Also,
You have to throw your toilet paper in the trash here.
I eat rice for every single meal (minus breakfast), and fresh fruit juice every single day.
I rode home from Quito last night in the back of a pickup truck.
I learned recently that they dance not only salsa, but Rueda de Casino in Quito. I've yet to check it out, but I have intentions of going to a Salsateca soon.
I have yet to find a spanish equivalent for the words "struggle" or "awkward," which may be the hardest part of the whole thing.
I think I'm still in the honeymoon phase at the moment, though I keep dreaming about my friends and family from home, which makes me actively miss you all a bit more than usual.
I think those are the rest of my random thoughts. Pictures soon, I promise.
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Hi. I miss you.
ReplyDeleteThat's a crazy fire story by the way. I'm glad you're safe.
So I woke up this morning and didn't think I would be receiving any important emails (I auditioned for multiple groups the past few days) and I actually got a callback.
And it was for the worst audition I probably had.
I'm so giddy and excited, but still have low expectations so I don't get too down when I get my rejection.
But I thought I'd let you know through this blog for you and essentially the whole world to read. Yeah, weird.
Peace and love,
Pepe
oooh my goodness lauren! that story is insane! glad everything's fine now! i miss you!
ReplyDeleteSo struggle/awkward...also an issue for me. I asked a chilean friend here who also speaks English and she said, "no there really isn't a good word, being awkward is kind of an American thing..." Hilarious. But also glad we're still the same person whilst in different countries. I miss you
ReplyDeleteWhat about the word lucha? El sentimiento de que "la lucha sigue" es siempre pertinente a la realidad latinoamericana... y, claro, es una lucha aprender una segunda lengua. Pero no tanto la tercera...
ReplyDelete"awkward", you're on your on with that one.
Ok so I have continued to ask around about struggle and my prof also said "lucha" like Michael suggested (who I think is Sr. Peto, Hola Sr. Peto). However, since we usually shorten struggle to strugs, we now use the word "luch" As in "I am having quite the luch" It works pretty well.
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