Yes...I have not updated in a while (sorry). I just feel like nothing much has happened. I know I am here, 4000 miles away in South America, but really I am just living the regular life. For instance, the first week of school our Wednesday classes were canceled for the anual "PASEO." 85 tour buses came to pick up about 3.000 students at 9am to bring them to Isla de Maipo. This was a HUGE park surrounded by trees, fields, pools, and such about an hour away from Santiago. A DJ was set up in the middle, along with a consession stand that obviously sold pisco and beer. In short, just imagine 3.000 dancing, swimming, and drinking college students- this is what school was cancled for. The buses picked us up again at 9pm and brought us back to school. It was a blast and extremely exhausting!
Along with this, I went to Radiohead. It was awesome...they played their old music, which I enjoyed, because the chilenos LOVE the 80's and 90's. Hearing them sing in broken spanish was very enjoyable as well.
Que mas? I made the volleyball team at my school, which sounds like a great accomplishment, but really they suck. It is every Monday and Wednesday. I have really been enjoying playing for a team again, it has been a long time since I have competed in anything.
School has officially started and I am now drowning in reading. My modern philosophy class is pretty hard-I had my first test today, but I think I did okay. It is hard enough to understand Descartes, Hume, and Kant in English, let alone Spanish. My history class is FULL of reading, and those of you who know me, know how much I LOVE to read-WOOOO!!! We have about 400 pages of reading and a 5 page paper due by the 20th of the April. Poetry is informative and interactive. Also, I will be starting my community social work this week. I will be helping teach English at a school in a less fortunate area of town.
Oh! I forgot to mention...I am going to Buenos Aires on Tuesday for about a week! I can't wait to see it, we are also going to Montevideo...I say we because I am going with 5 other girls from my program. I am also trying to go to Patagonia and hike/trek the "W". I will be missing some school, but I REALLY want to go.
My apartment life is incredible still. My roommates and I are still getting along. We cook dinner and drink really good chileano wine almost every night. There was a Chile vs. Peru soccer game here last night, which is like war. They are not just playing a game-its politics. CHILE WON!!! Anyway, every time Chile scored the streets went completely nuts. I looked outside my window and EVERYONE in every apartment building stuck their heads out of their windows and shouted, along with bars going crazy, and people in cars honking their horns. It was incredible. The street roared with victory and pride!
See regular life.
