Hello,
It seems my blog got hacked and some idiot posted what I assume is an advertisement in a foreign language. As most of you are already aware this blog is pretty much over since I am no longer in the Peace Corps. I leave it up in case future volunteers want to read it and understand what [...]
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Censorship in the Peace Corps
The Peace Corps actively censors volunteers communications. I know that this may come as a surprise to many, a United States Government organization censoring communications and preventing the Freedom of Speech by American citizens, it surprised me. It surprised me more since as volunteers we are required to take an [...]
Kredyt mieszkaniowy to wieloletnie zobowiązanie w stosunku do banku, trwające nawet kilkadziesiąt lat. Tak długa umowa z bankiem czyni, że nadzwyczaj trudno jest przewidzieć wszelkie sytuacje jakie mogą zaistnieć w tym okresie.
Z jednej strony nasza pozycja fiskalna może w dużym stopniu się ulepszyć pozwalając tym tymże na szybszą spłatę długu, z wtórej jednak strony zdoła [...]
I couldn’t post this before the end of my service because I am sure it would have gotten me in serious trouble with the staff in Armenia, but here it is now.
Let me start by explaining what the TTT is. TTT stands for Tsave Tanem Times, Tsave Tanem means “I take your pain”, a common [...]
This entry is a little disjointed because I started writing then stopped for a couple weeks. Sorry
I think Noah, the biblical one, might be coming back to visit, at least that is how it feels. We have had more rain here in April than I can remember us having last year. It has been raining [...]
Hello Everyone,
Well it is beginning to look a lot like Spring here, which is unusual since February and March are usually quite cold, at least the last two years they were. We have had some very nice weather, mixed with a few snow storms, since the second week of February. This nice weather meant about [...]
This is the Saga of trying to watch the Super Bowl outside of the USA. I have tried in many places and been successful in a few (China, South Africa) and failed in a few (Malaysia, Armenia?) So here is the saga written over a week in Armenia, including some final comments as I tried [...]
Just a quick note, I wrote this entry a few weeks ago. Since then we got 4 days of rain that washed away most of the snow. Now as I look out my window is it snowing like crazy. We are having really strange weather this year.
On to the regularly scheduled post…
Going back home for [...]
Hello Friends,
Yes, it has been a long time since I wrote and I am sorry. I have lots to things to write but I can’t really put them up here on the blog. I will tell you that I have a number of blog entries that I am looking forward to sharing after my service [...]
Disclaimer
The contents of this blog are my own opinion and not affiliated or representative of the Peace Corps. I am but a lone person serving in Armenia and espousing my own views. If you think that I officially represent the Peace Corps or in any way speak for the Peace Corps National Organization or Peace [...]
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For reasons I won’t get into now I have had to password, at least temporarily, my last post. I hope to remove the protection soon but we will see. In the mean time if you want to read it you will have to email me for the password.
Brian
I actually had my 4th of July celebration on the 3rd. I had planned to hang out with other volunteers at the lake Friday night and Saturday but I got called into the Peace Corps Saturday morning to talk about an incident that happened a week and a half earlier. I still don’t understand why [...]
I just checked some information on who is looking at my blog and I am surprised to find that I am getting viewers from many different countries. Here is just a sampling:
The United States (of course)
Canada
Germany
China
Argentina
Japan
England
Turkey
The Netherlands
Russia
And I have seen lots of other. Who knew. Of course it could just be people trying to get [...]
OK, so the most exciting things here are the A-17’s who are making their way through PST and the earthquake that we all just felt. So first the earthquake. Being from California I have to say it was a nice reminder of home, kind of like receiving a card in the mail saying “Thinking of [...]
This last weekend I was invited to go see a couple very old monasteries by an organization that myself and a few other volunteers have been helping. Last year another volunteer was asked to help a business that was working on a new English language book and audio CD. They needed native English speakers to [...]
Spring has finally sprung and I am “hevant em” (Sick).
Well finally after about a 6 month winter spring has finally come to C-Town. The weather is sunny and the outdoor cafes are opening up. The one by my apartment opened a few days ago and I am looking forward to visiting it this weekend if [...]
Not sure when winter ends and spring begins here in Armenia. I said March was “Gish Amise” (Crazy Month) but I would not say winter ended with March. It is now April 15th and I can barely type because my fingers are so cold. I am in the office listening the rain come down. At [...]
About a week ago I headed out of my town to see other parts of this country and work with some of my fellow volunteers. I had tried to do this about a month ago but at that time I was told I would need to take vacation days or go on a weekend even [...]
OK, in the last post I said March here is known as Gish Amise (Crazy Month) and it is certainly living up to that name and not just with the weather. However, I guess I will start with the weather. The first two weeks of March were nice, it was warming up and [...]
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Well they say March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb. In Armenia they call March “Geesh Amise” (Crazy Month) and it is living up to both descriptions. It started snowing yesterday afternoon and it came down hard and stuck, this after weeks of generally warmer temperatures and most of the snow [...]
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That was kind of how I pictured the headline as I grabbed the plastic saucer from Scott and made my way to the starting point at the top of a very steep hill covered in ice at about 10:00 at night. I was by no means the first to go down and I wouldn’t be [...]
Not much in the way of interesting things to share so I will just ramble on about a few different topics. Let’s start off with the weather. After about 3 weeks of cold temperatures but no snow we got a few more inches of snow. It was pretty funny because after the last snow fall [...]
The following is advice for any of the A-17’s that happen to find my blog. I first off recommend joining the Yahoo group for Armenian Peace Corps Volunteers (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/armeniapcvs/) it is a great place to get information, ask questions and connect with other volunteers in Armenia as well as in the group you are going [...]
Time for another blog, more to keep my hands moving that because I have anything important to say. It is still cold here, dropping down below 10 degrees at night and climbing to freezing or just above during the days. Lots of snow still on the ground though no new stuff in about 2 weeks. [...]
Happy New Year
Well lots has happened since my last entry so I will try to cover a lot of things. Of course my fingers are stiff from the cold and typing is painful so I may be brief on a few things. First off I had a wonderful trip back to the states for Christmas [...]
Well we finally got snow. Yesterday morning when I was having breakfast my host mother said this was snow weather, I said that would be nice as I wanted to see the city covered in white and take some pictures before coming back to the states for the Holidays. Walking to my NGO it certainly [...]
Well I have just returned from the All Volunteer Conference in Yerevan. It is know as All Vol and lasts 4 days. All of the new volunteers come in early for a day of sessions geared toward us and a day of language classes that are optional for the previous group. I came in on [...]
OK, I hadn’t planned on writing another blog entry so soon but I had to tell you about my morning. I had forgotten that the Kindergarten director had asked me to attend a play that the children were putting on. They were going to do Pinocchio in English. So I was reminded of it this [...]
Some of you may notice that i have locked a recent post that had been open to the public. I was asked to do this for reasons of security. If you have not read it or wish to read it again and want the password you can send me an email to brian@briangilmer.com or you [...]
I guess the obvious way to tell winter is rapidly approaching is by the temperature outside, but in Armenia it is not the only way to tell. I have observed many different indicators that point toward winter:
Stocking up on food. The Hanoots (Stores) and Shooka (market) are selling a lot of vegetables that can be [...]
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After the last post at least one person asked me “Why are you doing it?”. I realized that the last post may have come off as a bit negative so I want to clear things up. First let me begin with a little history. My career was finding and pointing out problems. First with software [...]
After some comments by the Staff and a review by a person that I consider to be unbiased I have re-read this post and decided that some of the things said were said while I was angry. I have there for edited the post to remove some of my personal feelings and convey primarily the [...]
OK, this is pretty much a self serving post. Not much to share, I was working in the office last night when my Director came in and told me to come along, we were going to a restaurant. Not sure why I came along and we were joined by the person who handles the budget [...]
I don’t think so. Something so bizarre happened to me the other day I decided I would have to write about it. I was going to go to Bjni to visit the family I lived with over the summer. I like them a lot and hadn’t been there in a while so I called them [...]
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