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The Terrace: April 2009
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Happy New Year (again). Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Saturday, April 18, 2009. For the most part, I have gotten along pretty well with the little critters one has to live with on a day-to-day basis in Cambodia: the ants, the house lizards, the chickens, the mice, the mysterious flying insects, the bathroom spiders, the frogs, the bats, the birds. (This obviously excludes. At any r...
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The Terrace: November 2007
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. What Its All About. Cows and a Palm Tree. Sunset over the Tonle Sap. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Is my dog cuter than yours, Jeska? Posted by c.b. Saturday, November 24, 2007. What It's All About. So What is it, exactly, that I'm doing? The first answer is that I'm an English co-teacher at a rural Cambodian high school. That hopefully, with support...
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The Terrace: November 2008
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Take a Bite Out of Crime. Do It for the Orphans. A Scientific Approach to Desire. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Friday, November 28, 2008. Take a Bite Out of Crime. Now that the Angkor bike race is less than a week away (there's still time to donate! I enlisted this student's help in getting the helmet back. Only a couple weeks later (I was on vacation for part of this), my stu...
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The Terrace: March 2009
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Sunday, March 8, 2009. In the name of all that is holy, I demand that you stop broadcasting CRI on the exact same short-wave frequencies that BBC and Radio Australia broadcast on. It would be only humane. Posted by c.b. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Terrace: April 2008
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Saturday, April 26, 2008. At any rate, I've got lots to share, about a couple of great school events and a vacation to Laos. I'll try to get some posts and pictures up within the week. Posted by c.b. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Terrace: July 2008
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Monday, July 21, 2008. You know that when the streetlights on one of the main east-west boulevards in Phnom Penh (Sihanouk) are out, you are going to have a more-harrowing-than-usual bike ride to the post office. Posted by c.b. Saturday, July 12, 2008. Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple. Has just been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The Terrace: May 2009
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. A Fan of la Fin. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. A Fan of la Fin. May 1st was my last official day as a Peace Corps Volunteer. There was no trumpet fanfare, no ribbon-busting photo finish, no moment of enlightenment. I mostly just wandered around the Peace Corps office asking, "Are you. Posted by c.b. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Terrace: January 2008
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Saturday, January 19, 2008. Posted by c.b. So I try to take good care of it, which brings me to my point. I remember, back in the U.S., when I was just a little novice cyclist trying to learn how to take care of my bike, asking my friends what brand. Of bike-chain oil is the best to use. I wanted only the highest quality product to guide and caress...
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The Terrace: September 2008
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. And Sometimes, The Unexpected. Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Friday, September 12, 2008. Some of the ancient Khmer writing on the shrine/temple walls is still fairly clear, despite the temple's degraded condition. I can't imagine the temple in the dry season: without the greenery it probably seems very lonely. Posted by c.b. Monday, September 8, 2008. Posted by c.b. And looked forw...
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The Terrace: June 2008
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The triumphs and trials of being a Volunteer, a Barang, a teacher, a traveler. Dear The U.S. Dollar (#2). Jeska and Petra's Blog. Other Cambodia PCV Blogs. View my complete profile. Saturday, June 14, 2008. Dear The U.S. Dollar (#2). Wow Thank you for your prompt response to my earlier request. 4,100 Khmer riels is a highly satisfactory exchange rate. Posted by c.b. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).