I realize this blogging phenomenon has been around awhile, and with many of you knowing my Late Adopter tendencies, this should be about as surprising as when I finally got a cell phone in late 2004. It is high time that I too stake my claim to some virtual real estate that I can call my own, hence the inaugural launch of this blog which I have named: there must be more. Some yahoo already got www.robertgarey.com and since I graduated from high school a long time ago, I’m not about to sell out to the MySpace/Facebook (or what I affectionately like to refer to as, “MyFace”) bandwagon.
The occasion for this blogging experiment is the fact that I have just quit my job with a management consulting firm in Washington DC, and now plan on escaping to the Caribbean. For the past year, I have been working in an anonymous cubicle deep within the bowels of some secret government operation center. Although I am glad to have had the opportunity to serve my country in this capacity, I am longing for more.
Therefore, this summer I will be working with Esperanza International, a Micro Finance Institution (MFI) that leads community-based economic development efforts focused specifically on benefiting children and their families in the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti. I will be living in a city called Puerto Plata (see map) on the northern coast of the DR with my nuevo hermano, Norberto Eusebio.
Here on out, this will be the official place to go to ensure that I am, in fact, still alive (and very much intending on being at my little sister’s wedding extravaganza in Seattle on August 19th!). I will be developing this site more in the coming weeks, so hopefully you will find it frequently graced with plenty of photos, and perhaps a meaningful thought or two.
Forgive the brevity of this initial post, but my plane will be leaving shortly, officially beginning this next adventure…
there’s more, rob
Roberto, i wanted to be the first person to comment on your blog. You look like Ace Ventura in that picture. I like it. Have a safe flight, bro.
Welcome to the blog world my friend. As with your entry into cell phone land a few years back, I again say it’s about time! Hope you remember your sunscreen….and by the way, the header image of wolverine Rob amidst the fake cubicle plants is brilliant. With those design skills, maybe you’d like my job?
Onward…
Rob, what an incredible journey you’re about to begin. Michael and I will be praying for you.
I officially wanted to be your first comment. You’ve come a long way Rob, cell phones…email…blogs. Really looking forward to hearing about your DR adventure. You should do some surfing down there. Who knows, maybe you’ll never come back! Well, safe travels, can’t wait to hear about it.
I love the DR…this is what you will soon learn to call it. All those in the know us that acronym:). Been there 2x myself on missions trips. God bless you on this adventure!!!
Jonathan
Good luck my friend looking forward to seeing you in august!!!
Rob!
Way to go bro! You beat the system
AND get to help people!
Be safe and keep in touch!
Jeff
well dear friend…..
as Hellen Keller put it, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Keep on taking on these daring adventures…………………… =) and then move back to SEATTLE…… haha
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John Jung
i like your vocabulary. hope you had a great trip over there! are you by the beach??
rob, you had a cell phone in high school.
anyhow, i will definetly miss you. and have a safe trip.
i like the image in the header, it’s very mysterious. it’s like a real cubicle jungle.
As Hellen Keller put it, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.”
Keep on adventuring…. and then MOVE BACK TO SEATTLE~!
J
definitely love the photo!
Interesting, Rob. I think I’ll take this moment to copy and paste a little something you wrote in November of 2005:
“I am much too impatient to read everyone’s blogs, and so I have no idea what you are up to these days… Please do let me know where you end up- although this will require an email of some sort as I doubt I will be able to extrapolate such information from your rather superfluous blog (not just yours, everybody’s!)”
ha ha ha
I, for one, rather enjoy people’s [superfluous] blogs. Welcome to the bandwagon; I’m looking forward to your updates.
I knew my past would come back to haunt me. It looks like I’ve now obligated myself to read everyone else’s superfluous blogs, as well! Speaking of which, everyone should check out Wendy’s World @ http://wendybatt.blogspot.com, it’s a good read.