Let’s see…First off, sorry for not keeping up with the blog for the past few months. No excuses, I was just lazy and didn’t really have much to say. Well, I spent Thanksgiving in UB with the rest of the volunteers and we had a great time eating, playing football and roller skating. For a [...]
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So, I’m on my second week back at site after a 2 month leave and it’s been going really well. My sitemates and I have been working on getting a plan together for Alcohol Awareness Week and are working on getting a weekly English Movie Night started for 9th – 11th graders at a local [...]
I started to write a detailed post about my summer, but I figured it would be easier for me to just direct you to my facebook page and have you look at my Summer 2010 album. I was in America for 3 weeks for my brother’s wedding, then came back to Mongolia and was in [...]
I had an extremely distressing/punching walls day yesterday (June 21st). It wasn’t anything in Mongolia that had me wanting to cry/scream/punch someone. It was a situation in America. My host sister, Jagaa, who is 18, came to America to work/travel on a J-1 visa. This visa (and her job) was obtained through a certain agency [...]
I realized today after reading my friend’s blogs post http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/note.php?note_id=393926754435 a lot of you won’t understand what I say when we meet. That’s ok. Cuz I won’t understand you now. Somthing happened to me in Mongolia and I can’t explain it. I changed and did you. Still, that’s cool. I won’t try to change you. Enjoy Your [...]
I decided that I’ve been neglecting my blogging duties to you guys and thought today would be a good day to amend that. First off, yeah it’s my birthday, but because I’m in a place where time has a relative meaning, I’ve decided to age backwards instead of forward. Kind of like Benjamen Button but without [...]
I realize that I haven’t posted a blog in a few weeks, but I promise that I have a good reason. I’ve been in UB working my butt off trying to get the CED sector ready for the new trainees (M21’s). We only had one day off during the whole 14 day circus and we [...]
This last week has been a bit of a mixed bag in the way of good and not-so-good days… Monday was spent waiting for word about Ichko’s application that she turned in two weeks ago…no word that day, so Burne, Ichko and I were kind of on edge. The next day, I was done waiting, [...]
I decided to write this entry as I was walking home thinking “WOW, today was a kick ass day!”. Don’t get me wrong, I have good days most days, but today was one of those days where I felt like I really accomplished something big.
So, to start off, I actually woke up BEFORE my alarm [...]
The past week, my calendar has been filling up at a scary pace. I have agreed to be a CED (business program) trainer this summer during the 4th quarter of PST. Amber Barger (M19) will teach the first half of the summer and Mark Estep (M20) and I will split up the second half. Usually, [...]
Well, I wanted to keep this a secret, so I could suprise my former co-workers this summer, but as with many things, technology makes keeping a secret somewhat difficult.
I will be coming back to the States this summer for a 3 week vacation! My brother is getting married July 24th and since I wouldn’t miss [...]
Last Wednesday (2/24/10), I had all of my co-workers from Erdenet over to celebrate Tsagaan Sar (Mongolian New Year, “White Month”) with me. I had been preparing the entire week before (cooking, cleaning, shopping) and was really nervous about it. Fortunately, my sitemate Brad was able to come over and help me set up so [...]
Ok, so if you remember from my “Blarg” post, I was on my way to inventing a sleeping bag with arm and leg holes for optimal warmth here in Mongolia. Well, that idea has already been thunked up.
Another million dollar idea hijacked.
Ok, so since I spent last week basically holed up inside my apartment waiting for my cracked ribs to heal (and working from home on my laptop) I didn’t think I would have anything to post….until today happened.
Several weird/strange/awesome things happened today that I think you should be aware of, so here goes:
1. Woke up [...]
Just heard from the PC office in UB yesterday and they said that we all MUST come into UB within the next 2 weeks for mandatory H1N1 shots. AARRRGGHHH!!!! Seriously?! I was JUST there and now I have to take a day off of work and make the 12 hour trip again. Whatever. I’m staying [...]
I had to leave Erdenet for UB the week of Christmas for a 3 day work meeting which meant yet another 6 hour bus ride (seriously, it’s getting to the point where it’s not that bad) and several days of breathing in the terrible coal pollution that is UB air (the ger districts on the [...]
Below is an email I found that I think perfectly illustrates why there are more incidents of family violence during the holidays…Remember, Don’t Be a Marney! Love, Katie
From: Marney
As you all know a fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner does not make itself. I need to ask each of you to help by bringing something to complete the [...]
I know I fell down on my blogging duties during Thanksgiving/IST/UB visit so this one is going to cover a lot. Go to the bathroom now, because I’m sure you won’t want to take a break while reading about my awesome adventures…
Alona, Dao and I left for UB the day before Thanksgiving on the 10 [...]
The reason this posting is so long is because I’ve been without internet at the office all week so no work coming in and all other work finshed means Katie was bored. Enjoy!
Sometimes here, I feel like I’m working more on “one-person” projects rather than “community” projects. These “one-person” projects are exactly what they sound [...]
Well, the last 2 weeks here have been dominated by the growing outbreak of H1N1, or Swine Flu. About 3 weeks ago, the official count of cases was 8, then a week later it was 150, and last week it topped approximately 700. All secondary schools in the country were closed last week and continue [...]
Well, winter is circling us like a vulture and there’s only a few weeks left until it starts picking out our frozen eyeballs here in Mongolia. Generally, in Arkansas, when there’s snow on the ground, it means that it is winter time. Not here. Even with 3-4 inches of snow on the ground, it’s still only [...]
Good news! My lips and eyebrows are in place after using my snake bladder/sheep placenta mask last night! I’m also glad to report that there weren’t any allergic reactions to said snake and sheep bits.
Now if any of you ladies back home would like me to bring back a mask for you, all you have [...]
The past couple of days, my face has been busy growing a third eye, much to my dismay and amazement. Therefore, I went downstairs on my lunch break today to the medium sized market in my building to see if they have any remedies that I might try. Thankfully they had a tube of zit [...]
I wrote this loan application description for Kiva!
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=140872&app_id=com.kivaworld
Woo Hoo! Go Bat-Ulzii!
Not much has gone on the past week, just getting further settled into a routine (that I’m sure will change soon). I sent Caaral (or Big C as she’s known to her friends) to the vet with Dao a week ago so that she could get vaccinated and de-wormed. Dao said that she did well [...]
I thought I would give myself a break from researching import tarriffs to keep you up to date on what’s going on over here. Last Friday night, me, Dao, Alona and Erdene (our Mongolian friend who was born in Erdenet but raised in Russia and went to university in Germany) went to dinner at a [...]
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