Traffic cop in action My commute every morning starts out with a 10-15 minute walk to the bus stop. I walk along a busy street, but there’s a nice wide sidewalk with irregularly spaced trees that I zigzag between. (On the other side of the street, the trees are mostly planted in a straight line, … Continue reading Mongolian traffic cops are trying to kill me
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Winter is here
Snow in the park I’m going to do my best to write a post every weekend, even if it’s a short one, because I want to keep my writing habit going. It’s already the last weekend in November, and winter is definitely here. Thanks to human-induced climate change, we are having a much warmer winter … Continue reading Winter is here
Time in Mongolia
My classroom at the start of class yesterday Last semester I taught Cross-Cultural Communication to the junior class at MIU (Mongolia International University, for new readers). One of the topics was monochronic versus polychronic societies: Societies that live by the clock and a single time-stream, and societies that don’t. According to the textbook I was … Continue reading Time in Mongolia
Two Vegetarians in Mongolia 