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tangents, sidebars, and stumblings down lesser traveled roads
Cum viaţă?
Cum viaţă? Ce mai faceţi? Cum vă simţiţi? In order, means How’s life? How are you? How do you feel? Moldovans aren’t big on small talk or pleasantries. As my program manager (a Moldovan) said, smiles are hard-earned. It’s bitter cold out right now (below 0 F midday) after being in the 30s through most […]
festivităţile în Moldova
September 20, 2011
The end of August is a busy time in Moldova, especially in Ungheni. There are 4 major (semi) non-religious holidays in a row, from 27 August through 01 September. Ziua Independenţei, Saturday Moldova declared its independence from the USSR on 27 August, 1991, making this year the 20th anniversary. While Chisinau had a huge military […]
it’s been so long
August 24, 2011
Sarah’s been at site for a week, almost three for me. Everything’s fine. Host mom is a great cook, work is going slowly but surely. I’m starting to recognize people who I run into on the street. I’m looking at options for secondary projects and we’re looking at options for timpul liber (free time). Ungheni […]
Congrats
August 6, 2011
Congrats to my 26 fellow PCM M26 ARBD & COD PCVs who were sworn in yesterday. Good luck at your new sites and posts. I’ll see you soon for PST pIII. To my 27 fellow PCM M26 EE & HESC PCTs, I’ll see you soon at your swearing in. Long days and pleasant nights! Yes, […]
moving to the country
August 4, 2011
Peaches are in season right now. They’re everywhere but I haven’t eaten any yet. Tomorrow I move to Ungheni after our swearing-in ceremony. I’ll officially be a Peace Corps Volunteer. Which means that I start exploring my community for two years, start shopping and cooking for myself in my new home (except one mandated meal […]
on site visits and misc
July 22, 2011
I’m gonna prefice this by saying that I don’t remember what I’ve written about in the past and am too pressed for time to look it up, so if some of this ain’t new, only you’ll know it. Also, learning a new language causes me to be, on the one hand, very aware of grammar […]
4 iulie in Moldova
July 8, 2011
This is how we celebrated USA’s independence, Moldovan-style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaVf54D1Za0&feature=share
Posted in: PCT, peace corps
February 1, 2012
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