2013-03-11 04:51
I've been training at CrossFit Pleasanton for a 2 months and 2 weeks now, and I'm proud to say that I have now successfully completed my first Open workout (also known as 13.1)!&nb&hell…Read More
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The Ramblings of a Recently Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Ukraine
2013-02-28 21:50
For the past 60 days, I've been working out and trying to getting back into shape at CrossFit Pleasanton. Now that I've joined the ranks of ex-athletes who do CrossFit, I figured I woul… Read More
2013-02-09 23:11
Last weekend, my sister and I went up to Cal Berkeley's campus to watch the women's swim team take on UCLA. I've only been to Cal's campus a few times before, so it took us a while to find p… Read More
2013-01-22 02:01
Last Saturday, my sister and I drove up to Vallejo to do the 5K "Color Run" hosted by the Color Vibe. If you've never heard of a "Color Run", they are events held across the nation where par… Read More
2013-01-18 07:06
About a week ago, my dad took our family to visit Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple has a few offices around the world and this is their international headquarters fo… Read More
2013-01-09 18:04
After digging around through my old blog posts, I realized that I never posted about my World Map Project! I participated in a few different World Map projects during my time in Ukraine, and… Read More
2013-01-09 07:06
Over winter break, I spent a lot of time hanging out with my sister and our family since I hadn't been home for over 2 years. It has been great just relaxing at home, without worrying about… Read More
2013-01-03 18:45
So I'm a bit behind on my posts as usual... this is from my last week in Ukraine (which was about 3 weeks ago). I spent the week in Kyiv, and since I didn't have any plans to meet up with pe… Read More
2012-12-20 18:06
After spending 27 months abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I can't express how great it is to be back home in America. I arrived back home last Friday and I love being at home with my famil… Read More
2012-12-13 16:45
Last Friday, I had my last day of work at my lyceum. Its crazy how time flies, I feel like I just arrived to my site not too long ago and now I've already left. Saying goodbye is always diff… Read More
2012-12-05 23:44
Last week, I organized a few events at my school in honor of World AIDS Day 2012. As an active member of the HIV/AIDS Working Group in Peace Corps Ukraine, I do my best to try to organize a… Read More
2012-11-28 17:43
Last weekend, I worked with a few Ukrainian friends to organize a counter human trafficking project called "Traffic Jam". The 3 Ukrainian organizers - Alla, Platon and Vova are students who… Read More
2012-11-28 17:41
Last Friday, my friend Ivan came to our Lyceum to do a training on public speaking. He's the same trainer who did the public speaking training at the "Traffick Jam" counter human trafficking… Read More
2012-11-25 20:08
Yesterday I celebrated my third Thanksgiving in Ukraine with a few of the other Peace Corps Volunteers from Kharkiv oblast, and a few of my teacher friends from school. We crammed 12 people… Read More
2012-11-23 16:53
Last Friday, two of my 11th graders - Dasha and Vitalik conducted their own training on human trafficking with a group of 15 students from the 8th grade as part of our school's human traffic… Read More
2012-11-16 05:27
On November 15th, 1992 the first group of Peace Corps Volunteers arrived to serve in Ukraine. I can't even imagine what it was like at that time, just after the fall of the Soviet Union. But… Read More
2012-11-11 11:11
Over fall break, I organized a 3-day mini Camp H.E.A.L. with a handful of other PCVs, using the leftover funds from my summer Camp H.E.A.L. partnership grant from Peace Corps. Camp H.E.A.L… Read More
2012-10-25 16:07
Last Friday, I organized a human rights training at my school with my school psychologist. We had about 25 students participate, ranging from 9th to 11th grade. I invited my friend Oleg from… Read More
2012-10-23 06:22
One of the reasons that I love the city of Kharkiv is that there are so many random things to do. I went to the Water Circus show two weekends ago with Byron and Connie, the two Peace Corps… Read More
2012-10-21 08:54
Last week, my students and I participated in the "Water Testing Project" organized by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) of Peace Corps Ukraine. EWG was awarded a grant by the Returned Pe… Read More
2012-10-13 08:42
Last week, my boyfriend Stas and I went back to Gorky park in downtown Kharkiv to check out the rides. We were there on opening day, standing in the rain along with thousands of other people… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Even though I don't really eat strict paleo (I love cheese and ketchup too much), I tried my hand at baking with paleo ingredients for the first time last Friday! I made some paleo-style cho… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Last Saturday, I met up with a group of Georgia Tech alumni from the Northern California region to hike along the coast and headlands of San Francisco. This hike took us about 5 hours… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Last week, I successfully finished my first 90 days of CrossFit at CrossFit Pleasanton! Its been great - my strength and fitness has come a long way from where I was in December and I've mad… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Since I've started CrossFit a few months ago, I've been dying to get some olympic lifting shoes. While they are expensive, they provide much needed stability while doing olympic lifts like t… Read More
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