2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/samuel.scheurich/rss.xml Nothing posted on this site is affiliated with - or supported by/an opinion of - the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps. The information this site contains is not supplied by those two entities and is probably erroneous and false anyway. http://www.getjealous.com/samuel.scheurich http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=1690013&go=samuel.scheurich I have a new blog at http://scheurich.blogspot.com. Please check it out.... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=1690013&go=samuel.scheurich Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=1369238&go=samuel.scheurich The end of my service is coming to a close. In fact, it is charging towards me at an incredible rate of speed. There is nothing I can do, except pretend to know what is going on as I scramble to get things done before I get on a plane at the Chisinau airport for the last time. The past few weeks have been a speedy blur of dinners and activity, including softball games and camps … and paperwo... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=1369238&go=samuel.scheurich Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=815149&go=samuel.scheurich To all three of my devoted readers: The weeks are still flying by and as of yesterday, I have one month in country left to go. Last weekend, we slaughtered the lamb and cooked it up over some coals. The camping aspect was canceled, due to rain, but I managed to squeeze about 14 people into my apartment. The night went without a hitch, except for two instances. One being, the neighbors were not... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=815149&go=samuel.scheurich Sun, 30 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=757290&go=samuel.scheurich May 25, 2010 The days are flying by as are the birds? Last weekend I took a class field trip up to Soroca and monasteries in the area. We left by bus from Ceadir-Lunga at one in the morning on Saturday and came back at one in the morning on Sunday. It was a six hour, over-night ride up to the north and then we spent the day ping-ponging between points of interest. Needless to say, I was ex... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=757290&go=samuel.scheurich Sat, 22 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=756358&go=samuel.scheurich May 21, 2010 The weather has been in a process of crumbling into chilly rain, a surprise as it has been sunny and warm as of late. You know what they say though: “May showers are the result of April fools day (I know they don't say this.).” Despite, the weather is nice enough to go around town in a hoody or a T-shirt and the sun is supposed to be back very soon... A few things have... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=756358&go=samuel.scheurich Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=752007&go=samuel.scheurich LET'S START CALLING IT THE WAR JOURNAL It has been a while since I wrote anything down on this blog and this may have to do with the simple fact that its hard to top travel writing, coming down from the high of actual travel. More precisely, there isn't much I can report that I haven't covered at some point in the last two years and – short of boring you with my musings – I felt there was no... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=752007&go=samuel.scheurich Tue, 4 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=748506&go=samuel.scheurich April 22, 2010 As I walked into the x-ray room, I noticed that it was old, wooden-floored and furnished in a similar manner to my apartment. The x-ray apparatus was soviet-era – a large machine with a yellow, cylindrical tube attached, where I assumed the x-ray visioning takes place. Out of the cylinder, black, corroding cables sprouted out of each end. While we waited on the bench – which w... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=748506&go=samuel.scheurich Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=745692&go=samuel.scheurich April 13, 2010 I'm back in Moldova and enjoying the spring weather. The cherry trees are blossoming and I can see their white petals out of my third story apartment window. The rest of my vacation in France went very well and I eventually made it back to Moldova – despite getting robbed (essentially) by a taxi driver in Bucharest. On Saturday night, we all stayed up until 6 am and said good... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=745692&go=samuel.scheurich Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=743357&go=samuel.scheurich For something different and potentially embarrassing, I am going to write a few excerpts from my journal, which I've recorded so far. At the end of this little trip, I'm sure I'll write up a day-by-day account but, in the meantime: 18:57; April 1 "The plane took off and hour late because the engine lights were coming on. Great. I actually thought we were going to have an on time departure, le... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=743357&go=samuel.scheurich Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=740998&go=samuel.scheurich Oh, what an effect the weather can have on my well-being. I sit in my apartment with the sun streaming in through the window, sipping my “Indian” style tea and think about the winter – long, brutal and cold. The heater is off, I have clothes drying on pieces of pink twine in the kitchen – the kitchen window open with a mild breeze coming in – and I just finished a cookie. As Ignatius Reil... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=740998&go=samuel.scheurich Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT