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Tag: Mongolia

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A Fond Farewell to Ani Tsultrim and Ani Somsom

by Jim Damico

Today, our Kopan nuns, Ani Tsultrim and Ani Somsom left for their home nunnery in Katmandu, Nepal. Ani Tsultrim had been here three years and Ani Somsom a year.

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Fire at the Dolma Ling Nunnery destroys the main building

by Jim Damico

Early Friday morning fire destroyed the main building of the Dolma Ling Nunnery that housed the kitchen, dinning room and was also home for several of the nuns.

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Preliminary Practices of Tsa-Tsas (book)

by Jim Damico

Well, the last week has been pretty busy. I tested and interviewed about 70 new students for our classes to begin next week. Still had too many for the openings …

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Short trip to Darkhan, Mongolia’s 2nd largest city

by Jim Damico

On Sunday, I rode with Roy, Ani Gyalmo, and Ani P, to Darkhan, Mongolia’s second largest city (Ulaanbaatar 1 million, Darkhan 100,000) which is about a three hour drive through …

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“MiM” = Made in Mongolia

by Jim Damico

Well, next week is Thanksgiving and that can only mean one thing, Christmas Shopping! Okay, maybe it’s not the only thing, but it’s definitely the season for it. I know …

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A typical day, or maybe a not so typical day

by Jim Damico

Okay, I’m sorry I haven’t posted a new update to the blog in a while but there just didn’t seem anything blog-worthy lately. That’s not to say that every day …

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Computer hell and heaven

by Jim Damico

A few of you might be wondering why I haven’t posted a new blog entry for a couple of weeks. Well, I’ve been to the hell realm computers, other people’s …

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International Day of Peace at the Center

by Jim Damico

September 21st is called the International Day of Peace as proclaimed by the United Nations. For the last seven years, the religious community of Buddhist, Baha’i, Catholic, Muslim and Hindu …

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First snow in Mongolia this year (2009)

by Jim Damico

Who would have ever thought that our first snow storm would be in September. Yes, September 19th to be exact. A little early this year (last year the first snow …

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Living And Learning In Mongolia: Starting Year Two

by Jim Damico

Arriving and Teaching in Mongolia I’ve been living and working in Mongolia for a year now. It seems like just yesterday that Tsetsgee picked me up at the airport and …

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My name is Jim and I am a PCV in Armenia. But I have also served in Thailand, Mongolia, and Nepal. I set up this website to help others. For more info about this site click here.

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