Wednesday, May 6, 2009

dancing


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last sunday evening i went to a play with a few friends. while we were waiting for the play to start we found this ballroom with live music and dancing. one man asked me to dance, and how could i say no? :) clearly i have no idea what i am doing. hehe

Monday, May 4, 2009

graduation humanities university


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teachers during the graduation ceremony. l-r dogii, eegimaa, naraa, tseegii

chingiss khan


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this is the closest i've ever been allowed to this statue, so i was not going to pass up this photo opportunity.

other teachers


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here are some of the other teachers. suvdaa in white, aagimaa in black, kirsty in green.

sisters


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after the ceremony with sisters nasaa and nyamka

in the square


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in sukhbaatar square with some of the students who graduated

the bus


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it says: graduate school 4th graduation. we all rode in 2 buses like this to the restaurant for dinner.

on the bus


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the students gave all the teachers these roses

graduation dinner


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with undraa. i loved her dress. :)

graduation dinner


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with uyanga, what a cutie!

graduation dinner


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with sisters tuya and onoo at the graduation dinner

Monday, April 27, 2009

mango juice house


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this is real fresh fruit brought in weekly from thailand and the philippines. i bought mangosteens to share with my teammates who had never tasted them before. what a fun treat in mongolia!

cafe amsterdam


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this place has really great sandwiches. the bread is perfectly chewy in the middle and has an amazing crunchy crust. mmmmm, mmmmmm.

ice cream sandwiches


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this is the first time i've seen ice cream sandwiches in mongolia. yummmyyyy!

spring picture


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my friend muugii and me on one of the first warm days of spring.