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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:13:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Dark Side of the Moon)
What’s in a name? My first name is quite simple and straightforward as far as names go. Some might even call it bland or blah or double blah. Luckily I’m blessed with a last name that overshad ...
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Computers On The Way

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:28:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
Today I received a few text messages from Nurbol in UB notifying me that he had purchased the four computers and they would be leaving on a van or bus from UB to Olgii today. Hopefully this means the ...
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My Students' Hip Hop/Dance Performance

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:10:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
Here's my newest video it's the hip hop/dance performance my 11th grade students performed for their team introduction at the English and general knowledge olympiad last week. There's more details in the video description hope you enjoy it. :)
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Kazakh/Mongolian 11th Graders - '#1 ...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:10:14 +0800

(Mongolia / YouTube)
Author: matthewbecker82 Keywords: Added: March 13 2010
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Self Actualization

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:52:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Advance Humanity)
Briefly Abraham Maslow's 19 Characteristics of a Self-Actualized PersonCompliments of Brian Johnson's PhilosophersNotesPerception of Reality: These individuals tend to have a “superior relationship ...
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In Other News...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:23:00 +0800

(Mongolia / A Couple of Sojourners)
In other news winter is winding down and spring -- with it's wild dust storms and random snow flurries -- is cranking up. Although the temperature has been getting warmer the river is still frozen. ...
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In Other News...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:23:00 +0800

English Rock Stars

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:13:00 +0800

(Mongolia / A Couple of Sojourners)
This past week my school School #4 hosted a two-day English Usage & General Knowledge Olympiad in which groups of 9th 10th and 11th graders from nine schools around Olgii competed to show off thei ...
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English Rock Stars

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:13:00 +0800

The Daily Bustle

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:25:29 +0800

(Mongolia / And watch out for the zud ...)
So now that I’ve been living as part of a Mongolian community and even occasionally working in it for more than half a year and the end of my first year of service is a mere two months away ...
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English Olympiad

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:36:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
Laura and her 11th grade team. Laura and Erkegul the English teacher from Darin and a friend of mine. Erkegul was actually a French major in college but she's one of the best English teachers in Olgi ...
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Road Trips...Moad Trips

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:31:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Peace Corps Journal)
If you have been following my blog you probably realize that I talk less and less about my day to day life and focus more on the cultural differences between that of Mongolia and America. To be hone ...
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Shout Out

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:44:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Steppe Up)
If you want to read a really amazing article by my fellow Hovd-ite good friend and American Center predecessor Andy Cullen now would be a great time. He just went out to the countryside to document ...
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Fall/Winter 2009

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:08:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Mikes Peace Corps: Mongolia Adventure)
Fall/Winter 2009/2010So it has been a while since I have posted anything. Most of what has been going on is similar to what happened last year at this time so I will bore you with those details you c ...
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Compassion and Enlightenment

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Advance Humanity)
I really enjoy watching Bob Thurman speak on Buddha in this very fun and inspiring TEDTalk. He has such a great attitude and a wonderful ability to get laughs between very serious topics.I agree with ...
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Party Month

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:09:12 +0800

(Mongolia / And watch out for the zud ...)
Spring Break across Mongolia is approaching in little over a week. With it comes one of the two biggest events for TEFL: the English Olympics. The other big TEFL event is the Concourse Exam given to ...
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World Aids Day aka. condomucopia

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Bob's Mongologue)
Hello all. I apologize for my protracted paucity in posting pictures. When I imagined the Peace Corps lifestyle a year ago visions of reading lengthy tomes while relaxing in a hammock suspended be ...
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A Conversation with Ms. Fitzgerald

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Steppe Up)
Firstly I am so sorry for being terrible about posting on the blog. I realize it's been a while since I've written and though I know all God's children are busy- I really am. I'm currently at various ...
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Tsagaan Sar

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:32:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Aaron in Mongolia)
Tsagaan Sar is the closest thing Mongolia has to Christmas. The name means “white moon” or “white month ” and although it officially lasts only three days it is celebrated for about a month. ...
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The Furious Winter's Rages

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Aaron in Mongolia)
Photo AlbumYes it’s cold in Mongolia but I can’t say I wasn’t warned before I came here. Every Peace Corps blog and every article on Mongolia mentioned the punishing winters but this year’ ...
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Saturday visit from the "Disaster E ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:24:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Mark & Kara's Travels)
by MarkThis will be a quick post - we've already covered this topic in excess. But Saturday Kara got to accompany me and some Mercy Corps staff on an excursion into the nearby soums. Once again US ...
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more photos + update

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:00 +0800

(Mongolia / There and Back Again)
Sorry it has been so long since I posted. I keep getting distracted. I don't know why. It may be from the immense amount of stuff the internet has to look at. For example there are about a zillio ...
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more photos + update

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:50:00 +0800

Hahahahaha

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:33:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
I want to be as happy as this guy...all the time.
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Tsagaan Sar Ice Fest

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:32:53 +0800

(Mongolia / Katieholder's Blog)
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 c ...
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The Revolution

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:16:14 +0800

(Mongolia / Uploads from The Nomad..)
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Untitled

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:41:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Dark Side of the Moon)
AllergiesI’m with baby. Not my baby someone else’s – not that every baby belongs to someone but this one does. This is the second time I’ve had the misopportunity to baby-sit as it were. He ...
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Untitled

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:42:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Dark Side of the Moon)
'This blog is dead' - Man on the Moon
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Your Gig Line

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:38:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Advance Humanity)
Back in Boy Scouts my friend and fellow Eagle Scout Bryan Mack told a story that I really liked. One day at camp one of the Scouting executives was criticizing a Scout about their work at camp and Bry ...
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MST Performance - Julia Tysen and Leslie

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:54:44 +0800

(Mongolia / YouTube)
Author: matthewbecker82 Keywords: Added: March 7 2010
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Pictures

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:39:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Love All, Serve All)
Finally trying to get some pictures on here...One of the posters students drew for Teachers Day... Notice the technology teacher in goal with an ax! I was happy they had me yelling "come on" to my tea ...
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Tsagaan Sar – Mongolian Lunar New Year ...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:54:47 +0800

(Mongolia / My Peace Corps Mongolia Experience)
Mongolia and a number of other Eastern and Central Asian countries have followed the lunar calendar with its 12-year animal cycle since ancient times. The New Year according to the Lunar Calendar in M ...
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Bending the last Around

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:13:51 +0800

(Mongolia / Day Old Buuz)
I'm back to having to go out to blog. Sorry mom your right I didn't break my keyboard by blogging too much. If you want an update you might just have to call. Before I get into how much fun I'm ...
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Pictures From Today

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:47:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
Check out the sweet green apple clock. Stylin'! Altinbek and Nurbol trying out the new couch. Surprisingly comfortable. :)Started decorating gonna need quite a few more maps and posters to finish dec ...
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Good News and Some More Progress

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:46:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
So after all the drama of finding out that World Vision apparently couldn't help us with the project Agii went back and asked again asking if they could give us SOME support or funding even if it w ...
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In Dreams Awake

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:05:01 +0800

(Mongolia / Advance Humanity)
We can deny a lot of things but I don’t think we can deny the fact that we can all become better. We can do a better job of living up to our ideals living out our beliefs and being the kind of peo ...
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Yak Wool: the next big Mongolian export?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:39:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Mark & Kara's Travels)
by MarkLet's begin with the people involved in this day I just had. First Jeton Starova (a Manager of the Economic Develop Programs from Mercy Corps UB) was coming to town to meet with our office st ...
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Tsagaan Sar: Gifts

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:19:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Mark & Kara's Travels)
by MarkGifts may not seem like a major focus of the Tsagaan Sar holiday (most people focus on the food and the greetings first as we've done in our blog posts) but it's who is giving them and when t ...
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Disappointment

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:56:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
Disappointment and frustration. These are the two words that best describe what I'm feeling right now. Marjan from World Vision messaged me and told me that our project budget wasn't approved and that ...
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Pictures from the past couple days

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:51:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
The market one shop opening up while others remain locked with no workers in sight at 11:00 AM on a Wednesday. The wall paint almost done. Me in the room in my shiny jacket. :)The outlets and sur ...
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The early bird gets the......nope not here.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:31:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Be Excellent to Each Other)
As someone who at times considers myself to be a bit of a 'dude' I can appreciate a laid back attitude occasional laziness sleeping in relaxing and 'taking it easy'. As someone who's from the U.S ...
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Board and Committee Trainings: Zavkhan Aimag

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:47:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Leslie & Nathan in Mongolia)
NOTE: This entry was written in September 2009. It was subsequently published in March 2010. You can check out the full album of pictures and captions here.Nathan recounts his trainings tripAfter r ...
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Pictures

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:53:00 +0800

(Mongolia / A Couple of Sojourners)
This past weekend a small snowstorm rolled through town. Here's some pictures of the next day.Ah home sweet home. If you look closely you'll notice bits of broken bottles mortared to the top of th ...
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Pictures

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:53:00 +0800

Animal Farm

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:37:00 +0800

(Mongolia / A Couple of Sojourners)
In case any of you haven't heard by now this is currently Mongolia's worst winter in 30 years. For every day working stiffs in the city it's really not much more than a big inconvenience. But for ...
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Animal Farm

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:37:00 +0800

February Pictures!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:36:00 +0800

(Mongolia / There and Back Again)
http://www.facebook.com/album.ph p?aid=2123083&id=116500167&a mp;l=e9c8f94dc6enjoy!love CPS really wicked sandstorm right now I hope I don't blow away!
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February Pictures!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:36:00 +0800

(Mongolia / There and Back Again)
http://www.facebook.com/album.ph p?aid=2123083&id=116500167&a mp;l=e9c8f94dc6enjoy!love CPS really wicked sandstorm right now I hope I don't blow away!
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Civil Unrest

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:57:00 +0800

(Mongolia / The Liberian Mongolian American.)
"civil unrest is presently on going in Voinjama b/w Muslim n Christian. Pls avoid Voinjama travel" - text message from Peace Corps last friday.
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Untitled

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:01:00 +0800

(Mongolia / Peace Corps Journal)
One of our monasteries...It's behind the fence.Pool. Anytime anywhere...Who loves Mongolia and has two thumbs?!! This guy!Tsagaan Sar deel. (Mongolian New Years attire)More Mongolian New Year attire. ...
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