no news is good news…?

Hoy! Buhay pa ako (I’m still alive)! Just 5 months left here so enjoy this re-cap of the happenings the past couple of months… I started off the New Year with my family, after almost 18 months of being apart; it was so amazing seeing them again. We spent our time together in Palawan, island-hopping …

failures + successes

Currently, I'm sitting with some grade 2 students.  Its 11:30, which means is igma rin (lunchtime).  We're chatting in the local language kinaray-a and sharing lots of laughs and smiles. Since coming back from my MST (mid-service training) in October, I've been trying to live in the moment everyday here and appreciate the little moments like these that happen …

building bridges

understand that there is a difference between knowing and understanding I recently had the opportunity to be involved with a program called Padayon Mindanao.  Padayon Mindanao is a USAID initiative aiming to train ALS (alternative-learning-system) teachers and OSY (out of school youth) through cross-cultural collaboration and friendship building.  Peace Corps is helping this initiative by …

one year na!

It's my one year mark in service! I can't believe I've been living in the Philippines for one whole year, it feels like I just left home.  This year has sure been a memorable one, lots of new experiences, friendships and memories were made, but along with those it was also filled with some less-so-happy moments …