I cannot express to you the joy with which I escaped my homestay and sought refuge in my new, very own apartment! What a feeling. Buenos Aires felt like a different city. Vanesa and I made 2 trips of about 6 blocks, rolling my suitcases down the street with my clothes, books, protein powder, and [...]
In: Spanish
29 Dec 2006Today was my last day of language school. I wish I had been sad to leave, but given the problems with the school, I can´t say this. The final day was especially frustrating because they pulled many of the professors out of the classes for a special meeting. I had to spend my final day [...]
In: Daily Life
26 Dec 2006In December I really missed the carols, music, snow, decorations, food, family, and all-around Christmas cheer. That being said, I could not have asked for a better way to spend the Holiday outside of North America.Vanesa´s family really made me feel welcome.
On the train ride there, we both agreed that we needed to talk to [...]
In: Daily Life
24 Dec 2006Yesterday Monica and I went to Vanessa´s theatrical performance “Hoy Es Navidad”.The show was in the Gran Rex and quite professional. I can´t imagine the work involved mixing an orchestra, choir, dancers, and actors–over 200 people in total. I could only understand part of the play, but it was impressive nonetheless. Afterwards, we waited for [...]
In: Daily Life
19 Dec 2006Sunday, December 17th and Monday December 18th are days that will live in infamy. At that time I considered myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. Okay…enough with the exaggerations…but it was a momentous day.
Well, where do I begin? For the first time in my life, at 25 years of age, I [...]
I’ve been derelict in my updating. Sorry, won´t happen again. It´s frustrating that I can´t do a video chat with Jeff and the Bergs for the belated Christmas in Cottage Grove, but this should suffice for now. Here they come…
Ok, I´m definitely ready for Papá Noel to bring my computer from the United States. The locutorio (aka Internet place) has good equipment, but it´s hot, there´s a nice aroma of B.O., and there are always kids playing games and yelling across the room. “Che! Boludo, …” Ahh…memories.
In: Argentina
15 Dec 2006I have to revise my previous comments about the director of our school. After thinking about it some more, this was a poignant example of the Argentine Work Ethic–or the lack thereof. She has some issues, but also had reason to snap at the professors.
We didn´t have electricity on Wednesday at the school. But there [...]
In: Daily Life
13 Dec 2006Gracias a Dios, I was able to get out of my final month of classes and homestay at the school. I´ve learned a lot, but it´s time to move on. The school is in a horrible location, the building is very poor, and the school is really disorganized right now. Today there wasn´t any power [...]
In: Faith
13 Dec 2006I read through Ecclesiastes today for the first time in a long, long while. Some people see it as gloomy and pessimistic, but I rediscovered an abundance of wisdom and an examination of life as it is, not as we wish it to be. I also find it interesting how many times Solomon praises the [...]
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