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About lornaofarabia

I am a teacher from Medford, Oregon. I currently live and work in Bangkok, Thailand.

7 things to like about the ICS fall harvest festival

Posted on 15 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

This year our school administration opted to forgo the annual Halloween celebration in favor of a community picnic with a harvest theme.  Halloween is problematic here, much as it is in many US schools.  The Ethiopian church is unamused by … Continue reading →

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Time lords

Posted on 14 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually — from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint — it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly… timey-wimey…stuff.” – The Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who, “Blink” One commonly noted … Continue reading →

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Road test

Posted on 13 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

I want to try out the video upgrade I just added to Lorna of Arabia. I recorded this a couple of Saturdays ago, as we were driving through one of the larger towns between Woliso and Addis.

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Amharic Hamlet

Posted on 11 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

Last year ICS staged a production of Hamlet in the local language of the Addis region, Amharic.  The journal of the International Baccalaureate program, IB World, published an article about this unique project in their most recent issue.  Wish I … Continue reading →

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Tongue tied

Posted on 10 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

Here’s an important fact about me.  I think of myself as a fast learner.  I expect to be good at things, and so learning new things is fun.  The corollary to this is that I avoid tasks that I think … Continue reading →

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Game day

Posted on 9 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

Meet our new friends, Brian and Leslie. Leslie and I don’t see the resemblance, but teachers, parents, and students at the school can’t seem to tell us apart.  We wish we had a birr (that’s about a nickel) for every … Continue reading →

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Guess what I’ve got

Posted on 9 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

I got a text on my cell phone the other Saturday.  It was from the teacher I share a room with.  “Guess what I’ve got?” I don’t know.  What could she have?  A new cell phone, maybe?  Some of that … Continue reading →

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Yellow card red tape and the Black Lion

Posted on 7 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

You have probably noticed by now that negotiating official authorizations in Ethiopia can be complicated.  For us, this week was filled with more than the normal amount of bureaucratic angst.  So much so that by Thursday it was looking like … Continue reading →

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Edgy

Posted on 5 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

Something I’m really looking forward to in the shipment (did I happen to mention that I miss my stuff?) is my good set of knives. The two big steel machetes that came with the apartment are not really ideal for … Continue reading →

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Terminal

Posted on 4 Oct 2012 by lornaofarabia

Our shipment arrived at the airport Monday.  Any lingering hope of seeing it delivered this week died with this most recent message from the school… Dear Andreas: Please be informed that in order to receive your personal effects first we … Continue reading →

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