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Gift horse in thr mouth
I really am grateful. I don't want this post to sound like I am not thankful for the $7,500 fellowship I was awarded by my Grad School. I really truly am. But right now, it kind of has me pissed ( Read more... ) -
I'm alive!
So its been a while. I can't look back and see how long, but needless to say too long ( Read more... ) -
oh hi there
oh hi there internets. it's me again. sorry to have neglected you, but I've been busy using other social networking sites more lately. It's not that I don't have much to say, its just that I have been busy with grad school and such. Please don't hate me. Hopefully soon I'll have a reason to post more on here. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Drama at Hagerty Library
I am not an idiot when it comes to using Libraries. I am pretty experienced and adept at it. So I was rather surprised when the requests to Interlibrary Loan three separate articles were each rejected. The reason is that my University Library evidently owns the print version. I am usually pretty careful to check these things in the catalog so I ( Read more... ) -
Masks
The other day in my basement I found my mission box. I saw the scrawl of my handwriting in black sharpie on top "Peter's Mission" and suddenly a wave of emotion came over me. I remembered putting all the things in there and sealing it up 3 years ago when I moved to Oregon. I remembered giving it to my parents to take back and store for me after ( Read more... ) -
Update: No I haven't fallen off the face of the earth
Just been busy adjusting to life back in America, living with my parents, working with my dad and brother, hanging out with my nieces.
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HAHA
From The Detroit Free Press:
"So the other day I opened a fortune cookie, and on the back side of the fortune were a couple of Chinese words with their English meanings. What is the point of that? Am I supposed to keep eating there until I'm fluent?" [source].
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A thought
"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;"
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Going Home
[x-posted to peterintaiwanI just had a realization today that I need to go home. I was sitting at school doing my Homework and had a realization that I need to come home. It was clear. It was direct. It is what I need to do. And it made me so happy ( Read more... ) -
Lost in Translation
Today was Stake Conference for the Taipei Central Stake. The English speakers got to wear headsets and have it translated so we could participate in the meetings. There are about 6 men who served Chinese speaking missions and so they translated. During one of the talks there was laughter and one of the translators said, "Sorry guys I have no ( Read more... )