It’s been a while…It is a rainy rainy day. And the sewer system in Vina is lacking, so no way I am going to go outside until I can get some boots, so until then… I blog : )
I have 2 WEEKS left in Chile and then a week or so of traveling around South America (probably Peru and Bolivia) and then home for a week and then off to the Motherland! Oh man oh man..what a summer (although it is winter here). The cold here is not the bitter, face-scarring cold of DC/Bmore…it is just super windy cause of the ocean, and when it rains, ooo it rains..
What have I been up to of late? Hmmm well I have been playing plenty of texas hold em, watching Terminator Salvation (an OK movie), gambling at the casino, chilling with my nana, salsa dancing, partying, doing a hundred group projects/ presentations (with the lazy lazyyy Chileans), picking up a decent amount of German and French, drinking chai, and well just living. I was in a bit of a financial rut for a while because I was broke, and didn’t want to borrow any more dough from my parents, but then my excess scholarship money came in, and now I can eat and travel as well. Yeah!
Well the main thing that happened was my 21st Birthday…and although I was not in the good ol US of A for this momentous occasion, I lived it up and had the best bday of my life (so far), thanks to a lil help from some friends : ) On my actual birthday, I received the gift of life from my parents, that and CHAI! I make it for my nana and my roomies whenever I’m home, cause they love it as well! At midnight, a couple of friends and I headed to the Sheraton for a couple of yummy cocktails to ring in the big day. Also that night, my friend Maria prepared a lovely and overwhelmingly stuffing dinner, sooo nice of her. Because four of us xhange students had birthdays in the same week, we decided to throw a humongo fiesta and rent out a party room and all. I also decided to invest in a new dress and shoes. All of us wore tiaras as well to designate ourselves as the royalty of the evening.
Well the fiesta turned out to be awesome…so many people, at least 70 or so..most of whom I know. The theme of the party might as well have been Bolivia because of the number of Bolivians present. My roomies are Bolivians, so they invited their friends, and Franzi’s (another bday girl) roomies are Bolivian, and they invited their friends…(note: there are many Bolivians studying in Chile just because Chilean higher education is better than theirs and because they wanted to get away from Evo Morales). Sadly no one can remember what exactly transpired at the party, but maybe that is just a testament to how good it was : ) Oh and we had security guards and all (one of whom I wished was more like my personal guard..HmmmMmmm). Afterwards most of the guests went clubbing, which is always a good time. One downside is that I lost my camera. The thing is, I tried to be upset about it, but I can’t help but think that there is no wayyy I would sacrifice that night to have my camera back.
Now that it is almost time to go, I am getting extremely sentimental. Frankly although I miss everyone back home, if I could stay here for another semester, I definitely would, as several of my xchange buddies are staying as well as my Chilean buddies. I hate thinking that the chance of seeing them ever again is extremely slim. So I guess I will just have to squeeze what I can out of my time left here, and prepare to adjust to the daily grind of life back home.
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You should totally go outside so, the rain is really nice :D loving it!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't worry too much I am pretty sure we will see each other again one day ;)
Hope to see you tonight
Besos
Girl, those last weeks go by so fast too, you need to have as much fun as you can. I went out every night my last week in Santiago. I miss it already!
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