Thursday, February 18, 2010
A tad bit of everything
So I have made it through one half on the first term in language school. This accomplishment comes with a mixture of feelings...ne being, Yay that means I get to go home soon..HA. Another,extreme exhaustion. Another, frustration. Another, uncertainity. Another, satisfaction. Another, ecitement. Another, so thankful for this experience. now, how can one have all these feelings at once? I don't know. I need to work through all this with someone, but the problem is I can't. I mean I know I can, but nobody knows me well enough to know what I mean. I know I can pray, but sometimes you just need that person who knows. Oh well...I understand that I have hit the "panic" stage of adjustment...but apparently it is followed by acceptance..haha
Aside from that everything is going so well! I love our group and we're slowly/ not so slowly getting to know one another well. I am staying in a house with my roomie, Terra and two boys from Korea. The two boys are here to learn English, and speak only a little bit of Spanish, so meals are spent translating. One Korean kid will speak to Korean to the other, he will either tell us what the other one said in Spanish or english. If it's english, I have to translate that into spanish for our host family...it is sooo funny, and enjoyable.
The city that we're staying in is so pretty! you can see the volcanos from any spot in the city. I have the pleasure of doing my school on the roof where I have a view of three volcanos! It is quite a lovely thing to be a part of. I have visited this amazingly lovely hotel about 5 times now.. it is honestly the loveliest place I have seen. I went to mass there the yesterday, and it was one of the most unreal feelings ever. I would try to explain how lovely it is, but it wouldn't work, so i'll just let you imagine.
I think that is all that I feel like writing for the moment.
Aside from that everything is going so well! I love our group and we're slowly/ not so slowly getting to know one another well. I am staying in a house with my roomie, Terra and two boys from Korea. The two boys are here to learn English, and speak only a little bit of Spanish, so meals are spent translating. One Korean kid will speak to Korean to the other, he will either tell us what the other one said in Spanish or english. If it's english, I have to translate that into spanish for our host family...it is sooo funny, and enjoyable.
The city that we're staying in is so pretty! you can see the volcanos from any spot in the city. I have the pleasure of doing my school on the roof where I have a view of three volcanos! It is quite a lovely thing to be a part of. I have visited this amazingly lovely hotel about 5 times now.. it is honestly the loveliest place I have seen. I went to mass there the yesterday, and it was one of the most unreal feelings ever. I would try to explain how lovely it is, but it wouldn't work, so i'll just let you imagine.
I think that is all that I feel like writing for the moment.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
from sunday til now
So, I have been internetless since sunday. I will try to update you on what I have been up to since sunday... I don't really want to fill you in with al the details, but I will do my best to give details. On sunday we went all over Guatemala city, as well as going to a cemetary, local dump, and the local mall. The mall is nicer than any I have seen in the US, and the prices are the same. It's crazy to see that they are the same because they don't make much money here, and for many, feeding the family is a struggle.
After our small trips, we packed our bags and left for Magdalena. 45 mins later we arrived in the homes of our host families. Magdalena is in the mountains, so taking a bus up there was a tad bid freaky! at one point the drives had to back the bus up the mounain. The roads here are soo skinny, so this was very impressive! Every host family was waiting at the top, and watched as our bus backed up the mountain.
Our family lives in a very humble home. The bathroom and shower is outside...and we can NOT flush the TP. I love the family that we (Terra and I) are living with, but I must admit that I am jealous that no kids live with us. Every other student here lives with at least one nino.
As I stated before, Terra is my roommate..I enjoy her very much! She has no filter when it comes to bodily functions, and I enjoy this mucho! it's funny esp when we are all having some weird changes... I have yet to experience those. Yesterday she was very sick, was barfing, and other things.. WELL the toilet wouldn't flush, and I stumbled upon this. At first I thought..."ohhh Terra puked...after that, I began dry heaving. haha and had to leave the bathroom. It was quite funny.
We are busy all day..so much so that I went to bed at 8:30. Today my group members and I walked up and down the mountains from 8:30......Whoops I must go. The bus is leaving
After our small trips, we packed our bags and left for Magdalena. 45 mins later we arrived in the homes of our host families. Magdalena is in the mountains, so taking a bus up there was a tad bid freaky! at one point the drives had to back the bus up the mounain. The roads here are soo skinny, so this was very impressive! Every host family was waiting at the top, and watched as our bus backed up the mountain.
Our family lives in a very humble home. The bathroom and shower is outside...and we can NOT flush the TP. I love the family that we (Terra and I) are living with, but I must admit that I am jealous that no kids live with us. Every other student here lives with at least one nino.
As I stated before, Terra is my roommate..I enjoy her very much! She has no filter when it comes to bodily functions, and I enjoy this mucho! it's funny esp when we are all having some weird changes... I have yet to experience those. Yesterday she was very sick, was barfing, and other things.. WELL the toilet wouldn't flush, and I stumbled upon this. At first I thought..."ohhh Terra puked...after that, I began dry heaving. haha and had to leave the bathroom. It was quite funny.
We are busy all day..so much so that I went to bed at 8:30. Today my group members and I walked up and down the mountains from 8:30......Whoops I must go. The bus is leaving
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