La Bandera de Mexico
Monday, September 27, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Week Six: "So this is how you use a phone Alison"
This week to say in th least was a very eventful week. So prepare for the blog entry of your life or something close to it...
Monday and Tuesday I just had school... nothing specail. Except Tuesday after school since I forgot my soccer things and was unable to practice I made plans with two of my friends. So I went to subway with my friends Mariana and Stefy. Then after we went to Stefy´s house to watch the Prince of Persia. We had a very good time especially taking turns changing each other´s facebook status´. After I went home...
Wednesday was a very big day in Mexico for those who don´t know. Wednesday was the day of Mexican Independence from Spain. Plus this year was the 200th year of independence. I first went to the release of a book with my famiy (which was torturous) and then met my friends in the center of the city. We had a pretty big group of people which included at lest 5 rotary students and over 6 mexican students and we just explored the city.... after we caught a bus and we went to a restraunt of one my friend´s parents. We paid only 60 pesos for soup, pasta, meat and beans and a dessert. If you don´t know 60 pesos is a little under 5 dollars. Our group by then was a little smaller it was then only 6 people. After we ate I spent the night at the house of my friend Mariana. It was very nice becuase she had her grandparents over and we watched the celebration in Mexico City on the TV. We also had a very Mexican dinner. It was very relaxing and there was beauty in that. See the majoirty of the country was out partying and consuming large quanities of alcohol but Mariana and I had a good time with her family. I think we went to bed before 12 am and I don´t regret my choice. We did end up sleeping until 1 pm and then soon after I returned home.
Thursday I returned from Mariana's house and kinda just took care of things. I cleaned up my room, put away my clean laundry, took a shower and relaxed.
Friday I was supposed to go bike riding and then to the movies with my friends. However it rained so biking was cancelled. We then met at one of the many malls here in Puebla for the movies with what I thought was going to be a big group of people. It turned out to be Mariana (I should now take the time to say I have two friends named Mariana and I never say which one I'm talking about), Ozge (the girl from Turkey), Danny, Edu and Edu's cousin. Soon we were stuck seeing Resident Evil which was horrible. Not to mention Mariana left before the movie. The movie was pretty bad but the most exciting part was when this man and his family got up to leave becuase some teenagers were bothering them. But before he left he yelled at this group of teenagers apparently saying a lot of bad words. Then after he left he returned with security and tried to pick out the troublemakers. He then proceeded to yell some more. They actually stopped the movie however in the end no one got in trouble. It was quite the show. After the movie I went out with Danny, Edu and Edu's cousin. I must remind myself that going out is better with other girls more than with the guys.
Saturday I met my friend Fer at the mall with her sister. We then shopped around for a while for a new dress for her. We were celebrating her birthday Saturday night until Sunday morning since Sunday was her birthday. The odd thing was we kept setting off security alarms but only when we entered the store and only once each time. Fer and her sister might have been a little flustered but I thought it was so comical. After we found the dress we met up with some of Fer's sister's friends and then with our friend Stefy. Then we went back to Fer's house to get ready to go out. Us ladies got all dressed up. I mean the scandalous dresses and makeup completely not my style. Let me tell you that didn't mean anything to my friends who lent me a dress and attacked me with makeup. After all of us girls were ready (not forgetting to mention in time us 3 girls multipled to 8 girls or more) we went to a restraunt where we met Edu, Danny and Ozge. Just saying it was a huge group of people. Also other people came annd left... aka the brazilan exchange students. After I had the most scrumpleous (this may not be english) lasgana we paid of course and went out. This night let's just say was crazy. Maybe too crazy for words or stories. What you can know is that we arrived back at Fer's house around 5 am and of course we didn't go straight to bed. We ate some and talked and some people checked the computer. All in all I think we slept 4 hours and I slept less.
The downfall of this busy and eventful week was I was very sick. I had the worst sore throat in my life. I am concluding that it was a nasty Mexican sore throat. So I had a lof of trouble eating, drinking and sleeping. The pain was at times unbearable.
I returned home from Fer's around 4 pm and then just relaxed....
I should stop there since that is the end of the week however I don't want to leave you on a cliffhanger.
I am healthy again don't frieght. I didn't go to school Monday because I went to the Doctor's who prescribed me antibotics I think. He said I had a infection in my throat. As soon as I started taking the medicine it was amazing that my throat didn't hurt. Maybe Mexican sore throats are worse but the medication was instantaneous.
Also the title is becuase I've had a lot of trouble using Mexican phones. Some times it is just becuase the number I am calling the phone is off. After the movies I was callign my host dad or I should saying "nexteling him" which is much like a walkie talkie. My friends at the time who were all guys got a good laugh of watching me try to figure it out. Then explaining how to in unbearablely slow english how to do it. I just ended up having my friend Edu talk to my host dad. Nextel or walkie talkie phones are the big thing here. I personally don't like them. Not only becuase I am unable to use one but becuse I can't understand what people say via walkie talkie.
I felt like I should write something here. But was unable to think of anything.
Pip Pip
Monday and Tuesday I just had school... nothing specail. Except Tuesday after school since I forgot my soccer things and was unable to practice I made plans with two of my friends. So I went to subway with my friends Mariana and Stefy. Then after we went to Stefy´s house to watch the Prince of Persia. We had a very good time especially taking turns changing each other´s facebook status´. After I went home...
Wednesday was a very big day in Mexico for those who don´t know. Wednesday was the day of Mexican Independence from Spain. Plus this year was the 200th year of independence. I first went to the release of a book with my famiy (which was torturous) and then met my friends in the center of the city. We had a pretty big group of people which included at lest 5 rotary students and over 6 mexican students and we just explored the city.... after we caught a bus and we went to a restraunt of one my friend´s parents. We paid only 60 pesos for soup, pasta, meat and beans and a dessert. If you don´t know 60 pesos is a little under 5 dollars. Our group by then was a little smaller it was then only 6 people. After we ate I spent the night at the house of my friend Mariana. It was very nice becuase she had her grandparents over and we watched the celebration in Mexico City on the TV. We also had a very Mexican dinner. It was very relaxing and there was beauty in that. See the majoirty of the country was out partying and consuming large quanities of alcohol but Mariana and I had a good time with her family. I think we went to bed before 12 am and I don´t regret my choice. We did end up sleeping until 1 pm and then soon after I returned home.
Thursday I returned from Mariana's house and kinda just took care of things. I cleaned up my room, put away my clean laundry, took a shower and relaxed.
Friday I was supposed to go bike riding and then to the movies with my friends. However it rained so biking was cancelled. We then met at one of the many malls here in Puebla for the movies with what I thought was going to be a big group of people. It turned out to be Mariana (I should now take the time to say I have two friends named Mariana and I never say which one I'm talking about), Ozge (the girl from Turkey), Danny, Edu and Edu's cousin. Soon we were stuck seeing Resident Evil which was horrible. Not to mention Mariana left before the movie. The movie was pretty bad but the most exciting part was when this man and his family got up to leave becuase some teenagers were bothering them. But before he left he yelled at this group of teenagers apparently saying a lot of bad words. Then after he left he returned with security and tried to pick out the troublemakers. He then proceeded to yell some more. They actually stopped the movie however in the end no one got in trouble. It was quite the show. After the movie I went out with Danny, Edu and Edu's cousin. I must remind myself that going out is better with other girls more than with the guys.
Saturday I met my friend Fer at the mall with her sister. We then shopped around for a while for a new dress for her. We were celebrating her birthday Saturday night until Sunday morning since Sunday was her birthday. The odd thing was we kept setting off security alarms but only when we entered the store and only once each time. Fer and her sister might have been a little flustered but I thought it was so comical. After we found the dress we met up with some of Fer's sister's friends and then with our friend Stefy. Then we went back to Fer's house to get ready to go out. Us ladies got all dressed up. I mean the scandalous dresses and makeup completely not my style. Let me tell you that didn't mean anything to my friends who lent me a dress and attacked me with makeup. After all of us girls were ready (not forgetting to mention in time us 3 girls multipled to 8 girls or more) we went to a restraunt where we met Edu, Danny and Ozge. Just saying it was a huge group of people. Also other people came annd left... aka the brazilan exchange students. After I had the most scrumpleous (this may not be english) lasgana we paid of course and went out. This night let's just say was crazy. Maybe too crazy for words or stories. What you can know is that we arrived back at Fer's house around 5 am and of course we didn't go straight to bed. We ate some and talked and some people checked the computer. All in all I think we slept 4 hours and I slept less.
The downfall of this busy and eventful week was I was very sick. I had the worst sore throat in my life. I am concluding that it was a nasty Mexican sore throat. So I had a lof of trouble eating, drinking and sleeping. The pain was at times unbearable.
I returned home from Fer's around 4 pm and then just relaxed....
I should stop there since that is the end of the week however I don't want to leave you on a cliffhanger.
I am healthy again don't frieght. I didn't go to school Monday because I went to the Doctor's who prescribed me antibotics I think. He said I had a infection in my throat. As soon as I started taking the medicine it was amazing that my throat didn't hurt. Maybe Mexican sore throats are worse but the medication was instantaneous.
Also the title is becuase I've had a lot of trouble using Mexican phones. Some times it is just becuase the number I am calling the phone is off. After the movies I was callign my host dad or I should saying "nexteling him" which is much like a walkie talkie. My friends at the time who were all guys got a good laugh of watching me try to figure it out. Then explaining how to in unbearablely slow english how to do it. I just ended up having my friend Edu talk to my host dad. Nextel or walkie talkie phones are the big thing here. I personally don't like them. Not only becuase I am unable to use one but becuse I can't understand what people say via walkie talkie.
I felt like I should write something here. But was unable to think of anything.
Pip Pip
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Week Five: "THAT´S WHAT SHE SAID!"
I have ofifically given up on writing in my journal. Hopefully (Ive tried a few times to word this right) my memory will hold up for all of your sakes.
This week has been the polar opposite of the majority of my time here in Mexico. It was a ideal week. I had school every day which I enjoy a lot. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday I had futbol practice after school which I love. I chose it as my sport because it a huge part of the culture in Mexico. I huge plus is that I have no friends on the team. See that sounds bad but it isn´t. None of my close friends are on the team I should say so I had to meet and survive a entirely new group of people. Also the team ranges from ages 15 I think to 18. No one cares that I am horrible at soccer. I enjoy all the running and drills and sit ups and push ups. Even working with a soccer ball I have a good time. Slowly ever so slwoly I am improving.
Okay so this is somewhat how school works for me. On Monday, Tuesday and Friday I get out of class a 2pm. On Wednesdays at 1pm and Thurdays at 3 pm.
This Wednesday I was invited by my friend Sarah from Brazil to go out for sushi. It turned out being a huge group of people. Around... 20 kids more or less. There were foregin exchange students from Brasil, Turkey and the U.S. Then rotex or people who previously went on rotary. Then just random students from my school. This was a very good time. I enjoyed both the company as well as the sushi. I had california rolls and then tried hot california rolls and then tried california rolls but with mago. After a few hours at the sushi restraunt many people went their seperate ways however I stayed out. We went various other places and in time in turned out it was only the Brazilian exchange students and me. This event occurs very often at rotary meetings and such. I don´t know how... so everything was in portugese and of course I didn´t understand. Eventually I made my way home...
Friday I was invited to go out by friends but I don´t want to overwhelm my host parents by going out too much. So I went out with my sister. We saw band play which was very enjoyable. They played both english and spanish songs. Including break your heart by Ludacris. (I thought of you Courtney)
Alll my tales are a little bit happier now that I have made friends. Which as you know from my last post having friends was still up in the air. I had half friends. I must say I have friends who are very nice and nothing like me. They aren´t the typical person you would see me with. I have never been one to exclude anyone from the general area around me however I usually tend to hang out with really relaxed and easy going people. My group of friends is a huge group of girls, yes girls, not guys but girls. They are very.... different from me. They do their hair and makeup and are girly. But I am happy... and I am friends with everyone here. This group is just my closer friends.
As a sidenote my friend Mariana made it possible one day this week at school during our break for me to go to walmart. I had told her I really wanted to buy peanut butter and netualla. The most popular sandwich here is ham. I destest ham. So I bought peanut butter and nutella to make sandwiches for lunch. Thank you Mariana! Also I eat the nutella when I´m hungry or bored. This may be why I gain weight here.
Saturday I was invited to the birthday party of one my friends. Her name is Brenda. (I thought I´d add that) The party was called why not. Why not go or dress up like a little kid. So he had to dress up like a kid or something a kid would dress up as. Such as superhero, princess, prince, and so on. Please don´t ask why becuase I haven´t figured out why but I brought one of my capes to Mexico. So I decided to dress as superhero. Before the party I went to my friend Mariana´s house to get ready with her and Ozge the girl from Turkey. In time my cape and tights went to a dress, flip flops, a cape, a bow a paper S on my chest. The party was a very good time. We ate, took lots of pictures, danced in the rain danced in the sunshine and then... as many of you don´t know it always rains here. This is a fact especialyl becuase I think it´s the rainy season. Well there was the slow aproaching rain cloud that of course no one worried about. Until about 25 people were taking cover in a very small party tent. Then when the wind blew the rain would fly in and get everyone wet. Whatever company made that party tent should know it doesn´t function in extreme rain and wind. As the rain increased and the wind the tent started to lift off the ground and proceed to break. The girls were the first to run. Everyone should know.... hmmm how to phrase this I don´t do everything girls do. I´m not afrain of the rain, or butterflies or things of these nature. However I did run soon after without screaming. Well we all ran to the cars. I was jammed into a car with 6 other people needless to say the car I got into was one of the smallest. So 7 girls soaking wet in a tiny car in the pouring ran. Then we went back to Brenda´s house. The windows were so foggy and it was still pouring. It was quite a adventure. I was so happy I so happened to have extra clothes with me. They weren´t the best but I was dry. I must of looked a little silly in running spandex and my borther´s shirt that reads "Be Cool". The night was so enjoyable. We had watery cake, sang happy birthday in 5 languages, did the traditional pinata breaking and ran for candy and soon I had to go home...
Today is Sunday. I am doing laundry well I was.... since almost all my clothes are dirty and going another week would be very hard and require much skill. Later in the day my sister asked me if I wanted to join her in selling tickets at the University. I must say that whole rotary thing where you have to say "yes" to everything is both a curse and a blessing (I forgot this saying and had to google it) I always say "yes" or "why not" which has led me to some good times and some not so good times. Such as today not selling tickets but sitting on a computer at UDLA the university that my sister studies at writing this blog. I should be at home finishing my laundry which I had only begun and taking a shower and doing my homework. But since I am a rotary student I say "yes" and every time I end up in the strangest and most comical situations.
Now that I´m heading into week six you should know I´ver had a lot of time to notice differences inbetween Mexico and the U.S. The U.S. has better roads, Mexican roads are to say in the least a little out of shape. There are many pot holes. Also since Mexican driving is so crazy there are topes or speed bumps every where to slow down traffic. Milk does not usually come in a plastic gallon jug. It comes in 1 liter cardboard cartons. Also milk is usualy not consumed cold it is kept in the pantry before opening so it is usually room temperature. Also most people buy milk in bulk and store it in the pantry. You should already know you can´t drink the water in Mexcio. Everyone must buy huge 5 gallon jugs of water for cooking and drinking. Eating is very different... meal times are this. Well in the week when I have school I wake up at 5:30am and then around 6:30am I am ready. I then eat breakfast then at school we have a break at 10:30am to 11:15sm where you can eat food or buy food to eat. Then after school lunch is usually aorund 3pm unless something interfers such as futbol practice. Dinner is usually around 9pm or 10 pm. On the weekend breakfast is around 9am or 10am. For breakfast in the school week I enjoy cereal, recently I have been eating corn flakes with banana however I also enjoy Zucaritas or frosted flakes. One the weekend we sometimes have eggs or eggs with ham or eggs with tomatos. At school I sometimes buy cantalope, chips, soda, graham crackers almsot anything. If I go out of the school for lunch the possibilities are endless. I´ve had tortilla with chicken and cheese or pork and cheese. For lunch we have soup (many different kinds), meat, vegetables it differs. And usually for dinner we have left overs or more cereal or sometimes sweets. (conchas are my favorite) The weather is also very different here. It can change from sunny to pouring rain very quickly. It is usually just never is a sunny day or rainy day. The clouds sometimes are very low. ´There are of course more but these are the ones I am choosing to share this week.
You should know things are becoming much easier. However I wouldn´t say everything from here on out is going to be the best. But it is going to be easier. Especially since I have begun to form a support system.
You stay classy Cooperstown (where the majority of my readers live)
And the title is from all my friends here. They all speak english fluently. So they enjoy pulling the joke "That´s what she said!" It is very American.
This week has been the polar opposite of the majority of my time here in Mexico. It was a ideal week. I had school every day which I enjoy a lot. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday I had futbol practice after school which I love. I chose it as my sport because it a huge part of the culture in Mexico. I huge plus is that I have no friends on the team. See that sounds bad but it isn´t. None of my close friends are on the team I should say so I had to meet and survive a entirely new group of people. Also the team ranges from ages 15 I think to 18. No one cares that I am horrible at soccer. I enjoy all the running and drills and sit ups and push ups. Even working with a soccer ball I have a good time. Slowly ever so slwoly I am improving.
Okay so this is somewhat how school works for me. On Monday, Tuesday and Friday I get out of class a 2pm. On Wednesdays at 1pm and Thurdays at 3 pm.
This Wednesday I was invited by my friend Sarah from Brazil to go out for sushi. It turned out being a huge group of people. Around... 20 kids more or less. There were foregin exchange students from Brasil, Turkey and the U.S. Then rotex or people who previously went on rotary. Then just random students from my school. This was a very good time. I enjoyed both the company as well as the sushi. I had california rolls and then tried hot california rolls and then tried california rolls but with mago. After a few hours at the sushi restraunt many people went their seperate ways however I stayed out. We went various other places and in time in turned out it was only the Brazilian exchange students and me. This event occurs very often at rotary meetings and such. I don´t know how... so everything was in portugese and of course I didn´t understand. Eventually I made my way home...
Friday I was invited to go out by friends but I don´t want to overwhelm my host parents by going out too much. So I went out with my sister. We saw band play which was very enjoyable. They played both english and spanish songs. Including break your heart by Ludacris. (I thought of you Courtney)
Alll my tales are a little bit happier now that I have made friends. Which as you know from my last post having friends was still up in the air. I had half friends. I must say I have friends who are very nice and nothing like me. They aren´t the typical person you would see me with. I have never been one to exclude anyone from the general area around me however I usually tend to hang out with really relaxed and easy going people. My group of friends is a huge group of girls, yes girls, not guys but girls. They are very.... different from me. They do their hair and makeup and are girly. But I am happy... and I am friends with everyone here. This group is just my closer friends.
As a sidenote my friend Mariana made it possible one day this week at school during our break for me to go to walmart. I had told her I really wanted to buy peanut butter and netualla. The most popular sandwich here is ham. I destest ham. So I bought peanut butter and nutella to make sandwiches for lunch. Thank you Mariana! Also I eat the nutella when I´m hungry or bored. This may be why I gain weight here.
Saturday I was invited to the birthday party of one my friends. Her name is Brenda. (I thought I´d add that) The party was called why not. Why not go or dress up like a little kid. So he had to dress up like a kid or something a kid would dress up as. Such as superhero, princess, prince, and so on. Please don´t ask why becuase I haven´t figured out why but I brought one of my capes to Mexico. So I decided to dress as superhero. Before the party I went to my friend Mariana´s house to get ready with her and Ozge the girl from Turkey. In time my cape and tights went to a dress, flip flops, a cape, a bow a paper S on my chest. The party was a very good time. We ate, took lots of pictures, danced in the rain danced in the sunshine and then... as many of you don´t know it always rains here. This is a fact especialyl becuase I think it´s the rainy season. Well there was the slow aproaching rain cloud that of course no one worried about. Until about 25 people were taking cover in a very small party tent. Then when the wind blew the rain would fly in and get everyone wet. Whatever company made that party tent should know it doesn´t function in extreme rain and wind. As the rain increased and the wind the tent started to lift off the ground and proceed to break. The girls were the first to run. Everyone should know.... hmmm how to phrase this I don´t do everything girls do. I´m not afrain of the rain, or butterflies or things of these nature. However I did run soon after without screaming. Well we all ran to the cars. I was jammed into a car with 6 other people needless to say the car I got into was one of the smallest. So 7 girls soaking wet in a tiny car in the pouring ran. Then we went back to Brenda´s house. The windows were so foggy and it was still pouring. It was quite a adventure. I was so happy I so happened to have extra clothes with me. They weren´t the best but I was dry. I must of looked a little silly in running spandex and my borther´s shirt that reads "Be Cool". The night was so enjoyable. We had watery cake, sang happy birthday in 5 languages, did the traditional pinata breaking and ran for candy and soon I had to go home...
Today is Sunday. I am doing laundry well I was.... since almost all my clothes are dirty and going another week would be very hard and require much skill. Later in the day my sister asked me if I wanted to join her in selling tickets at the University. I must say that whole rotary thing where you have to say "yes" to everything is both a curse and a blessing (I forgot this saying and had to google it) I always say "yes" or "why not" which has led me to some good times and some not so good times. Such as today not selling tickets but sitting on a computer at UDLA the university that my sister studies at writing this blog. I should be at home finishing my laundry which I had only begun and taking a shower and doing my homework. But since I am a rotary student I say "yes" and every time I end up in the strangest and most comical situations.
Now that I´m heading into week six you should know I´ver had a lot of time to notice differences inbetween Mexico and the U.S. The U.S. has better roads, Mexican roads are to say in the least a little out of shape. There are many pot holes. Also since Mexican driving is so crazy there are topes or speed bumps every where to slow down traffic. Milk does not usually come in a plastic gallon jug. It comes in 1 liter cardboard cartons. Also milk is usualy not consumed cold it is kept in the pantry before opening so it is usually room temperature. Also most people buy milk in bulk and store it in the pantry. You should already know you can´t drink the water in Mexcio. Everyone must buy huge 5 gallon jugs of water for cooking and drinking. Eating is very different... meal times are this. Well in the week when I have school I wake up at 5:30am and then around 6:30am I am ready. I then eat breakfast then at school we have a break at 10:30am to 11:15sm where you can eat food or buy food to eat. Then after school lunch is usually aorund 3pm unless something interfers such as futbol practice. Dinner is usually around 9pm or 10 pm. On the weekend breakfast is around 9am or 10am. For breakfast in the school week I enjoy cereal, recently I have been eating corn flakes with banana however I also enjoy Zucaritas or frosted flakes. One the weekend we sometimes have eggs or eggs with ham or eggs with tomatos. At school I sometimes buy cantalope, chips, soda, graham crackers almsot anything. If I go out of the school for lunch the possibilities are endless. I´ve had tortilla with chicken and cheese or pork and cheese. For lunch we have soup (many different kinds), meat, vegetables it differs. And usually for dinner we have left overs or more cereal or sometimes sweets. (conchas are my favorite) The weather is also very different here. It can change from sunny to pouring rain very quickly. It is usually just never is a sunny day or rainy day. The clouds sometimes are very low. ´There are of course more but these are the ones I am choosing to share this week.
You should know things are becoming much easier. However I wouldn´t say everything from here on out is going to be the best. But it is going to be easier. Especially since I have begun to form a support system.
You stay classy Cooperstown (where the majority of my readers live)
And the title is from all my friends here. They all speak english fluently. So they enjoy pulling the joke "That´s what she said!" It is very American.
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