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The bags are packed, the goodbyes have been said and the details are done. All that remains are a few hours until the flight leaves from this city where I’ve spent the last ten months. Although I got out most of the sentimental stuff in my previous email, there are a few more significant things [...]
Twenty-two days and counting. Fourteen days left to say goodbye to the friends I’ve spent the past two hundred and eighty days of my life with. Onto a week-long thanksgiving outing- then it’s back home on the twenty eighth day of November. Finishing something significant always involves a peculiar surge of emotion, mixing up all [...]
The inevitable has become reality. Sadly, this past week, my turtle passed away. Actually I’m not entirely sure I noticed right away. They hardly ever move anyway, so occasionally I just knock them into the water so they’ll swim around a little before they get back on their rocks. On this fateful day, I knocked [...]
In anticipation of my return home, I’ve started the oh-so-fun process of looking for a job. Well, not just a job. I want the right job. Which is tough since I don’t really know what the right job is, and I’d just as soon come back here. So I was on Clarkson’s career website looking [...]
As you may have noticed I’m trying to punch out these updates more regularly now, which leaves me on certain occasions- such as this week- racking my brain for something worthy to report. The past two weeks have been really rainy, gray and sort of melancholy. Whether the weather, or just the flips of life, [...]
I would like to hereby inform you all that I am fast on my way to becoming a ping pong champion. I decided my frequency of playing here has thus far been much too infrequent, and that if I were to return to the states without a noticeable improvement- many of you would scarce believe [...]
Last week, the roomies and I each bought pet turtles … there’s nip, rico (he’s mine) and lastly, brian- the big lazy one who most of the time is in a coma. No offense to anyone named Brian, we named him before we knew of his leisurely lifestyle. Last week there was a short term [...]
Hello all of my peoples. I apologize for not sending an update in a while, so I shall henceforth attempt to give you a whirlwind update of the latest happenings over here. The new team got here about two weeks ago, they’re all uber cool people and it’s rather nice to have someone besides that [...]
Last night I had dinner with my friend Harry at my house and several of the older long termer’s here were able to eat with us. Although they spoke primarily in the local language- watching Harry’s face, the sincerity in his eyes and the intense interest with which he listened- it was obvious the Holy [...]
Everyone here will warn you about making sure you pay attention to your stuff when in crowded public areas, and I’ve heard countless tails of cell-phones and wallets disappearing like hot dogs at a fourth of July party- but I’d never experienced or seen it for myself. Until this past Thursday. My friend Shawn and [...]