As it always happens, just when things get the loneliest, friends contact me to hang out or give me a good word of encouragement. awesome. It looks like I’ll be able to help with a project for this Christmas at the Castle as well as a couple other things that are going to [...]
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So I spent another holiday by myself. It’s a bit frustrating being so far from home, and not having anyone I could spend the holidays with. Most people I know here at site were gone or were busy, or didn’t pick up on my obvious signals that I was going to be spending Easter alone. [...]
Since my last post, life has changed considerably. I have found a new apartment and have gotten closer to some of my teachers. I will be getting a few projects started in the coming weeks and hopefully planning some projects for this summer. I have grown closer and gained new friends. All in all life [...]
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Well, I’m back in my apartment now, and feeling crummy as usual. Itchy and watery Eyes, difficulty breathing, constant coughing, and sinuses going haywire are all problems I have begun to experience again that were lessoned greatly in the past few days. . It’s not as bad as before now, because I left the window open [...]
It is an odd feeling, this feeling of comfort and serenity, that I am feeling right now. Perhaps it is the sun in the sky, melting away the snow that is coming through the window, basking me in its warmth and brilliance. Perhaps it is the colors of the neighboring blocks. Perhaps it is even [...]
“The race I run it keeps me farther from the man I could become. The damage done, I want to wash the filth away ‘til there is none. I run ‘til I break, from the way it was killing me. Profuse to the day I’ll suffer afraid to speak. I carry the shame and beg [...]
It’s my birthday, and I’m traveling to a friends place for a celebration later today. I will be cracking open one of my rare and wonderful root beers this weekend (more on this delicious experience later!) and traveling to Sibiu to meet a great friend of mine. It’s going to be legendary.
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It has been a difficult last couple of months, as my last entry can attest to. Many of my troubles, spoken and otherwise, have yet to be resolved at this point, but lately, within the last week or so, I have felt very positive about things. My attitude is better, my outlook on life and [...]
The days seem to go on forever, and I feel I cannot keep ahead. Each day goes by faster and faster, it seems. I’ve been in Romania since May, nearly 7 months now. I made it to IST, which, to me, is very surprising, considering what these last 4 months at site have been like.
Again [...]
It has been a rather difficult past couple of weeks here at site. I’ve had some issues with my apartment, and to a larger extent, the issues surrounding my move into a new apartment. I should not go into too many details, at least here on this blog, but suffice to say, it’s taken 3 weeks [...]
I am sitting here, in a cafe, listening to American music. John Mellancamp talks about Pink Houses from my home state, a house similar to one my brother lived in when he was going to graduate school at Indiana University. A couple walks in, looking like they could be from any starbucks in the United States. [...]
It’s been a rough couple of days. I started to get sick friday morning with a little tingle in the back of the throat turned into something a lot worse over the course of the next few days. Today I felt a little better, and wasn’t coughing as much, but it was still present. During [...]
I’ve been at my site, Hunedoara, for about a month now. It’s a town of about 70, 000 people, but feels like a town of 20, 000. There’s two main streets in town, where many of the restaurants, cafes, magazins and supermarkets are. They are also the main streets through town, and lead to other [...]
Written on September 14th 2009
Life has changed dramatically since my last post. Even in the last few weeks, as I have started to get settled, things have really been different. Every day seems to be something new or strange happens. I may feel anxious one minute, exhausted the next minute, excited, thrilled, embarassed, frustrated, and [...]
There is so much to say, so much to share about these last 12 weeks, that one entry cannot do it justice. In time, as I adjust to my new life and my new city, I will update on many of the events that helped get me here. I am now a Peace Corps Volunteer, [...]
It’s been nearly one month now since I left my home in Knox and started my travels to Romania. It’s been extremely crazy, even more so now that I have started my TEFL Practicum’s. But it’s been like this ever since we left Washington, DC that first day on the 28th. I’ll write more on [...]
Just a quick update to let everyone know that I finally met my host family, or gazda! I live outside in the country, a gorgeous setting, calm and serene. The exact opposite of what I have felt for the past few weeks. I’d update more, but I need to get some sleep. I have a [...]
I am finally in Romania!! Finally! We are at our staging siteTargoviste, Romania. Tomorrow we will receive our host families and begin this surreal thing. I really don’t know what to feel about the coming week, but suffice to say I will be getting little sleep, will get to know my new friends and will [...]
Spending time in DC during staging has been a blast. After a very long day in meetings getting an introduction to the Peace Corps, a bunch of us went to a nice local pizza place for our last soirée in America. I had a very fulfilling pizza and finished it off with a great root [...]
I’m at staging at the moment and have already had a very busy last couple of days. After what seemed like an eternity spent packing, I finally got everything packed up and ready to go. I’ll update more later, possibly tonight, and include a couple pictures of DC for all of you to enjoy.
I had [...]
Ever since I was 16, I have always enjoyed driving. From the freedom that comes with having the open road in front of me to the easy with which it alows me to get to where I am going quickly and efficiently. I will certainly miss driving while I am in the Peace Corps, but [...]
It’s getting down to the wire! In just a matter of days, I’ll be heading out to DC for staging, where I will meet 40 new and wonderful people and then venture off to Romania. I still have a ton of things to do yet, but everything seems to be coming together nicely. My bro [...]
Over the last few months, I have been purusing through many Peace Corps blogs, searching for lists and pictures of what people have taken to their respective countries. It has been rather difficult; not so much for packing lists but certainly to find pictures of people’s packs and the bulk of what they were taking. [...]
I have just a week and a half before I leave! It’s getting to the final stretch here at home. Packing is getting finished, with a few last minute orders still awaiting to arrive. I’ve got all my shoes, most of my clothing, finally settled on a digital camera after weeks and weeks of agonizing [...]
Moldova, a nation that is in between Romania and Ukraine and ethnically Romanian, appears to be having some internal issues at the moment. The country currently has about 140 volunteers serving, according to the peacecorps.gov website, and a number of new volunteers are to be leaving this June. They have been a Peace Corps country in Moldova [...]
When I found out that I was going to be spending my time in the Peace Corps in Romania, I was ecstatic. I was already vaguely familiar with Romanian Culture and History in large part to the Romanian’s that live in my small community, but I was unaware at how rich and diverse it is. [...]
For those of you who are thinking about applying to the Peace Corp, or for those, like myself, who have been accepted and are waiting to leave, I would highly recommend reading the book So You want to Join the Peace Corps by Dillon Banerjee. Dillon served as an agroforestry volunteer in Cameroon from 1994 [...]
The Map below is where Romania is in relation to its neighboring countries. I absolutely love to travel and it gives me a great feeling learning about new cultures and experiencing new things. I know that much of my time in the Peace Corps will be at my future site, but there will be vacation time [...]
What do you think of when you hear the words Peace Corps? For many people , they think of young American’s venturing off into the wilderness, to live in a tent and digging wells or irrigation canals. They would be there, in hot and dry areas, without any form of modern acutrements anywhere to be [...]
I meant to post this article on the 27th, but due to some delay I wasn’t able to finish it until today:
Two months from now will be the day I leave and I feel I still have a long way to go before I am ready. From packing, to saying goodbyes, there’s just too much [...]
Peacecorpsjournals.com, a wonderful website that lists numerous blogs by Peace Corps Volunteers, Trainees, and soon to be Trainees, has apparently added me to their Romania section. I am fairly surprised by this, since I didn’t do anything to get on there. Before they changed the site, I remember one had to send an email link [...]
The Romanian Flag has gone through a number of changes in its history, some times brought on by the Romanian people themselves, and other times when it was, more or less, forced upon them. The history I have found so far is fairly complicated, with historians not entirely in agreement with some of the finer [...]
As a history buff, I love to delve into any and alll things historical and cultural. Recently, I have begun studying the history and culture of Romania and the Romanian people in preparation for when I leave for the Peace Corps. What I have discovered recently is that Romania is a study largely in contrast, [...]
The other day, I sent in my Aspiration Statement and Resume to the home office in Romania. It is by no means a great piece of writing but I do feel comfortable enough with the way it turned out. It took me a fair amount of time to write, or perhaps, it took me a fair amount [...]
The first post on a blog is always the most difficult. How do you introduce yourself and the intentions of the blog to people that may be interested? For me personally, I usually look for a great first line, something that immediately grabs the attention of the reader and draws him or her into the [...]
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