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
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