[Blind-international-students] rooms for the convention

[Hina]

hi fikru,
thanks for your response. no skype is still the same and is very accessible 
and easy to use. i would love to come to convention but i don't have funding 
to attend. i  attended that last year on jernigan scholarship but this year 
i don't have any means of funding to do so and it is through national 
convention i met so many blind internationals that i decided to start this 
group. i am so glad i was able to do so.
but we can always talk on the phone or skype as blind international 
conference call.
take care and please write more about yourself.
hina.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fikru Gebrekidan" <fikrug at stu.ca>
To: "Blind International Students Mailing List" 
<blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>; "Blind International Students 
Mailing List" <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] rooms for the convention


Thank you Carly and Hina for introducing yourselves. Is either of you
coming to Dallas? Or, for that matter,  is anyone coming to Dallas
interested in a get-together? I think Anmol is coming to Dallas from
the email I read.

Hina, I had used skype several years back. All I had to do was
download the skype software and get a speaker mike. Have things changed 
since?

Fikru



   At 03:34 PM 5/22/2010, Hina wrote:
>hi carly,
>nice to hear from you. i am not american, i am an international
>student here in US. i am originally from pakistan and came to US in
>wisconsin four years ago. i did my bechelors in computer science
>here, before that i did my bechelors in literature and masters in
>mass communication/journalism from pakistan. that seems very
>interesting that you know japanese braille. i would love to learn
>other languages, i enjoy reading, writing poetry and
>learning  languages and other cultures/religions, as i said i am in
>computer science so off course technology is one of my interest and
>listening to pakistani indian classical music.
>please tell me more about yourself.
>take care.
>hina.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Carly Mihalakis" 
><carlymih at earthlink.net>
>To: "Blind International Students Mailing List"
><blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] rooms for the convention
>
>
>Good morning, hina,
>
>         Some folks, such as yourself are into those structured
>communication platforms, but I prefer to just talk via an exchange of 
>Emails.
>
>Part of my interest is in things that deviate from typical standards
>that are thought to be "American." I studied Japanese language in
>high school, and have knowledge of nihongo tenji) (Japanese braille code)
>I am a 26-year-old total blink from Berkeley, California and was a
>student at OCB, the institution where Kenneth Kenneth Jernigan once
>worked in Albany, California.
>Wanna wrap? Describe your interests.
>Carly Mihalakis /22/2010, you wrote:
>>hi,
>>i would love to get to know all of my new friends who joined this
>>list. my name is hina and i am the moderator of this list. i am
>>totally blind computer science student. i would like to talk to you
>>on msn yahoo or skype
>>msn
>>hina_pearlgirl at hotmail.com
>>skype
>>hinaaltaf
>>yahoo
>>hina_bookworm at yahoo.com
>>hina.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Carly Mihalakis" 
>><carlymih at earthlink.net>
>>To: "Blind International Students Mailing List"
>><blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:22 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] rooms for the convention
>>
>>
>>Good morning, Fikru,
>>
>>I am not a Federationist but a 26-year-old total girl living in
>>Berkeley, California.
>>Wanna chat over the computer?
>>CarlyAt 02:29 AM 5/22/2010, you wrote:
>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>My name is Fikru Gebrekidan. I plan to attend the Dallas convention
>>>this year. I joined this listserv because it's the closest to an
>>>international chapter of the NFB. Of East African origin, I'm a
>>>naturalized US citizen now teaching at a university in Canada. If
>>>you're interested in some type of informal international
>>>get-together, like having a chat over coffee or lunch, feel free to
>>>contact me offline or through the listserv.
>>>
>>>Fikru
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 03:02 AM 5/22/2010, Anmol Bhatia wrote:
>>>>Hello my fellow NFB members,
>>>>My name is Anmol Bhatia a blind international student from India
>>>>and I am happy to let everyone know that after many years in the
>>>>United States I will finally be attending my first NFB convention.
>>>>I am excited at this opportunity and I am looking forward to
>>>>meeting everyone of you at the convention. I am starting to make my
>>>>hotel reavation however, I really need a roommate to help me cut
>>>>down on the cost. So if anyone who is looking for the same could
>>>>please email me off list I would really appreciate it.
>>>>Thanks so much in advance and again I am looking forward to meeting
>>>>everyone of you at the convention.
>>>>
>>>>Anmol Bhatia
>>>>
>>>>I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad.
>>>>Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is
>>>>vague, like a breeze among flowers.
>>>>Hellen Keller
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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