must be a de la Cruz thing because I get it all the time (and I'm betting our lovely Abuelita and mothers had that trouble too). Beautiful, youthful, no complaints.
don't you hate how a little tiny bacteria can get the best of you? especially when you have a million of cool things planned, they just think they can take over your body like some alien invasion and make you lame for a day. last night i had a blind date with the porcelain bowl. i had no idea that it was coming. but it came and ruined my night and my day. i was planning on going to mbaracayu. the all girls agriculture school. i was so excited too, something i've been wanting to do since my arrival. I HATE Mr. VIRUS. but i had a great weekend. i love the weekends. get to explore paraguay and talk to people i lub. haven't seen these girls in a long time: i love technology. and we talked and laughed. these girlies are going to samoa today with my papi. sounds miserable. i feel lucky that i can lay in bed at 2pm with an alien in my body, they're jealous of me. i'm sure of it. so the other day we went to ITA and caleb wanted to play crocodile hunter. there were crocodile...
I realized I never ended this blog officially. I kinda .... just left it in the midst of interwebs. BUT... I have returned to the US of A and now working at my university's bookstore, doing some graphic design things and also working in a little advertising agency called the AD LAB. Summer is now coming to an end... that means winter is going to end in Paraguay soon (although it never seemed to reach "winter").
CAMPING in Summerland
If you miss me you can find me at my blog: In MoonShadow Miss you. BESOS.
but hey, i'm learning. people here speak jopara. its like spanglish, but instead of a mixture of english and español, its the combination of español y guarani (not the prettiest language). they use a lot of little squigglies above their letters, that means you are supposed to make nasal sounds. i cant help but sound like i'm sick when i "speak" guarani. here are some of the words i know: vacapipopo: ball po: 5 or hand kuña: woman porã: beautiful (that would be a nasally a) póra: monster pirapire: money pira: fish mba'éichapa reime: how are you? yep. i'm basically fluent. if you memorize that, you're practically paraguayan. and here are some pictures for picture time: i think Paraguay has treated me with the best ice cream i have ever ever ever had. sometimes i forget i am working in a developing country. this was a really nice ice cream parlor, with gormet ice creams. i'm eating almond ice cream topped with a french chocolate ice cream. i'm sitting...
must be a de la Cruz thing because I get it all the time (and I'm betting our lovely Abuelita and mothers had that trouble too). Beautiful, youthful, no complaints.
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