Day 1 of classes, almost done!
I had a linguistics and photography class at the Modelo today.
Also, here is a link with some photos from a trip our class took to the Cenotes!! It´s also the Calvin Blog, so there will be updates from our class there as well.
http://www.calvin.edu/go/mexico
It´s really hard to make sentences in English right now.
In our linguistics class, there were a lot of students from calvin and from the Modelo - about half and half. We got paired into groups mixed of students from calvin and the modelo. While we were discussing linguistics and other very interesting topics :p, a modelo student told us that one of the hombres from Calvin was muy guapo -handsome- to the mujeres here. Then while the maestra was talking, the same girl proceeded to take out a camera from her purse and take a picture of him, and he didn´t notice. Bri and I couldn´t stop laughing. We hope we can be friends with this chica.
Photography was really hard, the professor talked really fast and ´blurry´. I am the only student from Calvin in it. I was lucky to sit by a girl who let me look at her notes every five minutes to literally fill in the blanks that I drew in with lines on my paper! I missed every ten words or so! Hopefully this will get better...
Tell me how you are doing (comment or email me or something). It´s starting to hit me that I´m very much in Mexico...and it´s very much going to be this way for quite some time. In other words, I miss you all back home already!! :)
Paz Afuera (our gringo translation of peace out),
Alexa
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
vaca santa
buenos dias!!
my first blog éntry´in merida.
and i don´t have much time.
i like lists, so i´m going to list some of the things i think are most important or interesting about the past few days!
-first of all it feels like a dream that i´m here. i dont think its clikced yet that im going to be living here for four months. i really love it here so far
-i already know how to use the bus system!! well to get to and from mi casa, at least. the first day our parents took us to el divino salvador, the church where we meet and study and have one class, and then to0k us home. then the next day we had to do it ourselves. great idea, although scary, because now im comfortable with the route. the bus system is different here though! there arent stops, well there are a few designated ones, but instead when you want to stop you just say ´baja´, or stop! so you have to look out for where youre going. the first time i passed my calle -street- by a bit. i like the combis better than camiones. combis are really small buses like minivans that hold 15 ppl max i would guess. the camiones hold many people and stop more. they cost the same, six pesos. or 50 cents.
- coffee is ten pesos at OXXO -a tienda like 7 eleven in the us. thats less than a dollar!!
-mi familia is great. i have a papa, mama, y three hermanitos . rigo is 13, manuel is 11, arely is 9. arely talks and talks and never stops. i love it. but cant understand much. but mis hermanitos help me so much. they talk slow and repeat things ten times if i need it. i feel bad and hope ill understand them more soon. mi papa has the hardest time understanding me. but he always exlaims MI HIJA! HIJA! when he sees me.
- im learning some mayan phrases here too! wixim or wikim means i´m very hungry.
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- the first night my mama thought i was very hungry but i really wasnt so she made me TWO sandwiches with ham avacado cheese tamato and peppers!! i ate them and was very full.
- the other night my papa came home from work , he works at dominos, and gave me an apple on a stick with what looked like red sugar or candy. i tried it and it was CHile! picante. my family laughed at the face i made. it was pretty funny. and its very common here im learning, to eat fruit with chile.
- i sleep in a hammock and im learning to like it. it was rough the first night.
- im always SWEATY. like, there is almost no point in puttin gon makeup in merida because you sweat it all off. its very hot here and humid. like the heat in michigan but hotter and the same humidity. or more near the ocean. but i think ill get used to it more as time goes on.
- yesterday i vistited a cenote!! which means sinkhole ithink. its likea cave with really fresh cold water inside because thelimestone filters it. it was beautifulinside! i went with mi familia. we had so much fun. it was about an hour or mor drive and i got to ride in the back of a truck. there were five of us and when it would rain we just had to duck. it was really fun.
- i really have trouble spe1aking and understanding my family, thats probably the most difficult thing so far. i want to understand more!
- today im going to three more cenotes with my class and then to a fiesta at my templo or church- thats called alfa omega -with my family!
- also, im learning how to play xsbox games. if youre reading this joey, be proud, i will soon be a halo expert!! sthaha. and im learning in SPANIS. its quite stressful having your two youngert brothers shouting at you in spanish phrases you dont really understand because you know its rally important to them that you fight and kill all the bad guys! :)
- ok my half hour is almost up so i need to check my email. i love you all and miss you and hope youre doing well
pictures to come. somehow. later.
i love you all mucho y mucho.
1
(jenn i think about you lots. tell me how goes the duplex and OL training.
christian sorry i never got to call you! i love you.
britt and mom and dad and bobbie and brian' - love you tons and will let you know when a good time to visit is as soonas i can.)
ADIOS.
my first blog éntry´in merida.
and i don´t have much time.
i like lists, so i´m going to list some of the things i think are most important or interesting about the past few days!
-first of all it feels like a dream that i´m here. i dont think its clikced yet that im going to be living here for four months. i really love it here so far
-i already know how to use the bus system!! well to get to and from mi casa, at least. the first day our parents took us to el divino salvador, the church where we meet and study and have one class, and then to0k us home. then the next day we had to do it ourselves. great idea, although scary, because now im comfortable with the route. the bus system is different here though! there arent stops, well there are a few designated ones, but instead when you want to stop you just say ´baja´, or stop! so you have to look out for where youre going. the first time i passed my calle -street- by a bit. i like the combis better than camiones. combis are really small buses like minivans that hold 15 ppl max i would guess. the camiones hold many people and stop more. they cost the same, six pesos. or 50 cents.
- coffee is ten pesos at OXXO -a tienda like 7 eleven in the us. thats less than a dollar!!
-mi familia is great. i have a papa, mama, y three hermanitos . rigo is 13, manuel is 11, arely is 9. arely talks and talks and never stops. i love it. but cant understand much. but mis hermanitos help me so much. they talk slow and repeat things ten times if i need it. i feel bad and hope ill understand them more soon. mi papa has the hardest time understanding me. but he always exlaims MI HIJA! HIJA! when he sees me.
- im learning some mayan phrases here too! wixim or wikim means i´m very hungry.
i
- the first night my mama thought i was very hungry but i really wasnt so she made me TWO sandwiches with ham avacado cheese tamato and peppers!! i ate them and was very full.
- the other night my papa came home from work , he works at dominos, and gave me an apple on a stick with what looked like red sugar or candy. i tried it and it was CHile! picante. my family laughed at the face i made. it was pretty funny. and its very common here im learning, to eat fruit with chile.
- i sleep in a hammock and im learning to like it. it was rough the first night.
- im always SWEATY. like, there is almost no point in puttin gon makeup in merida because you sweat it all off. its very hot here and humid. like the heat in michigan but hotter and the same humidity. or more near the ocean. but i think ill get used to it more as time goes on.
- yesterday i vistited a cenote!! which means sinkhole ithink. its likea cave with really fresh cold water inside because thelimestone filters it. it was beautifulinside! i went with mi familia. we had so much fun. it was about an hour or mor drive and i got to ride in the back of a truck. there were five of us and when it would rain we just had to duck. it was really fun.
- i really have trouble spe1aking and understanding my family, thats probably the most difficult thing so far. i want to understand more!
- today im going to three more cenotes with my class and then to a fiesta at my templo or church- thats called alfa omega -with my family!
- also, im learning how to play xsbox games. if youre reading this joey, be proud, i will soon be a halo expert!! sthaha. and im learning in SPANIS. its quite stressful having your two youngert brothers shouting at you in spanish phrases you dont really understand because you know its rally important to them that you fight and kill all the bad guys! :)
- ok my half hour is almost up so i need to check my email. i love you all and miss you and hope youre doing well
pictures to come. somehow. later.
i love you all mucho y mucho.
1
(jenn i think about you lots. tell me how goes the duplex and OL training.
christian sorry i never got to call you! i love you.
britt and mom and dad and bobbie and brian' - love you tons and will let you know when a good time to visit is as soonas i can.)
ADIOS.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Mexico
Hey everyone. I'll keep this blog updated the best I can while I'm in Mexico!
The semester in Honduras has been changed to Mexico! In a few days I'll be on a plane headed to Mérida in the Yucatan Peninsula (Honduras was determined to be unsafe for political reasons). The city has a population of about a million, and is a few hours by bus from Cancún. Here is a map:
(From Lonely Planet)
I'll be living with a family in the city, attending classes full-time at a University, traveling around Mexico and hopefully nearby countries, and taking in the culture of Mérida!!
Mérida here we come!
Until then, Alexa.
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