By Erin D'Amelio A few facts from the Buddhism course I had taken a year ago feebly floated around my mind as my friends and I walked around the Ounalom Pagoda in Phnom Penh, but the lessons I had once concretized were too flimsy to capture and explain the religion and its symbols to my [...]
By Erin D'Amelio During the final week of March, all schools in Malaysia celebrated their first holiday break, so, to take full advantage of the free schedule and ease of travel, I spent my week with two fellow ETAs, Kerry and Ashley visiting the countries of Laos and Cambodia. For this article and the next, [...]
By Erin D'Amelio I grew increasingly jealous of my roommate when I walked into my school’s office during my first month here in Budu. Every time I passed through the doors, a package smugly sat upon the mail. And for me? Nothing. Not even a letter. Everyone knows about culture shock and its trajectory. Usually [...]
New cover band features award-winning Lehigh Valley performers. Former lead singers of award-winning Lehigh Valley cover band She Said Sunday, Christine Bainbridge and Ricky Bell make their debut performance with new group “Sunshine Symphony” this Friday, February 21st at The Barrister’s Club in Allentown. Bainbridge was the recipient of the Lehigh Valley Music Awards Tonya [...]
Win 2 tickets to the highly anticipated 14th Annual Red Ball in Philadelphia:
When in Malaysia. That phrase has become my “YOLO” for this trip, added only recently after the past two consistently unpredictable weekends that I’ve had here in Benta. This most recent weekend was perhaps the most hodgepodge-y: I found myself watching an international motocross competition, attending a Chinese New Year feast, and crashing a Hindu [...]
Award reflects company’s consistently high level of customer service Burkholder’s Heating and Air Conditioning, Emmaus, PA has earned the service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award, reflecting an exemplary year of service provided to members of the consumer review service in 2013. “Burkholder’s Heating and Air Conditioning has been a member of Angie’s List [...]
Inspirational phrase found in SMK Panglima Garang classroom While on my connection flight to Hong Kong, I had a conversation with a fellow ETA Taha about the roles we play and how we define ourselves. Besides being an abnormally philosophical discussion for an airplane, it had me question how I actually define myself. [...]
Contributed by Jim Yeager I'm sitting here at my home in North Carolina feeling like I'm losing a member of the family. My Yeagers are from Allentown. My great grandfather was James A. Yeager, who owned the "Dorneyville Hotel" (and the Cetronia Hotel-Trinkles) for many years at the end of the 19th century and 35 [...]
Erin with her Bahasa Malaysia class. By Erin D'Amelio Us ETAs have finally left the big capital of Kuala Lumpur and have made it to our respective states, but that still doesn’t mean that we’re done with orientation. For the past two and a half weeks, we have been sitting in a conference [...]
