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Once On This Island...: August 2014
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Once On This Island. My adventures as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Federated States of Micronesia. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Now that I have fast enough internet, I wanted to post a few videos. This first video is a compilation of lots of quick scenes that I filmed to give you a sense of my daily experience with my host family. (Lots of dancing! The 6th graders perform "Peace Like a River" on the last day of school:. The girls sing "Let It Go" from Frozen. Need a book recommendation? And the first tw...
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Once On This Island...: July 2013
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Once On This Island. My adventures as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Federated States of Micronesia. Thursday, July 25, 2013. Wow, it’s been an eventful summer! Most importantly, my dad came to visit Pohnpei in July! He stayed with my host family for the complete experience! It was so much fun to show him around the island. We visited the ancient ruins of Nan Madol (which most of my host family had never been to before! He also took lots of great photos that I stole…. Flying in over Pohnpei:. We had a tr...
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Nick in Micronesia: December 2013
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013. 2013 in Review - aka My First and Last Attempt at a Videoblog. Note to self: It's awkward talking to a camera when you're by yourself. Here are some pictures of my most recent project: making coconut oil. Also I threw in a picture of a newphew of mine playing Nerf basketball with me, a countdown to the Microgames, and a bonus picture of Boulder. Good times. Friday, December 20, 2013. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Hey, look at that guy! Or the Peace Corps.
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Nick in Micronesia: June 2014
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Monday, June 30, 2014. Sort of. I can feel the start of worrying about my trip back home. It's like a crying baby at the back of an airplane when I'm sitting at the front. I can't faintly hear its annoyance, but I'm able to put on my headphones and rock through the flight. Soon enough though, that baby is going to be screaming and sitting in the seat right next to me. It's only eventual, but for now I'm basking in the ignorant bliss of not thinking about July 30th. How am I basking? I'm also trying to cr...
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Nick in Micronesia: 30 Days Has September, April, June, and November
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Friday, June 20, 2014. 30 Days Has September, April, June, and November. I keep having to sing that song to myself. It reminds me, as it did in school, that June and many other months are too weak to have thirty-one days. It reminds me that somewhere after June there's that dirty month of July, creeping and hiding behind. In a way, the song reminds me of this: use your time wisely Nick. I found myself utterly surprised by two things yesterday. Yea That's basically how my Peace Corps service has gone....
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Nick in Micronesia: October 2013
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Friday, October 18, 2013. Time Is Not On My Side. Bum Bim. Bum. Bim. 17:54.06 hours. I'm on red what? Bum Bim. Bum. Bim. 17:58.33 hours. Yep, that's me. Bum Bim. Bum. Bim. 19:33.22 hours. Then I got the craziest idea in my head after the race. Could I, an extremely WASPy WASP (minus the Protestant), do more with running. Could I, an average runner back in the U.S., be a part of the Micronesian Olympics in July 2014? Will the Olympic torch be a coconut husk on fire? My students hard at work. Subscribe to:...
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Nick in Micronesia: Sweat. A Sting Ray. The Final Stretch.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Sweat A Sting Ray. The Final Stretch. Holy (insert your religious person's name here)! How about I blow your mind (By really blowing your mind! I bet you've never been triple parenthesisied before, have you? In all, the next 5 months I hope will be nothing but amazing. School is going great. Secondary projects like coaching are hopping. Job hunting is just about to commence. Sweat to be sweated. It's the Final Stretch. Cue the Final Countdown Song. Wo hai ni men. Http:/ wheresja...
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Nick in Micronesia: 90 Days and Airbags
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Friday, May 2, 2014. 90 Days and Airbags. I always thought starting something would be the hardest part. Finishing should easy, right? Well Peace Corps must be like trying to stop a moving bike going 100 miles per hour down a hill. I'm starting to send the signal to my hands to slam on the brakes, but I somewhat feel it might be better to fly over the handle bars and back broken, a new man, into the non-Peace Corps life. 5 Slowly deploying for employment - China is a freshly plucked chicken waiting to be...
