Let me just emphasize how much of a loser I am: I traded in Black Eyed Peas Tickets and backstage passes for good grades on Composiciónes and Examenes. It's pass or fail loser!
My mom probably would have said- That would have been fun.
My dad would probably have said- At least you got your priorities straight!
Oh. My. Goodness.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Hola Hola faithful reader friends and comrades! I am once again realizing why as a child I had some kind of fixation with garlic. Garlic and peperoni... garlic and cheerios (they were gross but my babysitter made me eat them so I wouldn't waste them)... anyway, I am now eating dark chocolate with garlic on my hands. Why? For one thing, chocolate, garlic, pasta, tomato sauce and instant oatmeal are a summary of the things I have in my house I have to cook with. So garlic tomato sauce it is (and chocolate in the mean time). So what was the reason for this garlic etapa? Was it lack of resources or was it because I actually liked it? I think it was both. There's something about something sweet with something spicy, I went to Santiago and had ice cream with Bechara, Andy and Leslie, I had chocolate with pepper and Bech had strawberry with pepper. What crazy people thought of these mixtures? Dunno, but they sure are tasty. Besides my new/old-found happiness of garlic and chocolate, I am definetly looking forward to finishing classes. I do like to do things the extreme way, but there might be a fine line between extreme and monotonus. I need variety! I have to admit though, I have learned a lot, both in school, myself, and life pretty much. My spanish has improved like a million times over even though it still has a little work to do. I need to get to the point where I can understand people who talk really fast and slurr everything. I still have problems understanding Manuel, my trainer at the gym (which is paying off just to let you know). My gym is like a ghetto Rocky era gym, but I love it. The people are great. The hot topic today was the musculosos I saw at an exhibición culturismo en Santiago. Oh. My. Goodness. Some of these people were like monsters. The girls looked like men with womens heads put on top. Now women, why would you want to do that to yourself, it's just not attractive (no offense to my mom who is now a muscle builder... I guess you look pretty any way you are.. Hehe). Anyway, there was this one guy standing in the corner... with a hoody. His fake tan was dripping down his face because of the sweat. It looked like blood. My gosh, he looked like he could have been the devil himself. And then there was the beautiful one... Wow. He was so nice. I think he could have been an angel. Haha. It was great, Andy kept asking me to ask guys if they would take a picture with me. He was just like "He's so cute!" Haha. It was great. After spending a little to much time with muscle builders, we finally went to eat dinner at the "Paris Hilton of the gay society in Santiago." Yes, I would have had no idea beacause this guy was just fun. His apartment was amazing, original works from famous modern artists, furniture from others, Louis Vuitton suitcases as a stand for miniture artwork... We ate in this dining room, with candle sticks and champagne... Wow. I never thought I would be doing that.
Anyway... Since I haven't had time to write in here for a while, here's a recap of everything done in the past month or so...
I really shouldn't be writing a blog right now because I should be studying for my Braille test or writing one of my many compositions or working on my presentation, but yo tengo ganas para hacerlo (I feel like doing it).
I took a Tango class last week, which was fricking amazing! I think I need to find a place to do it in Hawaii! I got to dance with a really great chilean who cut in when I was dancing with my friend, and got cut in by the teacher. Haha, it was great. Josh had to dance with old ladies with bad breath. Whoo hoo!
I'm a dork and study at the beach.
Saw the descended or something like that with Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio... wasn't bad, kind of trippy how corrupt people can be.
Before all this fun of gramatica, composición, historia y culturas en contacto, we went to Buenos Aires and Iguazu. The beginning of the trip starte out crazy. I went to a drag show with Bech, Andy and Leslie. I think that was one of the most confusing/disturbing things I have ever seen. I have to admit it was entertaining, but some of these guys were so pretty. Ah! So I needed to be at the airport before 6am. I got there at like 5ish. No sleep at all for la Charisa. Anyway, we'll skip a little bit forward to the first morning in B.A. Breakfast wasn't very good, toast and watery hot chocolate. I was looking across the street and saw a little boy in with a blanket around his shoulders, calling a taxi for an old lady. I was thinking that it was really good that he wasn't just begging, he was trying to actually work. As he walked away I ran out the door. I asked him if he wanted to come eat breakfast and he was like, Quiero un shogur. Shogur??? I had no idea what he wanted. So I took him back to the restaurant under the hostel. Thomas, what's a shogur? We asked the lady if they had any. She didn't. So we went walking around looking for shogur. No one had it. Finally I figured out that he wanted yogur (yogurt). We ended up bying him something else something even healthier... McDonalds. After that little adventure, we hit up the antique fair. It was amazing, they had such beautiful things, things to wear, things to give, things to put in your apartment... It was heaven.
Iguazu. Three syllabals. A.Ma.Zing. First our taxi driver snuck us into Brazil and Paraguay. Voy a darte un consejo-Paraguay is not worth going to. Just had to get that out. Brazil was cool though, we went to a birdpark and saw birds I've never heard of, and Itaipu, the water damn elecricity builder... Generates the most energy in the world (for that kind of producer). Iguazu though... Ah, that is now my favorite place in the world. We had our taxi driver yet once again, Vito. He was definetly worth it. I forgot to mention the most amazing buffet of my life the night before. Anyway. We took the green passport tour or something like that. We rode through the almost amazon jungle in a open air military-like truck andthen got into a boat. First we went through the rapids with that speed boat. There were people with ponchos on, clothes on, and then a few of us with our bathing suits on. We were the smart ones. Everyone got soaked once we went under one of the waterfalls. First of all, the first view of the waterfall from faraway was amazing. I felt like I discovered the dinosaurs or something. I know, I know, I tell everybody that, but it's true! Anyway, that was the first of many. Many bigger ones, they were so giant! There were so many! It was so beautiful! We have picures, I just need to develop them. When we went under the waterfall it was a little scary because it was so huge! I thought there might be rocks or we might flip over. The video camera guy was on the front though so it was ok, he would have gone over first. That would have been pretty funny. The rest of the day went by, I saw a Tucan flying out in the wild! Vultures! I walked around in a bathing suit and hiking boots! It started pouring when we sat down to eat. Not just raining, pouring like there was a waterfall coming down from the sky. Everyone came into the restaurant and even then the poor harpist hardly got any applause. I figured it wouldn't stop raining anytime soon, so we went off to the garganta del diablo (devil's throat). That passage, the train, the bridges, the marsh, the pouring rain... was amazing. the devil's throat was unbelievable. It was so huge. I could believe why they called this place the devil's throat. By the time we got back, we were drenched. My hiking shoes are only waterproof if I have pants on I guess, and everything in our bags was soaked through. We went to the laundrymat before leaving. Just to let you know, getting the cama class in the bus is worth it especially for five more dollars.
Back to B.A., where I spen to much money, saw an amazing cemetery, museums, ate a four course meal for $5... MALBA museum was amazing. Art by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera... modern artists... amazing. We ended up crashing our friends hotel for lack of money. Good decision. We got free breakfast of media lunas y chocolate caliente (crossaints and hot chocolate) to add to the greatness of it. To top off the trip, we payed $25 ( which is a fortune there and esp. for me) for the most amazing spanish food, probably 20 plates or so of tapas, different appatizers from spain. There was flamenco dancing... $25 was definetly worth it. I think that if anyone wants to come to South America, the lonely planet guide is definetly amazing. Don't just stick to that though, talk with locals, hostels, take advantage of free maps in hostels and airports... Aprovechar. Well gente, I'm going to go to school now! Ah, another long day of school. Well, that is life I guess.
Anyway... Since I haven't had time to write in here for a while, here's a recap of everything done in the past month or so...
I really shouldn't be writing a blog right now because I should be studying for my Braille test or writing one of my many compositions or working on my presentation, but yo tengo ganas para hacerlo (I feel like doing it).
I took a Tango class last week, which was fricking amazing! I think I need to find a place to do it in Hawaii! I got to dance with a really great chilean who cut in when I was dancing with my friend, and got cut in by the teacher. Haha, it was great. Josh had to dance with old ladies with bad breath. Whoo hoo!
I'm a dork and study at the beach.
Saw the descended or something like that with Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio... wasn't bad, kind of trippy how corrupt people can be.
Before all this fun of gramatica, composición, historia y culturas en contacto, we went to Buenos Aires and Iguazu. The beginning of the trip starte out crazy. I went to a drag show with Bech, Andy and Leslie. I think that was one of the most confusing/disturbing things I have ever seen. I have to admit it was entertaining, but some of these guys were so pretty. Ah! So I needed to be at the airport before 6am. I got there at like 5ish. No sleep at all for la Charisa. Anyway, we'll skip a little bit forward to the first morning in B.A. Breakfast wasn't very good, toast and watery hot chocolate. I was looking across the street and saw a little boy in with a blanket around his shoulders, calling a taxi for an old lady. I was thinking that it was really good that he wasn't just begging, he was trying to actually work. As he walked away I ran out the door. I asked him if he wanted to come eat breakfast and he was like, Quiero un shogur. Shogur??? I had no idea what he wanted. So I took him back to the restaurant under the hostel. Thomas, what's a shogur? We asked the lady if they had any. She didn't. So we went walking around looking for shogur. No one had it. Finally I figured out that he wanted yogur (yogurt). We ended up bying him something else something even healthier... McDonalds. After that little adventure, we hit up the antique fair. It was amazing, they had such beautiful things, things to wear, things to give, things to put in your apartment... It was heaven.
Iguazu. Three syllabals. A.Ma.Zing. First our taxi driver snuck us into Brazil and Paraguay. Voy a darte un consejo-Paraguay is not worth going to. Just had to get that out. Brazil was cool though, we went to a birdpark and saw birds I've never heard of, and Itaipu, the water damn elecricity builder... Generates the most energy in the world (for that kind of producer). Iguazu though... Ah, that is now my favorite place in the world. We had our taxi driver yet once again, Vito. He was definetly worth it. I forgot to mention the most amazing buffet of my life the night before. Anyway. We took the green passport tour or something like that. We rode through the almost amazon jungle in a open air military-like truck andthen got into a boat. First we went through the rapids with that speed boat. There were people with ponchos on, clothes on, and then a few of us with our bathing suits on. We were the smart ones. Everyone got soaked once we went under one of the waterfalls. First of all, the first view of the waterfall from faraway was amazing. I felt like I discovered the dinosaurs or something. I know, I know, I tell everybody that, but it's true! Anyway, that was the first of many. Many bigger ones, they were so giant! There were so many! It was so beautiful! We have picures, I just need to develop them. When we went under the waterfall it was a little scary because it was so huge! I thought there might be rocks or we might flip over. The video camera guy was on the front though so it was ok, he would have gone over first. That would have been pretty funny. The rest of the day went by, I saw a Tucan flying out in the wild! Vultures! I walked around in a bathing suit and hiking boots! It started pouring when we sat down to eat. Not just raining, pouring like there was a waterfall coming down from the sky. Everyone came into the restaurant and even then the poor harpist hardly got any applause. I figured it wouldn't stop raining anytime soon, so we went off to the garganta del diablo (devil's throat). That passage, the train, the bridges, the marsh, the pouring rain... was amazing. the devil's throat was unbelievable. It was so huge. I could believe why they called this place the devil's throat. By the time we got back, we were drenched. My hiking shoes are only waterproof if I have pants on I guess, and everything in our bags was soaked through. We went to the laundrymat before leaving. Just to let you know, getting the cama class in the bus is worth it especially for five more dollars.
Back to B.A., where I spen to much money, saw an amazing cemetery, museums, ate a four course meal for $5... MALBA museum was amazing. Art by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera... modern artists... amazing. We ended up crashing our friends hotel for lack of money. Good decision. We got free breakfast of media lunas y chocolate caliente (crossaints and hot chocolate) to add to the greatness of it. To top off the trip, we payed $25 ( which is a fortune there and esp. for me) for the most amazing spanish food, probably 20 plates or so of tapas, different appatizers from spain. There was flamenco dancing... $25 was definetly worth it. I think that if anyone wants to come to South America, the lonely planet guide is definetly amazing. Don't just stick to that though, talk with locals, hostels, take advantage of free maps in hostels and airports... Aprovechar. Well gente, I'm going to go to school now! Ah, another long day of school. Well, that is life I guess.
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