Now for anyone over the age of 25 this is a weird concept and you might not understand. I do not know if they had foam parties during the dinosaur age. Sorry , my mom always says when people ask her about college that she went in the dinosaur age... Blame it on Wendy if you are offended.
Anyhow a foam party is when there is a thing in the ceiling that shoots out soapy foamy stuff and people dance and play in it . Well followers , I attempted to go to one last Saturday. I do not have pictures because noone brought a camera. One of the fellow students here, heard of a party at the local gay club here, Oxygen. So everyone put on their cutest outfits for a night out on the town. This was to be our last night out in Cuerna as a group. We left CEMAL at 11 and attempted to get to the club. Apparently many taxi drivers so not know how to get there. We got to the club and they wanted to charge us 100 pesos because we got there after 11:30, but after some arguing because it was the taxi drivers fault we got in for 50 pesos. We hung out for awhile, people danced and we started the countdown until 12:30 when we were told the party would start. Come 12:30 they told us 1. Then at one they told us 2. It was getting crazy and people were getting tired because they went to the pyramids in Mexico and we were to be going to Puebla the next day at 9 in the morning. So people started leaving , and we finally left the club at around 1:45.
It was not the night that we all expected, but it was still one great end to a great journey of nights going out in Cuernavaca. I am going to miss the ability to hop in a taxi and go to an amazing club. But I guess I will just have to find another way to have a great time with friends once I get back to Drake in August.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
My last night at Carlos N Charlies
So before I write this post , I just want to say I am still really far behind on my blog posts but am really trying to catch up.. It is just very hard. Now for anyone who knows my friend Dan, or follows his blog while he is in Japan( Dan's Blog) know that he can not keep up with his blog posts either and writes things out of order. So for the second time in a couple weeks I will have to say that I am pulling a Dan and he is a really bad influence on me. I am writing my posts completely out of order , but oh well. Please forgive me and if you want the posts in order please blame Dan for his bad influence on me. BTW I totally recommend Dan's blog. It is pretty neat and he is doing some really cool things while in Japan. Ok, now back to me....That sounds really self absorbed but oh well.
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With this Thursday being my last official night in Cuernavaca, I kinda need to spend it with my crazy host mother whether I like it or not , so last Thursday was my last night at Carlos N Charlies with Rafa and the Boys. I do not know if I have written about this , but C N C is a Bar/Dance club in Cuernavaca where during the summer all the gringos go because it is cheep drinks on thursdays. I have gone many Thursdays over the past 5 months. And I believe that it is much better during the off season because there are not as many people there. But anyhoo, I went with Nora and the rest of the gang and we had a fantastic time.
Me, Issac, Sara and Liz
We danced and had a blast. Since it was the night that Mexico won 2-0 against France it was a HUGE party. Nora and I stayed after everyone else left and then I had the great privledge of saying goodbye to the boys who have made the last 5 months so much fun to go out and hang out and dance with. These guys are all friends of Noras so they are all safe and alot of fun. It took forever to say good bye to them because they have to say goodbye so many times. Rafa, Nora's boyfriend, was the hardest to say goodbye too because he has been the one who has really made my time here special.He made my birthday celebrations wonderful and has gone above and beyond to make sure I am doing ok and am safe. He is one awesome person. But he was genially sad that I was leaving and kept telling me he would miss me and to come back soon and to know that he thinks of me like his sister so if I am ever back in Cuernavaca I better call him. It was super sweet and I really didnt want to leave , but considering that is was 2am and i had class at 8 I kinda had to leave. I am really going to miss going to Carlos N Charlies and know that I am being taken care of and am being watched over with a very close eye. I guess I better start planning my next trip because Rafa expects me to be back soon.
The fair
Each year in June San Anton , the neighborhood where CEMAL, Universal my spanish school and where I live at the moment have a HUGE fair for a week. there are many booths, concerts, and parades. In the parades they have paper mache costumes that walk down the street. See below.
There was fireworks that went off all the time and it was one huge party. I did not get to go during the prime times because I couldnt get anyone to go with me , but I was able to buy some earrings and walk around a bunch. I saw around 30 of my students that I worked with at Don Bosco. Normally the conversations would go a little something like this... This is the translated version from Spanish.
Student: HOLA MEIRA! How are you?
Me: (In English) I am good how are you today?
Student: Meira, use spanish. We dont understand your english.
Me: ( In English) You understand what I am saying.
Student: We do but dont want to speak English.
Me: OK fine.
Student: What are you doing at the fair?
Me: I am walking around looking at everything, and I live very close to here.
Student: OH..... You look very funny teacher. You look different. Your hair looks very funny and you are not wearing your glasses. Why are you not dressed like you are at school? I do not like what you wear.
Me: OMMMM, Thanks? You look different in your clothes too.
Student: That is because we are not at school. Bye Teacher.
Me:Bye.
That is roughly what a conversation went like, about 20 or so times. Other times they wouldn't say anything to me.All in all it was a fun weekend at the fair and I got to eat yummy ice cream, buy some bread and be a Mexican for a couple days and enjoy a mexican celebration. here is the slideshow of the pictures from the event.
There was fireworks that went off all the time and it was one huge party. I did not get to go during the prime times because I couldnt get anyone to go with me , but I was able to buy some earrings and walk around a bunch. I saw around 30 of my students that I worked with at Don Bosco. Normally the conversations would go a little something like this... This is the translated version from Spanish.
Student: HOLA MEIRA! How are you?
Me: (In English) I am good how are you today?
Student: Meira, use spanish. We dont understand your english.
Me: ( In English) You understand what I am saying.
Student: We do but dont want to speak English.
Me: OK fine.
Student: What are you doing at the fair?
Me: I am walking around looking at everything, and I live very close to here.
Student: OH..... You look very funny teacher. You look different. Your hair looks very funny and you are not wearing your glasses. Why are you not dressed like you are at school? I do not like what you wear.
Me: OMMMM, Thanks? You look different in your clothes too.
Student: That is because we are not at school. Bye Teacher.
Me:Bye.
That is roughly what a conversation went like, about 20 or so times. Other times they wouldn't say anything to me.All in all it was a fun weekend at the fair and I got to eat yummy ice cream, buy some bread and be a Mexican for a couple days and enjoy a mexican celebration. here is the slideshow of the pictures from the event.
Last week...ready or not here I come
Well I am somehow in my last week of being in Mexico? How did that happen? I have been here for 5 months and a week ! That just amazes me. It feels like I arrived last month. Crazy how time flys when you are having fun. But because it is my last week and this time next week I will be in the STL or otherwise known to the world as St. Louis , Missouri I have started a list of things that are helping my saddness of going home.
Reasons to go home:
1. Get to see Roger.
2. Seeing my family after 3 months or so.
3. Finally get to choose what I eat and how much I eat.
4. Not having the shower or toilet flood and make everything wet.
5. Not having my mother ask me every 4 minutes where i am going and with who and threatening to call me in an hour.
6. Not having my mom tell me she had an aweful day with me.
7. Not being yelled at that what I am doing is not listed on the calendar that is hanging on the fridge. (ie. it was a last minute event and not an event planned by the school)
8. Getting to see some of the people from this summer back home in either Iowa or when I go visit Minnesota.
Please dont think that I hate being here still , because I dont. I am just starting the transition to knowing that I will be home soon and also losing my normally high level of patience for stupid things that have been going on lately especially with my host mom.
I know come Sunday I will not want to leave and will cry , but that is part of life. I have plans for coming back very very soon , so that is also helping me at the moment.
Reasons to go home:
1. Get to see Roger.
2. Seeing my family after 3 months or so.
3. Finally get to choose what I eat and how much I eat.
4. Not having the shower or toilet flood and make everything wet.
5. Not having my mother ask me every 4 minutes where i am going and with who and threatening to call me in an hour.
6. Not having my mom tell me she had an aweful day with me.
7. Not being yelled at that what I am doing is not listed on the calendar that is hanging on the fridge. (ie. it was a last minute event and not an event planned by the school)
8. Getting to see some of the people from this summer back home in either Iowa or when I go visit Minnesota.
Please dont think that I hate being here still , because I dont. I am just starting the transition to knowing that I will be home soon and also losing my normally high level of patience for stupid things that have been going on lately especially with my host mom.
I know come Sunday I will not want to leave and will cry , but that is part of life. I have plans for coming back very very soon , so that is also helping me at the moment.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Da World Cup/ Mundial
I am in love. I never knew that a sport other then hockey would make me go gaga over the players and the game . All it took was being in Mexico for 5 months and starting to learn about the game . Now I see why everyone else in the world LOVES Futbol. It is one amazing game. Yes it is very low scoring and the guys run up and down the field, but hey it beats stupid baseball . They just run around the bases are are fat. Futbol players have to be fit and every one of them is smoking hot themselves. Yes it is not just me who thinks that .
For evidence please see the pictures below.
Landon Donovan - Us Team
Javier Hernandez- Team Mexico
Ok, now I am off my soap box. But really these guys are HOT!!!
Last Friday , June 11, Mexico played the first game of the Mundial against South Africa. To say I was excited was an understatement. I had been counting down until the game for over a month. I had my jersey and told me teacher that I would be skipping class. I was being a good student , but she was still upset that I would miss a class. Come on... this is the mundial. When in my life will I be in Mexico again during a World Cup year and Mexico will be playing the first game of the tournament? Yeah your right 1 in a million . So I ignored my teacher and headed to the Zocalo with Nora for the game. And boy was it amazing. There were so many people there.
The picture does not do it justice , but just picture like 2,000 people under the black tent screaming and having a great time watching the game on a ginant big screen. The screen is set up for the whole month of the World Cup and they play every single game . If i really wanted to , I could sit downtown everyday from 9 until 3 watching every game. That just sounds like bliss to me. When South Africa scored , you could have heard a pin drop. But when Mexico scored , I imagined all of Mexico screaming and it sounded that way too. Everyone in the country was not at work, and instead either at a pub or in their town Zocalo watching the game. For this game they even had security and a VIP section with cofortable chairs and stuff. It was totally awesome. During the half time, they had contests and had dancers up on the stage dancing to Sharkira's "Waka Waka Song or to the Ky'aan Wave your flag song. Click on the names to hear the songs off youtube. It was a great cultural experience and I am glad I skipped Spanish class to participate in a huge Mexican event. I meet many darling fellow Mexico fans, and had the time of my life. The final score of the game was 1-1. So we , Mexico, got one point in the standings to move onto the next stage.
Mexico plays France tomorrow at 12:10.There is no room in this tournament for baggetts, wine and cheese ... Pan dulce, Tequilla beans and tacos will conquer all.
Peace , Love , Mexico.
Vamos Mexico. ( Lets go Mexico.)
For evidence please see the pictures below.
Landon Donovan - Us Team
Javier Hernandez- Team Mexico
Last Friday , June 11, Mexico played the first game of the Mundial against South Africa. To say I was excited was an understatement. I had been counting down until the game for over a month. I had my jersey and told me teacher that I would be skipping class. I was being a good student , but she was still upset that I would miss a class. Come on... this is the mundial. When in my life will I be in Mexico again during a World Cup year and Mexico will be playing the first game of the tournament? Yeah your right 1 in a million . So I ignored my teacher and headed to the Zocalo with Nora for the game. And boy was it amazing. There were so many people there.
Peace , Love , Mexico.
Vamos Mexico. ( Lets go Mexico.)
Thoughts of the moment
I have offically been in Mexico for exactly 5 months. I arrived on January 16. How did that happen? How am I leaving in a little over a week. Not going to think about that yet. First have to pack everything. AHHHH. Not going to be fun.
Mexican trash STINKS. I have found myself next to 3 trash trucks over the past 24 hours, and I can not get away from them. I think the trash smells worse here. BLAH. NASTY. SMELLY.
My students at Don Bosco are strange galletas(cookies) Example 1: I walk up to the classroom yesterday and kids start yelling GUERA GUERA GUERA ( Whitie , Whitie , Whitie) At least it wasnt bad . No matter how many times I tell them my name , which they all know , I am called Gringa or Whitey. At least they are doing it in a form of endearment.
I am super excited for the next Mexico game in the world cup tomorrow. They are playing France tomorrow ( Thursday) at 12:10. If you are in Mexico it is on TV Azteca. In the states either Univision or ESPN. According to Noah , it is so much better in Spanish because the announcers actually are entertaining. I would have to agree.
Thats it for now . Check back often for the newest Meira thoughts.
Mexican trash STINKS. I have found myself next to 3 trash trucks over the past 24 hours, and I can not get away from them. I think the trash smells worse here. BLAH. NASTY. SMELLY.
My students at Don Bosco are strange galletas(cookies) Example 1: I walk up to the classroom yesterday and kids start yelling GUERA GUERA GUERA ( Whitie , Whitie , Whitie) At least it wasnt bad . No matter how many times I tell them my name , which they all know , I am called Gringa or Whitey. At least they are doing it in a form of endearment.
I am super excited for the next Mexico game in the world cup tomorrow. They are playing France tomorrow ( Thursday) at 12:10. If you are in Mexico it is on TV Azteca. In the states either Univision or ESPN. According to Noah , it is so much better in Spanish because the announcers actually are entertaining. I would have to agree.
Thats it for now . Check back often for the newest Meira thoughts.
Meira vs. the supermarket
Mexican chocolate.This is good stuff. The other day when talking to my mom she asked me to go out and get her a special type of chocolate that she can use in her cooking. It is some mexican chocolate. After doing some research, I found what it looked like and set out on an adventure to find it at the large supermarket here in Cuerna, the Mega ( The big). Now as many of my friends and my family know , I am dangerous in a supermarket. I either buy more stuff then I need or I get very lost and cant find anything. It is also a known fact to never go into one when hungry. Well, I broke all three rules today . I got really lost trying to find what I need, I bought more then I needed and most of all I was starving. Naughty Meira. So I am in the store and cant find the chocolate . I knew to look for the cooking section , but apparently they dont have those here in Mexico . So, my lovely followers , I used my skills of being and American girl and went up to some fine looking worker in his red Mega shirt and said in my sweet little voice in spanish "Compromiso, donde esta la chocolate se llama Ibarra?" This translates to , Excuse me , where is the chocolate called Ibarra? And guess what...I was shown where to find what I was looking for. And the best part was the guy who showed me stood next to me as I decided what I needed and then showed me where to find what I needed next. Aren't people here the sweetest. I then decided that I HAD to get some bakery goods. Dont ask why, I just decided that it was a must. After walking around every backed good , checking out the selection , I got a nice bag full that I am going to share with my family. As my mother liked to half joke half be serious, I need to fit into my airplane seat next week and if I keep eatting all this YUMMY backed goods, then it will be bad. After the backed good I decided I had to leave because I didn't want anything else. BUT wait , at the checkout line there was something I could not resist. STICKERS. not just any stickers. They are stickers of the Mexican soccer team in all of their fineness. You will find them next year , lining my wall in my apartment along side the blues player stickers I have.
I knew it was destiny. I knew those stickers were placed there so that I would find them. So I bought them. We will just categorize that under the list of impulse purchases.
So now I have my mom's chocolate that feels like a brick that will be hand carried over the border so that it does not melt in the Mexico, Dallas or Saint Louis heat. And I have some awesome stickers to remember my obsession with futbol men. I also have baked good but those will be long gone by this weekend.
So now I have my mom's chocolate that feels like a brick that will be hand carried over the border so that it does not melt in the Mexico, Dallas or Saint Louis heat. And I have some awesome stickers to remember my obsession with futbol men. I also have baked good but those will be long gone by this weekend.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Chalma
Chalma was one of the coolest places I have been in Mexico. I got to spend almost the entire weekend speaking Spanish and I got to visit a church, climb a pyramid, and shop for Rubi's mom's store. I went to Chalma on May 22-23. Yes I know that was a long time ago. And yes I did slack off and did not post this until 3 weeks after I went , but hey better late then never. Ok lets set this up and then we will discuss what I did.
Who: Meira and Rubi
What: mini get away with the Rubi.
Where: Chalma , State of Mexico
When: May 22-23 , 2010
Why: To spend a weekend in Rubi's town.
Ok, so now that we set it up that go back in time. First up , Who is Rubi? Rubi was my supervisor at Don Bosco, where I did my internship teaching. We became friends throughout the semester, and she kept asking me to come to her town for a weekend and I finally went the weekend after my semester program ended and the weekend that all the new student came( I wrote about them a couple posts up ! )
Rubi told me that we would be leaving around 2 in the afternoon on Saturday May 22nd , so I thought I would have time to sleep in a little ( 8am) and then run to the bank and do some errands. Rubi called me around 8:30 and told me that we would be leaving at 10 because she did not have her class. I RAN around Cuerna , did what I had to do and then headed to our pre-determined meeting spot. Rubi picked me up and then we headed out onto the road to Chalma. We discussed many things , but what was most interesting was the history of Chalma and why it is so busy each weekend.
Now for a background information break before we get back to the plot of my weekend. Chalma is in the state of Mexico. It is a small town that gets about 4,000 or so visitors each weekend . The visitors are on a pilgrimage to Chalma and walk/ ride horses/ drive for many days to get to Chalma. They go to visit the church. It is believed that the Spainards brought the virgin of Guadalupe here or she appears or something. Sorry I kinda forgot some of the background. But anyhoo, people come from all over Mexico to visit the church and then they do dances outside and it is a huge large party. The dancers are awesome too.
Now back to your regulary schedualed programming...
So we are on the road, going over the mountains and through the woods to Chalma. I am not joking.Rubi gets hungry , we stop and get some Quesadillas on the side of the road. If my mother was with me she would have flipped out , but hey she wasnt and I wasnt sick so all is good. While we were eating our yummy queso filled quesadillas the people who live in the house took one of their chickens and killed it in front of us. Don't know how because I started being grossed out and looked away and was girlishy screaming.After lunch we got back on the road and did not stop until we got to Chalma.Anyone who is going to Chalma for the first time, has to get a reth of flowers and then bring it to the Church, so I got a reath of flowers. See below.
After getting my flower hat , we contined to the bottom of the moutain of Chalma close to the church to rubi's house. After saying hello to her mother and being introduced to many family members , Rubi took a shower , and I watched some TV. Then we ventured to the Church. It was beautiful. We took some pictures, looked at the moat where people come to swim and then walked into the church to look around. The main sanctury is beautiful and very large.
Rubi said that there are so many people who want to come to the masses that they have 7 masses on Saturday and then 7 on Sundays. They are every hour. After looking at the church and the sacred Virgin of Guadalupe, I went and got blessed by one of the fathers because my flowers had to be blessed or something. Afterwards we went outside to watch the dancers. They were amazing and had fantastic costumes. See below.
Because I am a gringa and am very white , one of the dancers agreed to take some pictures with us. He was very sweet and very mango ( Handsome) Mango is slang for handsome. I even got to try on his hat. That thing is like at least 5 pounds. I have no idea how they dance with it on.Anyhoo, we watched for awhile , I put my flower thing on the pole where it was suppose to go, and then we walked home to Rubi's house. We hung out for awhile in her mom's pharmacy, and then ate a WHOLE plate of fruit. After eating our fruit, Rubi and I went on an adventure to buy things for the store. We went over a mountain to get to Malinalco to pick up the goods at a large pharmacy.
We then went into town and got a huge bag of bread because they are known for that. Afterward we went to a pizza restaurant that Rubi said look good and ate a light dinner. After dinner we drove back to her house in the rain. We hung out at her mom's for a little while and I met Rubi's brother who is in the seminary in Toluca. We then walked down to the Church again and watched the dancers in the dark. That was very cool and unfortunately I did not bring my camera . We came home , and sat around and talked for many hours. I started to get very tired so I went upstairs to my room for the night and went to bed around 11. Rubi tired me out and I feel right asleep.
The next day, I got up, went downstairs and helped in the store until Rubi got up. We hung out for awhile in the store and then had fruit and bread for breakfast. It was lovely. Rubi then decided that we were going to go and climb a pyramid. I had to leave around 3 for Cuerna because I had to be back for the first meeting with the new students.Rubi's mom gave both of us a present before we left. Don't you think these are great? handsfree and great for rain, sun , or snow. I will be wearin this in Des Moines!
We left Rubi's house at 1 to go to the pyrmaids. It was Rubi, her cousin , and I. The taxi took us to the base of the mountain and then we proceeded to go into the museum, where we looked around , got a tour, and learned about what we were going to see up at the real ruins. We then started the 30 minute climb up to the ruins . Rubi wasnt going to go up because she was wearing very tall heals but she climbed it anyway.
Many steps later and weaving around paths on a side of the mountain , we got to the top. It was beautiful. The pyramids are one of 3 in the world that were build out of the side of the mountain. We walked around for awhile and then started the climb down. We got to the bottom , went into town , ate some yummy ice cream, and then climbed into a taxi with 4 other people. Rubi did not have enough money to take us all the way home so the taxi driver only took us half way and then we had to walk the other half. It was hot and sticky and I was mad because we were already late and I needed to get back already. We finally got back to Rubi's house . I shoved food down my throat and then Junior, Rubi's cousin and I got into a taxi to take us to the bus that would take us to another bus that would take us to Cuerna. If that confused you, it takes two busses to get from Chalma to Cuerna. Rubi's cousin , Junior , lives in Cuerna because he is still in High School and goes to a really good school here. He looks like he is much older then me and he is totally understanding of my slow and sometimes bad spanish. He is also really sweet. So we got to the bus, Junior helped me on and helped me get situated on the bus and then we rode it off into the sunset and out of Chalma. We hit a little traffic but other then that it was good. Junior told me when we had to get off and we hopped off the bus and ran to the ticket booth to get a ticket for our next bus. We just made it but they oversold the seats so we ended up standing for the entire ride on the steps. I held on for dear life because I kept almost falling over. Junior was always there to catch me but it was hilarious to watch the bus take a turn and I go in the opposite direction. The bus took about 2 hours and then dropped us off at the bus depot. I walked home and was only an 1.5 hours late for my meeting.
This my friends was one of the best weekends I have had in Mexico.
Who: Meira and Rubi
What: mini get away with the Rubi.
Where: Chalma , State of Mexico
When: May 22-23 , 2010
Why: To spend a weekend in Rubi's town.
Ok, so now that we set it up that go back in time. First up , Who is Rubi? Rubi was my supervisor at Don Bosco, where I did my internship teaching. We became friends throughout the semester, and she kept asking me to come to her town for a weekend and I finally went the weekend after my semester program ended and the weekend that all the new student came( I wrote about them a couple posts up ! )
Rubi told me that we would be leaving around 2 in the afternoon on Saturday May 22nd , so I thought I would have time to sleep in a little ( 8am) and then run to the bank and do some errands. Rubi called me around 8:30 and told me that we would be leaving at 10 because she did not have her class. I RAN around Cuerna , did what I had to do and then headed to our pre-determined meeting spot. Rubi picked me up and then we headed out onto the road to Chalma. We discussed many things , but what was most interesting was the history of Chalma and why it is so busy each weekend.
Now for a background information break before we get back to the plot of my weekend. Chalma is in the state of Mexico. It is a small town that gets about 4,000 or so visitors each weekend . The visitors are on a pilgrimage to Chalma and walk/ ride horses/ drive for many days to get to Chalma. They go to visit the church. It is believed that the Spainards brought the virgin of Guadalupe here or she appears or something. Sorry I kinda forgot some of the background. But anyhoo, people come from all over Mexico to visit the church and then they do dances outside and it is a huge large party. The dancers are awesome too.
Now back to your regulary schedualed programming...
So we are on the road, going over the mountains and through the woods to Chalma. I am not joking.Rubi gets hungry , we stop and get some Quesadillas on the side of the road. If my mother was with me she would have flipped out , but hey she wasnt and I wasnt sick so all is good. While we were eating our yummy queso filled quesadillas the people who live in the house took one of their chickens and killed it in front of us. Don't know how because I started being grossed out and looked away and was girlishy screaming.After lunch we got back on the road and did not stop until we got to Chalma.Anyone who is going to Chalma for the first time, has to get a reth of flowers and then bring it to the Church, so I got a reath of flowers. See below.
After getting my flower hat , we contined to the bottom of the moutain of Chalma close to the church to rubi's house. After saying hello to her mother and being introduced to many family members , Rubi took a shower , and I watched some TV. Then we ventured to the Church. It was beautiful. We took some pictures, looked at the moat where people come to swim and then walked into the church to look around. The main sanctury is beautiful and very large.
Rubi said that there are so many people who want to come to the masses that they have 7 masses on Saturday and then 7 on Sundays. They are every hour. After looking at the church and the sacred Virgin of Guadalupe, I went and got blessed by one of the fathers because my flowers had to be blessed or something. Afterwards we went outside to watch the dancers. They were amazing and had fantastic costumes. See below.
Because I am a gringa and am very white , one of the dancers agreed to take some pictures with us. He was very sweet and very mango ( Handsome) Mango is slang for handsome. I even got to try on his hat. That thing is like at least 5 pounds. I have no idea how they dance with it on.Anyhoo, we watched for awhile , I put my flower thing on the pole where it was suppose to go, and then we walked home to Rubi's house. We hung out for awhile in her mom's pharmacy, and then ate a WHOLE plate of fruit. After eating our fruit, Rubi and I went on an adventure to buy things for the store. We went over a mountain to get to Malinalco to pick up the goods at a large pharmacy.
We then went into town and got a huge bag of bread because they are known for that. Afterward we went to a pizza restaurant that Rubi said look good and ate a light dinner. After dinner we drove back to her house in the rain. We hung out at her mom's for a little while and I met Rubi's brother who is in the seminary in Toluca. We then walked down to the Church again and watched the dancers in the dark. That was very cool and unfortunately I did not bring my camera . We came home , and sat around and talked for many hours. I started to get very tired so I went upstairs to my room for the night and went to bed around 11. Rubi tired me out and I feel right asleep.
The next day, I got up, went downstairs and helped in the store until Rubi got up. We hung out for awhile in the store and then had fruit and bread for breakfast. It was lovely. Rubi then decided that we were going to go and climb a pyramid. I had to leave around 3 for Cuerna because I had to be back for the first meeting with the new students.Rubi's mom gave both of us a present before we left. Don't you think these are great? handsfree and great for rain, sun , or snow. I will be wearin this in Des Moines!
We left Rubi's house at 1 to go to the pyrmaids. It was Rubi, her cousin , and I. The taxi took us to the base of the mountain and then we proceeded to go into the museum, where we looked around , got a tour, and learned about what we were going to see up at the real ruins. We then started the 30 minute climb up to the ruins . Rubi wasnt going to go up because she was wearing very tall heals but she climbed it anyway.
Many steps later and weaving around paths on a side of the mountain , we got to the top. It was beautiful. The pyramids are one of 3 in the world that were build out of the side of the mountain. We walked around for awhile and then started the climb down. We got to the bottom , went into town , ate some yummy ice cream, and then climbed into a taxi with 4 other people. Rubi did not have enough money to take us all the way home so the taxi driver only took us half way and then we had to walk the other half. It was hot and sticky and I was mad because we were already late and I needed to get back already. We finally got back to Rubi's house . I shoved food down my throat and then Junior, Rubi's cousin and I got into a taxi to take us to the bus that would take us to another bus that would take us to Cuerna. If that confused you, it takes two busses to get from Chalma to Cuerna. Rubi's cousin , Junior , lives in Cuerna because he is still in High School and goes to a really good school here. He looks like he is much older then me and he is totally understanding of my slow and sometimes bad spanish. He is also really sweet. So we got to the bus, Junior helped me on and helped me get situated on the bus and then we rode it off into the sunset and out of Chalma. We hit a little traffic but other then that it was good. Junior told me when we had to get off and we hopped off the bus and ran to the ticket booth to get a ticket for our next bus. We just made it but they oversold the seats so we ended up standing for the entire ride on the steps. I held on for dear life because I kept almost falling over. Junior was always there to catch me but it was hilarious to watch the bus take a turn and I go in the opposite direction. The bus took about 2 hours and then dropped us off at the bus depot. I walked home and was only an 1.5 hours late for my meeting.
This my friends was one of the best weekends I have had in Mexico.
Segunda Oportunidad
What is there to say about this program. It is amazing. I am in love with it . It was every Sunday from 7 until 10:30. Yes I know that seems like a long amount of time but every moment was amazing. I spent my week while watching other stupid TV shows anticipating Sunday nights so that I could watch Segunda Oportunidad. You can say it was an obsession, but I call it love. The kind of love I have for the blues, is the type of love I have for Segunda Oportunidad. The best part is that it was in Spanish so I got a 3 hour TV show each week to practice my Spanish and listen to great music.
This show is like American Idol , but instead of competing individually they compete in teams. Normally teams are a group of 4 people. There is a judging panel of 4 people but they do not get a vote in who goes home each week. The public watching the show can vote by texting during the show their favorite team. The voting panel watches two teams compete against one another and then gives they advice on how to improve. They then vote and decide which of the teams wins between those two teams. The team that wins then gets to decide if they want to keep the team intact or if they want to switch one of their team members for someone on the other team. This played a big part in who won Segunda Oportunidad this season because the yellow and blue team, the two best in the competition were put up against one another. They both sang their hearts out and then the yellow team won and decided to trade one of their team members, Maites , for a guy on the blue team, Manny. This happened in the semi finals and then on the finals last week , when Team yellow won , they said that because Maites was on their team for many weeks and he helped them get to the finals even though he was not on their team during the final week he should join their team and be part of the winning team. It was a great way to show how great of a singer Maites is and was a great gesture.
So you ask , how it is decided who goes home each week. Well I shall tell you. First the audience votes for who they want to go onto the next week. Then, at the end of the show , Rafa, the announcer dude, says which team wins for the night , and then the captain of that team has to choose out of the team who has the least amount of votes who should go home that night. Only one person goes home , but it is the fellow contestants who chooses who goes home.
Now you ask about how they fill 3 hours up with singing from the contestants and they don’t. Think American Idol over two nights thrown into one night . First when the program first starts all the contestants what are still competing sing a song together. They go all out and each week is a new theme. Two weeks ago it was in celebration of Mexico being in the mundial. It was amazing. Sometimes the contestants sing a song together to honor Mothers for mothers day , or a famous singer sings a song. Other times they have surprise guests to surprise the contestants. For instance there was the time that one of the girls fathers showed up after not seeing his daughter for 20 years. He is her birth father but her mother’s new husband is her true father because that is who brought her up. The funny twist to this story was that they did this whole talking about her father and then him coming on stage right before she had to sing a song with her team. A couple weeks ago one of the contestants sang a song with his famous girl friend. It was amazing and now I am in love with both of them and their music. A lot of the contestants are dating one another too. It is just part of the whole culture of Mexico is that especially in a program, contestants end up dating one another. This program Segunda Oportunidad, means second opportunity. These contestants are from all the different seasons of La Academia, The Academics, who did not win. Some of the contestants are also from The United States La Academia, and from the South American version.
If you did not figure out from reading my long post , I absolutely love segunda oprotunidad and can not wait to watch it when I am home on TV Azteca America.
This show is like American Idol , but instead of competing individually they compete in teams. Normally teams are a group of 4 people. There is a judging panel of 4 people but they do not get a vote in who goes home each week. The public watching the show can vote by texting during the show their favorite team. The voting panel watches two teams compete against one another and then gives they advice on how to improve. They then vote and decide which of the teams wins between those two teams. The team that wins then gets to decide if they want to keep the team intact or if they want to switch one of their team members for someone on the other team. This played a big part in who won Segunda Oportunidad this season because the yellow and blue team, the two best in the competition were put up against one another. They both sang their hearts out and then the yellow team won and decided to trade one of their team members, Maites , for a guy on the blue team, Manny. This happened in the semi finals and then on the finals last week , when Team yellow won , they said that because Maites was on their team for many weeks and he helped them get to the finals even though he was not on their team during the final week he should join their team and be part of the winning team. It was a great way to show how great of a singer Maites is and was a great gesture.
So you ask , how it is decided who goes home each week. Well I shall tell you. First the audience votes for who they want to go onto the next week. Then, at the end of the show , Rafa, the announcer dude, says which team wins for the night , and then the captain of that team has to choose out of the team who has the least amount of votes who should go home that night. Only one person goes home , but it is the fellow contestants who chooses who goes home.
Now you ask about how they fill 3 hours up with singing from the contestants and they don’t. Think American Idol over two nights thrown into one night . First when the program first starts all the contestants what are still competing sing a song together. They go all out and each week is a new theme. Two weeks ago it was in celebration of Mexico being in the mundial. It was amazing. Sometimes the contestants sing a song together to honor Mothers for mothers day , or a famous singer sings a song. Other times they have surprise guests to surprise the contestants. For instance there was the time that one of the girls fathers showed up after not seeing his daughter for 20 years. He is her birth father but her mother’s new husband is her true father because that is who brought her up. The funny twist to this story was that they did this whole talking about her father and then him coming on stage right before she had to sing a song with her team. A couple weeks ago one of the contestants sang a song with his famous girl friend. It was amazing and now I am in love with both of them and their music. A lot of the contestants are dating one another too. It is just part of the whole culture of Mexico is that especially in a program, contestants end up dating one another. This program Segunda Oportunidad, means second opportunity. These contestants are from all the different seasons of La Academia, The Academics, who did not win. Some of the contestants are also from The United States La Academia, and from the South American version.
If you did not figure out from reading my long post , I absolutely love segunda oprotunidad and can not wait to watch it when I am home on TV Azteca America.
No time. Just play
Well, I know I said that I would be getting caught up last week and then I posted about the mundial and said that I would post about that this weekend... Well as you can tell neither of those happened other things came up. It is 12:22 on Monday morning and I got home from my excursion to DF at 11:45. I will post about that in the next couple days I hope. I will try to get better. There is alot I want to share , I just have to find the time to write it all down. Maybe a little less sleep and more time doing other things like writing blogs.
But anyhow I had a great weekend and am now exhausted.
Keep a lookout over the next couple days for some updates on my time in Chalma, The world Cup, The flood, Mexico City and the fair. I will also be posting photos soonish.
Stay cool.
Vamos Mexico!
But anyhow I had a great weekend and am now exhausted.
Keep a lookout over the next couple days for some updates on my time in Chalma, The world Cup, The flood, Mexico City and the fair. I will also be posting photos soonish.
Stay cool.
Vamos Mexico!
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Cupa Mundial
Well we are down to only 11 hours until Mexico opens the world cup and wins the first game . But I thought I would post quickly before I head to bed . Not that I dont have a bunch of posts to still write , this is happening in the moment so I thought this was more important . I will update soon of the event that will unfold tomorrow , but here is the set up .
Who: Meira and Nora, my intern from last semester turned friend.
What: Viewing of the first world cup game. Mexico vs. South Africa
When: June 11, 2010 9am
Where: Cuernavaca Zocalo.( AKA town center)
They are setting up a GIANT screen and are going to broadcast the game . It is going to be one rocking experience with at least 1,000 of my closest friends.
Even the Secretary of Education or what ever it is called here in Mexico. The one who works in Mexico City and is part of the president cabinet , said that school across the nation should allow their students and be excused from classes to be able to watch the game. That is coming from the top of the government. I think it is crazy awesome. And it also shows how big and popular soccer/futbol is here in Mexico if kids are begin excused from classes to watch the game at school.
It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to watch the first game of the world cup with your country playing in the game . Yes I consider Mexico my country. I live here so it is my country. For me it is even more amazing that I am in mexico and they are playing in the first game of the world cup and it is even ore special that I am actually in Mexico during a world cup year.
That is all for now . I just wanted to set up the scene for everyone for tomorrow. For people who dont do sports , AKA my mother, and dont know any better , people who love sports , AKA people like me, this is a big deal and this next month is bigger then the super bowl. Well here in MExico tomorrow's game is bigger then the superbowl. It is going to be off the charts amazing.Dont worry I will be documenting the event with my trusty camera.
Buenos Suerte Mexico.
Team Read White and Green.
Who: Meira and Nora, my intern from last semester turned friend.
What: Viewing of the first world cup game. Mexico vs. South Africa
When: June 11, 2010 9am
Where: Cuernavaca Zocalo.( AKA town center)
They are setting up a GIANT screen and are going to broadcast the game . It is going to be one rocking experience with at least 1,000 of my closest friends.
Even the Secretary of Education or what ever it is called here in Mexico. The one who works in Mexico City and is part of the president cabinet , said that school across the nation should allow their students and be excused from classes to be able to watch the game. That is coming from the top of the government. I think it is crazy awesome. And it also shows how big and popular soccer/futbol is here in Mexico if kids are begin excused from classes to watch the game at school.
It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to watch the first game of the world cup with your country playing in the game . Yes I consider Mexico my country. I live here so it is my country. For me it is even more amazing that I am in mexico and they are playing in the first game of the world cup and it is even ore special that I am actually in Mexico during a world cup year.
That is all for now . I just wanted to set up the scene for everyone for tomorrow. For people who dont do sports , AKA my mother, and dont know any better , people who love sports , AKA people like me, this is a big deal and this next month is bigger then the super bowl. Well here in MExico tomorrow's game is bigger then the superbowl. It is going to be off the charts amazing.Dont worry I will be documenting the event with my trusty camera.
Buenos Suerte Mexico.
Team Read White and Green.
Monday, June 7, 2010
New Students
This will be my last post of the day, but I thought I would finish with a post about the new students.There are 11 new students for the summer Spanish session. There are 5 guys and 6 girls . They are all pretty cool. 3 of the people are completely fluent in Spanish and 3 more are in another really high class. The rest are very basic Spanish speakers. I really enjoy hanging out with them all and they all seem like really cool people.
Weekends
So I am going to group the last couple weekends together. My visit to Chalma with Rubi will have its own special post because if I didnt this post would get way to long and people would conplain I write to much. HAHA. This is going to be long considering that I have 2 weekends to write about.
Weekend of May 28-May 30
My weekend started off great. In Mexico, I consider my weekend starting off on Thurday night because even though I have Spanish on Fridays, I like thinking I have a 3 day weekend. Anyhoo, Thursday was the first Thursday night of the semester with the new students , so I took them to Carlos N Charlies. This is the bar/club where you go if you are going out on a Thursday night . I also know about 5 of the waiters there so it makes it all the more fun. We danced to all the awesome Mexican pop music and had a great time. I really enjoyed hanging out with the new students and getting to know them better. It was one amazing night. The following day, Friday , was hard to get up to go to class, but I managed and got through the day.
Friday night: I went out with Rubi, my Mexican friend. I had gotten invited by one of the waiters that I know from C N C to go to a party at Carlos N Charlies. Rubi and I got there . Rafa got us in for free because I was not about to pay to get into the party if I have connections. We got into the bar, and sat there and drank over priced drinks and waited for something to happen. Nothing ever did happen and Rubi decided that we should go someplace else. That did not work out and she decided that we should just go home to bed. It was a weird night of spending alot of money.
Saturday: Had a very relaxing day of hanging out at either CEMAL or I went to the town center and hung our for awhile because I couldn't be at home because the lady that comes and cleans absolutely drives me nuts. She moves all my stuff into weird places and organizes all my stuff in a way that I can not find stuff for many days. So to save me from yelling at her, I leave and do other stuff.
Saturday Night: One AWFUL night. I made the mistake of going along with what one of the host family's wanted to do instead of putting my foot down knowing the place we were going wasn't someplace i wanted to be. It is not unsafe , but CEMAL has not wanted us there because of one of the students getting assaulted there last semester, and they are known for putting stuff in your drinks that make you more thirsty. Because of those 2 things I hate the BULL and didn't want to go. I should have demanded that they let me out of the car , or I should have taken a taxi home from the club once we got there , but I didn't. Instead I was miserable and did not have good night. The stupid host sister kept telling me to smile and just forget about everything I had heard beforehand and it was a safe place. I should have left and gone to Carlos N Charlies and made one of the boys take me home , but I didnt. Finally when everyone had finished getting highly drunk and I was just very mad, they decided that they wanted to go salsa dancing. We get to the club ,everyone dances for a little while but it is boring , and then I take 2 of the boys home because they live close to me and were just sick of being out and were very tired. My Saturday night was basically babysitting and making sure people were ok.Oh well, when Nora gets back the weekend will be better. Only 2 more weeks.
Sunday: This day was spent doing homework, and relaxing around the house. I watched Segunda Oprotunidad( a post on this will come soon) and just enjoyed my day. Segunda Oprotunidad(Second Opprotunity) is like a Mexican version of American Idol but with teams. It is totally awesome.
Weekend June 4- June 6
Thursday: Went to Carlos N Charlies. Had a horrible night. Came home worried about my friend. Went to bed. Good description of my night, but don't want to go into much detail.
Friday: The group left for Acapulco, and I stayed in Cuerna because I had visited the beach in February with the other group. I spent the rest of the night watching my soap and working on homework. Yes, I watch a soap, and it is in Spanish. I think it has really helped me to learn new vocabulary and understand Spanish.
Saturday: I woke up to my mama telling me we were going to breakfast with Margo. This was at 8. I asked her when we were leaving and she said when ever I was ready, so I went back to bed. I think around 9 she came in and said they were leaving without me and then something else that seriously i Have no idea what else she said. You have to know that you do not talk to me unless I am fully awake. I did not wake up until 10, but then proceeded to get my laundry and then leave for the day. I went into town and went to a cafe . I ate a yummy pancake and then had fresh squeezed orange juice, and a frappe. It was fantastic.I then continued my walk into town and stopped along the way to get odds and ends of presents so that I could cross that off of my things to do. I then walked to the black market to see if I could find a t-shirt that said World Cup 2010 but they didn't have any , so oh well. Then I went to another cafe, and had my Oreo milk shake with bananas that I had been wanting all week. I spent a good 2 hours there reading my book and just relaxing. Then I went home and relaxed until the music concert I was going to down the street. It was a mariachi concert, and they were really good. It started pouring in the middle of the concert. I mean raining cats and dogs. It was crazy. At one point a lady comes in with only one shoe. She said that her other shoe came flying off her foot and then went flying down the street in the river of rain water. She tried chasing after it but she couldnt catch the shoe. It was really funny. I really enjoyed the concert.
Sunday: Today was a day of rest and relaxing. I spent the day cleaning my room and watching TV. Then at night it was the final of Segunda Oprotunidad so me and mama watched it. My team didnt win , but it was still a great show and I enjoyed hearing everyone sing. I do not know what I am going to do without it and what I am going to watch, but I will figure it out.It was a very relaxing weekend a a good start to the week.
So that has been my last two weekends!
Weekend of May 28-May 30
My weekend started off great. In Mexico, I consider my weekend starting off on Thurday night because even though I have Spanish on Fridays, I like thinking I have a 3 day weekend. Anyhoo, Thursday was the first Thursday night of the semester with the new students , so I took them to Carlos N Charlies. This is the bar/club where you go if you are going out on a Thursday night . I also know about 5 of the waiters there so it makes it all the more fun. We danced to all the awesome Mexican pop music and had a great time. I really enjoyed hanging out with the new students and getting to know them better. It was one amazing night. The following day, Friday , was hard to get up to go to class, but I managed and got through the day.
Friday night: I went out with Rubi, my Mexican friend. I had gotten invited by one of the waiters that I know from C N C to go to a party at Carlos N Charlies. Rubi and I got there . Rafa got us in for free because I was not about to pay to get into the party if I have connections. We got into the bar, and sat there and drank over priced drinks and waited for something to happen. Nothing ever did happen and Rubi decided that we should go someplace else. That did not work out and she decided that we should just go home to bed. It was a weird night of spending alot of money.
Saturday: Had a very relaxing day of hanging out at either CEMAL or I went to the town center and hung our for awhile because I couldn't be at home because the lady that comes and cleans absolutely drives me nuts. She moves all my stuff into weird places and organizes all my stuff in a way that I can not find stuff for many days. So to save me from yelling at her, I leave and do other stuff.
Saturday Night: One AWFUL night. I made the mistake of going along with what one of the host family's wanted to do instead of putting my foot down knowing the place we were going wasn't someplace i wanted to be. It is not unsafe , but CEMAL has not wanted us there because of one of the students getting assaulted there last semester, and they are known for putting stuff in your drinks that make you more thirsty. Because of those 2 things I hate the BULL and didn't want to go. I should have demanded that they let me out of the car , or I should have taken a taxi home from the club once we got there , but I didn't. Instead I was miserable and did not have good night. The stupid host sister kept telling me to smile and just forget about everything I had heard beforehand and it was a safe place. I should have left and gone to Carlos N Charlies and made one of the boys take me home , but I didnt. Finally when everyone had finished getting highly drunk and I was just very mad, they decided that they wanted to go salsa dancing. We get to the club ,everyone dances for a little while but it is boring , and then I take 2 of the boys home because they live close to me and were just sick of being out and were very tired. My Saturday night was basically babysitting and making sure people were ok.Oh well, when Nora gets back the weekend will be better. Only 2 more weeks.
Sunday: This day was spent doing homework, and relaxing around the house. I watched Segunda Oprotunidad( a post on this will come soon) and just enjoyed my day. Segunda Oprotunidad(Second Opprotunity) is like a Mexican version of American Idol but with teams. It is totally awesome.
Weekend June 4- June 6
Thursday: Went to Carlos N Charlies. Had a horrible night. Came home worried about my friend. Went to bed. Good description of my night, but don't want to go into much detail.
Friday: The group left for Acapulco, and I stayed in Cuerna because I had visited the beach in February with the other group. I spent the rest of the night watching my soap and working on homework. Yes, I watch a soap, and it is in Spanish. I think it has really helped me to learn new vocabulary and understand Spanish.
Saturday: I woke up to my mama telling me we were going to breakfast with Margo. This was at 8. I asked her when we were leaving and she said when ever I was ready, so I went back to bed. I think around 9 she came in and said they were leaving without me and then something else that seriously i Have no idea what else she said. You have to know that you do not talk to me unless I am fully awake. I did not wake up until 10, but then proceeded to get my laundry and then leave for the day. I went into town and went to a cafe . I ate a yummy pancake and then had fresh squeezed orange juice, and a frappe. It was fantastic.I then continued my walk into town and stopped along the way to get odds and ends of presents so that I could cross that off of my things to do. I then walked to the black market to see if I could find a t-shirt that said World Cup 2010 but they didn't have any , so oh well. Then I went to another cafe, and had my Oreo milk shake with bananas that I had been wanting all week. I spent a good 2 hours there reading my book and just relaxing. Then I went home and relaxed until the music concert I was going to down the street. It was a mariachi concert, and they were really good. It started pouring in the middle of the concert. I mean raining cats and dogs. It was crazy. At one point a lady comes in with only one shoe. She said that her other shoe came flying off her foot and then went flying down the street in the river of rain water. She tried chasing after it but she couldnt catch the shoe. It was really funny. I really enjoyed the concert.
Sunday: Today was a day of rest and relaxing. I spent the day cleaning my room and watching TV. Then at night it was the final of Segunda Oprotunidad so me and mama watched it. My team didnt win , but it was still a great show and I enjoyed hearing everyone sing. I do not know what I am going to do without it and what I am going to watch, but I will figure it out.It was a very relaxing weekend a a good start to the week.
So that has been my last two weekends!
Meira the Spanish Speaking queen
Well I have officially became one of my friends who can not seem to write blogs fast enough. He is always doing something or has gotten invited to some event and does not have time to write all the blogs he wants to write to document his time abroad. My goal is to get caught up. This blog is for people to know what I have been doing in Mexico during my study abroad , but the main purpose is so that I have record of what I did and the feelings I had throughout my time here. So for the next couple days or so expect a increase of posts because I want to write it all down before it all leaves my brain or I forget something.
Also please also forgive me if without noticing I accidently throw in a Spanish word or misspell a english word. My brain has been fighting me lately with English , and I can think of more Spanish words then English words.Which is a good thing.
Ok, I better get to the typing if I want to keep everyone updated on my life and document the fun I am having here in Cuerna.
Also please also forgive me if without noticing I accidently throw in a Spanish word or misspell a english word. My brain has been fighting me lately with English , and I can think of more Spanish words then English words.Which is a good thing.
Ok, I better get to the typing if I want to keep everyone updated on my life and document the fun I am having here in Cuerna.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Quotes from the semester
I have written down quotes that people have said to me over the semester , and just never posted them. I actually think they are pretty funny. Some will be in Spainish and English .
Mamá Ceci's friend tells me this all the time.
"Meira, tú esta muy blanca."
Meira, you are very white.
My students walking down the street, or at school.
"Hola profesora. "OR "Hola Profe"
Hello professor. Hello Prof.
When I was working on my homework earlier this semester.
Meira, tú trabajas mucho en tú tarea, pero tú nesicitas hacer divertido."
Meira , you work alot on your homework, but you need to have fun.
Mamá Ceci talking to me about my project. This was in Spanish to start with.
"Meira, are you doing with your project yet? I left you home for 3 hours to finish it, so you need to be done."
"Meira, tú esta muy blanca."
Meira, you are very white.
My students walking down the street, or at school.
"Hola profesora. "OR "Hola Profe"
Hello professor. Hello Prof.
Meira, tú trabajas mucho en tú tarea, pero tú nesicitas hacer divertido."
Meira , you work alot on your homework, but you need to have fun.
"Meira, are you doing with your project yet? I left you home for 3 hours to finish it, so you need to be done."
June, where did you come from
Hmmmmm. Where to start? I have so much I want to say , but I guess that is the beauty of having a blog and being able to write many posts about different things. I still have to write about my weekend with Rubi in Chalma, and the new summer students. I do promise that those are coming soonish. I will have them up by the end of my time here in Mexico. Speaking of my time here in Mexico, somehow the world turned and the calendar changed to June today. How is that possible? How do I only have 26 days lefts here in Mexico. I know many people will say , "Meira , that is alot of time." But really is it? I know it is 26 days or 624 hours or 3 weeks, but I still can not figure out how the past almost 5 months have gone by so fast.
This past weekend , I started the long task of choosing the photos I want to print out and make into my mexico album. It is going to take me until I return home to finish because at the moment I have over 1,000 pictures and am creating a photo book of my time here. When you see me in August , ask to check it out , because it probably wont be done until the end of June and then needs to be printed. I leave in July for a mini solo vacation to Des Moines for a class, so August will have to be the time to look at the best of the photos.
I hope everyone is having a great start to June and the beginning of the summer!
This past weekend , I started the long task of choosing the photos I want to print out and make into my mexico album. It is going to take me until I return home to finish because at the moment I have over 1,000 pictures and am creating a photo book of my time here. When you see me in August , ask to check it out , because it probably wont be done until the end of June and then needs to be printed. I leave in July for a mini solo vacation to Des Moines for a class, so August will have to be the time to look at the best of the photos.
I hope everyone is having a great start to June and the beginning of the summer!
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