It’s the end of the month, and as a part of a new blogging and photography goal I’ve set for myself with BloggingAbroad, I’ve been taking photos based on prompts (and just from life in general), and I wanted to share a few with you! Take a look, read about it, and click to enlarge if you want to see more closely. Continue reading “August 2016 Photo Roundup”
Given that I’ve just won a trip back to the United States for this blog, it seems somewhat fitting that my next Kyrgyzstani Movie Night should be for one of the most famous and charming movies to come out of Kyrgyzstan in the past few years: Salam, New York! Continue reading “Kyrgyzstani Movie Night: “Salam, New York””
Guys, I have amazing news. Thanks to the over one thousand people who liked and shared my blog across Facebook and the rest of the internet, I was named one of the 8 Top Bloggers in the Peace Corps for 2016! Words can’t capture just how happy and grateful I feel right now. Continue reading “We Won Blog It Home! I’m Going To DC!”
Hey everyone! In case you’ve not opened Facebook in the past few days and heard the news, I was named a finalist in the 2016 Peace Corps Blog It Home blogging contest! That means that out of over 300 blogs that were submitted to the contest, I’m in the top 20! In the entire Peace Corps!
Continue reading “FINAL PUSH! Blog It Home Closes Monday Night And I Still Need Your Help!”
Some really exciting news this week: In addition to being about to welcome our 10,000th visitor (!), I got the news that Monday Bazaar has been selected as a finalist in the 4th Annual Peace Corps Blog It Home blogging contest! And I need your help! Continue reading “Guys, I’m A Finalist For Blog It Home And I Need Your Help!”
So it seems like its some sort of Peace Corps blogger tradition to put together a timeline of one’s application process through the start of service, and since there aren’t a whole lot yet from people who applied under the new application system, I thought that it’s as good a time as any for me to add my own to the melée. So here goes! Continue reading “My Peace Corps Application Timeline”
Well another month has managed to fly past me without me so much as being able to stop and take a look, which is funny because it felt like one of the slower months of my time here so far despite actually getting a lot done.
It’s the end of the month, and as a part of a new blogging and photography goal I’ve set for myself with BloggingAbroad, I’ve been taking photos based on prompts (and just from life in general), and I wanted to share a few with you! Take a look, read about it, and click to enlarge if you want to see more closely. Continue reading “July 2016 Photo Roundup”
Here’s an awesome post from my colleague Colleen about a traditional Kyrgyz dance, the Kara Jorgo. At times it feels like a cultural phenomenon akin to the Macarena, but its roots run really deep. Take a read and a look at the dancing over at her amazing blog, Prekrasno, and follow her!
