Island Hoping

Thanks Carl, well, it's a bit of a spoiler but we ...

2008-07-06T13:54:00.000+11:00

Thanks Carl, well, it's a bit of a spoiler but we just finished the July 5 game in Ekipe and Port Vila took the second game in the series.
I'll do an entry on it tomorrow. Now it all comes down to the final tie-breaker game in August. Thanks to Jim and Kathy Buchholz for attending all the way from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Thanks to Jeremiah Johnson for Umping the game, great job. Thanks to Lucas Merrigan for the big box of baseball gear. Thanks to Jasmine Frasier for buying a great Rawlings glove, not once but twice. And big thanks to Hannah Dallman and Ruth Bradford-Johnson for all their hard work getting equipment to us. We now have enough gloves for Ekipe's whole team. Let's start on the next school!

This is over a month late, but congratulations on ...

2008-06-30T03:35:00.000+11:00

This is over a month late, but congratulations on Team Ekipe's victory. It would not have been possible without your hard work as manager. Also, nice to hear that lots of community members came to support the team. Best of luck in the re-match, I am hoping for the sweep.

No, no, don't think that because I published this ...

2008-05-01T19:43:00.000+11:00

No, no, don't think that because I published this now that I haven't been thinking about this for the last year. I most definitely have. Craving Jimmy Johns is virtually a daily ritual.
I will go to Kan Pei though, even if there sushi pales in comparison to Tokyo Steak House or Sake-Tumi

Dude.Maybe there is something about the one-year m...

2008-04-20T15:42:00.000+11:00

Dude.

Maybe there is something about the one-year mark that releases the cellular memory of all the awesome food you can't eat now?

I just did a whole food blog too!

I noticed a marked absence of Vegetable Udon Soup on your list.

I realize it was Wisconsin-specific, but nevertheless, I believe we should rendezvous at Kan Pei in the near future...

PLEASECAN YOU ENTER IN MY BLOG IN ORDER TO TAKE TH...

2008-04-01T17:05:00.000+11:00

PLEASE
CAN YOU ENTER IN MY BLOG IN ORDER TO TAKE THE FLAG OF vanuatou AND IT IS WRITTEN IN MY MAP OF VISITORS?
THANK YOU
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Excellent!

2008-02-21T03:57:00.000+11:00

Excellent!

Those cards are awesome. The poses and the style a...

2007-12-04T15:01:00.000+11:00

Those cards are awesome. The poses and the style are great. The only baseball card made of me looked terrible. I guess that is what happens when you leave it up to a girl working for Miller Lite. Good job Jav.

Weight...I was a fat ass, then I went to the villa...

2007-10-27T13:30:00.000+11:00

Weight...I was a fat ass, then I went to the village. I eat a lot less there, and get a lot more exercise, so I lose weight everytime I stay in the village. But then every time I come into Vila I go to Jill's American Cafe and order a Jill's Burger and a hot fudge brownie sundae which is the best hot fudge brownie sundae ever.
Work schedule is kind of self imposed, but you can kind of think of it in two ways, we're either always working, by always exchanging culture and connecting with locals, or we're hardly working at all, and it's only when we set up workshops that we actually work. I'll give an update on the water project next time I'm in Vila but after Monday or Tuesday I'm planning on being in the village until Thanksgiving. Wish me luck.

Have you lost a lot of weight? What's your work sc...

2007-10-27T02:26:00.000+11:00

Have you lost a lot of weight? What's your work schedule like? What did Phil say about the water source?

To Brandon, regarding work.In terms of budget and ...

2007-10-26T09:12:00.000+11:00

To Brandon, regarding work.
In terms of budget and expertise provided, Zero. There is a Water/Health Committee that is being re-elected in the village on Sunday. They will collaborate with us in all our efforts, but they do not have any budget; though some of them have limited experience with previous attempts to establish a permanent water system. Piping and valves and faucets, and everything else necessary could cost a shit-ton, but fortunately we are not at square one. The village has piping laying around above ground, kind of haphazard, all over the place. So we're hoping that they are in good enough condition to salvage some of them.
As for Logistics there is a government organization called Rural Water Supply that has already tapped a water source. This was all a part of Ekipe's initial attempt at securing water. So it looks like a lot of the preliminary work is out of the way. Next Saturday a Peace Corps Volunteer named Phil who works in a nearby village (about an hour walk)will be coming down to take a look at the source. He is a bit of a technical/mechanical wizard so we're hoping he can help us into a good framework of where the current setup has fallen apart. It's unlikely that we'll be doing any digging directly. Probably trying to formulate a plan of action with the community and helping to find funding sources will be our main purpose on the project.

In regards to the water projects you are heading u...

2007-10-20T02:45:00.000+11:00

In regards to the water projects you are heading up. What kind of budget and expertise are you provided with to accomplish this goal? It would seem to me that piping alone could cost a hefty chunk. Logistically, how do you even go about tapping into a clean water source and piping? What type of water system is available? Will you be required to dig a new/deeper well?

Um, maybe I missed it, but where is the part about...

2007-10-19T14:15:00.000+11:00

Um, maybe I missed it, but where is the part about civlizing the savages?

Oh yeah...I suppose people want to know what I'm d...

2007-10-17T21:20:00.000+11:00

Oh yeah...I suppose people want to know what I'm doing...how I'm doing. why I'm doing it and all of that. Sorry. No worries. It's coming.

Booooooring! Where's the update? I'm waiting... St...

2007-10-16T02:34:00.000+11:00

Booooooring! Where's the update? I'm waiting... Still waiting... Are you Island Hoping or Hopping? So what are you hoping for anyway?.... still waiting. I think it's been a month... yawn.