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Untitled

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:01:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Leslie in Kyrgyzstan!)
I know I haven’t written in a while but winter here gets a little dull once you’ve been here a year and a half so it’s hard to find things to say that I find important enough to share with the ...
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Unanswered Questions of The First Eleven ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:30:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / the next step)
How is it that the tape which refuses to hold my map to the wall will hold the map to itself and make it impossible to unstuck?What did I do differently in today's eight grade class that allowedt ...
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A Long Time Coming.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:49:29 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Handstands In Kyrgyzstan)
To My Wonderful Friends Beloved Family and Quirky Comrades The wait is almost over. After much anticipation and a great deal of preparation my grand adventure as a Peace Corps Volunteer in R ...
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Welcome to Women’s Day!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:56 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Two Stops Past Siberia)
For those of you who may have been caught unawares this past Monday March the 8th celebrated International Women’s Day. This holiday once a domestic affair in the Soviet Union has since it’s ...
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Springtime has arrived!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:12:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Tales from Kyrgyzstan)
I've neglected writing the past weeks mostly from what I feel is a lack of something to say. Spring is in full throttle here which is welcome after the snowy and frigid February. I can now walk arou ...
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Happy International Women's Day

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:51:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / the next step)
I thought it was time for me to write a blog. I have not written in awhile. My reasons haven't changed. Nothing exciting has happened. Igot to wash dishes today! Having four younger sisters usual ...
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I'm back

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:05:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Discovering Kyrgyzstan)
Homestretch – I’ve made it through my last Kyrgyz winter and it’s already time to start making plans for when I go back home this fall. Then again I may be getting ahead of myself. While I ma ...
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Holiday

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:21:05 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Zdravstvuite)
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Protesting the Protest

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:06:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / 27 months in Kyrgyzstan)
Earlier this month my counterpart turns to me and tells me that the following Friday I must turn off my phone for an entire day in protest of rising prises for calling units. I resisted the urge to sa ...
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Meat with Rice is Good huh

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:03:31 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Two Stops Past Siberia)
So that warm snap I encountered in Bishkek last week has been creeping towards us Naryners here in the highlands. Where Bishkek was a mud puddle we are simply awash with melted snow. I guess I had f ...
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Sunchild

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:43:19 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Visible Thought)
Golden Gate Park San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Mila Zinkova Wikimedia Commons Atayin pushed aside the vines shielding her eyes from the blinding light. Sunchild come closer the voice whispere ...
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Learning to Ski

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:12:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / An Awfully Big Adventure)
The day started with an overly enthusiastic spirit that made leavingthe apartment at 8 AM absolutely painless. We even woke up earlyenough to cook breakfast. Looking back it was probably more of thegr ...
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Old New Year

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:10:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / An Awfully Big Adventure)
I think this holiday is quite fun if you know what it is…I however did not know.I was sitting at home one quiet day waiting on my site mate to gethome so I could go visit her. There was a knock at ...
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Long overdue update

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:07:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / An Awfully Big Adventure)
Well friends and family I have put off writing this update as long asI possibly could. I was honestly excruciatingly busy for the months ofSeptember and October. To be honest when I had spare time ...
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Yurt in a Minute!

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:08:32 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Two Stops Past Siberia)
During the needs assessment for the handicraft development project we found all kinds of novelties we’d never seen before. One of them was a little yurt. This guy was made of yarn and included ...
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From January 9th - Present

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:13:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Kyrga What?!?!?!?)
Hey guys I know its been forever since I've posted but hopefully you arent too mad lol Anyways I'll bring you up to speed on whats happened since Jan. First I forget how the mundane things in my life ...
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Just because I haven't updated in a long time

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:26:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Kyrga What?!?!?!?)
These are some pics of me in and around Osh explaination to come tomorrow morning -Peace
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Springtime for Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan!

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:05:14 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Two Stops Past Siberia)
This past week has seen a flurry of activity folks if for no other reason than my recent trip down to Bishkek our capital in the warm Chui Valley. While up in Naryn we’ve endured the ravages of t ...
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Officially Unemployed…And Loving It!!!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:42:55 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Home Sweet Kyrgyzstan)
Well I am officially no longer a slave to the MAN! Friday was my last day and since then I have never gotten so much done in my life (okay in my life since I entered the 8-5 workforce). I know that everyone in America is obsessed with getting a job right now and that [...]
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If it snows again I will probably cry.

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:44:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / the next step)
I haven't written in a few days mostly due to the fact that nothinghas happened for a few days. Don't believe me? The most noticeablethings of the past week:I got a package from home with star ...
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Give us your money (Act 1)

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:07:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Thomas and Rachel in Kyrgyzstan)
Good news! Good news!I have completed my first project! So I am going to write this blog about it. Here is the outline of the following blog: 1) I will tell you about it; all the juicy details and suc ...
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Donate to my Project

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:35:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
Remember to donate to my outhouse project at:http://appropriateprojects.co m/node/115Thanks!- Cameron
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Turtleneck

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:34:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/17/2010TurtleneckI got up a bit late this morning. I spent awhile reading the Economist. I managed to get out the door by 11:00. I went straight to the medical school where I met with my first year ...
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The Goths Again

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:34:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/18/2010The Goths AgainI had a slow morning that involved lots of reading and a little bit more Rome. I still didn’t quite manage to beat the main campaign. I spent nearly two hours on the interne ...
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Socket Flameout

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:33:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/16/2010Socket FlameoutI got up around 8:00. I set about doing some compressions and eating breakfast. As I was walking through the living room I noticed that it felt unusually cold. I went over to ...
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Hedging Against Regret

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:32:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/15/2010Hedging Against RegretI had a bit of a slow start to the morning. I managed to get out to the internet around 11:30. It was fast today which nearly made up for how much trouble I had yesterd ...
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Kind of a Miserable Valentine's Day

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:31:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/14/2010Kind of a Miserable Valentine’s DayIt snowed again last night. The snow from last week is far from gone. It had just started to melt a little bit over the last few days. It warmed up during ...
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“I Haven’t Bathed Countdown” – Day 12

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:13:20 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Эки Жыл: Two Years in the Life of a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan)
5 October 2007 This is Day 12 in the “I Haven’t Bathed Countdown.” I’m starting to figure out that my host family is finding other ways to wash themselves without a full banya but they cert ...
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Hurry boy it’s waiting there for you!

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:26:14 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Zdravstvuite)
This songs gets stuck in my head every few weeks. An amazing video as well except for the fact that everyone in this band looks like a total creep.
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My Bloody Valentine

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:22:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Letters From A Faraway Land)
January 25 2010I will take the sunshine and warm weather as sign that my streak of bad luck is finally over! I'm still taking it easy trying to get rid of this cold that seems to be draining all of ...
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hmmmm

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:50:20 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / tracythomp)
So I want to write this down so I remember it. I am usually not one who reads into external signs however we have been struggling lately with what to name our baby. I feel like it is such a big decis ...
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The Banya

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:26:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / 27 months in Kyrgyzstan)
Having whined profusely about the winter in my last blog I would like tell you my favorite part of winter; the banya. The banya is a building where people bathe. Volunteers and I have also adapted thi ...
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Its cold over here!

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:21:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / 27 months in Kyrgyzstan)
Despite the seemingly warm weather during the end of January and beginning of February Jack Frost has returned to Kyrgyzstan and for the last two weeks we have had regular snow storms and lots of col ...
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Snow Removal and the Kyrgyz Home

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:02:39 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Two Stops Past Siberia)
So according to everyone around while temperatures this winter have been mild (yikes) where we’ve really had excess is in snow. It first came down from the sky in October. It hasn’t really ever ...
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Fridays are Better

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:37:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/13/2010Fridays are BetterFriday was a pretty good day. I turned in my second of four grants in the morning. I taught a class in the afternoon. It was my first year class and only two students showed ...
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Salvaging My Work Week

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:35:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/11/2010Salvaging My Work WeekA friend of mine from America called me last night at 2 AM. I was really groggy and I didn’t remember much of the conversation!Today was really productive. It partiall ...
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First Guest in Three Months

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:34:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/10/2010First Guest in Three MonthsI spent most of the day cooking with Frank and Kristen. We made lunch at Kristen’s apartment then re-located to my apartment (where the power had returned) in the ...
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Why I Dislike "The Constant Gardener"

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/8/2010Why I Dislike “The Constant Gardener”I got moving at around 9:30. I spent the morning productively reading the Economist and washing my sleeping bag. Somebody who had borrowed my sleeping ...
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The Letter

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:48:08 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Visible Thought)
New Boston NH. Winter 2009. When winter passes I’ll fix up the barn. I’ll add in a cozy alcove just pillows and books. And I’ll paint the walls pale yellow and gold with green cu ...
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Whoops!

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:38:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / A Hippy in Kyrgyzstan)
Thank you for reminding me Tilly! I forgot to mention it in my last post but I have recently received 3 packages and I want to give a HUGE thanks to those who sent them!! Thanks to Tilly and co. ...
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Untitled

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:51:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / the next step)
14 February 2010Happy Valentine’s Day! – Jordan you’ll have to call me or write me a long email about your weekend. I want to know how many times you and Kris fell down your first time snowboar ...
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Elephant

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:31:48 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / tracythomp)
I feel like an elephant!
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Peace Corps "Take 2"

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:01:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / My adventures in Kyrgyzstan)
I am preparing to leave to the Kyrgyz Republic in 6 weeks. This is my second time going through the roller coaster of what a Peace Corps volunteer goes through preparing for this huge adventure. I was ...
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Future Profession cont'd

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:09:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / kyrgyz kaleidoscope)
Look Mom we're on a field trip!
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Untitled

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:53:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / the next step)
10 February 2010This is not going to be a happy blog. This blog might not even be pleasant. So if you are accustomed to and want the “everything is wonderful” blog; I suggest that you stop readi ...
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Sledding in the Ruins of Russia

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:13:10 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Two Stops Past Siberia)
Never fear! The cheelde is currently in the process of chik-ing! The cheelde the forty coldest days of the year come in and out with the bitterest cold of it all and so far February has been abs ...
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Impact

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Life's Newest Adventure)
With only 6 more months left in country I like many fellow volunteers have begun to look at the impact I’ve made on my site. If just looking at the school the classes and the system that I someti ...
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Six months and counting!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:57:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / A Hippy in Kyrgyzstan)
That’s right folks! Only six months until I’m back! As excited as I am it’s becoming more and more clear that there are tons of things I’m going to miss about this place. Some of them things ...
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I Am Simply Not Good at Cooking Rice

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:44:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/5/2010I Am Simply Not Good at Cooking RiceI got a pretty productive start to my morning working on the K18 packing list. I went to the internet at 11:00 and started downloading all the edits and sub ...
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Colder

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:44:00 +0800

(Kyrgyzstan / Cameron's Journal)
2/7/2010ColderI went to Brad’s village yesterday for his birthday party. The D&D group spent the night there afterward. I woke up at Brad’s. I was the first one to wake up so I watched “Enter t ...
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