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Benard Ngaruiya

Learning by Immersion

Hello everyone, my name is Ngaruiya, but while I’m here I go by Ben. To closer friends I go by batman (My middle name literally translates to the Dark Knight, how cool is that?) I’m from Nairobi Kenya. I like to eat, to play, to talk, and sometimes to make a fool of myself. Deep inside, I think I’m still a seven year old child (but aren’t we all?). I like to watch movies and television too. This year is mostly going to be about how I fit all the things I love into my life and about finding my place here at Tufts. I look forward to sharing this journey with you guys.

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Sep 10

Fighting Fears

Coming to Tufts, I had a lot of expectations on my mind. I was going to try out new foods, explore new classes, meet new people and hopefully make new…

Mar 10

To first times

At the start of most of my conversations, this question finds it way in,  “Where are you from?”  To which I casually sigh, lay back if I’m seated and…

Nov 28

Winter is here

It snowed about a week ago. The entire school, or at least my hall, was buzzing with excitement. I ran out to the pavements, smiling delightfully as the…

Nov 03

To that little baby inside of us

Now before I tell you guys what could be the funniest story you’ll have heard all week, I want y’all to know that at the time that this happened I was…

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