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(almost) guys night

Thursday, June 21st, 2007 by the meister

After the monumental success of the former girls night (previously hosted when the rest of the crew was still present), with some help I proclaimed tonight “guys night”. I figured it’d be a good chance to replicate the idea of the cell group here- and hopefully give them enough momentum to continue this hotbed for [...]

planes, copters and flying men

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 by the meister

I have to say, I was pretty impressed with myself getting off the plane here today- knowing how to get a taxi, knowing how to tell the taxi driver where to go, confirming that he knew- and joking with him about not understanding an english song on the radio. Big contrast to the first time [...]

surreality

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 by the meister

Since some of you probably just skip to the pictures and video anyway, I thought I’d hook you up from the top this time… so here’s some sweet pics from the capital city: http://www.flickr.com/photos/themeister/ Before I link you to the video, I want you to know that this is a bit different then the last [...]

It’s tricky to rock a rhyme…

Friday, May 11th, 2007 by the meister

Who knew my foolish and novice attempts at singing falsetto would actually be able to pull of the magnificent high notes to that splendid 80′s hit- “Take On Me.” At least my local friends were pretty impressed. Joe and I were recently able to participate in the uber-popular phenomena here affectionately referred to as ‘KTV’. [...]

Life on the Edge

Thursday, April 26th, 2007 by the meister

Though at times I felt like my head was going to fall off, I’d have to say I enjoyed traveling the ever-sketchy mountain roads by bus better than by car. Part of the our team spent the beginning of this week traveling into the mountains about a half-days journey outside the city. Visiting a minority [...]

A familiar smiley face…

Friday, April 6th, 2007 by the meister

Well my friends, I thought I should send a note to let you know that “weekend” and I have made our most important discovery yet. We were quite exuberant to find the good heart of Sam Walton has not left this far off land uncolored. That beautiful bright blue backdrop with a yellow smiley we [...]

Q&A Time

Monday, March 26th, 2007 by the meister

So many thanks to those of you who’ve been dropping me emails, some of your questions were pretty good so I thought I’d answer a few via mass email/blog. (Disclaimer: Some of these I made up myself) Will you send me some cheap furniture? (in my best Napolean Dynamite voice:) -No, get your own! Maybe [...]

Extreme home makeover: preschool edition

Sunday, March 18th, 2007 by the meister

Yo, whats up? Just wanted to drop a line to let you know we’re (nearly) settled in up in the north apartment. To our surprise and utter confusion, we found upon entrance the walls were covered with brightly colored foam animals. After a few hours of panic and wondering if we’d wake up to a [...]

butt pains and tire chains

Thursday, March 8th, 2007 by the meister

Let me offer you some advice… going on a road trip that involves 10 out of 12 days driving where only one guy can drive- is a bad idea. Way too much stress on one guy. Just don’t do it. We got back from the trip to a nearby city a day or two ago… [...]

So this is the hard life

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 by the meister

Well my friends, I must say this life is … not so bad. Not so bad at all. In fact, it’s good enough that all you freezing in the snow and cold will inevitably be jealous. I shall enlighten you as to why. This week, as a welcome break from the city, I was able [...]