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9.08.2002 ||>
Va-alaykim Assalom! (Which is the reply to Assolomu Alayukum) :)
So I've gotten settled in with my host family in Chirchik, Uzbekistan. It's a little bit away from Tashkent, the capital. For my permanent site, I'll also be a little ways away from Tashkent. Anyhow, I'm going to be learning Russian it seems, and not Uzbek. Never let anyone tell you that learning Russian is an easy thing. It took me two days to learn how to say hello in Russian, much less hold an intelligent conversation. But I'm slogging through and relatively confident that in 2 years I may learn all the colors and how to count to ten. But really, it should be coming faster after hello...
Anyhow, I'm with a nice host family that does in fact know what a vegetarian is, so yay me! They're actually pretty sweet, although they are thouroughly addicted to the television. But I love seeing Charmed in badly dubbed Russian, although a couple of times I've had to leave if a movie with a dog or monkey came on because of the kitch factor... I do feel a little bit like that foreign exchange student in the Incan Mummy Girl episode of Buffy. You know, the one Cordelia kept saying "fruit punchy" to? And then at the end, you find out he really was an intelligent human being at the end? Yeah, I am so that kid. Sometimes I say "fruit punchy" to myself and laugh my butt off.
Anyhow, I figured, I'd post a couple of times this time around so that you can come back if you want or whatever. It feels like more of an update to me anyway. So just sit back, relax and dig in to my fun stories... Hope you're all having fun and thinking of me!
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