tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124846194485858672024-03-06T09:56:05.607+08:00There and Back and There AgainKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-74917312809320442042013-09-06T13:22:00.002+08:002013-09-06T13:22:42.149+08:00It's ooooverDear Blog,<br />
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I'm done. COSed. I'm now in Israel eating hummus and getting tan. Sorry the blog finished so lame-like!<br />
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I will now leave you with a tumblr post:<br />
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<a href="http://kullyum.tumblr.com/post/57616358032/steps-to-becoming-a-rpcv">http://kullyum.tumblr.com/post/57616358032/steps-to-becoming-a-rpcv</a><br />
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Love,<br />
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Kate<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-61209890080190638782013-05-31T20:21:00.001+08:002013-05-31T20:21:19.332+08:00You know those days when you want to just choose to not get out of bed, you're lost in your head againLove FTP!<br />
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So I've decided to mercy kill the blog when I finish my service.... I actually have a new one already (ha) that will be able to show off my photos better. More info on that later.<br />
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3 months to go... I'm pretty ready! You can tell I have nothing more to say, since my posts seem to be getting shorter and shorter.<br />
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The new M24s are coming in tonight. I'm starting to feel old. It will be THREE years since I came to Mongolia on June 5th. Crazy how fast the years have gone.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-86463291342609313132013-04-30T09:04:00.000+08:002013-05-04T09:13:48.340+08:00It doesn't matter if I take my time... I'm coming home<span style="background-color: black; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">Once I get up I feel better</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">And I pull myself together</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">I remember those two letters</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">It will be O.K.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">Annnnyway! I suppose I can announce it now- my final day at Peace Corps will be August 30th. I can't believe that in 4 months, I'll be finished with this wild ride and I'll be unemployed again :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">August 30th will also be the day I head off to Israel for the whole month of September, then I'm going on a half-world adventure with my mommy. We hope to be back in the mitten by late December/Early January.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">Soon after I get back, I'll be DC bound! I've already started to look at hospitals, but I need to do all that job search related stuff... resumes, cover letters, etc. Bleh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">OH and picture of Nathan's wedding soon to come... I'm thinking about moving this blog to a more picture-friendly one. We'll see.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;">IT'S GONNA BE MAY! Yeaahhh :)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: DroidSansRegular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.765625px;"><br /></span></span>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-86978981192746965442013-03-31T21:27:00.001+08:002013-04-18T21:50:47.020+08:00A Game of FirstsIn honor of one of my favorite shows coming back on the air this Sunday (Game of Thrones), I've decided to do a bit of reflection in this post.<br />
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As you (might) know, my service is coming to a close pretty fast. My official "release" date (...that makes me sound like I'm in a prison, doesn't it?) is August 30th. From there, it will be travel travel travel, then work work work.<br />
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Even though I've been back to the US before, I'm starting to get a little anxious about real "adjustment". What do you mean I have to show up to meetings on time? So you're saying I can't leave work whenever I have errands to run? Why can't I check out how much you have in your bank account at the ATM... isn't not like I'm going to steal your money.<br />
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Anyway, at some point I started realizing that Peace Corps was probably one of the best decisions I've made (that, and nursing school). I also realized that there were SO many things that I did here that were a "first" in my life. So for the past couple weeks, I've made a list of "firsts":<br />
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In Peace Corps, it's been my first time...<br />
1) Living in Asia<br />
2) Eating horse<br />
3) Milking a cow<br />
4) Feeding baby animals<br />
5) Watching someone kill an animal... and then eat it.<br />
6) Auditioning for a play<br />
7) Writing a grant (and many more!)<br />
8) Watching a horse race<br />
9) Running in a 10k race<br />
10) Going to a Buddhist monastery<br />
11) Knitting a scarf (or knitting anything, really)<br />
12) Teaching nurses<br />
13) Teaching English<br />
14) Experiencing/surviving -40 C/F weather<br />
15) Chasing deer in a land cruiser<br />
16) Eating sushi in a land-locked country<br />
17) Conducting trainings in 2 languages<br />
18) Being able to talk and understand in another language<br />
19) Getting my wallet stolen (haha)<br />
20) Going without hot water for 1.5 years (bucket baths!), and realizing you can get used to ANYTHING<br />
21) Living in the biggest city I've ever lived in: Ulaanbaatar (>1,000,000)<br />
22) Living in the smallest city (village?) I've ever lived in: Baruun-Urt (~15,000)<br />
23) Riding in the smallest airplane I've ever been in (~15 people)<br />
24) Doing laundry by hand<br />
25) Participating in a Habitat for Humanity build<br />
26) Leading and organizing seminars<br />
27) Eating marmot (YUMM)<br />
28) Learning how to cook with very limited ingredients<br />
29) Being a councilor at a children's camp<br />
30) Surviving countless 12 hour bus rides... without throwing up!<br />
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I know there are MANY more to add to that list, but a lot of the other ones I wrote have to do with the amazing culture I've been integrated in for the past 3 years. I'm hoping to add a couple more this summer when I go up north to see the reindeer people for a health seminar. We have to travel by horse for 1-2 days just to get to where they live. How cool is that?<br />
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Other than that, I've been sick, but that's not new. I'm hoping once I move out of this city, I can breathe again and this cough will go away. Only 5 months (not that I'm counting!), it's crazy how fast time flies.<br />
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Happy Easter! Here's a pic of what it looked like in UB today:<br />
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-69731323103550003212013-02-17T21:46:00.001+08:002013-02-17T21:58:38.497+08:00Tsagaan Sar: Re-revisitedHere I am- third year, third Tsagaan Sar.<br />
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You can read my other two posts:<br />
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<a href="http://pcvkate.blogspot.com/2011/03/21-ger-salute.html" target="_blank">Here (2011)</a><br />
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<a href="http://pcvkate.blogspot.com/2012/02/you-win-again-tsagaan-sar.html" target="_blank">Here (2012)</a><br />
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This year, I went to only three homes (perhaps that's fitting?). Just in that, UB Tsagaan Sar was so much different than in the BU. Here are some other general differences I noticed:<br />
-You have to be explicitly invited. You also should agree on a time to go... it takes forever to get to one part of the city or the other, so arranging that is a must.<br />
-Not a lot of people wear deels... almost none of the children/young adults, some of the adults, and most of the elders wore them.<br />
-It seemed to be more of an obligation in the city, than in the countryside.<br />
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The first day I went to Saraa's family's Tsagaan Sar... it's a new-ish thing to have a joint-celebration. Save on money! Later that day, I went to a PCV viewing of the new episode of the Walking Dead... complete with Tim's portable projector. We be classy.<br />
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On the second day, I went to my coworker's house, then it was off to Zuunmod, my old stomping grounds, to visit my Mongolian teacher and my host family. But it had turned out my host family went to UB, though, so I didn't get to see them. :/<br />
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Onto the photos!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saraa (our PC medical assistant),and Darlene (our country director) do a little TS toast!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Onto Zuunmod! Me with Oogii's baby :D HE'S SO CUTE. Mongolian babies are the CUTEST. AND he actually kinda liked me. Or at least he would laugh at me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry and Tim, eatin' the buuz.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oogii's baby and Oogii's mom :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OOGII!! :D</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samata... Samantha?? So many memories for the M21s.</td></tr>
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Other than TS, I've been spending my days doing the usual, and playing Diablo III. I'm so cool I can hardly stand it.<br />
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Happy Year of the Snake!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-63920925590785379662013-02-06T11:54:00.000+08:002013-02-06T11:54:09.463+08:00Come on, come on, this is the story of the town gone wrongI'm back! And sick. Yay. I've been drinking through all the Teavana tea I got for Christmas (it's so good!), in an effort to get better so I can at least go to work for two days before having another 4 off. That's right- it's Tsagaan Sar time next week!<br />
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Anyway, I now present to you... my USA vacation in Instagram form (as if you haven't had enough of that already):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sushi... in JAPAN!</td></tr>
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So in short: animals, good booze, food, warmth, food, friends, travel and amazing freaking food.</div>
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In other news... I may have found some possible job prospects for when I get back. After traveling, of course! So much to do...</div>
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Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-65091262516407708752013-01-31T20:42:00.000+08:002013-02-02T20:43:13.625+08:00I am LITERALLY......the worst blogger ever.<br />
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I'm back from America. More news (and photos) to follow.<br />
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Love,<br />
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MeKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-41770949171471965032012-12-31T11:30:00.000+08:002013-01-03T20:07:41.736+08:00Congrats, it's gonna be a New Year!Hey, the world didn't end... imagine that!<br />
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I've now been back in the US of A for two whole weeks now. It's crazy. The food is amazing.<br />
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I'll spare you the details. Next adventure: 2-week road trip with my mommy to see family and friends.<br />
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Until next year,<br />
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KateKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-85787503739006015932012-12-13T20:09:00.000+08:002012-12-13T20:09:59.328+08:00Pourquoi tu gâche ta vie?Mika! Not just my old cat, but also a wonderful singer who has a new album out. Just lovely.<br />
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I'M GOING HOME ON MONDAY! ...Not for good, but for Christmas, New Years, the whole bit. So. Excited.<br />
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Let's see, Thanksgiving, IST, and these past two weeks have gone so fast. Really, where has the time gone? Soon enough, winter will be over and summer will be here again and then I'll leave Mongolia for good (at least for a couple years). I need to slow my roll... this has happened to me the same time every single year- I get all worked up over future plans. There's just so many things I have yet to do. One step at a time!<br />
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Weather check: It was -42F last week. Even Mongolians agreed- it was cold.<br />
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You should check out this article that has some quotes by me, and also a neato picture... of ME: <a href="http://www.annarbor.com/news/ann-arbor-ranks-no-4-in-the-nation-for-producing-peace-corps-volunteers-per-capita/">http://www.annarbor.com/news/ann-arbor-ranks-no-4-in-the-nation-for-producing-peace-corps-volunteers-per-capita/</a><br />
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I'm just that cool. :) Also A2 is just that cool too!<br />
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No pictures, I just really wanted to post before I got state-side (and I'm busy baking cookies for my coworkers). I can just taste that Jimmy Johns!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-47179334795532679342012-11-13T08:06:00.003+08:002012-11-13T08:06:57.240+08:00A LIST.Because it's Tuesday morning and it's mid-November, here's my list of things I'm excited and/or happy and/or thankful about at the moment:<br />
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1) OBAMA<br />
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<br />2) Chinggis Khan's birthday is tomorrow, which means NO WORK!! Happy birthday, old man!<br />
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3) New socks. And my mommy for sending them!<br />
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4) Snow! And pretty mountains.<br />
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5) This freaking cat's whole youtube channel. I dare you not to go D'AWWWW: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHwntRpLobU&list=FLDSSk0IfEdLigAXmrXr6BFw&index=3&feature=plpp_video">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHwntRpLobU&list=FLDSSk0IfEdLigAXmrXr6BFw&index=3&feature=plpp_video</a><br />
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And because I'm missing my Mika babies at the moment, here's a cat that looks like Mika (I'll go visit him one of these days!):<br />
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HEY YOU! HAVE AN EXCELLENT WEEK.<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-60629782830461581132012-10-13T14:41:00.003+08:002012-10-13T14:41:58.961+08:00Hold me fast, hold me fast, because I'm a hopeless wandererHEY. I found our (Sukhbaatar Aimag's) 70th anniversary Naadam photos that I never posted. Most are from archery because it's really the least popular of the 3 sports and it's easy to get up close. Because it was the anniversary, it was impossible to get the kind of shots I did the year before. There were SO MANY PEOPLE. And everyone thought we (Laurel- an awesome chick who went to MSU (yeah!!), is in med school, and was doing some work for my hospital) were tourists. One family was sitting next to us when we got good ol' Naadam khuurshuur, and thought we didn't know Mongolian until my CP came up to me and started speaking. Laurel said their faces were priceless.<br />
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I realized I never actually posted about this event, because it was a week before I left to move to UB. Whoops.<br />
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It was a wonderful hot sunny day for the first day (we saw a wreath laying ceremony for Mr. Sukhbaatar in the background, then we watched horse races and gambled with the grandmas):<br />
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It rained like crazy the opening ceremony day, but my hospital was very adamant about having me in the parade with the doctors and nurses. I was a hot mess:<br />
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But the next day was again sunny and it was spent watching the archery and wrestling (remember to click on it... they look better large):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This last one is for you, Sarah!! :D Miss you girl!</td></tr>
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Winter has come to UB. I hope ya'all are staying warm where ever you are!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-51683289211883091312012-10-09T08:22:00.003+08:002012-10-09T08:23:46.686+08:00Dear friends and family...Please check out this blog. It's been going around the PC world like crazy (no one knows who wrote it, but many seem to apply to all countries), and I nearly peed myself laughing so much when I first read it.<br />
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So come join me, see what PC life is really like in .gif form:<br />
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Love,<br />
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Kate<br />
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P.S. Here is a picture for fun:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Chinggis hanging out at the capital building.</td></tr>
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<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-90197898264465117302012-10-08T10:14:00.000+08:002012-10-08T10:14:16.015+08:00Waiting for OctoberHappy Columbus Day! We never "celebrated" it back in Michigan, but we get the day off of PC work because the office is closed. Score. So now I have the morning to blog and perhaps do some grocery shopping in the nearly empty delguur before HCA work and wine-and-Downton-Abbey night with Chris. Even though it's expensive, dirty, loud, and usually a huge hassle... I'm a little bit in love with UB and all its amenities.<br />
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Last month I went to the Gobi desert to run a 10k, with some of my fellow PCVs. It was pretty darn awesome, except for the huge sandstorm at the end. I was cleaning sand out of my hair for a week.<br />
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BUT IT WAS FUN I SWEAR. LOOK:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan, chatting it up on the way to the Gobi.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...more hudoo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't actually get to karaoke here. Looked pretty swanky though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, and we totes did some work too. Here's Sam talking with some CPs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Stephanie thinking about what she'll say next.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long walk before the long day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ON THE WAY!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FLAMING CLIFFS! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the finish line! (That's not me runnin' up of course.. the finish line looked a lot darker and more windy by the time I got there)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Britt was the first woman to finish the 1/2 marathon... so she got a prize of felt products and the worst vodka ever.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aaaand a cell phone picture of our post-run pizza party in Joe's ger. It was glorious. </td></tr>
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So now that Mitt is gonna cut PBS funding, how are people going to watch Downton Abbey in America?? Remember, downloading is ILLEGAL. Luckily there's no copyrights here, so we're already on the 4th episode of the new season. VOTE OBAMA! SAVE DOWNTON ABBEY!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-83254211969420784852012-09-30T21:48:00.001+08:002012-09-30T21:49:36.251+08:00A year from now, we'll all be gone, all of our friends will move away...<span style="font-family: inherit;">...and they're going to better places<br />but our friends will be gone away<br /><br />nothing is as it has been<br />and i miss your face like hell<br />and i guess it's just as well<br />but i miss your face like hell<br /><br />been talking 'bout the way things change<br />and my family lives in a different state<br />and if you don't know what to make of this<br />then we will not relate<br />so if you don't know what to make of this<br />then we will not relate<br /><br />rivers and roads<br />rivers and roads<br />rivers 'til i reach you</span><br />
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In my many new-music exploring times, I found this band- "The Head and the Heart" and this song... it came at the right time, since I have less than a year left in Mongolia. I've started making tentative plans for when I go home, grad school, more traveling, etc. Of course, I was thinking about these very things last year, and look where that got me! :) </span><br />
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Not too much going on in the big city. I'm incredibly busy, running around from place to place. Man this city life is expensive, though. </span><br />
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OH I SHOULD MENTION! That Mika was FOUND (if you're my friend, you probably already knew that, however). Mika then got a grand ride to the UB from the BU (thanks to Jess, Britta, and Mezelle!)... the poor thing was stinky as hell and looked like he just crawled out of a sewer (which he did). After giving him food and a bath, my friend Max was kind enough to take him in. He only lives 4 hours south, so that'll be an easy trip to visit my old kitty... and Max, of course :)</span><br />
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I'm pooped. I spent the weekend doing nearly nothing except for cleaning, playing "pocket planes", and talking with mommy and (Amerik) Jess Jess.</span><br />
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I shall return later this week with photos of my Gobi 10k adventure! For now, enjoy these:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interesting conference...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and a way more interesting concert in the square! The Beatles!! (They about killed us how they were pronouncing "bayaralaa"...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ashley with her super-depressing artz-tei cheesecake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset after work...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the road in the south.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every Bate? Bates? FREE BATES!! #downtonabbeyhumor</td></tr>
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Happy end of September, ya'all.</div>
Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-49075788108464121772012-08-29T21:51:00.001+08:002012-08-30T07:25:19.936+08:00Just know you're not alone, 'cause I'm gonna make this place your homeI've moved. Capital city, baby!<br />
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I've actually been here for some time, since the beginning of the month. Ever since then, however, it's been a whirl-wind of activity and excitement mostly on the Peace Corps end. I'll be honest- I'm loving my life right now. I can't believe how lucky and blessed I am for these opportunities and for my dear friends here. I feel like I'm in a really good place and I hope to keep that up this year.<br />
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That's to say this summer didn't come without tears:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of my amazing BU friends who came to see me off. That morning was the end of an important chapter in my life, and I was kind of a wreck.</td></tr>
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I have a lot post about my last couple weeks in the BU, but for now I'll post random pictures I've been taking (with my cell phone... ha) during the past couple weeks during my transition. They're basically in order from the beginning of August, to the end:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's official!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pomegranate lemonade... SO GOOD. I heart this city.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I forget how beautiful UB summers are sometimes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DARKHAN! COWS AND HIKING!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volleyball with friends...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toasting marshmallows with a candle... because we're BALLA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Now ex) sitemate picture time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the coolest parts of the year- SITE ANNOUNCEMENTS! The PCVLs got to announce the placements :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the party! A large group of M22s are trying to grow out rat tails...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love ya, Leon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swearing in! Look at all the new M23 PCVs :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Chris set up a bar using a bed inside of a ger. I was amazed. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Terelj National Park for the PCV seminar... nice clean air, and wonderful running trail!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making nachos with the left over food. YUM. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey! It's my new hospital! Which is... nearly built?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And at my Peace Corps work... I love working with these guys.<br />
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Also!! I've been training all summer... and late next month I'll being doing my first 10k run (ok, ok, so I've really only been training for a 5k, but there's no 5k in the gobi this year... boo. Therefore doing the 10k!). So pumped!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-87586743653385589412012-07-25T16:53:00.000+08:002012-07-25T16:53:38.234+08:00Howling ghost they reappear, in mountains that are stacked with fearWe did a trip! Check out the map (thanks to Krista!):<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Where we went: Sumber soum (red dot) and Buir Lake (blue dot), Ikh Burkant (purple dot),</span></td></tr>
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<br />We were in Dornod, the province above mine. It borders both Russia and China, and we were (obviously) so close to the China side that we needed special permission from the government to be there. Even Ellen, our (now former!) Country Director, had to write a letter saying that we were cool and not spies for America or whatever. <div>
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It was a looong ride (~8 hours) each way, and being only a two day trip, my tailbone was a bit bruised. It was some good times though. We even camped outside and made SMORES. Over a REAL ((cow-dung)) CAMPFIRE! I hadn't had smores in over 2 years (maybe 3?)... it was magical.</div>
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Anyway, to spare you the history lesson about this (turns out, extremely important) World War II battle site, read the wiki:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol</a> </div>
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Now! For pictures! (Pro tip: clicking on the picture makes it big and it seems to look better... at least on my work computer)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actually in Dornod...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a tank, also like a BOSS</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jess, lookin' good with her kitty umbrella... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And me, lookin' not so good with my kitty umbrella... (I had a bum toe from a huge blister from the build, and it was HOT outside and I'm trying not to get sunburned. This was from when we were waiting for a ride back to the city after watching the horse race)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aaaand here's Chris, in our ride back to the city. We're in a "pick-up" truck of sorts, probably more suitable for livestock.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Past a many military checkpoints...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And FLAT open steppe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camping!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near a mosquito-infested river! (It was really quite nice, but I still have bite-scars)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TREE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our porgon, from faaar away.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buddha on a hill (that we apparently weren't supposed to be on...? told to us after the fact) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really awesome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aaaand a huge lake that's connected to China. Which we apparently were also not supposed to swim in, also told to us after the fact!</td></tr>
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Now that (my) Ellen has left... what is there for me to do? Apparently blogging and waiting for Naadam to be over so I can finish my project are the appropriate actions. Also, watching WWII documentaries. SO much I didn't know about it! I felt quite stupid. I need to take some more history classes.<br />
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Alrighty. Over and out.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-35842603614135471302012-07-22T19:22:00.001+08:002012-07-22T19:35:51.053+08:00July, July, it never seemed so strange.Since it's the end of July, most M21s have left... I missed most of the TEFL goodbyes because of camp and the like, and it's been really strange knowing I can't text or call people like I used to. The goodbyes have been strange, too, knowing that I'm staying.<br />
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And now it's nearly my turn to say goodbye to my community, as I move to UB. Considering the amount of times I almost started crying at work on Friday, I'm thinking this is going to be tougher than I thought. I really, really adore my hospital and my community and I'll miss being here everyday. This Peace Corps poster really sums it up well:</div>
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Speaking of goodbyes, there was one that I didn't get to do- Mika. During my trip in UB/Dornod, I received a frantic call from my site mate saying that he had gone missing from my apartment. We think since he knew this time was growing ever closer to part with me, he decided to do it prematurely... and jump out the 3rd story window. There haven't been traces of him since, but I hope he's happy, where ever he is! God speed, you crazy bastard cat. :(</div>
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There are so many things I'd like to write about, but I'll save it for later. I'll basically be an emotional wreck for the next 3 weeks, so ignore the screams as it were. Instead, here are some photos from Ellen and I's trip to the countryside with my counterparts in late June:</div>
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Happy Naadam! :)</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-67277941058957573252012-06-28T12:34:00.003+08:002012-06-28T12:37:54.980+08:00Nothing is as scary as election day...(Song by <a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/308ooqpnPoO04JbfDalCNy" target="_blank">my dear Norah Jones</a>...)<br />
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Election Day in Mongolia... to read about what happened 4 years ago, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_legislative_election,_2008" target="_blank">check this article out</a>. No worries, though, Peace Corps is keeping us nice and safe. I'm pretty sure nothing crazy will go down in my little town, esp because it's raining cats and dogs outside. (RAIN I HATE YOU... mostly because it's raining INSIDE my apartment more than ever. Sigh.)<br />
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I'll talk about camp later. It was fun. For now, election coverage!<br />
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It's been a little tough to understand exactly what's going on, or who is promising how much money to whom, but the process is pretty similar to American elections:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really random helicopters hovering over our town of 15,000<span style="background-color: black;">.</span><span style="background-color: black;"> (Actually kinda cool since this is the first time I've ever seen anything working at our airport)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Not pictured: Political rallys in the square, TV ad after TV ad, a freaking giant HORSE parade, and lack of CPs at work because they're working for the election. </span><br />
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<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-73333931628347378912012-06-13T21:29:00.001+08:002012-06-13T21:29:30.149+08:00Cat Post (and other things)We're headed to camp tomorrow until the 24th... so here's a June post for ya. Oh yes, <a href="http://pcvkate.blogspot.com/2011/07/camp-stories.html" target="_blank">if you want to read about last year's shenanigans</a>...<br />
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In May news, I had my birthday (which was an amazing joint party with Bonnie, who's b-day was the 13th), finished up projects, wrote reports, etc. BUSY.<br />
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OH YEAH. And the M23s are here. Oh boy. Doesn't that make me feel like an old M21. I'm getting pumped about this coming year... it'll be pretty amazing. Unless it isn't. Then that would be sad. But I've already made plans, like Eagle Fest and learning Spanish. I've already got my dates down for my home leave (c/o peace corps!)... Dec 20th-Jan 27th... watch out family and friends all across Amerik. Kate's comin' for ya!<br />
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But this post isn't about me, it's about my kitty, Mika, who will probably be in a new home by this time next month. My new apartment in UB doesn't allow kitties, so... new home he goes. I'll miss playing fetch with him, and having him attack my feet at night. He'll have fun being a ger kitty, I'll bet. There'll be more things to kill than flies.<br />
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Here's to you, Mika:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonus picture!! New tattoo: "nuhuriin hereg butvel, ooriin hereg butne" (basic english translation: if you help others, you'll receive help yourself)</td></tr>
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That's it for now. Until after camp!<br />
<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-66483208867592649602012-05-30T22:45:00.000+08:002012-05-30T22:51:24.125+08:00You're the only north star I'd follow this far...I'm now in capital (...again), with dearest Ellen this time!<br />
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I'd like to give shout-out to all the people who donated to my PCPP project that I mentioned a few posts ago. We are fully funded, and construction is underway!<br />
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Check out all the cool press we've been getting:<br />
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<a href="http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=2029">http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=2029</a><br />
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<a href="http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/05/201205175850.html#axzz1uwLNMqhD">http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/05/201205175850.html#axzz1uwLNMqhD</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150838266535914&set=a.129436590913.105945.110634980913&type=1&theater">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150838266535914&set=a.129436590913.105945.110634980913&type=1&theater</a><br />
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Also the PC center at MSU shared the PC page, and the College of Nursing has contacted me! I'm happy it's been getting such a good response.<br />
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In other news, t-minus 2 months until I move from site to the big city! It's gonna be hard to say goodbye, but I'm glad I'll be around another year. I'll be back for tsagaan sar. :)<br />
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Here's a rando picture to tide you over until I have time to actually make a photo post!<br />
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HEY GUESS WHAT it's Nurse's Week! So here's a themed post because it's the little things in life that make me happy, like THEMES:</div>
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A couple weeks ago, we hosted the regional nursing competition among the eastern aimags. It was great fun, and of course I got to take lots and lots and lots of photos. Have you ever wanted to put on your own nursing competition? OF COURSE. So let me show you how:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bright, sunny and in the 70s is exactly how you want to start your competition.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of our schizophrenic patients. This is actually the same woman from last year who would yell at me in Russian and follow me places. This year, however, she must have forgotten about it... because right after she caught me taking the picture, she came up to me and said (in Mongolian), "are we friends?" I said, of course. We shook hands and continued to watch the speeches. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last minute chatter/cramming...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NURSING TESTS!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, have your nurses test out the skills... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Ghanaa, one of the nurses on my hospital's team, and also my neighbor! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reminds me of skill checks in nursing school.... ugh.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh hey, remember that nice weather the day before? Scrap that shit because here comes SNOW for the second day of the competition!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah, you know why I took this picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This game is called, "count how many people are photoshopped into the picture." Hint: it's way more than you think.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FINALLY back to the competition. Here comes the real fancy stuff.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First some kind of introduction. Which could include a song/poem...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or some kind of ethnic dance bit... (that woman with the mic is supposed to be playing a Russian)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or have a Florence Nightingale impersonator...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... complete with dancing military women!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah, clearly the coolest intro.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, lets show the judges what you've been up to this year! (This is where I got shout out #2!) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not pictured: large screen with power points on it. Oh yeah, the woman on the right has a picture of a healthy lung stuck to her middle. They were doing a bit about smoking.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, have one person from each team answer a complicated (?) medical question. (A lot of them were about med dosages). If you're wondering why three of them look so happy, its because we were like the only team to get their question right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, each team needs to answer a joint question! (They sounded like case studies to me...) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next, have each team come up and make sure they have their nursing supplies in their pockets, such as a watch, a pen, hair in a bun, a towel and soap. This was the only part that I went, "uhhhh what." </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, end with a upbeat song from your aimag.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awards!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because they're amazing, my nurses got 1st place.... for the second year in a row!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Congrats! Now they're all in UB competing in the national competition (last year they came in 5th). Go go Sukhbaatar go!!</td></tr>
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Happy Nurse's Week, everyone!<br />
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<br /></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-42736975813441998832012-04-30T21:25:00.000+08:002012-04-30T21:25:59.207+08:00One More Year, With Feeling!Hey hey!<br />
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Since it's the last day in April, I so desperately wanted to make a blog post. There has been so many happenings.<br />
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I've officially accepted/got approved for one more year in this wonderful country. I'll be working with a brand new hospital in UB as (basically... or literally?) a nursing training manager/consultant. I'll also be a PCVL (Peace Corps Volunteer Leader) so I'll be busy helping the youngins and learning how PC works from the inside.<br />
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Soooo... that means you'll be stuck with at least another year of my ramblings. Congrats!<br />
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I've been insanely busy as always. Seminars, COS (close-of-service) conference, more seminars, projects, etc. Basically I was in UB the whole of April. It has been some busy times, indeed. Pictures are coming, I swear. I was gonna do a whole blog post about my amazing wonderful-time vacation, but I'll spare you... for now.<br />
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Now for something awesome. I'm currently into Game of Thrones, and I find this meme to be particularly hilarious:<br />
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WINTER IS COMING!!<br />
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<br />Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-31816324761188847312012-03-24T07:27:00.000+08:002012-03-24T07:27:29.819+08:00Hey! HEY YOU! Yeah, you, come here!Dear everyone,<br />
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I know you're reading my blog. Oh, I know. There are hundreds of you, coming from all different sorts of countries and computer operating systems (blogger gives me a chart: are there still people using IE?).<br />
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Anyway, since you're here, <a href="https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=309-045" target="_blank">please check this cool project out.</a><br />
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Please consider donating to my (and my counterparts) amazing project. If I didn't believe in it, I wouldn't have helped write it. DO IT!! I'll love you forever.<br />
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Yours,<br />
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Kate<br />
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-17138424142038942942012-03-17T20:57:00.002+08:002012-03-17T21:00:42.808+08:00Beach CorpsHere I am, last full day on the island. And I'm on the internet blogging and checking March Madness stats (SUCKS TO SUCK MICHIGAN ahahahahaha). I'm waiting for my family to wake up so I can make breakfast and go snorkeling one last time. We're on St. John, and we've pretty much not had to go anywhere else... full of freaking amazing beaches and even more amazing food and people. I adore it here, but my skin doesn't- I still think I'm slightly allergic to the sun, because I get those awful rashes if I'm out too long:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ignore my haggardness of appearance and my pouty face- I've just woken up. Also, the rash doesn't look as bad in the camera. </td></tr>
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That's another reason I'm not in the Beach Corps (the oh-so-affectionate name for Peace Corps volunteers who live on islands/near water), or anywhere really hot. I talked with one of my old sitemates just before I left, and he said that Beach Corps volunteers complain incessantly about their situation. Which they shouldn't, we both agreed. I guess bugs wouldn't be fun, but we have those too. Grass is always greener though, right?<br />
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Anyway, apparently the temp doesn't get too high here in the summer, and year-round it's something like 70-90 because of the sea regulation. Crazy. It also hasn't rained at all since we've been here, despite a 50% chance of rain everyday (watch... downpour = tonight).<br />
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In honor of St. Patrick's Day (which we will be celebrating today at all the bars by the beach), here is some Caribbean fun:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is truly the question, isn't it?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Rum rum rum... yum!<br />
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(Real pics to follow when I get back to the land of the blue sky...)Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512484619448585867.post-54572005090312865892012-02-29T11:25:00.000+08:002012-02-29T11:25:48.847+08:00Leap Frog / Leap YearReally, I just thought it would be fun to post on February 29th. Happy leap year!<br />
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So because I'm distracted (and I shouldn't be- I have a ton to do), here's a picture of where I'm going next week:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>St. John, US Virgin Islands</i></td></tr>
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No worries, I'm sure I'll get better pictures when I'm there. POW!<br />
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(Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...)Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03104269004012337664noreply@blogger.com0