Settling in
Now that I feel fully settled into working in the ecovillage and living at the ashram, I’d like to pick up my story where I left off with my last post. When I arrived at Amritapuri ashram, the staff decided…
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Feed our Need to Read
About two weeks ago, at a very unfortunate time, we found out that our Internet has a limit. It surprised us when, after finishing another episode of Breaking Bad, our modem notified us that we had used our 12 GB’s…
Frequent Charades
I have successfully finished my fourth week of being a teacher. I am slowly getting used to the routine of waking up early, having a desk, being referred to as “Teacher Kyle”, and my life being a constant game of…
Seedlings
I’ve been doing a lot of planting lately. My first endeavor was tutoring Vilma in English. A demonstrative young lady in the seventh grade here at CEMOC, Vilma is what most of the teacher refer to as a “special case.”…
Finishing up…
I can’t believe my time here in Colombia is so quickly coming to an end. It feels like yesterday that we started the after-school tutoring program in the Prado neighborhood, getting to know each of the kids more and more…
And so it begins!
When I sit down to reflect on these past few day, it sends me reeling. Monday I took the biggest, hardest test of my life–the P1 Actuary Exam–and, according to the preliminary results at least, I passed! Tuesday turned into…
Loy Krathang Festival
This weekend was the infamous Loy Krathang Festival throughout Thailand. This festival is a time where people come together to celebrate life and “let go” of all of their misfortunes in life. Lanterns are set off throughout the sky as…
Flying Kites in Cowpies
I remember flying a kite with my dad when I was a kid. My parents bought me a 4-foot-tall Darth Vader kite and dad took me down to the field by Percy Priest Dam. I don’t remember it being particularly…
A village on the mount
There are many different pros and cons associated with living and working at a boarding school. For example, I can wake up 15 minutes before school starts, take a quick shower, and be on my way to the foreign language…
Las Fiestas!
It’s fiesta season here in Guatemala and I’m learning more than I ever thought I would about Mayan culture and community. Starting last weekend, we were graciously invited to a family wedding shower for one of the Cardenas family’s cousins.…