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 …

filipino food trip

FOOD. Its something that is unique to every culture, and I haven't shared much about the food here so I thought I'd dedicate a post to it. Here, everything (literally) revolves around food, when you will eat, what you eat, where you eat, who you eat with...if someone by you is eating (even if its a …

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 …