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Changing Gears

Updates from Monte Patria, Chile. My host brother and his wife welcome their first child, and various travels around the Coquimbo Region.

In this post, read about a very colorful weekend in Valparaiso filled with the Mil Tambores festival, empanadas and street art.

Read about celebrating Fiestas Patrias, the Independence Day of Chile, as well as my host father’s birthday on September 18th and 19th, respectively.

In this post learn about my Chilean high school, known as El Liceo, and the wonderful students and faculty with whom I am working.

The first post from Monte Patria, Chile where I will be volunteer teaching for the next three months with the English Opens Doors Program.

An opportunity to meet and learn about some of my students from SMK Bukit Diman.

A blog about the three camps I attended in August: Women’s Empowerment, Taman Negara National Park, and lacrosse camp in Sabah, Malaysia.

The experience of having my mother and younger sister visit me on the other side of the world.

Learning about the holy month of Ramadan, celebrating at its conclusion, and visiting Laos with some friends.

I wrote and performed this poem for the other 98 teachers during our midyear meeting in Melaka, Malaysia.