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Coming of Age: Announcing the Publication of My New Book
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Announcing the Publication of My New Book. You can buy the book now on amazon, it's available at Amazon through this link:. A Small Key Opens Big Doors: The Peace Corps at 50: The Heart of Eurasia. This book is the best bang for your buck if you're interested in the PCV experience in the area, as you get over 40 stories from the Eastern Europe / Central Asia region. Featuring stories from Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Albania, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, and many more! Announcing t...
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Coming of Age: December 2006
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Russian Television, in many many cases, is a carbon copy of American television. I call this. BIZARRO WORLD. In Bizarro Home Improvement World, Bizarro Al goes "Я не думаю так, тимь". Bizarro Wilson goes "Hidey-ho, сосед.". Bizarro Tim goes: "hwof hwof hwof hwof". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The views expressed in this blog are purely that of Jay Chen and his experiences here in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. Please read my blog entry, " Thoughts on this website. First, prior to reading this website.
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Coming of Age: June 2006
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School's out. I'm enjoying my vacation. An interesting reflection on my first year here to come. But first, I'm going on vacation to the states for about two weeks on July 4th! There, dear reader, I will then partake in some good old american style excess eating, a veritable tour of the world, that will stop at no less than the following places:. Fried chicken with hot sauce. Papa John’s Hand Tossed Pepperoni Pizza. Pork Baby back ribs. White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies. A big ass burrito. Kaz-1...
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Coming of Age: On the news
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Here's a small clip of a news report on me and some other volunteers in the area. For arrogance's sake (and the trouble with my bandwidth) I'm only uploading half of the video. The half with me. More to come. May 16, 2008 11:30 PM. This is really neat. when are you coming back? Miss you. - v. May 27, 2008 5:12 AM. I enjoyed reading some of your entries on your experience. Out of all the places you got placed in- Kazahstan! July 13, 2008 3:11 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Make your own badge here.
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Coming of Age: April 2007
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Signs your immigrant parents aren't quite assimilated. Today is package day! The wonderful, sweet time in a volunteer's life when he gets a box sent from home with all of the creature comforts of home. This particular package comes care of sweet old dear mother. She had mentioned sending this package back in January, so my receiving it today means that the package was obviously sent by yak. Regardless of the delay, it's still nice to get something once in awhile. Let's open'er up! Pup-peroni. Dog food.
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Coming of Age: February 2008
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Recap of Last Few Days. This probably isn't all that interesting for the general reader, but. January 31st 2008 - Ust-Kamenogorsk to Almaty. Rode on a Tupolev Jet. The thing felt like it was about to fall apart as we left Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport in the snow-covered airport. January 31st, 2008 - Almaty. Stuck here for 8 hours as the flight to Beijing is delayed. CRAP. However, I did get to eat a poor excuse for a hamburger, and the airport has free wireless! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The views expressed...
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Coming of Age: May 2008
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Here's a small clip of a news report on me and some other volunteers in the area. For arrogance's sake (and the trouble with my bandwidth) I'm only uploading half of the video. The half with me. More to come. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The views expressed in this blog are purely that of Jay Chen and his experiences here in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. Please read my blog entry, " Thoughts on this website. First, prior to reading this website. Make your own badge here. Kaz-15 Dan Ach's Blog.
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Coming of Age: My "I Love Lucy" Moment. Or: How I got introduced to all of my neighbors and why they think the American living in their building is a retard
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My "I Love Lucy" Moment. Or: How I got introduced to all of my neighbors and why they think the American living in their building is a retard. I had an “I Love Lucy” moment today. You know those moments, don’t you? I’m lucky enough to live in the city in an apartment with a washing machine. However, this presents its own complications, as I discovered today. Easy enough to fix, right? 8220;Are the Chinese ones bad? 8221; I ask her in Russian. I turn the new handle. It doesn’t move. The valve gives a litt...
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Coming of Age: August 2006
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There’s always room for improvement…. One of the things I’ve been proud of as of late has been my development in the Russian language – it took over a year, but only recently have I felt comfortable enough in my abilities to not have to lug around a Russian-english dictionary everywhere I go. The central bazaar has a giant warehouse for fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as a fresh meat center, where whole giant beef pork carcasses are hung up on racks, and there are three rows of stalls, each manned b...
