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A true confession

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:49:00 +0800

(Uganda / meander with melissa)
A couple of weekends ago a dear friend came to visit. We had a lovely evening of baking and cooking; the pizza was simply phenomenal.While the milk tart was less than a true success in terms ...
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More to come...again

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0800

(Uganda / My Ugandan Experience)
Not sure why I always seem to have problems uploading pictures in Mukono but I do.Just a quick update...sorry no pictures this time.Term 1 of school has started. I am volunteering at a primary school ...
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-asdf

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:09:09 +0800

(Uganda / Celeste From Texas)
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Turning Over A New Maple Leaf…

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:49:14 +0800

(Uganda / Late Night Traveler)
I really like How I Met Your Mother. Seriously good stuff. Robin Lilly Barney Marshal Ted- the baby hater manipulator womanizer giant and hopeless romantic. On a cold rainy evening there is ...
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the aptly named

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:10:00 +0800

(Uganda / Uganda be lovin' life...)
a cold february day on the great wall of china!this is a "wild wall" portion of the greater great wall(thankfully touristless)"wild" because many sections of the wall in this area were in ruin......an ...
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Snaps

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:16:59 +0800

(Uganda / Celeste From Texas)
I'm gonna try uploading one at a time. This is Try #3 of "Upload Pictures to My Blog." To get a feel for the internet speed try this 10 Step Test of Patience:1. Open the internet 2. Wait 20 minutes3. ...
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Bududa Mudslides

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:23:00 +0800

(Uganda / Life is Beautiful indeed)
As I was packing my bag to head up to the mudslides that had killed hundreds and displaced thousands I didnt know what to expect. I packed my bags just in case I too would be camping up in the mounta ...
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Just Dance

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:33:00 +0800

(Uganda / A Ugandan Adventure)
Well hello again my lovelies. I hope all is well with you and I suppose it's time for yet another blog. I've been teaching for a couple of weeks now and getting to know my students. Bright-eyed a ...
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This is a long one

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:32:29 +0800

(Uganda / Celeste From Texas)
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. It was a good day. I taught had lunch with the brothers and my friend Emma took me out for ice cream. (ugandan style none of this blue bell business.)In the ev ...
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a different type of streetwalker

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:32:00 +0800

(Uganda / Uganda be lovin' life...)
when you see something like this on the street in a foreign country...i find it's best to do something like this!
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Peace Corps Uganda - John's Vlog 2

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:01:41 +0800

(Uganda / YouTube)
Author: utlnghrn34 Keywords: Added: March 6 2010
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Project Proposals

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:48:00 +0800

(Uganda / Gypsy Love: One World One Love)
So the following are the projects that I have presented and discussed with my organization. The demo of the Dew Pond is already half way finished!! I will write more on that at a later date. Next wee ...
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Untitled

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:01:00 +0800

(Uganda / Sarah the Explorer)
Pace of Life:I have a shirt from my host parents that says “There’s No Hurry in Africa.” I write today in a hurry to absolutely negate that. I have felt at times much more rushed than I ever ...
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Add-Ons

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:36:44 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
I wanted this post to be titled addendums/addenduns/addendumns but couldn’t remember how to spell it and started convincing myself it’s not a real or the correct word anyhow. Bummer. ...
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bafflement: it's what's for dinner!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:11:00 +0800

(Uganda / Uganda be lovin' life...)
when someone like me sits down to eat alone at a restaurant in beijing knowing not a word of mandarin it can be comforting to see some english descriptions of dishes on the menu. however ripe with ...
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It's March - Actually March 5 2010

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:38:00 +0800

(Uganda / Kathy Westerman's Peace Corps Journey)
I'm back in the PC office - I'm getting my physical/dental out of the way this week. Got most done on Wednesday but we have to come back within 72 hours to have our Mantoux read - PC will even pay f ...
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A bag of coke

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:29:00 +0800

(Uganda / Iganda? No, Uganda!)
The other day I was taking a stroll around Kisimbiri Hill when all of a sudden the cravings hit me like a Mack truck. I needed my fix and needed it fast. Fortunately there are an abundance of small ...
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lisbon.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:22:46 +0800

(Uganda / erin.)
I was very lucky to be invited to Lisbon by my senior thesis advisor who is a professor there. I had the opportunity to speak to his masters students about my experiences with development work in Uganda. He was kind enough to show me around the city and introduce me [...]
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Traversing Western Uganda

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:24:12 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
In other news I visited my friend Jill in Ibanda which is also in the southwest but in a different district. She works with Compassion International at a Child Development Center where people fro ...
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Ben (Eyeroll)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:22:48 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Ben one of the teachers at the local high school. His name usually is accompanied with an eyeroll so clearly he’s like a brother. Here’s just some basic brother beating.
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My Ugandan Family (one of them)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:11:06 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Two COVOID staff pictures—one just of our 8 (1 missing) Community Based Trainers (CBTs) who do all of the fieldwork and training. I love all of them so much they are so fun and young and passiona ...
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COVOID “Making Change” (savings get it?)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:06:40 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Here are a few pictures of the work that my organization does. The first three show VSLA groups meeting to save their money together. They sit in a semi-circle around “the box” where they keep ...
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Stroking Means Something Different in Ugand-lish

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:56:46 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
We at COVOID do actually find some time for ourselves…but we reserve it mostly for dancing. Picture 1- I’m not sure my supervisor understood the full extent of his responsibilities wit ...
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Chef on Fire!

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:57:29 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Anyone that lets me anywhere near any stove—charcoal gas electric easy-bake—should know they have another thing coming. In this case that other thing generally involves fire noise destruct ...
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Traumatic Healing…or something like that

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:43:41 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
I spent a week attending a Biblically-based trauma healing workshop directed by my friend and fellow American COVOID volunteer Nicole. She was trained in directing these workshops and then brought ...
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Just In Case You’re Ever Baking in the ...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:41:30 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
If you want to be enlightened of the finer side of Ugandan baking…here is a demonstration by yours truly of a “dutch oven” allowing baking on charcoal. You’ve got a big saucepan with 3 ...
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Nicole Uganda Be Missed!

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:28:03 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
At Nicole’s farewell surprise party. Please note that my chocolate cake experiment got some unexpected special attention. The second picture is an especially attractive one of me and my best friend Benjamin posing as only we know how.
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Kitchen Central

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:18:44 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
What happens when you’re waiting for charcoal stoves to heat up a 3rd round of charcoal to boil the same pot of corn?? You take pictures. Here’s our community kitchen area. Add a few people ...
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2 Year Peace Corps Montage

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:14:00 +0800

(Uganda / Oregon-7,684 Miles-Uganda: Worlds of Difference)
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Updates Finally!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:19:42 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Life here in Uganda is certainly keeping me busy. In January I had a week of in-service language training in Bushenyi and another week of in-service training on project design and management with my ...
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Babiesssss (Not Mine!)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:18:06 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
My neighbor had a baby!! It’s a bouncing baby boy. Well I don’t know if he bounces. We haven’t tried yet. Come to think of it we probably won’t try that. But the alliteration was n ...
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Random News

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:11:53 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Two pieces of very exciting news!! (Peace Corps translation—mildly interesting news of mediocre quality and only moderate relevance to anything you care remotely about.) 1) Slowly but s ...
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Rafting the Nile!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:53:46 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Okay so one of the coolest experiences….I’m just going to throw it out there I whitewater rafted the Nile—30km of it anyway. About 12 of us went for our friends’ birthday and with 7 people o ...
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Rearranging Rains

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:32:00 +0800

(Uganda / Hayley in Uganda)
Hi climate change nice to meet you. If you want a front row seat to this charming environmental phenomenon I’ve been saving a place for you in Uganda! I’ve heard the story many times by now. ...
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Winter

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:40:20 +0800

(Uganda / Celeste From Texas)
Its winter here when i wear socks to bed (or want to wear them during the day with my sandals but don't cause they will get dirty too fast and anyways i wont be smart.)I took Pauline and Vale with me ...
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Solvent

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:56:00 +0800

(Uganda / A Search for What's Lost Past the Lineless Horizon)
Pretty please refer back to my Disclaimer because I think this one can be entertaining if you let it. My BFF of Peace Corps Uganda and currently second only to Jeremy stated he wished someone woul ...
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Unexpected Goodbyes

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:38:00 +0800

(Uganda / It's a good thing I like bananas.)
Hey all I have an unfortunate announcement: Peacecorps has decided to medically separate me and send me back to the states. I have not full recovered from whatever is plaguing my kidneys. I've been ...
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Opening of A Hut Ceremony

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0800

(Uganda / Life is Beautiful indeed)
So I got invited to an opening of the hut ceremony by one of my favorite teachers at the school. I had no idea what it entailed. I definitely had to go though. Myschedule wasn't exactly conducive to g ...
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Sunday Night

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:19:57 +0800

(Uganda / Celeste From Texas)
St. Theresa from a neighboring hill____________________________ ______________This past week was kinda busy. In between life skills classes and the rain were meetings p.e. class english class guitar ...
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The second wedding I attended

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:09:00 +0800

(Uganda / My Ugandan Experience)
We took a wrong turn and ended up on a ledge between some water and soggy ground. The reception area...pretty heh. More reception the center where the cake is located on a raised platform. Fancy eh? ...
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Some of my other family members and friends

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:57:00 +0800

(Uganda / My Ugandan Experience)
I always refer to her as the Brown cow because I can never remember her actually name. She recently returned from her trip to a friend's farm. The going was slow much stopping starting mooing swe ...
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One Month to Go - February 27 2010

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:40:00 +0800

(Uganda / Kathy Westerman's Peace Corps Journey)
Wow - it's coming fast! I'm in Kampala today (Sat.) for our COS (Close of Service) Party - it's really for our group but some people from the other groups may be there. Not sure how many of the Feb ...
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Welcome to My little corner of Uganda

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:26:00 +0800

(Uganda / My Ugandan Experience)
Welcome...this has been a long awaited visit sorry I did not invite you to come see my place sooner. This is the street I live on. As you can see if there is a camera there are children running to ...
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soggy mondays and other common things

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:21:00 +0800

(Uganda / Sarah the Explorer)
Here's me with some avocados picked from our tree and some poetry. Enjoy! In Uganda Bright green banana treesHot sunClay baked EarthMan ...
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Poker Face

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:05:00 +0800

(Uganda / A Ugandan Adventure)
Well hello again friends. How's life? It's getting better for me as I have just recovered from some sort of respiratory infection could have been bronchitis but whatever it was it's finally over ...
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On Beans

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:53:00 +0800

(Uganda / You gone da? No, Uganda)
I got a Christmas card the other day from a friend. In it she wrote “Every place culture and community of people has their won special qualities.” As I read this I was sitting outside m ...
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Untitled

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:35:00 +0800

(Uganda / Adventures in Uganda)
The school year has begun and is in full swing. I am teaching S1 south biology S2 north biology and math S3 west biology and A level biology (S5 and S6). I'm also trying to become more involved in e ...
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Angling

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:08:00 +0800

(Uganda / The Longest Summer of my Life)
The old proverb goes "Give a man a fish and he eats for a meal. Teach a man how to fish and he eats for a lifetime." (Was it Aesop who wrote it?)I come across that saying (or was it Confucius?) freq ...
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The Rainy Dry Season

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0800

(Uganda / 8,246 Miles to Uganda)
I have come to the conclusion that there will not be a dry season this dry season. The rainy season has extended into the dry season by several months. While this is good for keeping the dust down a ...
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Untitled

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:05:00 +0800

(Uganda / Sarah the Explorer)
Clitter ClatterWhirr Whir WhirrrrWe run down hillHands raised highCllliiiittterrr Clllaaattterrr WhhhiiiirrrrWe sweat waitingPtt. Ptt. Ptt.The last beans fallDown.mmmm. glp.The soft richnessOf sandwi ...
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