Today was an interesting day, to say the least.
First, I went to the Plaza de Armas with Kristen to look for shoes and earrings for my prom that's on Friday. Nothing too special. She also returned a dress that she rented. After no luck we went to Mall Aventura to continue our search. After finding shoes (S/.150) Kristen was taking money out of an ATM. She got her money, but didn't get her card quick enough. The machine sucked it back up and she didn't get it back. After trying to figure out what to do we got some ice cream and went to my house. We ate lunch and then she went home.
Then Michel came a little bit latter. We played Minecraft.
After a few hours, John showed up and we went to the plaza again to meet up with everyone to do a Christmas gift exchange. We shopped around with a S/.5 limit and met back up to exchange what we got. Then we were just walking around when a very obviously whit guy hands us tickets for "Free Pisco Sour" for a restaurant. It was strange when he was talking, because he had very good English.
A bit later he walked after us and asked, "Hey, do you smoke weed?" In a very loud voice. So we said, 'yeah, of course." just for the fun of it. He went on to tell us that he was from Florida and used to be a Marine, and he went to California and handed out bibles. And now he's married to a Peruvian lady that sells cookies in the plaza, while he works at a restaurant, trying to sell white teenagers weed.
Anyways, we happily declined and were on our way. We talked about what his story really was, thinking that he was a cop and did that just to get kids sent to jail. We said that he was a Rotarian, trying to get us sent home, and all sorts of crazy things.
At this point, Tyson wanted to go get his head shaved. We asked around and everyone said that the hair places were probably closed and he should try tomorrow. Instead of listening to them, I offered to do it for him. And surprisingly, he went with it. So Tyson, John, Zoe and I went to my house to get this done.
We gathered razors, water, a towel, and you know, everything we needed to do it. It took us about 2 hours, but we finally got it done. Now, this wasn't a normal shave with a buzz razor in the bathroom. We were using scissors, conditioner, and just a regular razor. We were on my roof, listening to Christmas music. 'Tis the season, right?
After all said and done, today was a good day. Tomorrow I'm going to get my face cleaned for prom. Why I have to do it so much in advance, I don't know. Then I'm probably helping my host mom make cakes, yay!
Monday, December 10, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Random update
Recently, a lot of interesting things have happened. And I'd like to tell short, random stories that aren't related to each other...
First off, I got lost because I took what I thought was the right bus, but it was going the wrong way. I ended up way out of the way, and had no idea where I was. Luckily, there was a shop that a little old lady was working in. I called my mom, explained what happened and asked the lady to tell my mom where I was at. About 30 minutes later my mom and aunt came to get me, and I was very relieved.
Prom is right around the corner, so for the past few weeks I've been looking for a dress and finally found one last weekend. It's pink, long, and sparkly, and I'm probably going to wear it next year too. Now I just need shoes and earrings.
It's starting to be summer here, but the weirdest thing is happening. Instead of getting warm and dry (like it usually is) it's starting to rain, and get colder. Now, if you ask me, that's not summer at all. But I very much like this "rain" that they are having now. All I want to do is just stand out in it, regardless of if I get a cold or not.
With school almost out, I get to think about if I want to go back to La Salle, or try to find a university that I want to go to. Another exchange student is going to go study Portuguese, and I might go with him. Why not learn as much as you can?
My sister and brother are leaving for the US tomorrow, so I guess I'll be an only child again for a while. Not sure if I'll be changing host families or not. I hope not, because I love my family here, and also feel like it would be better if my mom had someone at the house.
The last full day of school was today. It was a sad day for everyone, even me. I love my class at La Salle, and don't want to go back next year because it wouldn't be the same. It really felt like I couldn't have been with a better class. I'm really going to miss them all.
I had a feeling lately that I couldn't quite describe. I tried describing it as "this won't last forever" and "this isn't a dream" to a past exchange student. Luckily, he understood what I was trying to say. We decided that that was the moment that I realized what living in the moment was. When that happened, I was just at home with some other exchange students watching movies. It didn't make too much sense at first, because we weren't doing much. But he said that moments like those are when that happens. "You realize to love the little things just the same as the big" He said.
I love realizing things like that. Although it can be very stressful, it's a great life changing thing that I don't think I would experience if I were anywhere else.
So, there's my update for now. I'll probably do another one around Christmas or New Years. (:
First off, I got lost because I took what I thought was the right bus, but it was going the wrong way. I ended up way out of the way, and had no idea where I was. Luckily, there was a shop that a little old lady was working in. I called my mom, explained what happened and asked the lady to tell my mom where I was at. About 30 minutes later my mom and aunt came to get me, and I was very relieved.
Prom is right around the corner, so for the past few weeks I've been looking for a dress and finally found one last weekend. It's pink, long, and sparkly, and I'm probably going to wear it next year too. Now I just need shoes and earrings.
It's starting to be summer here, but the weirdest thing is happening. Instead of getting warm and dry (like it usually is) it's starting to rain, and get colder. Now, if you ask me, that's not summer at all. But I very much like this "rain" that they are having now. All I want to do is just stand out in it, regardless of if I get a cold or not.
With school almost out, I get to think about if I want to go back to La Salle, or try to find a university that I want to go to. Another exchange student is going to go study Portuguese, and I might go with him. Why not learn as much as you can?
My sister and brother are leaving for the US tomorrow, so I guess I'll be an only child again for a while. Not sure if I'll be changing host families or not. I hope not, because I love my family here, and also feel like it would be better if my mom had someone at the house.
The last full day of school was today. It was a sad day for everyone, even me. I love my class at La Salle, and don't want to go back next year because it wouldn't be the same. It really felt like I couldn't have been with a better class. I'm really going to miss them all.
I had a feeling lately that I couldn't quite describe. I tried describing it as "this won't last forever" and "this isn't a dream" to a past exchange student. Luckily, he understood what I was trying to say. We decided that that was the moment that I realized what living in the moment was. When that happened, I was just at home with some other exchange students watching movies. It didn't make too much sense at first, because we weren't doing much. But he said that moments like those are when that happens. "You realize to love the little things just the same as the big" He said.
I love realizing things like that. Although it can be very stressful, it's a great life changing thing that I don't think I would experience if I were anywhere else.
So, there's my update for now. I'll probably do another one around Christmas or New Years. (:
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