Andrea Aribe, 130 YinD “Is he gay?” a teacher asked. Instantaneously, I engaged in a 10-second heated conversation with myself: “Why would she ask such a thing? Just because he doesn’t like […]
He’s My Friend
Because I’ll Miss This
Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD Last week, a thought crossed my mind as I laid on my woven hammock. On my quiet late night, with the quiet view from my second-floor porch, “Maybe, […]
The Skyler Diary
Matt Mikrut, 130 YinD Welcome to, what I like to call, the “Skyler Diary.” I admit it. Skyler is my first Peace Corps love. Everyone knows it; my love for Skyler is unrestrained and wild, thumping vigorously within me. Because I […]
Honeymoonin’
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD Is this the honeymoon? It feels too soon to tell. I can’t tell if you’re swell or sweltering, but I think maybe both. Do I love you, or […]
Being Bai Dtong
Zari Havercome, 130 YinD It has been a year since I wrote Becoming Bai Dtong for Sticky Rice articulating my experience being welcomed by Thailand and finding pride in my Thai nickname, […]
PSDN: Integration & Identity
During PST131 (pre-service training), representatives from the Peer Support & Diversity Network (PSDN) polled Group 131 trainees about questions they had related to integration and identity. PSDN compiled these and presented them […]
APAHM: The Satisfactory Explanation
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Poonam Benakatti, 130 YinD There’s a requisite elevator speech that every Asian American serving in […]
Group 131: A Diagnosis
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I should have known. I should have known when it took a group of 15 trainees 45 minutes to determine who was going to visit which school. There […]
Lumos: Remember to Turn on the Light
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling […]
APAHM: Finding Familiarity in Funerals
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Sachi Taniguchi, 131 YinD I think I feel most at home in Thailand when I’m […]
The Story of Momeo & Psiliet
Psian Avilés, 130 YinD If 472 days ago (thank you Lucy) you had asked me what I thought love was, I would have concocted the gay cliché version of Romeo & Juliet. […]
Journal Entry: Rain
Kevin Lentz, 131 YinD April 17th I was laying under my mosquito net trying not to sweat in the 91-degree heat when I heard raindrops tapping heavily on the metal roof. I […]
APAHM: Learning my ABCs
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Lucy Zhao, 130 YinD To be completely honest, I didn’t want to volunteer in Thailand. […]
APAHM: If You Are Not Standing Out, You Are Blending In
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Andrea Aribe, 130 YinD As of today, the list of places I have resided looks […]
Tatted in Thailand: Elizabeth, Spencer, & Lucy
Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD During Group 130’s Reconnect Conference in 2018, many of us decided on getting tattoos. Prior to that week, I also heard of Group 129 volunteers who got tattooed […]
