Karen! Look at his collar!
This picture is way too cute.
He is such a terror when he is awake. But look at him when he is asleep!
His lil puppy bed. Still figuring it out.
awwwwwwwww
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Norman!
Trick or Treat!
It is customary to serve a dish of candy to every visitor in home, no matter the time of year. So basically every day is Halloween for Mongolian children. However, I love Halloween, so I did my best to educate my students on the most ridiculous holiday ever. I say ridiculous because I never really thought about the origins or reason behind Halloween until I had to teach it people who knew nothing about it. It is such an odd holiday... think about it.
Anyhow, I had a bunch of little knick knacks from America so I told my students if they came in costume they would get candy and a prize. Here's what I ended up with...
My spooky ger. Since we can't carve pumpkins, we drew pumpkins and hung them in my ger.
6 points on the creativity scale.
These guys didn't quite get it... they found some paint and painted each others faces. Funny, nonetheless.
Totally legit spiderman. 10 points right there.
Getting better...
Winners! This is Bomaa, Shinny, and Dilguun (all my neighbors... Shinny is Dilguun's mom). How awesome are they?
He's so scary!
I had many other trick or treaters and I think they enjoyed it. I got some pretty wild masks from some of the boy students. One guy came as a giant pumpkin. It was awesome. Perhaps next year we will have more time to prepare costumes!
Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
Me and my bestie went for a walk around town.
What a pro with those binoculars. Downtown Dariganga is directly behind Dilguun.
Stealth.
Part of the lake. I don't know what to call them, but it's fun to jump on them to see how far you can get before you fall in the lake.
Here, Dilguun is playing on the edges of a volcanic crater. Most legit game of Lava I've ever seen played.
Timmy!
The sun was in our eyes. Also, his hat, not mine.
Back in the BU
Why, hello!
I am back in the BU (Baruun-Urt, the aimag of Sukhbaatar), enjoying spending time with friends, internetting, and eating foods that are a variety of colors. It's fantastic.
Despite the assurance I get from my counterpart ("The animal sickness is getting better"), my soum is still under quarantine. It has affected my mail delivery, my fuel delivery, my food supply and now my school schedule. Twice I got called in on Saturday to teach classes . When I inquired why, I was told it was because of the animal sickness. Our week long break has also been extended a second week. And the week after that is a conference in UB for all the TEFL PCV's, so basically I have the next month off. I plan on going to visit my host family and tearing up UB for a while (burgers, internet, and good beer, oh my!). It will be so refreshing to get out of my ger and teeny tiny town.
Speaking of my ger, I absolutely dread going back to it after a month of not heating it.
I am with-internet for the next few weeks! Hop on skype or email me or facebook or ANYTHING because I will response, yippee!
Kisses, Sarah
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Homeward Bound... and internetless once again.
AAAALRIGHTY THEN.
I'm done. I've had my fill of internet for 2 months. I'm going to take a shower (!!!!!!!!!!), hang out with some friends, and then hit the (dirt) road. Hope this satisfies your curiosity for a bit... Looks like the next time I'll be updating is Thanksgiving...
Or, you could exercise self control and only read one of these blog posts per week...
Or, you could send me a letter :)
Arrivederci! Or more appropriately, I suppose, Bayartay!
Dilguun
Dilguun is my 6 year neighbor. He is so sweet and friendly. He practically lives with me in my ger. We color, watch kids movies, and flip through books together. He teaches me Mongolian and I teach him English. Also, he is a natural at frisbee. The kid could be a prodigy (and will be when I start my ulti-Mongol frisbee team). Anywho, I thought I'd introduce you all to the new man in my life.
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