Week 2 & still alive.

So far so good, I'm able to keep up with myself!

B.A-town

We went to downtown Buenos Aires, Saturday. It was really fun. We started out in the tourist plaza place, where all the government building are. Their "white-house" is actually pink because back in the days, they used milk and beef blood to have waterproof paint. One of their presidents even went through this gorey rampage killing all the natives... and he used their blood one year (with milk) SICK. Anyway... after that we went to this restaurant called Siga la Vaca (litterally Follow the Cow) where there was a MEAT buffet. The fat old chef would put meat on a grill (any (ANY) kind of meat.. intestine, gorge, ribs, ...) and grill it over fire. bueenno (for those who love meat. HA.) After that... we headed to Walmart for 3 effing hours! It was good, I was able to get a bunch practical (and unpractical) stuff for quite cheap. The Walmart wasn't that different from North American Walmarts. Maybe a bit smaller, but still quite interesting. The alcohol section was ginormous. I don't remember quite well, but I don't think we even have wine in our Walmart.

Routine, routine, routine

This week, we've started the regular routine: orientation is over. A normal day consists of :

6:30 - Wake up

7:00 - Breakfast

8:00/10:00 - Class

10:20/11:00 - Chapel

11:30 - Class

1:00 - Lunch

2:30/3:45 - Study Hall

4:15/6:00 - Work or sports

7:00 - Supper

8:30/9:45 - Study Hall

10:00- In rooms + lights out at 10:30

Classes, Work & Sports

Spanish classes are good. It's still quite easy, but at least it's fun! We do grammar, and vocab and games! Somehow, you learn a lot more in the commedor (dining hall) and in the cuarto (dorm) than in the clase. Our teacher is really nice though. Her name is Sylvia and she's really down to earth, but her English is quite limited. I think that it's just an advantage because it makes you have to learn to listen & understand faster.

We've also had an evangelisation class everyday this past week. They're showing us to use the "evangecube" as a method to share the gospel on the street with basically anyone. It's interesting. We're going to have the chance to try it out Monday when we all go out into BA for "Dia de la Primavera" (Spring Day). No one has school and all get drunk and high to celebrate spring. I'm guessing that it's kinda like our June 24th.

The whole student body has to participate in a sport and a work assignment twice a week. My sport is handball, Wednesday, they had this whole welcoming "let's-get-to-know-the-new-English-girls" time. It was nice bonding time. So sports Wednesdays and Fridays sports... and Tuesdays, Thursdays are work. My job is gardening. It may sound a little lame, but it's better than cleaning toilets. Plus, during the summer, I'll be working out in the sun, getting a nice little taaan, it'll be good.

alright. The end for this week!

New post after Monday. Street Evangelism for the first time... in a drunk crowd. It'll be good!

p.s: Pictures are up on FB.