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Barefeet or Smiles?
Saturday 30 August 2003 Smiles and Bare feet: The contemplations of Sera on the road to Swakopmund If I just look out the window, I see the yellow grasses, stubby dust-green bushes dotting the plain, brown-gray mountains in the distance, and a hazy horizon making the whole scene bleak and inhospitable. But if I look …
FAQs Peace Corps
FAQs about going to Namibia as a Peace Corps Volunteer clothes to pack | stuff to bring | housing | electricity | transport food | shopping | books | safety | bikes | teaching | advice WHAT CLOTHES SHOULD I PACK? My best advice to you is to bring comfortable shoes and clothes. You will …
Ekulo S
Ekulo Senior Secondary School This is the school where we taught for two years. It opened in 1997 and has around 450 learners from grades 8-12, most of whom stay in the hostel.
BEER FESTIVAL
CHINA INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL 2005 JULY 28 – AUGUST 8 click here to read the e-mail about the beer festival
CHINA INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL July 2005
CHINA INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL July 2005 Thursday, July 28 was the grand opening of the China International Beer Festival 2005. The festival is held annually for a week and a half at Xinghai Square, a mere ten minute walk from our apartment. However, the word “international” is dubious. The adjective could be interpreted to mean …
CHRISTMAS IN CHINA 2
CHRISTMAS IN CHINA (2) December 2005 Before I get on to important matters such as our Chinese Christmas, I want to tell you about my Outer Space Cup. As you know, here in China we cannot drink the tap water. So everywhere I go, I take a plastic bottle, which I can often fill up …
CHRISTMAS IN CHINA 1
CHRISTMAS IN CHINA (1) December 2005 This e-mail aims to answer all your burning curiosities about how Christmas is manifesting itself over here in Dalian, combined with some other random vignettes about how cold I am. I wake up in the morning and I put on my bathrobe before going to the kitchen where we …
STABBING DUMPLINGS November 2005
STABBING DUMPLINGS November 2005 At the end of one of my Monday night gatherings, my Chinese friends asked if they could make dumplings at my house sometime. I think that we have the largest kitchen in all of China, so it seemed like a good opportunity to use it. As soon as I agreed, English …
A ROOM WITH A KITCHEN
A ROOM WITH A KITCHEN (AND A BATHROOM!) September 2005 On Wednesday we moved out of our little apartment with a view to our grand new apartment. One of my adult students, Charlie, had been determined to help us ever since he heard we were going to move. We quite gladly accepted his offer which …
meet dalian
“Mom and Dad, meet Dalian.” September 2005 For the past week, my parents have been staying with us here in Dalian. They arrived at the Dalian airport on Sunday evening. I had invited one of my adult Chinese students, Charlie, to accompany me to the airport since Zac had to work. Charlie was thrilled, and …
