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	<title>Observations of a News Junkie</title>
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		<title>Remembering</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/remembering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember, I have been involved in Remembrance Day activities in some way. If I wasn&#8217;t in a parade or attending a ceremony, I was watching Parliament Hill events on TV. Every year on 11/11, at 11:11, I was silent for a full minute.
I have two favourite memories from Remembrance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2478&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recap: Nov 1 &#8211; 7</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/recap-nov-1-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my week was not at all eventful, but here&#8217;s the recap anyway.
Sunday &#8211; My Nova Scotia friend got married and I so wish I could have been there. Congrats, Janet!
Monday &#8211; It was a civic holiday in Colombia, and therefore we had no school. I decided to go for a run, but I&#8217;ve had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2460&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The best country</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/the-best-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am Canadian to the core (despite the title of my last post). 
While I am able to see the flaws in some aspects of the nation, I am a firm believer that my home and native land is the best place in the world to live. I am fiercely patriotic and loyal. I take pride [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2466&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Status update: Becoming Colombian</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/status-update-becoming-colombian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I will forever be loyal to my home and native land, I am definitely adjusting to how things work in Cali. Here&#8217;s a few signs of my transformation to a Colombian way of life &#8230;

I can make juice from fresh fruit including orange and lulo.
I can listen to whole conversations in Spanish and only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2423&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change of plans</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/change-of-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[To do before I die]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the two main reasons I decided to hop over to Peru while I&#8217;m in South America instead of another country was to visit a girl I have sponsored for the last several years (the other reason is Machu Picchu). It&#8217;s also on my list of things to do in life.
But this morning I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2453&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recap: Oct. 26 &#8211; 31</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/recap-oct-26-31/</link>
		<comments>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/recap-oct-26-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my weekly recap:
Sunday - I ate buffalo for the first time on an excursion with the pastor and her daughter. Not going to lie, it was pretty delicious.
Monday &#8211; The tenth grade students continue to sing to me on a regular basis. They have added a word: &#8220;Oh, Miss Cheryl Brink &#8230;&#8221;
Tuesday &#8211; My [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2436&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>News flashes</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/news-flashes-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/?p=2441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been severely lacking in the newsy blog posts lately, and I am way overdue for a rant, but time has been in short supply lately &#8230; as well as internet I can depend on. The latter problem seems to have been resolved; as for the former &#8230; not so much. But for now, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2441&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, the excitement</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/oh-the-excitement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To do before I die]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the fact that I&#8217;m currently living in Colombia and teaching English to high school students is not enough excitement for my life. 
If all goes as planned, I will be spending Christmas and New Years&#8217; in Peru with my fabulous friend, Sheri. We are hoping to have two weeks to explore Lima, Cusco, Arequipa and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2407&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recap: Oct. 18 &#8211; 24</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/recap-oct-18-24/</link>
		<comments>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/recap-oct-18-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another week has come and gone. It&#8217;s ridiculous how quickly time is passing by here in Colombia. My schedule doesn&#8217;t change, but every day is different from all the days before it. There&#8217;s virtually no opportunity for the routine to become mundane. Here&#8217;s what happened in the last seven days:
Sunday &#8211; There&#8217;s an older woman [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2413&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Status update: Learning Spanish</title>
		<link>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/spanish/</link>
		<comments>http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/spanish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;m not fluent in Spanish or anything yet &#8230; but here&#8217;s a few signs that I might be getting closer to my goal of being bilingual:

There are fewer blank stares in my Grade 6 class when I explain a new concept
Emilse and I can actually sit down and chat over lunch (not about politics [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com&blog=2602544&post=2415&subd=observationsofanewsjunkie&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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