Hey, my title doesn't mean much..just trying to make things a little interesting except they do apply. Classes have started and they're awesome. It's fun getting to know the knew students. The other day I got bit by a dog. It was very miner and a wimpy dog bite. Wasn't my fault or the dogs fault. I walked into a store and someone left their nearly invisibly white dog(same color as the tiled floor) on it's leash in the entry of the store. So of course I step on it's tail or paw. and of course it bites me. It was a small bite ,but it bled. It's fine though. I felt bad for the dog ,but it seemed fine except for traumatized. It was a bad place for someone to leave their dog though. I'm sure they didn't have bad intentions ,but it was shitty because I felt bad for stepping on their dog and their dog hurt me. So I hope the dog gives their owner a good talk about that. Also, there was an earthquake last night! It was small. My 2nd earthquake while in Chile! Pretty exciting. I was in bed this time....trying to sleep(it's hard to sleep because it's so hot). And then my bed jumped...it felt like a pet had jumped into bed with me...which was a very freaky feeling since I don't have any pets, I was half asleep and I live alone. So it was pretty small...I'm not sure what number it was on the scale...still pretty crazy though.In the picture below...notice how low of a place the dog bit me..cuz that's how small it was. Also the other day I was walking to the metro from school and 2 kids were looking at me...and I was kinda concerned that they were gonna try to mug me ,but then one of them just ran up and poked me and they were cracking up. They were playing "poke the gringa game"
Hey everyone, First post of the new year! Bet you all weren't expecting it to be this early with how much I've slacked. I've been on my vacations since around December 11th and return to my classes on January 12th I believe. Last week:( On the 7th I'm going to the welcome orientation dinner to meet the new students! It will be entertaining to see all of the dazed, overwhelmed and excited new students just like I was 4 months ago.
Anyways, my new year celebration was wonderful. I went to David's house for dinner which was yummy. We had wine and started with some mini empanadas and then the main course included a big salad , these mashed potato balls that you bake, chicken(for them) and then for dessert we had were a walnut thing that was very rich and delicious. Afterwards, we went to a stadium where we had a table reserved and were accompanied with more family members. We hung out for some time and danced a little to remixed hits that are from the popular U.S. music, totally wanted salsa music though. David's grandmother and her brother proved that they can dance though. At 12 everyone had their champagne in hand and counted down from diez to uno. Then it was time for the fireworks to start! I guess the do it yourself fireworks are illegal here. We all gathered on the futbol field to watch the firework show which was pretty and enjoyable.As we watched David's grandmother was teaching me some bad words. The fireworks ended and then salsa music finally began. So David and I danced on the lawn for maybe 30 or so minutes. It was fun because there were people watching us. After that David and I headed to a party at an apartment. There was music, dancing , lots of cigarette smoke , lots of alcohol and snacks. It was pretty full. David, a friend of his and I shared coke with pisco(a chilean liquor). We danced , mingled and that sort of shinanigans. We stayed there until 8am until the metro was up and running again. So that was my new years. Then last Friday I went with David and a group of his friends to Santiago's amusement park, Fantasilandia. It was a pretty fun park. They had a few water rides, which was perfect with the 90 degree weather, some intense roller coasters, bumper cars..and then some upside downy rides that were awesome and totally new to me. That was a blast ,but my stomach started to be a loser. Being at a theme park made me feel a little nostalgic. On Saturday I went salsa dancing which was great, the last time I went was when I had taken Timmy to a salsoteca so it had been some time since I went all out. So! I have my new apartment! I don't yet have a roommate... not sure when that's going to happen. I love living at this apartment though. I love doing my laundry and getting to cook a lot. So far, since Tim has left I've made things like risotto, enchilada pie, brownies , curry, gazpacho and then just miscellaneous stuff. It's in a cleaner part of Santiago with a better view. I have a longer metro ride to my school ,but it's now a 5 minute walk to the metro instead of a 20 minute walk and I don't have to change lines like I had to last term. It's just nice to not feel like I can be the way I want to be and live how I want to. Like, I'm able to write this at a dining table. I ate at a table probably less than 10 times at my previous place. I feel a lot more relaxed and at ease not feeling like someone is hosting me and that I can just kinda do more of my own thing now. I loved having a homestay and I'm glad I did that, but I was ready to be on my own. Yay independence. One thing I haven't really mentioned in my blogs is how customer service is so different here. Different as in it almost just isn't a thing. I don't think it can be an expectation here. Not saying that there isn't any, but there isn't a lot of it at a large amount of the places I've been to. An example is cashiers texting/checking you out. Another thing that I haven't really emphasized is how it can actually be hard to find things here...just cuz they might not be around...I mean I guess an example is how a lot of the produce is in season and it's great, but different. For example, today I went to the store equivalent to walmart (Lider) nearby my house. They did not have cucumbers stalked anywhere. So I walked a couple of blocks to the other "large" store here and there were like 5 cucumbers and I picked out the best one , but this is what that left me(below). It's just interesting to compare having everything so easily in reach there in the states , but here not as much. It makes it easier in the states, but there are many things I've gone without for this reason and it just hasn't really mattered to me. Things are just harder to reach in one place . |
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