My trip here: drive to Chicago: 2.5 hours time before flight 1.5 hours fly to LA: 3:40 layover in LA: 5 hours Flight to Brisbane: 13:10 Layover in Brisbane: 1.5 hours Flight to Port Moresby: delayed half hour; 3 hours
Archive for the ‘Introduction’ Category
I Finally Made it to Ukarumpa!
Posted: 22nd June 2011 by Sarah in Introduction, LifeTags: SIL, survey, Ukarumpa
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Back to the Roots
Posted: 17th June 2011 by Gabriella in Introduction, Life, UncategorizedTags: Davao, Gabriella, media, missions, Monsoon, philippines, SIL
Hello from the Philippines! My name is Gabriella Cacanindin and I am a Senior Business major from Biola University, utilizing my skills this summer as an intern for Monsoon. I am a Filipina-American aka a “FilAm.” I visited the Philippines for the first time in January 2009. The food captured my belly, but the people captured [...]
SILA, ASLA, LALT – Welcome to my world!
Posted: 22nd November 2010 by Debora in IntroductionTags: conference, linguistics, Malaysia
From November 3 to November 10 I spend about a week in Penang (Malaysia) being part of the ILAC-Conference. I attended the SILA, ASLA and LALT sessions where I heard a lot about SU, SE, participatory methods and language assessment. You don’t have a clue what I am talking about? Welcome to my world! When [...]
Hello world & my favorite jeepney
Posted: 19th August 2010 by Daniel in IntroductionTags: Internship, Jeepney, Manila
Some might say Metro Manila is dirty, some might say Metro Manila is crowded, and some might say Metro Manila is polluted. They might be right, but it is definitely a one-sided reflection about this gigantic, metropolitan region. Regardless of all the dirt, regardless of all the crowds, and regardless of all the pollution: Metro [...]
Hi, I’m Rachel.
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Rachel in IntroductionTags: broadcasting, mass communications, radio, Wycliffe
I remember walking across the stage at college graduation as my diploma was handed ceremoniously to me. It was a great feeling of accomplishment. Four years of hard work and I had a B.A. in Mass Communications! Still, I was also filled with the anxiousness of any college grad; what am I going to do [...]