Megs the Wanderer

Megs the Wanderer

Stories From Life's Journey

  • ABOUT
    • PEACE CORPS
  • TOPICS
    • Peace Corps
    • travel
    • teaching
    • culture
    • Indonesia
  • STORIES
    • Night Train to Colombo
    • Keep Spirit
    • Chatting with a Monk in Thailand
    • Elections and Hope in Sri Lanka
    • Wandering in Wales
    • Meeting Krishna
    • Wedding Crasher
    • Hildegard’s Abbey
    • Disfigurement and Grace
    • An invitation to the journey
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • The Journey
    • Life in Indonesia
  • BLOG
  • Dubbing Competition

    Dubbing Competition

    Some things at Chinese universities are cemented into the rhythm of the school calendar such as department welcome events for freshmen (I missed this year’s because of a scheduling miscommunication), speech competitions, and sports meets. Well, the Foreign Language Department hosting dubbing competitions is no different. Last year the competition took me by surprise, with […]

    megsthewanderer

    20 November 2017
    Peace Corps
    China, Peace Corps, teaching
  • October in Pictures

    October in Pictures

    My plants were doing well in the warmth from the beginning of this month, though the recent cold damp week in the final days of the month have left them a little unhappy. The one little rose that didn’t die during the summer heat produced a few more buds. It has been dreary as of late, […]

    megsthewanderer

    30 October 2017
    Peace Corps
    China, October, Peace Corps, photo
  • My Life as a Guest Lecturer

    My Life as a Guest Lecturer

    As a Peace Corps Volunteer I have a unique opportunity to represent and share aspects of the United States. In fact, the second goal of the Peace Corps is, “To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.” Embracing the second goal, I’ve had several opportunities to teach subjects […]

    megsthewanderer

    23 October 2017
    Peace Corps, teaching
    China, lecture, Peace Corps, school, social work, sociology, teaching
  • Hiking Mt. Emei

    Hiking Mt. Emei

    During the week-long holiday earlier this month (National Holiday and Mid-Autumn Festival), I spent a few days hiking on Mount Emei (峨眉山), one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains in China. It is 3,099 meters high (10,167ft) and features hiking trails and a golden statue at the summit. I actually met one of the students […]

    megsthewanderer

    21 October 2017
    Peace Corps
    China, Emei, hiking, Peace Corps, travel
  • Indonesia: Going Home

    Indonesia: Going Home

    When I finally set foot on Indonesian soil again this past August, after nearly three years, I knew I was home again. This post describes my short 10 days in Indonesia during the latter part of August, returning to the North Sumatran province. My first destination was Bukit Lawang, a mountain village next to the […]

    megsthewanderer

    16 October 2017
    Batak culture, culture, Indonesia, indonesian culture, Peace Corps, story, travel
    Balige, Batak, home, Indonesia, Lake Toba, photo, Sumatra, summer, travel
  • Summer Travel: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong

    Summer Travel: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong

    Summer is drawing to a close, the night air no longer drenches me in sweat and rainy days and a blanket of haze have again settled in masking the blue skies (today is a sunny exception). The fall semester is a month on, and now September has past. It’s time to catch up on posting. […]

    megsthewanderer

    1 October 2017
    Peace Corps, travel
    China, summer, travel
  • Summer Project 2017

    Summer Project 2017

    Panzhihua (攀枝花) is a small town–for China–nestled in a mountainous area of southern Sichuan province. Back in July I spent 2 weeks as part of a group of Peace Corps Volunteers offering training to local Primary and Middle School English teachers. It was a 14-hour train ride south from Chengdu through some lovely countryside. There […]

    megsthewanderer

    14 August 2017
    Peace Corps, teaching
    China, Panzhihua, Peace Corps, Sichuan, teaching
  • Taipei, Idul Fitri, and the Indonesian Migrant Community

    Taipei, Idul Fitri, and the Indonesian Migrant Community

    I was lost in a sea of people. It wasn’t an unusual occurrence after one year in China and two past years in Indonesia–but this time was different. This time my physical body was in Taipei Main Station–a sprawling transportation hub connected by passageways to an underground mall–but my eyes tricked me into thinking I […]

    megsthewanderer

    1 July 2017
    indonesian culture, Peace Corps, travel
    food, Idulfitri, Indonesia, photo, Ramadan, Taipei, travel
  • Cultivating Service

    Cultivating Service

    Sometimes students here in China mistake my surname (Ross) for Rose. At my request, most of my students call me Miss Megan, Teacher, or Megan. The surname Ross is of Scottish origin, although none of my ancestors were Scottish, which is perhaps why I’ve never been too attached to it. Names and titles are important, […]

    megsthewanderer

    21 June 2017
    Peace Corps
    China, flower, June, Peace Corps, photo, roses, service
  • May in Pictures

    May in Pictures

    This post is a little late into June, but there are a few experiences worth detailing about events in May: The month of May brought the Dragon Boat festival in China. Unfortunately, there was no dragon boat race in my city, but I did eat the traditional Zongzi (粽子) a glutinous rice dumpling steamed in […]

    megsthewanderer

    21 June 2017
    Peace Corps
    China, food, May, photo
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