Actually not much to write this week as I’ve been busy with exams as the semester finally winds down. I give my last final on Thursday, then we have a student party on the 24th where we hand out certificates. And on the 25th, I’m supposed to be a guest on a Learning English radio show.
The weather has been up and down, but I gather from talking to everyone that it’s been a pretty mild December so far but I shouldn’t expect January to be the same. I still don’t know how they keep warm in the gers so I feel pretty fortunate to have steam heat, except when it goes off. It’s been a while since we had any power outages but this week we had a long one, over 7 hours, and the boiler doesn’t work without electricity. Besides not being able to hold classes or cook any meals, with the low temperatures we have it doesn’t take the building long to cool down, a lot. But power did come back on and I slept nice and warm. Definitely makes you appreciate the little things.
Not much snow but those streets are covered with ice
She translates Tibetan Buddhist texts into Mongolian
Esther & her kids are regular visitors whenever they are in UB
