haaayyyy everybodaaaaaaaaaaaaay
haha i hope yall r doin well. so this last week was my 4th week here! i cant believe it has passed so quickly! i love it here so i guess thats y haha anyways so today was the first day of the copa mundiallllllll woooooohoooooo everyone here is buzzing hehe today (this morning) south africa played mexico and all of the university students were in the cafeteria watching the game on the projector screen that the school had set up haha they take this stuff seriously here. chile plays their first game june 16th at 7:30 am. y so early u ask? well theres quite a time diff between here and south africa yo! hmm ya so thats exciting!
OMG! SUNDAY I FELT MY FIRST AFTERSHOCK!!!! how exciting huh? it was the weirdest feeling ever. haha i cant explain it haha but now i feel like a real chilean.
ummmmmwat else well next week is my last week of clases for the first summer session. in my political history class i am writing my essay comparing the healthcare systems of chile and that of obama. ill let u know which one is better once i figure that out haha.
tonight i think were all goin out to some bar or club in valpo so that should be fun! theres this precious guy from tennessee that goes to school at arkansas and hes goin tonight i think tehe
oh and guess wat else happens next week?
my mommy comes to visit me in chile!! how awesome right? ive already been planning for her time here. i just hope its good weather! but ya im beyond excited for her to come and experience my life here in chile.
sometimes i still cant believe im sitting here in my chileans parents bedroom, all of us sitting on the bed, speaking english, and watching the tv and watching uruguay vs. francia. hahaa and the fact that i live in a world of speaking spanish. its tiring sometimes but i love love love using my spanish.
well thats all for now but maybe i update again this weekend.
besos
chao
Friday, June 11, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
hola amigos!
hey yall so ive been kinda busy but mainly i dont write in my blog as much as i would like is because it takes a lot of brain power to remember wat i did this week and how to explain it in english haha but anyways..
i hope everyone back in the US is good. i think about just being back in southlake so much lol. i miss the space and land that texas provides. seeing the ocean from my bedroom window and seeing the ocean during my commute to and from school makes me feel less colostriphobic (sp?). im so used to fields of cotton and such but here the ocean is their countryside. As the days go by we are getting a little colder here i think, but then there'll be a day like yesterday where ill be walkin around in capris and a tshirt.
k this last weeeek...
classssss after class lol naw i dont think its that bad yet. i just get a little bored and lost in my history class. its mostly about government/politics and economy. ya no thanks ill stick to my microbiology and anatomy classes thanks. oh wait i have to take this class lol. meh my conversation class is great tho. today we went over stuff about the famous chilean poet/diplomat/communist Pablo Neruda. Everyone please google him and take some time to check him out. he won the literature nobel prize in 1971 so he's definitely a big deal. Here, the little kiddies have to memorize some of his poetry. i think in the US there is mandatory memorization of shakespeare in freshman year of high school. i know i had to lol. as of now ive visited all three of his houses in chile. he was kind of a collector and he was obsessed with boats. all of his houses have small rooms and even smaller doorways so u feel like youre on a boat. this weekend we went to isla negra. (no its not a black island lol its niether!) neruda was a silly man :) it was beautiful. seriously i have no words for the view of the beach and the ocean and the waves crashing on the rocks. simply amazing. they say "how can u live in pablos houses and not be a poet" haha and its true lol. so fun
hmm yesterday i wrote a ton of postcards so those went into the mail today. I didnt get to everyone on my list so if you dont get one when some others do its because i am working on urs this week.
oh i used the micro to get to school today because i missed the metro haha and another one doesnt come for another 11 minutes so bleh but the micro was fun :D. Today i walked through town (gorgeous day/afternoon) and ran a few errands. i hadda go to the post office to get some more stamps and by some valpo postcards which took forever because everything at the post office (here or USA) takes forever lol. then i hadda go get some body wash at the farmacia- its like a cvs but a loooooooooooooot smaller and u dont really shop. u go up to the desk and say um i want such-and-such brand of shampoo and they get it down off the shelf for u (if they have it in stock) and u pay there lol its like getting sudafed at cvs u have to sign ur life away to get some decongestant lol
so have i mentioned that i have made some great friends with my ISA groupies?? there are really some amazing people here. and i love how automatically the other texas girl and i have bonded. we may go to opposing schools, but really were just texan ladies! haha its like u know wen u meet someone and yall may not hang out everyday but u go ot school with them and yall talk a lot but for some reason u have an automatic connection with them that i think the first week in valpo we were sharing bowl mvmt stories about whether or not we think our tummies are handling the chilean cookin lol
i just always think ur not real friends with someone unless u can discuss such foul topics :P
hmm on a less smelly note i had a great night with my mama and hermana tonight. cata had to do a little photo shoot for a good photo to turn in as her application photo so i did a lil make up on her.. which was preceded by an in depth conversation about my make up and my mad skills with it- they were particularly intrigued by this one eye shadow (loreal HIP collection "excite" powder eye shadow- incase u were interested haha) so ya then i played photographer and took some pics of her then we ate a little dinner (yes at like 8:30) and then we went thru and cropped a bunch of em and picked two that we liked :) shes a perty little lady if i may say so myself!
so ya now im in bed and im freezing lol but ima read me some eclipse (countdown=30days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and sleep. i start my days at like 815 with school from 10-130 straight :/ haha i think tomorrow (if its sunny) i might drag cata to come with me to go kayaking a little out in the ocean :D
haha k love yall and miss yall
besos
chao
hey yall so ive been kinda busy but mainly i dont write in my blog as much as i would like is because it takes a lot of brain power to remember wat i did this week and how to explain it in english haha but anyways..
i hope everyone back in the US is good. i think about just being back in southlake so much lol. i miss the space and land that texas provides. seeing the ocean from my bedroom window and seeing the ocean during my commute to and from school makes me feel less colostriphobic (sp?). im so used to fields of cotton and such but here the ocean is their countryside. As the days go by we are getting a little colder here i think, but then there'll be a day like yesterday where ill be walkin around in capris and a tshirt.
k this last weeeek...
classssss after class lol naw i dont think its that bad yet. i just get a little bored and lost in my history class. its mostly about government/politics and economy. ya no thanks ill stick to my microbiology and anatomy classes thanks. oh wait i have to take this class lol. meh my conversation class is great tho. today we went over stuff about the famous chilean poet/diplomat/communist Pablo Neruda. Everyone please google him and take some time to check him out. he won the literature nobel prize in 1971 so he's definitely a big deal. Here, the little kiddies have to memorize some of his poetry. i think in the US there is mandatory memorization of shakespeare in freshman year of high school. i know i had to lol. as of now ive visited all three of his houses in chile. he was kind of a collector and he was obsessed with boats. all of his houses have small rooms and even smaller doorways so u feel like youre on a boat. this weekend we went to isla negra. (no its not a black island lol its niether!) neruda was a silly man :) it was beautiful. seriously i have no words for the view of the beach and the ocean and the waves crashing on the rocks. simply amazing. they say "how can u live in pablos houses and not be a poet" haha and its true lol. so fun
hmm yesterday i wrote a ton of postcards so those went into the mail today. I didnt get to everyone on my list so if you dont get one when some others do its because i am working on urs this week.
oh i used the micro to get to school today because i missed the metro haha and another one doesnt come for another 11 minutes so bleh but the micro was fun :D. Today i walked through town (gorgeous day/afternoon) and ran a few errands. i hadda go to the post office to get some more stamps and by some valpo postcards which took forever because everything at the post office (here or USA) takes forever lol. then i hadda go get some body wash at the farmacia- its like a cvs but a loooooooooooooot smaller and u dont really shop. u go up to the desk and say um i want such-and-such brand of shampoo and they get it down off the shelf for u (if they have it in stock) and u pay there lol its like getting sudafed at cvs u have to sign ur life away to get some decongestant lol
so have i mentioned that i have made some great friends with my ISA groupies?? there are really some amazing people here. and i love how automatically the other texas girl and i have bonded. we may go to opposing schools, but really were just texan ladies! haha its like u know wen u meet someone and yall may not hang out everyday but u go ot school with them and yall talk a lot but for some reason u have an automatic connection with them that i think the first week in valpo we were sharing bowl mvmt stories about whether or not we think our tummies are handling the chilean cookin lol
i just always think ur not real friends with someone unless u can discuss such foul topics :P
hmm on a less smelly note i had a great night with my mama and hermana tonight. cata had to do a little photo shoot for a good photo to turn in as her application photo so i did a lil make up on her.. which was preceded by an in depth conversation about my make up and my mad skills with it- they were particularly intrigued by this one eye shadow (loreal HIP collection "excite" powder eye shadow- incase u were interested haha) so ya then i played photographer and took some pics of her then we ate a little dinner (yes at like 8:30) and then we went thru and cropped a bunch of em and picked two that we liked :) shes a perty little lady if i may say so myself!
so ya now im in bed and im freezing lol but ima read me some eclipse (countdown=30days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and sleep. i start my days at like 815 with school from 10-130 straight :/ haha i think tomorrow (if its sunny) i might drag cata to come with me to go kayaking a little out in the ocean :D
haha k love yall and miss yall
besos
chao
Sunday, May 23, 2010
sleep in much?
haha so u know how wen u try and sleep in at home by around 9 or 10 the parentals are like 'melissa! wake up! dont waste the day in bed!' (mind u- this is said in mama d's southern accent haha) anyways so u got up and ur parents put u to work (sometimes hehe). k so on friday morning i kinda woke up at like 9 or 10ish to go to the bathroom and my chilean parents were still sound asleep.. then at 12 i woke up and they were semisturring lol so i got up and by 1ish they were up and starting to shower and watnot. then lunch was made and everyone was up and eating at like 330. THREE THIRTY IN THE AFTERNOON is wen their day starts! lol the kiddos didnt even wake til like 2 haha. now im not judging as i would gladly accept this lifestyle but how different than the one im accostumed to?! haha anyways so ya also u should know the sun goes down at like 530 or 6 here so i dunno i like to enjoy more sun that like 3 or 4 hours lol but meh. also a small note: both parents work really long hours so i kinda get it that they would wanna sleep in.
k moving on..
this last week= exhausting lol. seriously 2classes (1.5 hr each) a day IN SPANISH is a lot then everyfreakinday we had a tour of some kind lol which lasted many hours and required anobnoxious amount of climbing hills lol but meh watevs my calves are already noticable larger lol and if it werent for the amount of bread that is in their diet here, im sure id be smaller lol hmmmm k wat else oh we saw various attractions and historical stuff including the building where the 'marinos' are (the military branch: marines hehe) i couldnt help but mention that for obvious reasons :)
hmmm k my classes:
1) Chilean Conversation and Culture- this class is great. i love it because we review stuff about the culture that may confuse us and we get the original story behind everything. for example: since lunch is the biggest meal of the day and it occurs so late in the afternoon, they dont really eat dinner (understandably). they eat 'once'. said like the number 11 in spanish ("ohn-say"). this name for their supper came from a long time back wen the german immigrants would finish their labor work for the day they would all whip out this type of liquor with like a sandwhich to eat with it. theyd enjoy a bit and head home for the day. (btw im 92% sure this story is accurate). so the name of the liquor was too hard for the chileans to pronounce but they knew it had 11 letters in the name. hence the name "once" so that became wat they called their nightly snack after work.
mostly this class consists of learning about "chilenismos" which are words used here and no where else haha. the indigenous cultures have had a lasting effect on the spanish language here. like the word for avacado here is "palta". in most other places its "aguacate" (spelling?) but palta is an indigenous word. also a chilenismo is that they have a large amount of german influence.
k on to the hard class...
i dont know the total name but its like southamerican social/political history in the last 2 centries.. i think lol but its very difficult. this teacher talks really fast and is going to be very hard :( hes also kind of a tool. like the first day he was like ya if u cant speak almost fluently get out of my class. and he was like ya i dont give out A's unless u realllllly impress me.. ugh then he just jumps right on in! i think the hard part for me is that i dont know hardly anything about this continents history. so its all new and all of these new ideas are being presented to me in difficult, mumbling spanish ugh so this class sucks.. the only mature thing i have to say about it is that i will learn a LOT from this class and ill be better off after taking it. i enjoy history sometimes so meh we'll see lol
mmk fun topics! like El Huevo
yes huevo is egg in spanish haha but el huevo is a club in valpo. its absolutely huge and very popular here. there are like 4 or 5 floors all with different styles of latinamerican music playing. the bottom floor is for the young people like me and the top floors are more for the semi older crowd. i LOVE it there!!!!!!!!! omg so much fun because latinos can DANCE!!! hehehe i went out with catalina and two of her friends so it was all good. haha k so cultural lesson from friday night: chileans start clubbin at 1ish and stay out til 5ish lol i eventualy had to tell cata that i had to go home lol at like 330 cuz i was so tired lol she and her friends laughed at me but i didnt care haha anyways..
omg yesterday i got a chance to watch the finales of greys and private! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh a;wlgihtowq hert;ksjghnk uwrtrnthvbkyrijrhglilj
haha i could not believe my eyes! i have to say tho that crazy man that came and shot everyone i knew from a few episodes back that he might do somthin crazy. he was just too upset. now um yes about the lexi mark marriage! lex totally needs to marry him lol they are perfect for eachother. mer preggo?! unfreakinbelievable! im so excited for her.. oh wait her husband, MCDREAMY, was SHOT. ugh i cant even get into that.. ill be too emotional.
private practice: omg dell died?! wat?! poor betsy! ugh i really didnt want him to die i mean he just got into medschool and everything.. ugh mad about that. but glad maya is ok and the baby is ok. oh and addie and sam?!?! get it gurl! thats wat i gotta say to dr monte.
oh geez im way to addicted to those shows. i was a crying mess yesterday cuz i watch both of em and i was sad and alone and i felt so dumb but i really could have had a breakdown because of s0ome fake characters lol i wanna know like who else the crazy man shoots cuz jsut cuz derek was shot doesnt mean the crazy doesnt have a few more bullets.. just sayin **oh and stefan have u seen them? email me with ur COMPLETE reaction***
k im done i cant dwell on it haha
k well i think this is all for now i love and miss everyone tons
mwa peace and blessings
chao
k moving on..
this last week= exhausting lol. seriously 2classes (1.5 hr each) a day IN SPANISH is a lot then everyfreakinday we had a tour of some kind lol which lasted many hours and required anobnoxious amount of climbing hills lol but meh watevs my calves are already noticable larger lol and if it werent for the amount of bread that is in their diet here, im sure id be smaller lol hmmmm k wat else oh we saw various attractions and historical stuff including the building where the 'marinos' are (the military branch: marines hehe) i couldnt help but mention that for obvious reasons :)
hmmm k my classes:
1) Chilean Conversation and Culture- this class is great. i love it because we review stuff about the culture that may confuse us and we get the original story behind everything. for example: since lunch is the biggest meal of the day and it occurs so late in the afternoon, they dont really eat dinner (understandably). they eat 'once'. said like the number 11 in spanish ("ohn-say"). this name for their supper came from a long time back wen the german immigrants would finish their labor work for the day they would all whip out this type of liquor with like a sandwhich to eat with it. theyd enjoy a bit and head home for the day. (btw im 92% sure this story is accurate). so the name of the liquor was too hard for the chileans to pronounce but they knew it had 11 letters in the name. hence the name "once" so that became wat they called their nightly snack after work.
mostly this class consists of learning about "chilenismos" which are words used here and no where else haha. the indigenous cultures have had a lasting effect on the spanish language here. like the word for avacado here is "palta". in most other places its "aguacate" (spelling?) but palta is an indigenous word. also a chilenismo is that they have a large amount of german influence.
k on to the hard class...
i dont know the total name but its like southamerican social/political history in the last 2 centries.. i think lol but its very difficult. this teacher talks really fast and is going to be very hard :( hes also kind of a tool. like the first day he was like ya if u cant speak almost fluently get out of my class. and he was like ya i dont give out A's unless u realllllly impress me.. ugh then he just jumps right on in! i think the hard part for me is that i dont know hardly anything about this continents history. so its all new and all of these new ideas are being presented to me in difficult, mumbling spanish ugh so this class sucks.. the only mature thing i have to say about it is that i will learn a LOT from this class and ill be better off after taking it. i enjoy history sometimes so meh we'll see lol
mmk fun topics! like El Huevo
yes huevo is egg in spanish haha but el huevo is a club in valpo. its absolutely huge and very popular here. there are like 4 or 5 floors all with different styles of latinamerican music playing. the bottom floor is for the young people like me and the top floors are more for the semi older crowd. i LOVE it there!!!!!!!!! omg so much fun because latinos can DANCE!!! hehehe i went out with catalina and two of her friends so it was all good. haha k so cultural lesson from friday night: chileans start clubbin at 1ish and stay out til 5ish lol i eventualy had to tell cata that i had to go home lol at like 330 cuz i was so tired lol she and her friends laughed at me but i didnt care haha anyways..
omg yesterday i got a chance to watch the finales of greys and private! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh a;wlgihtowq hert;ksjghnk uwrtrnthvbkyrijrhglilj
haha i could not believe my eyes! i have to say tho that crazy man that came and shot everyone i knew from a few episodes back that he might do somthin crazy. he was just too upset. now um yes about the lexi mark marriage! lex totally needs to marry him lol they are perfect for eachother. mer preggo?! unfreakinbelievable! im so excited for her.. oh wait her husband, MCDREAMY, was SHOT. ugh i cant even get into that.. ill be too emotional.
private practice: omg dell died?! wat?! poor betsy! ugh i really didnt want him to die i mean he just got into medschool and everything.. ugh mad about that. but glad maya is ok and the baby is ok. oh and addie and sam?!?! get it gurl! thats wat i gotta say to dr monte.
oh geez im way to addicted to those shows. i was a crying mess yesterday cuz i watch both of em and i was sad and alone and i felt so dumb but i really could have had a breakdown because of s0ome fake characters lol i wanna know like who else the crazy man shoots cuz jsut cuz derek was shot doesnt mean the crazy doesnt have a few more bullets.. just sayin **oh and stefan have u seen them? email me with ur COMPLETE reaction***
k im done i cant dwell on it haha
k well i think this is all for now i love and miss everyone tons
mwa peace and blessings
chao
Monday, May 17, 2010
bienvenidos a valpo! wooooooooo
haha heyyy im so glad to finally have a chance to blog! omg everything is crazy amazing. i cant believe im actually here haha its incredible
where to start...
getting off the plane...
and boom there are all the other students. we waited a while for the last group and then we all left on the bus. we traveled to the hotel and unloaded and got our rooms. haha we stayed in little condos?! y? i dont know haha but honestly they were a hotel roomwith 4 ppl and a kitchen haha but there was a balcony that wrapped around 3/4 of the place! how amazing huh? the first two days (thurs and fri) were foggy (which i was later informed was SMOG not fog... dirty santiago) but after the rain on friday night, saturday was GORGEOUS! just beautiful. the mountains are so beautiful and they all had their first snow on top so it was great. we saw various places of touristic interest/historical value haha so that was great haha one of my favs was going to see pablo nerudas house! he was a silly silly poet from the early/mid 20th century who was friends with pablo picasso and walt whitman and such so ya check him out. then we went to this fort that was how the chileans won the war against peru so that was important appearantly.. hmm wat else (btw it feels really weird writing/thinking in english haha) um oh we went out and drank some haha just a little because i dont like much haha and we cant buy alcohol and bring it back to the room or anything so its kinda expensive to drink a whole lot. some other people stayed out super late and got shwastey which is dumb haha but watevs actually the cheapest and best tasting thing so far is the beer haha i like the local stuff its smoother and there is a lot of german influence in the culture (weird right? haha jk) so the beer is fantastic. i think i wanna try the rum here oh and so wine is popular but expensive good thing i hate it. ugh its disgusting! i felt bad wen we went to the wine tasting cuz i was useless. i would have rathered gone to a beer tasting. ok so after a long day yesterday we traveled to valparaiso. it took us about an hour and a half. wen we arrived i got my bags and lizet (the director) took me to my mom. haha there was a big kiss and a hug waiting and it was wonderful. sometimes ya just want some ninny and now i have a mama y papa chilena :) haha anyways so the kids: catalina (19yr old) is nice she is kind of feisty which is perfect cuz so am i haha and then there is felipe (17 yr old) who is precious. he is so kind and patient with me. hes very cute too! in a justin beiber way not rob pattinson way haha oh hey that reminds me eclipse will be here july 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cata and i r gonna go because itll be the best day ever!!! ahah im so excited to see it! ummmmmmm que mas.. oh mis amigos from isa (fellow students from the states) are very cool. there are a people from tennessee, florida, penn., new jersey, arkansas, texas, utah, colorado... and more haha very diverse lol the michigan accent is my favorite so far lol ummmm ok so now im in valpo and we had dinner last night. we ate hotdogs haha how funny right? but they eat them with kind of a french bread and tomato and avacado lol. it was yummy hmm the dad likes the beatles so thats cool and haha during dinner last night a michael jackson song came on and i was singing it and they laughed then i went upstairs and skyped a little with the parentals which was cool cuz they got to meet my chilean fam and such haha
oh!** i forgot haha before dinner we went and saw felipe in his school marching band! haha how perfect right haha he plays the drums and they just do this little easy military stuff but its cool and it was funny seeing it in action in another country haha which also meant i saw proud band parents in action as well haha patti is very proud of her "bebe hermoso" (her beautiful/precious baby boy) lol right? no matter where u r mamas r proud of their babies :) today we went to the university to do orientation stuff and take the diagnostic test and register for classes. im taking chilean conversation and culture class as well as political history of the chilean 20th century.. tough stuff but ill be fine. hmm to get to school i take the metro- its really a train cuz its above ground but there are some metros that are below. i could also take the bus but eh they are less safe and stuff so meh and plus the metro passes right next to the ocean so yea im enjoying that haha hmmmmmmmmm k so right now im chillin in the living room listenin to some music and writing this haha oh and please email me wenever you want! i cant guarentee a quick response but i would love an email haha umm ya cata and pipe(said like peepay) are studying so im gonna go and try and upload some fotos so i might post in an hour or a day or a week haha but love yall and miss yall
mwa
peace and blessings~
where to start...
getting off the plane...
and boom there are all the other students. we waited a while for the last group and then we all left on the bus. we traveled to the hotel and unloaded and got our rooms. haha we stayed in little condos?! y? i dont know haha but honestly they were a hotel roomwith 4 ppl and a kitchen haha but there was a balcony that wrapped around 3/4 of the place! how amazing huh? the first two days (thurs and fri) were foggy (which i was later informed was SMOG not fog... dirty santiago) but after the rain on friday night, saturday was GORGEOUS! just beautiful. the mountains are so beautiful and they all had their first snow on top so it was great. we saw various places of touristic interest/historical value haha so that was great haha one of my favs was going to see pablo nerudas house! he was a silly silly poet from the early/mid 20th century who was friends with pablo picasso and walt whitman and such so ya check him out. then we went to this fort that was how the chileans won the war against peru so that was important appearantly.. hmm wat else (btw it feels really weird writing/thinking in english haha) um oh we went out and drank some haha just a little because i dont like much haha and we cant buy alcohol and bring it back to the room or anything so its kinda expensive to drink a whole lot. some other people stayed out super late and got shwastey which is dumb haha but watevs actually the cheapest and best tasting thing so far is the beer haha i like the local stuff its smoother and there is a lot of german influence in the culture (weird right? haha jk) so the beer is fantastic. i think i wanna try the rum here oh and so wine is popular but expensive good thing i hate it. ugh its disgusting! i felt bad wen we went to the wine tasting cuz i was useless. i would have rathered gone to a beer tasting. ok so after a long day yesterday we traveled to valparaiso. it took us about an hour and a half. wen we arrived i got my bags and lizet (the director) took me to my mom. haha there was a big kiss and a hug waiting and it was wonderful. sometimes ya just want some ninny and now i have a mama y papa chilena :) haha anyways so the kids: catalina (19yr old) is nice she is kind of feisty which is perfect cuz so am i haha and then there is felipe (17 yr old) who is precious. he is so kind and patient with me. hes very cute too! in a justin beiber way not rob pattinson way haha oh hey that reminds me eclipse will be here july 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cata and i r gonna go because itll be the best day ever!!! ahah im so excited to see it! ummmmmmm que mas.. oh mis amigos from isa (fellow students from the states) are very cool. there are a people from tennessee, florida, penn., new jersey, arkansas, texas, utah, colorado... and more haha very diverse lol the michigan accent is my favorite so far lol ummmm ok so now im in valpo and we had dinner last night. we ate hotdogs haha how funny right? but they eat them with kind of a french bread and tomato and avacado lol. it was yummy hmm the dad likes the beatles so thats cool and haha during dinner last night a michael jackson song came on and i was singing it and they laughed then i went upstairs and skyped a little with the parentals which was cool cuz they got to meet my chilean fam and such haha
oh!** i forgot haha before dinner we went and saw felipe in his school marching band! haha how perfect right haha he plays the drums and they just do this little easy military stuff but its cool and it was funny seeing it in action in another country haha which also meant i saw proud band parents in action as well haha patti is very proud of her "bebe hermoso" (her beautiful/precious baby boy) lol right? no matter where u r mamas r proud of their babies :) today we went to the university to do orientation stuff and take the diagnostic test and register for classes. im taking chilean conversation and culture class as well as political history of the chilean 20th century.. tough stuff but ill be fine. hmm to get to school i take the metro- its really a train cuz its above ground but there are some metros that are below. i could also take the bus but eh they are less safe and stuff so meh and plus the metro passes right next to the ocean so yea im enjoying that haha hmmmmmmmmm k so right now im chillin in the living room listenin to some music and writing this haha oh and please email me wenever you want! i cant guarentee a quick response but i would love an email haha umm ya cata and pipe(said like peepay) are studying so im gonna go and try and upload some fotos so i might post in an hour or a day or a week haha but love yall and miss yall
mwa
peace and blessings~
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
the wheels in the sky keep on turnin!
no idea wat journey is talkin bout in that but im about about to leave to go to the airport to fly to santiago so just a quick update- ill check in wen i get there
love!
peace and blessings!
love!
peace and blessings!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
sssssttttuuuudddddyyyyyiiiiinnnngggggggg ah! -_-
oh geez so its finals time and im miserable per usual. but i think there would be somthing wrong if i wasnt annoyed with all of the studying haha i can hear mama d now.. "well you shouldve been studying instead of writing in ur blog!" lol shes probably right but meh it doesnt take too much of my time.. anyways got my first final done with woohoo! :) spanish conversation final is over and it was good im 99% sure i made an A in that class! tomorrow i have my other spanish class (grammar) final then later on i have my human sexuality final.. (haha insert innapropriate joke here lol jkjk but you were thinking it...) so yea it should be easy. today i got to get my professors address so i can send him and his wife a postcard from chile! its kind of funny- john (profesor) is my conversation spanish teacher and his wife carmen is my grammar spanish teacher haha i think its cool that theyre married and can work together. also everyone should google pablo neruda.. hes a famous chilean poet and on one of my excursions we will go to his house and tour it and all that fun stuff. i WILL read some of his poetry before i get to chile (at least before i tour his house).
ummm so i adore my roomates (manae, whitney, and shade) hehe theyre too fun and i will miss them terribly, even though i am living with manae next year woohoo! but shaders goes off to big 12 outdoors to compete next wednesday so i hope she does well there! i hope she becomes famous because of her pole vaulting so i can say i know an olympian haha jk but really she best get the gold one day :)
um i should go study/go to bed soon so until tomorrow...
ps- my bff stefan has a blog sometimesstefan.blogspot.com check it out, hes kind of an amazing person and someone i will always admire. :)
mwa
peace and blessings~
ummm so i adore my roomates (manae, whitney, and shade) hehe theyre too fun and i will miss them terribly, even though i am living with manae next year woohoo! but shaders goes off to big 12 outdoors to compete next wednesday so i hope she does well there! i hope she becomes famous because of her pole vaulting so i can say i know an olympian haha jk but really she best get the gold one day :)
um i should go study/go to bed soon so until tomorrow...
ps- my bff stefan has a blog sometimesstefan.blogspot.com check it out, hes kind of an amazing person and someone i will always admire. :)
mwa
peace and blessings~
disclaimer... ugh
So after sharing the blog web site with my mother she pointed out (in a nice way) how awful my grammar/spelling/punctuation haha well guess what- this is MY blog and im going to write and spell however i want to lol
so ya just fyi i will be writing in a very casual way, just email me if you dont understand somthing..
also, yall, put yourself in my shoes..
im going to be in a foreign country where i will be speaking, reading, writing, typing, listening, eating, sleeping, ..... in spanish haha this will be my one refuge to release and unwind because speaking spanish (tho it is getting easier) is still not completely natural for me right? i hope yall understand cuz i mean no disrespect, its just im glad to have a few moments a day to just explain exactly what i mean without having to think, unlike every other minute of the day in Valpo haha
thanks for understanding :)
so ya just fyi i will be writing in a very casual way, just email me if you dont understand somthing..
also, yall, put yourself in my shoes..
im going to be in a foreign country where i will be speaking, reading, writing, typing, listening, eating, sleeping, ..... in spanish haha this will be my one refuge to release and unwind because speaking spanish (tho it is getting easier) is still not completely natural for me right? i hope yall understand cuz i mean no disrespect, its just im glad to have a few moments a day to just explain exactly what i mean without having to think, unlike every other minute of the day in Valpo haha
thanks for understanding :)
Monday, May 3, 2010
grand opening
Hello all!
welcome to my new blog. Here i will begin to share my experiences before/during/after my trip to Valparaiso, Chile. Im going to study abroad and will be taking 12 hours total this summer (summer I: 6hrs, and summer II: 6hrs). I will leave for my straight 10 hr flight to santiago, chile (the countries capital and about 2.5/3 hrs SE of valpo) on may the 12th. im very excited! Just in case youre confused, Cecilia is my spanish name. When i introduce myself to people or a spanish class where i will be speaking spanish, i tell them that my name is Melissa but they should call me Cecilia; Ceci for short (pronounced Sessi)- hence my gmail address: youvegotceci@gmail.com. Feel free to email me anytime tho i have no idea how busy i will be once im there so bear with me- but i love hearing from everyone! I will do my best to post pics here and/or facebook so dont forget to check there too. hmm so today is may 3rd and i have 9 days til i fly out! im so excited and ready to enter my new world for the summer. These past few days/next week are crazy busy. Saturday (5/1) i kind of started to move into my new apartment, which meant i got down and dirty (or rather really clean) scrubbing and cleaning my room/bathroom. they said they "cleaned it" but it was not near the dodson standard! haha but now its nice and clean and i started to take some stuff over there. it is a lot more spacious than my dorm room which is nice. Yesterday i woke up and went over there to do laundry and study some. Mostly i worked on some spanish hw so that was kinda fun. today i finish class at 2 then i go to davids bridal to try on a bridesmaid dress for jennifers wedding! then at 6-7:30 i have an extra credit lecture i have to attend for physiology because lets face it- i need allllllll the extra credit in there i can get! then i must write about y drinking too much water (to the extent of water intoxication) is bad for you and i must write a short paper explaining the effects on your body if u consume too much water... can u guess? email me and ill forward you the articles my mama found. my finals schedule is as follows: wednesday spanish 11:30, thursday human sexuality 1:30, friday psych 7:30AM (ugh) and spanish 1pm, and finally saturday physiology 4:30. gross i know but i can do it. then the parentals come saturday night and we finish moving me in and go home sunday. well i close here for now but ill post if somthing comes up--
peace and blessings :)
welcome to my new blog. Here i will begin to share my experiences before/during/after my trip to Valparaiso, Chile. Im going to study abroad and will be taking 12 hours total this summer (summer I: 6hrs, and summer II: 6hrs). I will leave for my straight 10 hr flight to santiago, chile (the countries capital and about 2.5/3 hrs SE of valpo) on may the 12th. im very excited! Just in case youre confused, Cecilia is my spanish name. When i introduce myself to people or a spanish class where i will be speaking spanish, i tell them that my name is Melissa but they should call me Cecilia; Ceci for short (pronounced Sessi)- hence my gmail address: youvegotceci@gmail.com. Feel free to email me anytime tho i have no idea how busy i will be once im there so bear with me- but i love hearing from everyone! I will do my best to post pics here and/or facebook so dont forget to check there too. hmm so today is may 3rd and i have 9 days til i fly out! im so excited and ready to enter my new world for the summer. These past few days/next week are crazy busy. Saturday (5/1) i kind of started to move into my new apartment, which meant i got down and dirty (or rather really clean) scrubbing and cleaning my room/bathroom. they said they "cleaned it" but it was not near the dodson standard! haha but now its nice and clean and i started to take some stuff over there. it is a lot more spacious than my dorm room which is nice. Yesterday i woke up and went over there to do laundry and study some. Mostly i worked on some spanish hw so that was kinda fun. today i finish class at 2 then i go to davids bridal to try on a bridesmaid dress for jennifers wedding! then at 6-7:30 i have an extra credit lecture i have to attend for physiology because lets face it- i need allllllll the extra credit in there i can get! then i must write about y drinking too much water (to the extent of water intoxication) is bad for you and i must write a short paper explaining the effects on your body if u consume too much water... can u guess? email me and ill forward you the articles my mama found. my finals schedule is as follows: wednesday spanish 11:30, thursday human sexuality 1:30, friday psych 7:30AM (ugh) and spanish 1pm, and finally saturday physiology 4:30. gross i know but i can do it. then the parentals come saturday night and we finish moving me in and go home sunday. well i close here for now but ill post if somthing comes up--
peace and blessings :)
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