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Category: Peace Corps Philippines

The life and times of a PCV in the Philippines.

I started filling out my peace corps application tonight.

Posted onJanuary 10, 2005December 21, 2016Leave a comment

That’s big. The plan is to have the application finished by the end of the week so that I can get on to the rest of the long, drawn out application process in a somewhat timely fashion. I’ve been hearing from Julia a lot lately, as she’s been updating her Read More …

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Starting with the Recruiter

Posted onFebruary 25, 2004December 21, 2016Leave a comment

I stopped and talked to the peace corps recruiter, she was really friendly and helpful. We had a nice chat, and it looks like I don’t have fill out my application until next fall. Otherwise my application will sit on a shelf and I’ll have to try and contact them Read More …

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So, I broke the news this weekend

Posted onFebruary 23, 2004December 21, 2016Leave a comment

and I made my mom cry. Not exactly the response I was hoping for (or expecting). I guess it was a combination of things that she wasn’t really sure about, (ie- safety of volunteers) and the fact that it’s something that she would have loved to do at my age. Read More …

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The beginning

Posted onFebruary 19, 2004December 21, 2016

After doing my own research online for the last few weeks, I finally managed to make it in to the campus peace corps office. Unfortunately, the recruiter wasn’t there. I did pick up some slick informational brochures and find out when she will be there, so I can arrange a Read More …

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