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I forgot to put this in teh big life update, but I think it deserves it’s own mention. Last week I decided to finally drag my butt down to the Bloomington Tibetan/Mongolian Cultural Center (whence the previous picture came), since the weather was wonderfully cool and I just wanted to ride my bike somewhere [...]
So in preparation for actually writing my Tibetan paper I’m taking a deep breath of sorts and reading through all my notes and (finally!) transcribed interviews and papers from the semester, and I’ve come to the somewhat distressing conclusion that the first half of what I write for a long paper is utter crap. Maybe [...]
Oftentimes, when I’m forced to spend holidays away from home, I find them to be somewhat off-putting or upsetting, being a interruption of the rhythm of daily life that I’ve worked so hard to establish. But, against all the odds, I really enjoyed today, our nation’s birthday. A couple of reasons include: sleeping [...]
So today I had yet another used bicycle slip through my fingers. A never-ridden, $600 bicycle, that was offered to me for $100. Because, after taking the bus all the way across town, waiting for the owner to show up at his storage unit, and convincing him to sell the bike to me (rather than [...]
I have a confession to make: I have become a sports fan. I have no idea how this happened. All I know is that it’s been a slow climb from the angsty, it’s-just-a-game-griping teenager that I was to the kind of person who frantically searches through the newspaper for some huge picture of my [...]
A few days ago we took a fieldtrip to the Norbulingka Institute, which was established by the CTA with the aim of preserving traditional Tibetan arts and crafts. While the thangka painting was wonderful and the grounds were beautiful, what I was really taken by was watching the metal- and wood-workers. I think [...]
I’m afraid to say that I’m a bit overwhelmed by all that’s happening right now regarding Tibet, both here, inside Tibet, and in the rest of the world. To be perfectly blunt, I’m not a person who would rather sit in an armchair and think “oh isn’t that interesting” than be out on the street [...]
I’m writing a life history paper for our Tibetan culture class, and I can safely say that it’s one of the hardest papers I’ve ever had to write. For one thing, it’s totally different than the “find a point and make it” papers that I/we’ve been writing, well, since we could write papers at [...]
More writing is on the way, fo sho, but I figured since I found myself unexpectedly in front of a computer with a working internet connection and a non-destroyed keyboard I’d dash off a quick update. His Holiness’s teachings wrapped up far earlier than we expected; he ended up doing only about 5 days of [...]
It has been quite a busy semester for me, what with all the “I’m a junior and need to finish my majors” class-taking, applying (and getting in!) to my study abroad program, directing a musical group, and (now) applying for the Goldwater fellowship that I’ve been doing. The good news is that [...]
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