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Camp Season

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.

Celebrating the midpoint of the school year with a two week trip to Cambodia and Vietnam.

For the first of three school vacations in March I went to Thailand with some friends. Safe to say it lived up to the hype.

Trying to answer some of the questions that I’ve been receiving from my readers about life in Malaysia.

Transitioning from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, to the capital of my state, Terengganu, for yet another orientation.

My first week ever outside of The United States.

How during my four years at Scranton I changed as a person, and how this transformation eventually culminated with a Fulbright Grant.