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Rodney Wallwork
Obama 08, anyone else? 09/22/2008
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Interested In:
Friends, Activity Partners
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Member Since:
Oct 2003
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Hometown:
San Luis Obispo 93405
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Company:
American Language Center, Damascus, Syria still contract teacher
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Rodney's URL:
http://profiles.friendster.com/languageguy
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Other education:
SDCC, CCSF, SFSU, Cuesta College, Cal Poly SLO, la Universidad Compluetense de Madrid, Uni-Tubingen, Goethe Institut in Damaskus, Damascus University (جاميعة دمشق), IFEAD (Institut Francais d'Etudes Arabes a Damas)
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Occupation:
Student Part-time, Unemployed, Seeking Employment
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Affiliations:
CSU IP, Golden Key International Honors Society, American Field Service, Atheists United, Progressive Student Alliance (Cal Poly), International Club (SFSU), The Gay Mafia, Fusion
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What I enjoy doing:
French, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, linguistics, international relations, living overseas, reading, house music, atheism
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Favorite Books:
The Case Against God, Living History, Brulee Vive, Sor Juana poems, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Como Agua Para Chocolate, Atlas der Globalisierung, Don Quijote, Chomsky books, Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, El Pais, El Mundo, NY Times, LA Times, Die Taz, The Working Poor
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Favorite Movies:
Dances With Wolves, Matrix, Crazy, El Dia de la Bestia, Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run), Die Fabelhaft Welt von Amelie, Hackers, The Color Purple, I Am the One That I Want, Notorious Cho, Green Card, Secretary, anything Jodie Foster, Les Visiteurs, La Haine/Hate, Latter Dayz, Margaret Cho Comedy Videos
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Favorite Music:
U2, Fantastische Vier, 2raumwohnung, MC Solaar, los Juanes, Mana, Manu Chau, Bjork, Xavier Naidoo, Eros Ramazotti, Dj Dan, Dj Lego, Madonna, Erykah Badu, Deee Lite, Depeche Mode, Sublime, Arab (Egyptian, Syria and Lebanese), Eko Fresh, Proyecto Uno
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Favorite TV Shows:
Al-Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, N-TV, MTV, Real World, Foreign Language Channels, History Channel (now and then), C-SPAN, KSBY, Canal +, Jay Leno, Oprah, VH1, Telemundo, Television, BET, Jeopardy, the Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, Loveboat, Dr. Phil, Law and Order, Queer As Folk, Noah's Arc, the L Word
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Zodiac Sign:
Cancer
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About Me:
Studious, a peacenik, love to talk about politics and compare lives in different cultures, love to speak and learn languages, love to eat good foods and try new foods, love talking to old friends. I love being a university student. Interested in just about every subject matter that a conversation can be had upon. After graduating from high school I went on foreign exchange to France with AFS, American Field Service, for their year long exchange program where I lived with a French family. I liked it so much that in college I went to Madrid, Spain for a year, then to Tubingen, Germany also for a year and then to Damascus in the Syrian Arab Republic for eight months. I majored in Modern Languages and Literatures (Spanish and German) with a double minor in Anthropology/Geography and International Relations. In addition to all that, I completed all of the units to have the equivalent of a BA in Arabic Language, but since my university didn't offer it, I did all of the upper-division work in Germany and in the Middle East. Upon completion of my BA in MLL, I went back to Syria for a year to continue teaching English where I had interned by doing a COOP, Cooperative Educational Experience. They liked me, so they hired me on as a permanent teacher. However I only stayed for a year, because I decided that I didn't want to live in Syria for the rest of my life and I wanted to get on with my education. I am currently living in San Luis Obispo, CA again where I will be working part-time for the AIDS Support Network as their Fusion Coordinator. I will also be looking for an internship in the legal field for the remainder of this academic year because I would like to get some legal experience in before applying to law school. Next academic year I will be applying to Cal Poly again for either an MBA or an MPA, the former being a one year program and the latter being a two year program. After I graduate then I will apply for law school for the status quo of three years!
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Who I Want to Meet:
اذا تتكلم العربي يجب عليك ان تكلَمني فورا لأنني احب ان اتكلم العربي كثيرا جدا جدا! شكرا كثيرا!ا
I don't like the Movie WALL-E, written by a demented Taiwanese in my opinion, since my name as Wall in it. Peace! Instead of watching the movie, come to the Mission in San Luis Obispo, the ceiling has been redone and the museum revamped and it has been debugged for insects, so it smells fresh and clean. Old Chumash culture has lots of neat things in addition to the Mexican and Spanish culture. Let me know before you come to visit, if you plan in advance, maybe can stay at my house in guest room. Miss you all. Ciao!
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Rodney is my first touchable online
friend, he is my best one too,the
most thing that I addore about him is
his simplicity in doing
things.He would do anything for the
sake of knowing the truth
which made from him a couragous
person,and although there is a few
cultural,physical and psycological
differences between us, we share a
lot of other important things such as
our dreams to be a world wide
traveller and our political opinions
and the most important thing is
we both love good looking chicks,
actually all men have this thing in
common.but the worst cultural
differenc between us is
toilets..................Syrians have
a totally different kind of toilets,
so if ever wanted to visit Syria, make
sure u bring ur toilet with u.
ilal liqaa
MoRa
nO NO!!! let me tell you this is the od
in Rod and Tod. rodney's my fav
backflippin' oboe player... Luv' YA!
friend I met in my English class back
to the year 1992. Feeling like I was
totally a stranger to all the new
atmosphere, new school, new city and
new country half way around the world
from home. I was so afraid, so nervous,
and so exciting for my first trip away
from home. I just didn?t know what was
I suppose to do. There seems to be lots
and lots of question for me. Would
they notice that I am a new student, a
foreigner?? Would they be my
friends?? What am I supposed to say to
them?? Should I introduce myself to
him first?? Are they friendly??
and ????? At a sudden, a young boy
sitting next to me said Hello, where
are you from?? I was so exciting at
that time and only with his words, it
actually helped and gave me comfort a
lot from feeling like I totally lost in
the universe.
After we have been friends, he seems to
be very interested in all kind of
learning about people who actually
living in such a different corner of
the world from him e.g. languages,
cultures, foods and life styles. We
even almost won the International
Language Competition in our school,
only missed out the Indonesian one. ?
Since I knew that to be in SLO is only
one year time for me, I tried to
fulfill every seconds of mine with all
the happiness and joy which can bring
back all great memories to me when I
return home. And he is the one that
always in my memories. Among those very
few friends of mine that are still
keeping in touch for the past 10 years
is him. Even very honor to know that
part of his inspiration to travel the
world was from me. The one and only is
RODNEYK Thanks for being my friend !!!!
because of people like Rodney! While
I'm sitting on my butt watching reruns
of Will and Grace, Rodney is out
conquering the world! Besides knowing
342 world languages, he is so "with
it in current events, world history,
and most importantly, fashion.
Describing my fashion sense, Rodney
had to resort to speaking English as
he had difficulty finding a Spanish
equivalent for "Euro Trash. After
picking up the pieces of my fractured
ego, I learned to love his unabashed
sense of being and admire his outgoing
attitude. Jodie Foster Rules!
Il est extra gentil, sympa... je peux
metrre tous les bon adjectif pour
illustrer...
During that 5 short days in Paris
southern suburb, July 1995, he has made
quite an impact in my life. He became
some kind of inspiration to me. He
inspired me to do anything that I like
passionately, and have faith in it.
Thanks to his words, I tackled one big
obstacle just recently.
His spirit stays with me during the 8
years of separation. Now that we're
reunited, I don't want to lose contact
with him, ever! I am glad to know you, man!
was getting to know him he fucking
disappears on us! Yea, we had some
good times in SLO though. Rodney's
definately one-of-a-kind: smart, fun,
happy, and always worked up about
something he's passionate about. He's
a very goal-oriented person and
doesn't seem let much get in his way,
I admire that about him. I miss you
Rodney!