February 2009
15 posts
Tsagaan Sar rituals (from Asian Gypsy) →
One of the stranger rituals (to a foreigner) of Tsagaan Sar is the one that is performed first thing in the morning of Tsagaan sar. If you are in Mongolia and woke up around or shortly after sunrise yesterday, you might have seen many people walking around with pieces of paper in their hands, shredding paper, lighting matches and breaking twigs. Depending on the zodiac sign you were born in...
“102.75°F”
– I’m dyyyyiiinnggggg……..
“101°F”
– I am sick with fever…
“I just discovered that for the past 30 minutes I’ve only been wearing one...”
Oooohhhh iiiiiiPhhoooonnneee....
Today in class I showed a photo of Obama on my iPhone to my students. When I asked “who is this?” I got a fair number of “iPhone…..!” before the “Barak Obama”s. It was priceless…
“WE’RE HOOOOMMMEEEE!!!!!! YAYA RARARAAAAAAWWW!!!!”
– Me, upon entering our apartment in Erdenet.