It seems like it was only yesterday that I was getting third degree burns hacking my way through a field as a rice harvester in Thailand. There were ceremonies with strange dancing, the customary rice hats, more strange dancing and a token gringo - to...
So after you strolled down aisle, waving embarrassingly to your adoring familia in the stands, proudly clutching your hard earned diploma (see: glorified paper weight), the thought probably entered your mind – ‘okay, what do I do after college now’? [caption id="attachment_6144" align="aligncenter" width="640"] For the...
Okay, smile. They stared back. Some stoned faced. Some with a half grimace. Some with sympathy. No really. Smile. You look like you just lost your favorite puppy. Some half grimaces became half-smiles. And some half-smiles turned to absolute scorn. Pity Progress. Surprisingly, I hadn’t taken on an event photography gig...
Okay this post is longggg overdue. But after receiving possibly my 1 millionth email asking how to work overseas, find a job abroad, what should I do with my degree in 15th century French literature because I really just want to get paid to travel...
[caption id="attachment_7412" align="aligncenter" width="640"] And after we save Santa, we can save this exhausted Volunteer[/caption] Well – that magical time of year is here – the glorious and magnificently overrated New Years. Some take in the New Year speaking of resolutions for the year to come...
H0-Ho-Ho Christmas is finally here and almost complete. Yesterday Santa rode into town on his motorcycle with Executive Elf Lieutenant (me) and his Red Cross elf army in tow. We delivered gifts to some 600 Filipino kids in need in three communities thus far....
Today was your not to typical day, but then again, maybe no day is a typical day when you are working on a Filipino Christmas project. No - today was a bit different, as I went on a 3 hour journey from the sweet little...
Last week I went to two different Philippine communities that are still putting back together the pieces after Typhoon Yolanda. I went with the Red Cross and while they did all of the heavy lifting, I did what I do best...
Operation Save Santa commences in only two days, but before we descend upon some remote communities in the Philippines that need some extra Christmas love this time around, I wanted to show you a Philippines home rebuilding project going on in the same community where...
Executive Elf Turner here. Christmas is rapidly approaching and we are deep in the Christmas magic making weeds by trying to figure out how to help as many communities as possible. Last weekend we visited the community of Tuno, a community up in the mountains...