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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: Dominicanisms Part 1
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. April 24, 2013. I have lived in the Dominican Republic for 49 days. In that brief period of time I have become acquainted with A LOT of words and phrases that are almost exclusively used by Dominicans. Below is an alphabetical list of the Dominicanisms I have so far discovered, it is so long I am splitting it into two parts. Enjoy! Amarrar la chiva- goes to work but does nothing while there. Conjo - e...
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: Dominican Music
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. October 8, 2014. You will never be asked to turn down your music in the Dominican Republic. Why? Because blasting your music is part of being Dominican. How did blasting music at all hours of the day become socially acceptable? For an entire month I was woken up by this song:. It was a rough month. Decide who you prefer by listening to two of their most popular songs. Dembow is a new and evolving genr...
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: Creepy Crawlies
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. August 19, 2014. First night in the D.R. One of the many reasons to use a mosquito net. They can be found everywhere. Many communities, like mine, do not have running water, so there is always stagnate water around for mosquitoes to breed in. They can infect humans with the Dengue, Chikunguya. Tarantulas aren't so scary when they are dead. Not to be mistaken with their harmless cousin the millipede, c...
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: The Long Goodbye
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. February 20, 2015. Goodbyes can be awkward and emotional. Which is why I am not enjoying my current long and strung-out goodbye with the Dominican Republic. Some of the kids have gotten possessive of my stuff. Something I am still trying to figure-out is what am I going to do with all the stuff I have accumulated over the past two years? My neighbors want my cat too - but he is coming with me! Sentars...
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: The Pros and Cons of Moving Out
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. August 29, 2013. The Pros and Cons of Moving Out. I am therefore super excited to move out of my host family's house and into one with me, myself, and I. Sure, I will still be able to hear my neighbor's TVs and radios but at least in my house I will not have a television on maximum volume all day long, no matter if someone is watching it or not. I will have a private space bigger than a small dorm room.
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: Close of Service Survey
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. April 14, 2015. Close of Service Survey. A rite of passage for every Volunteer about to leave the Peace Corps D.R. is to complete an exit survey for the unofficial magazine the Gringo Grita. I have worked on the Gringo Grita. Susi, Profe, Fea (only used by my 10 year-old BFF). With views of the Bay of Samaná. View of the Samana bay from my site. The library full of students. To keep their promises.
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: FAQs
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. SoWhat exactly is the Peace Corps? Now that I know what Peace Corps is, why are you there? What are you doing? I am a Primary Literacy Promoter, which means I work with teachers and community groups to help improve literacy rates of Dominicans. This is important because. How long will you be gone? How much do you get paid? Where in the Dominican Republic do you live? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My New...
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: The Library Inauguration
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. December 12, 2014. Susan, I am impressed. You are so calm right now.". The room was already packed 30 minutes before we started. My youth group presenting their acrostic. Library) and students from one of the local schools performed two dances, including a traditional merengue ripiao, a dance special to the north-east coast of the D.R. Everyone received a plate with an empanada, a quipe, a mayonnaise ...
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic: Write to Me!
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An American Girl in the Dominican Republic. Follow my triumphs and trials as I serve in the Peace Corps. Look at that snazzy mailbox! I have and will always love snail mail, so consider sending me a letter. If you do I promise to send you one back with a fancy seal on it! Whether or not it gets to you is another matter.) My address can be found below. Can’t remember how to write by hand? Then shoot me an email at scstine@gmail.com. Susan Stine, PCV. Cuerpo de Paz
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