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By Caroline Joren
September 24th 2008

The Last Supper...(Well maybe not the last)

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Joren's Family

Before we left for Montreal we decided our parents should meet and it would be an easy way to spend the evening seeing everyone. We went to the Keg for our last dinner in Saskatoon for six months. [View Full Entry]

By sydneythangachi
June 21st 2008

Good News and Bad News

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Kids at the Hospice

I'm a Good-News-Firster. I am of the mind that it makes it a lot easier to take the bad if you already know the good. So to that end, I have finally received my placement for the month of July! I will be living and working at Devaaki Hospital which is based in Karaikudi, Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu (South India). It sounds like the hospital is privately funded, and it has several departments including Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Orthopaedices, and Urology, as well as general surgeries. The hospital has five doctors, twenty nurses, fifty beds, and is apparently open 24 hours (we [View Full Entry]

By sydneythangachi
June 13th 2008

The Countdown is On...

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I've got India on the mind. I probably should have been doing my physics homework this evening, and I'm not particularly looking forward to getting up and biking to class in a number of hours. But such is life. I leave for India in 3 weeks! And so if I can figure out how to get this countdown to work, well...I'll have a countdown. [View Full Entry]

By patanderin
June 8th 2008

Show time - Videos as promised

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A few clips taken with the digital camera. 1. How to safely mount a camel. Erin getting up on the beast. 2. Call to prayer. If you have never heard it, it is somewhat haunting. It can ne heard 5 times a day from wherever you are. This was taken from our hotel balcony in Selcuk, Turkey 3. Erin makes a friend. Petting a lamb in Samandag, Turkey. [View Full Entry]

By DuaneAndCharlotte
April 21st 2008

Home Sweet Home

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Bye to New Zealand

As I look out the window at the snow-covered streets, New Zealand and Asia seem very far away... We are very glad to be home though. The flight home was decent, as good as it gets with two 10+ hour flights back to back! We had an overnight in Vancouver and were fortunate to crash with Duane's cousin Emily and catch up with her. We also met Lisa for lunch in Calgary airport, which was sweet. And then we arrived in Saskatoon to a welcome committee. It seemed so chilly out, but it wasn't really. We have to get our weather [View Full Entry]

Duane throws his first snowball of the season

By patanderin
April 13th 2008

Getting impatient

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Just 16 days to departure. First Germany, then Turkey and Syria. I have planned all I am going to plan, my fear at this point is to plan this thing to death. We have a pretty good itinerary set up, with some built in flexibility. Ali, who I "met" online after emailing a Turkish motorcycle club has been just unbelievable. He has set up a few places for us to stay with local police and a dinner with the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Osmaniye Police! He is also making arrangements for us to have a working cell phone while [View Full Entry]

By Hoffa
September 14th 2007

PROLOGUE AND EN ROUTE TO TAIWAN

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PROLOGUE The previous few months before we left was quite the rollercoaster itself. A while back we had a huge weekend at our cabin with my cousins and "the boys". Playing V-ball with drunk Dwayne was quite the experience. Then, Dennis and I made a trip to Regina where we gambled with Frederick, played the Wii with Hjorthy and bowled with Dave Gassner. Shortly after was back to Kindersley on the weekend of Blake Evans' wedding. Then I had the chance to make it to Paradise Hill to say goodbye to a few close friends. Next was a garage sale in [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
August 26th 2007

Blast-Off

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Good-Bye Van

There are some things in life that a person can prepare for and feel comfortable that they had done everything possible to make things “just right”. Physically preparing and packing are easy compared to the mental preparation and emotional roller coaster that we are experiencing this week. This week the focus was all about the details. Buying insurance, contacting hotels, confirming travel arrangements and trying to pack 10 months worth of books, clothes, and personal effects into two large, two medium, two carry-on and three back-packs is not nearly as challenging as thinking abou [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
August 6th 2007

A Happening Holiday-Fringetastic!

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Quad Rides in the Backyard!!??
Terry had to move his quad into the garage and the boys cashed in on a short ride.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU CAN READ THE JOURNALS FROM THE BEGINNING BY CLICKING ON SMALL PICTURE TITLED THE NOWLAN AND DORE FAMILY. ALSO, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE BLOG PLEASE PASS ALONG THEIR EMAIL TO US OR HAVE THEM SUBSCRIBE THEMSELVES. Our return to Saskatoon was met without any fanfare. Not like we were expecting any. Arriving in mid afternoon we interrupted quiet time and both Duffy and Diogi seemed somewhat unimpressed. Mom and Dad had taken off earlier in the day to attend the Elkhorn Homecoming and I think the dogs had plans that were devious [View Full Entry]

By R N O B
July 8th 2007

On Your Mark, Get Set, SUMMER HOLIDAYS!

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RECOVERED

Summer has arrived and it has started with a flurry of activity. Of course anyone who has moved knows that the experience can be trying and tiring. We spent our first afternoon of summer holidays hauling things to storage. Of course it was about 30 degrees Celsius and in the evening we had an unbelievable thunderstorm. We went out to watch as the skies were lit up like a nightclub with an overzealous effects person going crazy with the strobe and fogger. Unfortunately the power went out with the storm and we were without electricity for our final eighteen hours in [View Full Entry]

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