PERU | Tuesday, 29 Jun 2010 | Views [182]
They
don’t always say the wisest things or have the most appropriate manner.
They
make mistakes and they sometimes deny them or blame others.
They
can be petty and they can be materialistic.
You
can predict what they ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 29 Jun 2010 | Views [261]
I
have had no water in my apartment since Thursday. It is now Tuesday.
Six full days. I don’t mean
to imply I have had no HOT water… I mean I have had NO water. What does that really mean though? Because I wasn’t aware of it until ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 15 Jun 2010 | Views [199]
What
do you do in this situation:
One
of my two roommates told me she was having house guests for 2 days. OK, no problem. They were arriving on bikes from Lima
(traveling through the Andes for 3 weeks). When they arrived, ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 12 Jun 2010 | Views [220]
I
have now been in Peru for a little more than 6 months. And, I am going through my 4th round of
friends.
First: The friend of my friend’s husband. So sweet and kind. But really we spent time together
because it ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 3 May 2010 | Views [300]
Friday :
After
work I go directly to the Healing Nectar Center to talk to a Jewish Canadian
transpersonal and re-organizational healer/ doctor who has been living in Cusco
for over 7 years and been studying medicine for ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 20 Apr 2010 | Views [386]
1. I have a first grader who
writes all his words backwards. I
went to the 2 school psychologists and told them the situation. I said I have no idea what the signs for
dyslexia or learning disorders are but it may be ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 4 Apr 2010 | Views [632]
My
current status: decisions,
decisions, decisions
Apartment
in Brooklyn: I have to resign my lease for May 1 st . However, my landlady just found out
that I am subletting my apartment.
(Mary!!!) ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 30 Mar 2010 | Views [368]
Over
the past few weeks I have been teaching my students about patterns. First they have to learn the word in
English, then they have to learn Circle, Triangle, Square, etc. in English. Then they have to learn pencil, trace,
draw, ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 28 Mar 2010 | Views [162]
Benefits of being illegal (really, benefits of being English speaking in a non-English speaking country, a little different): 1. Get paid more to do less
2. Do not have to sign in and
out for roll call, ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 26 Mar 2010 | Views [317]
I
take a taxi with 3 people in the morning on the way to work. Crisitina, 26, from Lima (she teaches
pre-K English); Suzanne from London, 24, (she teaches 2 nd grade
English); Lawrence, 47, (he teaches 6 th grade English). ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 13 Mar 2010 | Views [623]
After
prouncing around town all morning with Hector we decide to go back to his house
and have some lunch (this was by 4PM and this is when they eat lunch). So, of course I’m famished by now; I am
losing energy and all I can dream of is delicious, ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 8 Mar 2010 | Views [210]
1. Every
5 minutes you are kissing someone you do not know:
Ex.
I am walking with a Peruvian who meets a friend who is passing by on the way to
an appointment. He quickly kisses
my friend and then me (never asking my name) ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 27 Feb 2010 | Views [295]
Michelle
left. She stayed with me and the
hombres suelos for about 2 weeks.
We hared a bed, we shared our sicknesses (we were known as the pitri
dish) and we shared all of our roller coaster of emotions. But, like all good things, new ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 25 Feb 2010 | Views [283]
It
has been almost 2 weeks since I began working at the school. The parents arrive Monday and the kids
arrive Wednesday. We have been
spending the past 9 days in meetings learning how to fill the necessary forms
for the government, ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 21 Feb 2010 | Views [258]
Hector
picked me up at 3 in the morning and we headed over to his house where his
mother, father and 3 of his mothers’ students waited for a mini van to come
pick us up. I was headed to the
jungle. No, it is not as exotic as
it sounds, ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 20 Feb 2010 | Views [320]
It has been an absolute whirlwind here. Cusco is this super tiny play with
really nothing to do and for some reason, I find myself struggling to fit
everything in. Like I said earlier
it’s a place of many contradictions.
... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 14 Feb 2010 | Views [295]
February
14 th . As mentioned
earlier, Cusco is a city of contradictions. Today is no different.
Today is both Valentines Day AND the Peruvian Carnival. So at the same time that lovers are
proclaiming their amore for one another, ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 13 Feb 2010 | Views [505] | Comments [1]
When I first arrived I thought it would be amazing to get a
small time job to support myself so I can choose to stay longer if that was my
wish. The main goal for my
being here is to find balance: job and hobby, serious and playful, yoga and
dancing, ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 13 Feb 2010 | Views [332]
I
have so many people in my life that I adore; friends, family, teachers. And, at different points in my life,
each one has proven to me over and over that they adore me as well, which has
been for me, the true indicator that life is worth ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 8 Feb 2010 | Views [962]
Well,
it’s definitely been a whirlwind here.
If you haven’t read my blog here is the basics: I have 3 new roommates from San
Francisco who will be staying with me until March 23 rd . Within 4 hours of there moving in we
are having a ... Read more >
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