mass hi to all
i only have 5 minuets before my ride leaves
no internet at my site...in for medical but on a tight schedule
i love it...i live in a felt tent...it is very dusty
hope gregory had a nice graduation
grandma and grandpa i got your packages thank you so much
mom and dad i finally got the thanksgiving and easter cards!!!
my new address is
Cassandra Weiner, PCV
Altanbulag Secondary School
Altanbulag Soum
Tow Aimag
Mongolia
will write the mongolian address when i have time next month
talk to you all then!!!!!!!!!!
my phone is still 95742380 but i dont really get service at my site
love you all...love my new site...everything is great!!!!!!! more next month i promise
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
I sat on a rug...
Biding my time till Friday comes and I will move to my new site.
The town is apparently tiny. I will be living in a ger (Mongolian felt tent). There are also horses in my compound that I share with a fellow English teacher and her family.
My school is soooo excited to have me I can't wait to meet them.
They had a Peace Corps volunteer there about 6 or 7 years ago. Let's hope this person hasn't been glorified...but I think this will be really good.
The town is apparently tiny. I will be living in a ger (Mongolian felt tent). There are also horses in my compound that I share with a fellow English teacher and her family.
My school is soooo excited to have me I can't wait to meet them.
They had a Peace Corps volunteer there about 6 or 7 years ago. Let's hope this person hasn't been glorified...but I think this will be really good.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Moving Day
Hey All!!!!
So I will be moving from the Cho. Don't worry everything is okay, and as much as I will miss my school and all the friends I have made, I am very excited to get to work with younger folks and meeting more new people. (Guess I'm still a nomadic Navy Brat at heart ^_~)
So please don't send anything to my old address as it won't get to me. I don't have my new address yet, but as I will most likely be at my new site this week I should have it soon.
I will be moving to a small town called Altanbulag ("Golden-Fountain") that is just about one hour SW from the capital city!
Okay!!! That is all for now and I will update my address as soon as I know it!
So I will be moving from the Cho. Don't worry everything is okay, and as much as I will miss my school and all the friends I have made, I am very excited to get to work with younger folks and meeting more new people. (Guess I'm still a nomadic Navy Brat at heart ^_~)
So please don't send anything to my old address as it won't get to me. I don't have my new address yet, but as I will most likely be at my new site this week I should have it soon.
I will be moving to a small town called Altanbulag ("Golden-Fountain") that is just about one hour SW from the capital city!
Okay!!! That is all for now and I will update my address as soon as I know it!
Friday, May 2, 2008
why won't this song leave my head
Munkhbat = Eternal Strength
Lhagvaa = Wednesday
"Az Jargaltai Tugsgul" ~~ Luck-with Tugsgul???
(yeah couldn't find that word O_o)
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Dear Prudence
The sun is up, the sky is blue, its beautiful, and so are you, Dear Choibi, I wanna go out and play!
Spring is here in the good ole Cho and I personally am loving it!!!!! Its wonderful outside, no more need for heavy coats or long johns (it still snows every week or so but other that that its great!)
Many claim that spring is the most difficult season in Mongolia due to the wind. Personally I love the wind. The fact that it blows up all the sand corroding away your flesh and making you dirty as one of the street children isn't all that enjoyable, but hey life's not perfect.
My job is going swimmingly! I am teaching a "Business English for Accountants" class at the moment and as the level of my students (the majority of whom are older than me by the way) is far from advanced, I'm not having any problems. Unless you consider the fact that they never do homework, or pay attention, or have sporadic attendance...but really other than that is heavenly. I also heard the most glorious words come from my teachers mouths during our last lesson!!!!!
"We don't want to learn grammar, just vocabulary and phrases."
I nearly up and died it was soooo glorious. Our normal 1 hour lesson turned into a 3 hour one as I taught time phrases ("back in the day" "two weeks from now" "in two shakes of a lamb's tail") ... this was also when it was brought to my attention that I say the word "just" almost constantly O_o. But I was somehow able to explain the various time and meanings of the word with ease!!!!
I've also made friends with the jijuur (sort of a jack of all trades stairwell cleaner) and her family that literally live under the stairwell in my apartment building. There is the mother, her three little boys, and sometimes the father....and they all share a space that would make Harry Potter's under the stairs room look like a swanky pad.
I tripped over a skull on my way to school the other day and it didn't disturb me in the slightest. The severed sheep legs with their fur still on them in the road the other day threw me off a bit.
Sunday was Easter but I forgot. Maybe I will by an egg and eat it later in memory of the holiday. Though I did get to eat many a glorious Cadbury Creme Egg (my all time fav candy, which is only seasonal or I would be insanely obese by now) thanks to my wicked awesome Grandparents...
Za...well that is it for now. I know I'm most lazy with posting these things but if there is any specific topic you would like to hear about let me know and I will totally post about it ^_^!
Later Days!
Spring is here in the good ole Cho and I personally am loving it!!!!! Its wonderful outside, no more need for heavy coats or long johns (it still snows every week or so but other that that its great!)
Many claim that spring is the most difficult season in Mongolia due to the wind. Personally I love the wind. The fact that it blows up all the sand corroding away your flesh and making you dirty as one of the street children isn't all that enjoyable, but hey life's not perfect.
My job is going swimmingly! I am teaching a "Business English for Accountants" class at the moment and as the level of my students (the majority of whom are older than me by the way) is far from advanced, I'm not having any problems. Unless you consider the fact that they never do homework, or pay attention, or have sporadic attendance...but really other than that is heavenly. I also heard the most glorious words come from my teachers mouths during our last lesson!!!!!
"We don't want to learn grammar, just vocabulary and phrases."
I nearly up and died it was soooo glorious. Our normal 1 hour lesson turned into a 3 hour one as I taught time phrases ("back in the day" "two weeks from now" "in two shakes of a lamb's tail") ... this was also when it was brought to my attention that I say the word "just" almost constantly O_o. But I was somehow able to explain the various time and meanings of the word with ease!!!!
I've also made friends with the jijuur (sort of a jack of all trades stairwell cleaner) and her family that literally live under the stairwell in my apartment building. There is the mother, her three little boys, and sometimes the father....and they all share a space that would make Harry Potter's under the stairs room look like a swanky pad.
I tripped over a skull on my way to school the other day and it didn't disturb me in the slightest. The severed sheep legs with their fur still on them in the road the other day threw me off a bit.
Sunday was Easter but I forgot. Maybe I will by an egg and eat it later in memory of the holiday. Though I did get to eat many a glorious Cadbury Creme Egg (my all time fav candy, which is only seasonal or I would be insanely obese by now) thanks to my wicked awesome Grandparents...
Za...well that is it for now. I know I'm most lazy with posting these things but if there is any specific topic you would like to hear about let me know and I will totally post about it ^_^!
Later Days!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Cloverfield
Yesterday I found myself in a real movie theator, eating real popcorn, drinking an orange soad, and watching a movie in English...........utterly surreal, UB is a whole different world!
The Movie was called Cloverfield and was actually quite enjoyable, you should check it out. It was totally worth the 2,000 tugrigs it cost to get in!!!
Cloverfield
The Movie was called Cloverfield and was actually quite enjoyable, you should check it out. It was totally worth the 2,000 tugrigs it cost to get in!!!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Stupid Groundhog
So its snowing again....our heat streak must be over :::tear:::
Also since people seem to insist on sending me things (its perpetually christmas for me!) I've decided to update my list of things that I need since I suddenly find myself with enough lady products to last my whole two years here ^_~
Nerf Screaming Vortex (or other light weight durable outside sporty equiptment)
Stickers
Children's Books
American Candy
Pictures of Yourself or America
No-Bake Cheesecakes (or things of a similar nature)
Kool-Aid
Flying Monkeys to do myevil wonderfully productive bidding
and of course the randomosity factor is always delightful!
now off to treck through the light snow and do some work O_o
Also since people seem to insist on sending me things (its perpetually christmas for me!) I've decided to update my list of things that I need since I suddenly find myself with enough lady products to last my whole two years here ^_~
Nerf Screaming Vortex (or other light weight durable outside sporty equiptment)
Stickers
Children's Books
American Candy
Pictures of Yourself or America
No-Bake Cheesecakes (or things of a similar nature)
Kool-Aid
Flying Monkeys to do my
and of course the randomosity factor is always delightful!
now off to treck through the light snow and do some work O_o
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