Thursday was another nice relaxing day. In class we learned about more Latin American stories. We had to create our own funny story about discrimination and present it to the class, then we had to act out another story we read in front of everyone. It was a lot of fun...they do a good job of making class fun and productive here. Above and to the right are some pictures of my school here and my little room...cozy!
There are a lot of little things that people miss here in Chile. There are no water fountains...you have to pay for every sip of water here unless you are in your house. If you ask for a water in restaurants you get a glass bottle. My friends were also saying how much they would pay for a bagel! I heard you will miss the tiniest things the most when you go away...but the things Chile DOES have really make up for the little things. Every morning before my shower I have to light up our gas water heater with a match...it was funny to hear my mom attempt to explain the process to me my second day here. Since I had never heard of doing that before I was frustrating her when she was trying to explain it to me!
Most people dress really nice here. When I went to the "hogar de cristo" all the homeless men were wearing dirty suits. Even in 34 degree weather (93 Fahrenheit) men still dress in slacks and a button down shirt. My wardrobe of 33 t-shirts really helps me stick out as a gringo.
After class I hung out with Tara and Cynthia for a while. Then I got a shower and Cynthia and I went to her house. I hung out with her brother Nicolas for a while. He showed me his PS3. In America you can find them for about $200 USD...but in Chile they run $500.000 pesos ($1000 USD)! Games are also twice as expensive. Nico and I got along well...but I was frustrating him a little bit when I was playing the game because I wasn't very good...and my zombie killing spanish terminology in command form isn't very good yet either!
I bid farewell to Nico and everyone went out for dinner (Me, Loyola girls, Esteban, Christian, and Kristin's pololo (boyfriend) Nick). Everything is really chillllllled out in Chile. I didn't get my dinner until EVERYONE else had finished eating...they forgot a lot of what we ordered...but that is all normal here! You have to constantly remind the waiter so he checks on your food but I kind of like it...it's relaxing. If you don't ask for the check they won't bring it out for you...you can sit the entire night until closing.
After we had dinner for about 4 hours...we went out to a little club in Bellavista. Once again...front of the line in for free...I feel like "s-n-double Oh-p, d-oh-double G" (Snoop Dogg for those of you who are over the age of 35). We had a good time but they cut off the electricity for maintenance around midnight so we took a bus back to Esteban's to hang out for a while. We always have a fun hanging out and laughing with/at each other.
We caught a group cab back to our respective houses one by one...got the usual 3.5 hours of sleep and got back on the daily grind!
te vaya bien
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