November 2008
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I Like... I Don't Like...
Yesterday in two of my classes, I had my students write lists of things they liked and didn’t like so we could then turn them into phrases and conversations. Their answers were so incredible I have to share them, I took their answers and ran them through Wordle, a website that will take text and then display words visually to show their popularity / common use. The results are…...
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National Holiday
Today is some sort of national holiday that we have yet to identify. However, it seems it’s a good one as our upstairs neighbors were up all night singing and obviously drinking the hours away… it’s almost 8am now and I can still here them stumbling around upstairs, and every few minutes a sleepy drunk voice starts belting out some song before dropping back into silence…...
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It's so dark!
So, when normally our power only goes out by building as Mongolian electrician men do whatever they do several times a week, tonight someone decided to pull the BIG plug, the Erdenet plug. At 6:00pm tonight the entire city was plunged into inky blackness and it’s now 7:00pm with no light in sight except a few flickering candles in two or three windows across the way. People outside actually...
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Belle and Boo →
Belle and Boo blogs about Edurelief Christmas cards. =)
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WatchHere’s a little video I put together for our church who is going to help us do some fundraising for our programs this winter. Thanks Kim for helping with the photos!
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WatchJust discovered Capucine, the cutest little french girl ever. Her parents are intent on making sure when she grows up she’ll have lot’s of things to remember her childhood by. Note to family and friends, this is how our kids will sound. =) Capucine videos and blog (in french).
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“This afternoon I found a mysterious liquid on my shirt and jeans. 15 minutes...”
– Crichton (RIP)
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WatchThe story of Zayaa, another great student video by Kim. Makes me want to adopt all these students.
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US Elections Conversation #2
Jonathan: Nabagsh, the US elections finished this morning.
Nabagsh: Oh tiim yy? (Oh really?)
Jonathan: Yea, Obama won.
Nabagsh: POH! (Whoa!)
Jonathan: Yes, he's the next US president.
Nabagsh: Hoo haa! (Yahoo!)
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US Elections Conversation #1
Nabagsh: Who do you think will be president in the USA?
Jonathan: I don't know, probably Obama.
Nabagsh: Is Obama with Sarah Palin? I want Sarah Palin to be president.
Jonathan: No she's not, why do you want her to be president?
Nabagsh: Because she's beautiful.
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WatchThis is a video that Kim Bogardus, a friend of ours, filmed. Kim works for Peace Corps and this is Chinzorig, one of her students from a local public school. This student is not directly affected (yet) by Edurelief programs, but he is exactly the type of student our programs are reaching. It’s a great video and story about what it’s like to study in Mongolia and the dreams of Mongolian...
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