So Monday I started working again at the small colegio near by my house. It is good to be out and doing something in the mornings instead of just sleeping in and chilling. At work I got to meet up with my friend from California and we talked about some of our experiences so far which was fun.
Today at work we played some futbol and pelota muerta with the kids. We lost a ball over a roof.
In the afternoons I usually go to the Club Internacional de Tenis or CIT to workout with my hostbrother. Its far away and we take the buses there. At first I thought it was fun but now its kinda a drag.
Tomorrow is La Dia de Amistad or friendship day. Tonight I have to go buy lots of little presents for my friends and such. Let you guys know if anything special happens with that.
This weekend I think my family is taking me to San Bernadino, which is a sweet little town on a big lake. Hopefully that will be fun. I haven´t been outside of Asuncion much so its nice to see the other parts of the country.
Well write more later
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
El Santo
Ok one of the things I forgot to talk about in the last post was the music here. We certainly like our Reggaeton(sp?) here. But anyways on Thursday night I went to a discoteca called El Santo with my host brother and a bunch of friends. We didn´t get in until like 1130 but we still had enought time. At first they played a lot of technoish English stuff that was alright for a warmup i guess. Then they went into a mix of salsa and reggaeton which was a lot of fun to dance too.
I have always heard, even from the locals, that dancing is really dirty down here but I didn´t get that vibe really. If anything it takes a lot more skill than the straight up grinding that goes on at highschool dances like mine back in the US. If you can´t tell I liked this better. The only thing was that a lot of people were smoking like crazy in there which kind of seemed like a hard thing to do while dancing. They didn´t need a fog machine at least. At least I didn´t get burned or anything but I did reak of smoke when I got home that morning.
The next day I went and saw Harry Potter in castellano which was cool. I don´t really mind tv and movies in spanish now. And the radio is a lot better because there isn´t as many commercials.
Anyways i better be off now I think im going to walk to the plaza close by.
I have always heard, even from the locals, that dancing is really dirty down here but I didn´t get that vibe really. If anything it takes a lot more skill than the straight up grinding that goes on at highschool dances like mine back in the US. If you can´t tell I liked this better. The only thing was that a lot of people were smoking like crazy in there which kind of seemed like a hard thing to do while dancing. They didn´t need a fog machine at least. At least I didn´t get burned or anything but I did reak of smoke when I got home that morning.
The next day I went and saw Harry Potter in castellano which was cool. I don´t really mind tv and movies in spanish now. And the radio is a lot better because there isn´t as many commercials.
Anyways i better be off now I think im going to walk to the plaza close by.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
In Paraguay
Ok sorry i haven´t posted since I got here in Paraguay. I kinda forgot lol. Anyways i live in Fernando de la Morro, basically a suburb outside of the capital city of Asuncion. So much has happened to me since i came to live with my new parents and brother that it would be pretty hard to hit everything. So I´m just going to go over the main stuff.
I work at a private elemetary and middle school for my community service where I usually help teach English but also just help around doing random things like playing with the little kids. I like it and Im pretty sure the kids like me since im nice to them and let them mess around when im in charge.
I have tried tons of new foods. For example every Sunday we have asada which is really dank bbq but better because the meat is super fresh. I have also had a lot of chicken served in different ways and various breads like sopa paraguay and chipa wazoo (sp?). Also their soda here is really good. There are different brands then in the states that are really good and they have different flavors like pineapple etc. One thing people drink a lot of here is something called yerba mate or terere. Its kinda like a tea but different haha. I really like the taste tho and you drink it with a metal straw, sometimes our of a cow horn.
Everything is pretty cheap here. The exchange rate is $1 equals 5,000 guaranis. Its pretty sweet because it makes gift shopping way easier.
Since i live really close to Asuncion I have gotten to see some of the important historical and governmental places and buildings downtown. I got to see the Panteon de los Heroes where they have guards that can´t move and the bodies of Paraguays early leaders. I also got to see the Cabilde and the Palacio de Lopez where the presidente works. Also saw the cathedral where the president used to work haha. Our president Fernando Lugo used to be the Archbishop here but then he ran for president, won, and now they are finding out he has like a ton of kids. It makes for some good jokes.
Most of the places we go here we take the bus which is usually an adventure in physics if you get on in the evening. people really get packed in there. The driving here, at least in the city, is pretty crazy. there basically aren´t any rules.... nough said.
Also, i have learned a lot of sweet card games with my brother and our friends. Like Petei, which is the guarani word for one. Its just like uno but a little crazier. Then there is cancho, Magaei(sp?), and Truco which are hard to explain but really easy to play. I have also played a lot of pictionary down here which is hard but helps with my castellano. Aside, the castellano here is alot different then what i learned and took some getting used too. also people use guarani words with the castellano... its fun.
Ok well thats enough for now. I will write more later
I work at a private elemetary and middle school for my community service where I usually help teach English but also just help around doing random things like playing with the little kids. I like it and Im pretty sure the kids like me since im nice to them and let them mess around when im in charge.
I have tried tons of new foods. For example every Sunday we have asada which is really dank bbq but better because the meat is super fresh. I have also had a lot of chicken served in different ways and various breads like sopa paraguay and chipa wazoo (sp?). Also their soda here is really good. There are different brands then in the states that are really good and they have different flavors like pineapple etc. One thing people drink a lot of here is something called yerba mate or terere. Its kinda like a tea but different haha. I really like the taste tho and you drink it with a metal straw, sometimes our of a cow horn.
Everything is pretty cheap here. The exchange rate is $1 equals 5,000 guaranis. Its pretty sweet because it makes gift shopping way easier.
Since i live really close to Asuncion I have gotten to see some of the important historical and governmental places and buildings downtown. I got to see the Panteon de los Heroes where they have guards that can´t move and the bodies of Paraguays early leaders. I also got to see the Cabilde and the Palacio de Lopez where the presidente works. Also saw the cathedral where the president used to work haha. Our president Fernando Lugo used to be the Archbishop here but then he ran for president, won, and now they are finding out he has like a ton of kids. It makes for some good jokes.
Most of the places we go here we take the bus which is usually an adventure in physics if you get on in the evening. people really get packed in there. The driving here, at least in the city, is pretty crazy. there basically aren´t any rules.... nough said.
Also, i have learned a lot of sweet card games with my brother and our friends. Like Petei, which is the guarani word for one. Its just like uno but a little crazier. Then there is cancho, Magaei(sp?), and Truco which are hard to explain but really easy to play. I have also played a lot of pictionary down here which is hard but helps with my castellano. Aside, the castellano here is alot different then what i learned and took some getting used too. also people use guarani words with the castellano... its fun.
Ok well thats enough for now. I will write more later
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