Alrighty, going on the 2nd full week here in Huanuco. We're still working on the work routine aspects of our stay here in terms of when things are happening and when we need to be ready, but we have a pretty good daily routine. Everyone here gets up and gets going really early, as in, they wake up at 5am and are gone by 8am, usually. While I am not so good at getting up at 5am, I have moved from my 9am wake-up time in Callao, to 7:15am here in Huanuco. It seems necessary to get up earlier here. The days seems to come and go so quickly. I like to get up and laze around a bit, but when you get up and everyone is running around, it is hard to just sit and do nothing. So, my morning routine thus far is to get up, say hi to people, do some thai chi, eat breakfast, work on stuff/study, exercise, and shower. By then, it is either time for us to head down the hill to see what's happening below or spend a little more time working before the chillun's get home from school and we move into English class and hanging out with Eynor and Fabrizio. Really, these few hours in the morning are the only alone time we get, so better to get up early and take advantage, than to sleep all morning and never be alone until I hop into bed at night. Fortunately, the weather is mostly beautiful and that makes it easier to get out of bed in the morning (plus, it is motivation to get things done before the sun gets too strong).
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On Tuesday, we had a new group for English class. Last week, it was Eynor, Fabrizio, and Estefaney. This time, we were in a different place and our new students are Rossmeri, Imelda, Emily, Fabiola, and Lisbeth. We opted to start with food as it usually goes over well. I like to hear about the different kinds of food they enjoy and it is easy for them to talk about. The catch is keeping it to foods we have an English word for as well. Maracuya and aguaymanto are not fruits we have in the states...at least not that I have seen...and I wouldn't know their translation if they did. "Strawberry" seemed to be the hardest one to remember and pronounce. Also quite a challenge having an age range of 5-12 years. I think it went pretty well, and we'll know for next week to prepare something for the variety.
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| Que Miedo! |
On Wednesday, we celebrated a little bit of Halloween. We are working on food and commadjectives, so decided to incorporate the theme into the class. First, we tested out vampire fangs (los dientes de los vampiros). They were delicious (ricos/deliciosos).
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| Eynor |
Then, we bobbed for red apples (manzanas rojas). Eynor started us off with a clever move and grabbed the apple by the stem with his teeth. It was a good plan until Yimi took all of the stems off of the apples. Challenge accepted. Fabrizio was the contemplative bobber as he spent most of his time trying to decide which was the best apple to dive after. Then, Yimi set the bar high and removed 3/5 apples. Next came Melissa, the competitive bobber, who was able to remove 4/5. I also took a turn and got 4/5 (thank you, thank you), but Yimi came back with a vengence and got all 5!
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| Jack-O-Lantern |
Finally, we carved an orange pumpkin (calabaza naranja). We literally bought the last one at the grocery store. The orange pumpkins are not common here, green and white pumpkins are the typical sort. Fabrizio and Eynor found the guts of the pumpkin to be repulsive, so they didn't really help clean the pumpkin out. Haha. Yimi helped clean it out and we gave him the honor of wielding the very large knife to cut out the face. And of course we toasted up the seeds, tasty.
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| Yimi, Katrina, Fabrizio, y Melissa |
After dinner the little boys had to go to bed, so then we watched the movie "The Conjuring" or "El Conjuro" in Spanish. It was a freaky exorcism movie, appropriate for Halloween. It was their first time celebrating Halloween and they seemed to enjoy the activities, I know I did. :)
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| Concierto de Marcos Witt |
On Thursday, we went to the Marcos Witt concert with Vanesa and her friend Marco. It was a lot of fun and the music was great! When I was here last time, I was introduced to his song, "Yo Te Busco", which I really like, but that was the only song of his that I knew. The concert ended with fireworks, always enjoyable. The only part that was less than stellar was that we had to wait 4.5 hours for the concert to start. The ticket said it started at 5pm, so we got there at 4:45. We were among the first 20 people to show up. We just assumed it was running on Peru time and would prob start around 6 or 7pm. Well, those hours came and went. Finally, at 9:15pm Witt came on stage. Live and learn. I still had a good time.
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| Melissa, Katrina, y Vanesa |
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The learning moment of this week was balancing my concept of time with Huanuco's concept of time. Mostly, it means keeping cool when things are constantly getting changed. Maybe someday I will figure out how to be fluid with time. I just don't know how to schedule anything like this.
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And for a little update.. I wrote this on my computer, so it would be quick to upload once I had internet access, so it is a little behind the times.
We got sick again, but not to worry. We hit up the hospital and got some shots and meds. We are starting to feel much better now and even plan to venture off the hill after 4 days of barely leaving our room except to go to the hospital. Yay!
Hope you are all doing well and if you read this, update me on what's going on where ever you are (state, country, stage of life, etc..). Thanks!
~nos vemos~
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