Sunday, December 7, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
muchas gracias con un poquito queso
i just felt inspired to share about how things are going for us. they are going really very well is what i want to say. i am continually inspired and encouraged through my school, my friends, and red. its so amazing to me to be surrounded by such natural beauty in combination with this academic, philosophical, and even spiritually, political energy.
and of course jared is so happy at el rancho mastatal. he loves it and you cant blame him. the two times i have visited him out there have been fantastic too. its a little sustainable living paradise and he says he is learning quite a lot too. he visits me every 2 or 3 weeks for a week and we can talk by phone every night so the distance (3 hrs) hasn't been bad at all. its a really great thing that we can be so happy independently here. Reason #1298479 that we are an especially good match :)
last night was asian night at my school and it was one of the most memorable yet. so it is tradition at upeace for the students to get together by region and put on a special night of sharing their cultures with the community. last night was asia night and it was soooooo wonderful! all week there were games and booths for doing things like henna, or caligraphy, or trying on a saree. then last night was 3.5 hours of fun including: a fashion show with traditional costumes from many different countries, then a song sung in tagalog with a guitarist from indonesia, a traditional dance from myanmar, traditional dancing from cambodia, wild jubilant indian dancing, and korean drumming, and a huge dance party with all the students afterwards! not to mention heap and heaps and heaps of asian food like dumplings, pad thai, sticky buns, sushi and SO much more!
such a wonderful feeling of community and the people with in it are so creative and interesting! i feel so lucky to be in this place, with these people, with red at my side and with loved ones all over the world.
(hence the name a lot of thanks with a little cheese)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
the party for the refugee kids
my friend, Valentina is amazing for many reasons. one is that she works with refugee children from columbia through a department of the United Nations here in Costa Rica. Last weekend, their organization through a party for the kids complete with games, cake, soda, fancy stickers, a pinata, clowns, and a gigantic room of blow up things to jump and slide on! these little people who have lived through far more than anyone should at that age, had a day that they'll remember for years!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
El dia de la cultura at UPAZ
lets see if i can get them all... Thailand, Vietnam, Cameroon, Egypt, South Korea, India, Burma, Kyrgystan, Panama, Cambodia
wear your traditional clothes to school day. i wore blue jeans.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
GloRiOUs Swim-HoLe on their LanD
this is where alternative building interns spend their sundays... not too shabby
the beautiful and the creepy at Rancho Mastatal
thats a skin of the much feared Fer De Lance snake--killed on site, a scorpion I saw on a walk, funky centipede thing, and grasshopper---the wee wildlife
Costa Rica's Independence Day
Last weekend was also a holiday--Independence day! wish i could tell you the reason why the kids make these little houses.. but it was neat. they all had candles inside and then the kids paraded around the tiny town where Rancho Mastatal is--- as you can see, red, white and blue are also C.R.'s colors.... Note: The Ranch built the community center out of cob!
more al Rancho...
these pictures are cob decor--the stuff is so malleable that you can decorate your wall with the same stuff you make the wall from-- brrrrilliant! thats a cob oven too, good for making bread and pizza mmm... then food storage and the kitchen.
once again. sorry my camera lens was so dirty hence the blurrrrr factor.
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