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Matt in West Africa (Mali): January 2011
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Matt in West Africa (Mali). Note: content is solely the opinion of the author and does not represent Peace Corps. Saturday, January 29, 2011. S is for SIDA. This past week a bunch of Volunteers and I from the Segou region jumped in a mini-bus and took a 5 hour ride to a fellow Volunteer's site in Dogofry, north of Segou. She had organized an AIDS awareness bike tour and asked other Volunteers to come up and help spread the good news about a terrible disease. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). S is for SIDA.
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Matt in West Africa (Mali): I'm more mad at myself...
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Matt in West Africa (Mali). Note: content is solely the opinion of the author and does not represent Peace Corps. Saturday, February 26, 2011. I'm more mad at myself. February 26, 2011 at 8:48 PM. I can definitely relate to being disappointed in myself for not having figured out the local cultural quirks yet! I just cant let go of that US quirk of keeping compromises and assuming other people will, too. Ha. Thanks for sharing. Many saludos and well wishes from Guatemala! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Matt in West Africa (Mali): July 2010
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Matt in West Africa (Mali). Note: content is solely the opinion of the author and does not represent Peace Corps. Monday, July 26, 2010. A Rainy Friday in Village. We've had a decent dry spell in village considering that it's supposed to be prime time for rain. The last few weeks have brought clouds, wind, lighting, and thunder, but no rain. This means most people have been sitting around a lot waiting for the rains to show up so they can plant millet. The young men ate at the butiki and the kids ate at ...
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Matt in West Africa (Mali): Less Than Exciting
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Matt in West Africa (Mali). Note: content is solely the opinion of the author and does not represent Peace Corps. Monday, February 28, 2011. As you can imagine, neither of these documentaries do much to create a mood of happiness and joy. Rather, they are much the opposite, and present a message of how ridiculous and terrible humanity can be sometimes. It got me to thinking about my present situation and the world in general. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The Best American...
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My Time in Belize: My Sister Sylvia
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My Time in Belize. Tuesday, July 5, 2011. When I am getting to know people it is always common for them to ask questions like: “where is your mother? 8221; “are you married? 8221; “how many children do you have? 8221;, and “how many sisters do you have? 8221; I have noticed that they rarely ask me, “where is your father? 8221; or “how many brothers do you have? So basically the conversation always goes like this:. Q: how many sisters do you have? Me: none, I just have one brother. 8221; “no” ...8221; I g...
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My Time in Belize: August 2011
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My Time in Belize. Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Where does time go? Where does time go anyway? Its been two years since I moved to Belize, and it is coming up on my time to go home. Sometimes it feels like I have been here forever, but a lot of the time I can't believe. It it almost over. So here is a bit of what is going on in the last couple months. Thanks to a lot of help from my mom and others back home, we will soon have books for our school! Friday, August 5, 2011. Learning to wash my clothes in the r...
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My Time in Belize: July 2010
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My Time in Belize. Friday, July 23, 2010. My House Under Attack. I have had a bit of a crazy week in my house. I think that the rain is making all the animals (and children) act a bit crazy. For some reason my house seems like a reasonable shelter to them all. They are also building in my water house, but I decided I can live with that for now. Me: Your goal cannot be my front door, okay? Juan: It is not your door, see the cans? Monday, July 5, 2010. I can't believe it is already July! The beginning of t...
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My Time in Belize: December 2010
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My Time in Belize. Friday, December 3, 2010. So normally one would expect a blog entitled "November" to follow the one entitled "October" since we are now in December. However, I am having a hard time grasping the idea that November is already over. Where did it go? This year, though, I have had goosebumps and actually have said the words "I'm freezing" in the middle of the day. Since when should I want a long sleeve shirt when it is the mid-upper 70s? This all leads me to two thoughts. Anyway, Tropical ...
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My Time in Belize: April 2011
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My Time in Belize. Saturday, April 2, 2011. This thing called integration. So how much can I really fit in in a village of Mayan people? This is the question that goes around in my head a lot. I have definitely made myself a home here that I enjoy and feel very comfortable in. As I wander around, most dogs no longer bark at me, only one baby still cries, and most everyone just waves, says "byebye Megan! Or invites me in to visit for a bit. Why don't you marry so and so and stay here forever? Nicelia: la'...
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My Time in Belize: December 2011
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My Time in Belize. Monday, December 19, 2011. I don't want to write about all the goodbyes because after three weeks at home I can still feel the anxiety and emotions of leaving the village, but I do want to write about the goodbye party the school held for me :). The week before I left I started getting comments from the kids of "did the principal tell you we will have a party? So after all of that and some hugs, we all went to have lunch together. My last day with the feeding program. Thanks Ir...Getti...