#secondary projects

[snobgoblin]

okay so just so we're on the same page, these are all the plates I'm spinning rn (aus/projects I'm participating in)

PPNK! Gangreen Gang

Arturoverse

Next Gen Gorillaz

RRB Collab with azar-rosethornn

And of course, the Chemical X comic

[cymski]

My Job as a Peace Corps Volunteer

Day in the Life

It seems I haven’t written much lately; real life has been getting in the way I guess. Things have been busy since I got back from traveling in May. I’ve had my regular teaching schedule (that was a little strange going back to after exam period and then my month of traveling) and some secondary projects that are finally getting going, but mostly it’s been the fact that our little group of pcvs…

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[what-i-did-in-the-pc]

Mar 2, 2014

Today I woke up, searched for an outlet in our little hotel and skyped with my parents and one sister, Marie for an hour then took off to attend church at International Church Bishkek. I got there about 5 minutes late and the place was packed with standing room only out the door. I ended up chatting with a couple of people during a lot of the service and afterwards met this guy Randall who has been teaching and running teacher training programs for almost 10 years in Central Asia which was pretty exciting. He too is a MN and said he has a bunch of materials one of his organizations can give, mostly electronic materials, that I will pick up next week when I'm back in Bishkek. They will be really helpful since we're always starved for resources and materials down in Kochkor.

I stayed to attend the Kyrgyz/Russian service. There were about 30 people there and the Korean pastor announced that we'll be moving into the large hall for services since the church is growing! It's a fun group of people - a few Korean missionaries, a few ladies in their 40s and 50s then a bunch of university students and recent grads, a couple who have little kids. After the service we had soup and cookies and then gathered for a game of mafia - you know the one where people are a village and then there are secret mafia people who pick off people one by one at night and everyone has to figure out who they are and eliminate them before they kill everyone. (If you know the game that might have made sense...if not, it probably looks pretty strange...)

It was really fun to meet and hang out with other Christians here in Kyrgyzstan. Everyone in my village knows I'm a Christian - in fact it's expected of Americans usually - but there is no church or body of believers and it's tough to not be able to connect with people often. So, I take advantage of the few Sundays I'm in Bishkek. I didn't leave the church until almost 5 o'clock.

After I came to "the coffee shop" with a fellow volunteer friend, chatted for a bit, then did some work on the Culture Book and sent a bunch of e-mails for getting editing/writing work done.

I also wrote out a plan for what books to research and how many to get quotes for tomorrow morning from the Oxford University Press store in Bishkek. I'm writing a grant proposal with my counterpart for books for our kids. Currently the books in use are either dated, riddled with mistakes or insufficient for English teaching. They make the teaching job a lot harder on the teachers when they either take them on authority or need to continually make up their own materials and come up with unique ideas for every lesson. It will be nice to have a consistent and scaffolded curriculum to follow. (Hopefully the committee approves our proposal! Say a prayer for us!)

Night.

Luther

[1q1b-blog]

my "statement" for natl coordinator position...

I, Q.B.., would be a great fit for the JUNTOS National Coordinator position for the following 3 reasons: 

EXPERIENCE- I was the Manager of Education Programs for 5 years at a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. before leaving to join the Peace Corps.  I'm no stranger to running a program, researching (and writing) grants, and working with people on varying  professional levels.

DEDICATION- I don't need this position as a resume builder. I really like JUNTOS and want to continue to support it in any way I can.  I will work hard and bring new ideas (as "new" as the Embassy, Peace Corps and/or fellow leadership team would allow) to ensure the program gets the support and attention it deserves.

LOCATION- Living in Gaza I am easily accessible and well equipped to inform others as I have good rede, steady internet, and am conveniently close to Maputo.

voting polls open today so lets hope this + reputation for being a hard worker + general popularity gets me the job!

[stineinwonderland]

If you know me in the slightest bit you know I love working with kids. I've been a nanny and a summer camp counselor for most of my life and absolutely love the feeling of getting to act like a child again and be ridiculously silly. For the past month, I've been working at an elementary school teaching 3rd and 4th graders English, and will be doing so throughout the rest of my service here in China. The thing I'm loving the most about teaching these kids, besides getting to do the hokey pokey, sing songs, and do arts and crafts, is that they bring me a sense of familiarity. Here in China it's hard to find many similarities between home (America) and my now, home away from home (Nan'Shan). But these little kids are the one thing that is similar and it's refreshing. They love to ask questions, they love to help me with my Chinese, they love to dance and giggle and run around, they're still so innocent and without a care in the world. Being around them brings me so much joy and I can't wait to continue working with them, to play with them, and watch them grow.

[asiamericana]

Searching the Internet to Learn About our New Town

Me: are there any orphanages? I'd love to volunteer at an orphanage.

Jeff: .....this site says there's an orangutan orphanage....

Me: there is?!

Jeff: it might just be stringing words together...

My new secondary project? Volunteering at an orangutan orphanage.