2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/ruthy07/rss.xml Welcome to my web site! You can check out my diary entries, view my photos, or see my videos! I wanted to do this site so that all the people that supported me and VSO can still be involved! I hope my blog and my photos etc can illustrate how much your support is appreciated! Leave a quick note on my message board! Oh and for all you lovely people that said you would write to me (Anne!) and send me stuff to get me through the -30 winter my address is: VSO Programme Office, PO Box 678, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia THANK YOU for being interested!! http://www.getjealous.com/ruthy07 http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=496977&go=ruthy07 It has been just over 10 months and a week since I came to Mongolia. That immense amount of time seems to have passed me unnoticed and without significance! Sitting here now I can"t help but thing how that has happened, how quickly the time has gone and why didn"t I plan huge booze ups at every given opportunity?! For example at 6 months, 8 months, 10 months!!! Odd numbered months would ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=496977&go=ruthy07 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=500248&go=ruthy07 Story coming soon!!... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=500248&go=ruthy07 Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=453053&go=ruthy07 Tsagaan Sar is translated into English as white moon and basically stands for lunar New Year. Tsagaan Sar is the Mongolian New Year and runs at exactly the same time as the Chinese New Year. Are we now in the year of the mouse, or rat? Some kind of rodent anyway! Tsagaan Sar occurred across the 7th to the 9th of February and there was a huge amount of build up to it. I think two weeks before Tsaga... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=453053&go=ruthy07 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=453051&go=ruthy07 There was an eagle festival being held in the national park (called Terelj) just outside of UB. This festival involved Kazak Mongolians (from the far West of Mongolia) and their eagles which they train from chicks to hunt for them. I didn"t intend to go because it was 30,000 tugrugs (about £10 maybe) and I just didn"t feel that fussed about it. The night before the eagle festival I... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=453051&go=ruthy07 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=452990&go=ruthy07 As I have started writing this I can"t help but thinking; "why haven"t I written about this earlier? Maybe it is the trauma! Maybe only now have I recovered enough to go back over the events of the last month! No, that"s rubbish! It"s just that I have been very busy working and not had much reflective time to sit and write my blog! That"s not to say that it hasn&quot... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=452990&go=ruthy07 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=433874&go=ruthy07 This was originally going to be what I like and what I don't but I couldn't think of anything that I really didn't like so it is now just things I love. It isn't really a very good list really as there are many things I like but these are just examples of things I think are great and that maybe the U.K. should adopt!Rubbish lorries: The lorries that come to collect your rubbish play music. The mus... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=433874&go=ruthy07 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=433809&go=ruthy07 The Mongolian Women"s Farming Association (MWFA) was established in 1999 by a small group of women trained in agriculture. These women were determined to train and support some of the poorest communities in Mongolia in sustainable agricultural techniques. Since MWFA was founded it has assisted more than 4500 families to increase their income and access to an adequate supply of food. The wome... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=433809&go=ruthy07 Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=434295&go=ruthy07 It has taken me a long time to get round to writing this blog, almost two months exactly to the day. I think what has put me off has been the history that is necessary to explore in order to understand Choibalsan better. Therefore, I"ve bitten the bullet and decided to write my experiences of Choibalsan and then copy and paste historical information about Choibalsan in from the web at a later... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=434295&go=ruthy07 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=434286&go=ruthy07 On boxing day Aimee and I were invited to the Equal Step centre where the kids go for rest bite and where we recently fitted a shower for them. Aimee and I are holding an activity day in January specifically around issues affecting the girls. The activity day will largely be fun and girly but we also want to address issues such as sexual abuse, trafficking, girls health and prostitution. We also w... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=434286&go=ruthy07 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=434279&go=ruthy07 My Christmas time crept up on me here in Mongolia. I think it is mainly because it isn't celebrated here and so the build up is nothing like the build up at home. Just before Christmas came round it dawned on me - it's Christmas. I had this realisation because other volunteers started to drift away to exciting places for the holiday period. One vol was going to Thailand, three volunteers headed of... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=434279&go=ruthy07 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT