several minutes ago. welcome to add me anyway.)
p.s.: to those from China, thanks helping translating some Chinese in this response to your members. 有朋自遠方來……要不要來我家坐坐,開筵面場圃,把酒話桑麻?
We cant wait to see you in McAllen TX. I know you guys will have fun! un saludo para mi gente Mexicana muy orgullosa de ustedes.(to my fellow Mexicans a Hello and we are proud od you) Hope to see you soon we going to be a host family cant wait to meet you.
Hi Uppies!
Specifically, I’d like to greet Alexandra (from Sweden). I want to thank you for the post card that you sent me. I received it yesterday.
Thank you very much, It’s really encouraging to read about your tour experience. I hope to see you someday when I’m already traveling with UWP.
God bless you all!
Hello Aoife Redmund!
Enjoyed meeting you in Tucson. Bruce from the Fox Theater
Hey guys!
Congratulations on a great tour. I am so happy that I was a witness to the great things you have accomplished on tour. You are so inspirational to everyone you meet, including myself! I am so excited about going on tour with Cast B ’10!!!
To everyone I was able to meet in Tucson, I will miss you and I really hope we can meet again… maybe when I am on tour in your city hehe
I appreciate all the stories about being on tour and about preparing to go on tour. I have a bunch of cool fund raising ideas now!
To everyone in Cast A ’09, Way to Go! Keep it up as proud UWP alumni.
My contact info:
phone: 520-307-2729
email: kalgin@email.arizona.edu
alternate email: upwithkal@live.com
My UWP blog: upwithkal.blogspot.com
PEACE
pretty cool ppls here…what is it about?…i really wana know if someone wants to explain about the group will be appreciated..
thx
hey whats up anthony anaya gorman? its me henderson from CAP. wanted to see how your doing? so write me some times k dont be shy.lol. talk to you laters
i cant wait to see you guys
We hosted Shawna Reed in June 2009 when she came to Bermuda. What a lovely young lady who inspired our daughter Candace who is now enrolled to travel with Cast A 2010. Best of time to you all