So, i changed families about a week ago, and i have to say, i completely love my new family! theyre all sooooo nice! My dad isnt home alot, but when he is home, hes really helpful. and he makes me breakfast =) while being with this family, Ive realized that having breakfast actually does put you in a better mood and helps your concentration! Theres also my dads wife...i prefer to not think of her as my mom because shes only 17, which is the same age as me, which is slightly awkward...shes really sweet though and really enjoys talking to me because she doesnt get out alot because she has to stay home with my 1 year old sister, Luciana. Luciana is sooo cute and sweet! Im never, ever bored with her around. Shes alot of fun. i love playing with her and shes even fun to watch movies with! jajaa. I also have another sister and brother that live with me part time, mostly just on the weekends because they live with their mom. Nicole is 14 and Andres is 18. Theyre both so funny and interesting to talk to! My first night with their family was really fun because i stayed up late talking and playing cards with them. They taught me how to play 40, which is a really popular card game here, but i still dont understand it! jajaja. they really love playing with me though because i get so confused and they win. jajaja. it is realy fun for me too though. This weekend, im excited because ill actually get to spend some real time with them. Nicole was listing all these places she wants to bring me, so i actually have no idea what we will be doing.
My house is really nice. Its an apartment, but a big one. i have my own room, with a huuuge bed! which is good because i sprawl alot when i sleep. =P i really like my kitchen too, mostly because it ALWAYS has good food in it that im allowed to eat whenever i want to. jaja. They also let me cook whenever i want. so i am pretty excited to make them their groundhogs day cake today! The location of my house is slightly unfortunate because its far away from pretty much everything, but my dad said that he will drive me places on the weekends, so its completely okay. Theres no computer in my house, so i wont be able to talk to you guys as much. im cool with it because i think it will really be good for me not being able to use the computer very often, but its sllightly difficult right now.
So in conclusion, in case you missed out on this key detail, i completely love everything about my new life. My family. my room. the kitchen. the apartment in general. i even love my new bus! so chao for now!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
¡feliz año!
So new year´s here...it was definately different...but it was also definately one of the best New Years´ of my life! i had a completely fantastic time. The night started off with my mom and me going to a square close to my house, where there were literally lots of people. jajaj. it was near impossible to even walk around because it was so crowded! we did manage to get around and look at everything though. There were these big painted figures everywhere, of random famous people. They were really cool and life-like! Also, there were people everwhere walking around in costumes. We ran into someone dressed up as Shrek, and the simpsons, and all kinds of stuff! it was so funny! it was just like halloween, only not. There were a lot of cross dressers around too, apparently that´s an ecuadorian tradition for new years eve.
After we´d looked at everything there was to see in the square, we went out to eat (at like 9, for a traditional ecuadorian dinner) with my brother Paul and his girlfriend Jenny. We ate so much that my stomach hurt! then they informed me that we were going to eat a TON more later that night. jajaa. After that, we went to pick my brother (from the US), Noell, up at the airport. I was so happy to see him! He later came to a new year´s party with us at a friend of my mom´s. I didn´t know like any of the people there, so it was slightly awkward at first, but after that, thing´s loosened up and it was a completely good time! We danced a lot, as we always do in ecuador. and as my family promised me, we ate a tonnnn of food. It was soooo delicious though! everything was! i wish i could tell you what we ate, so you could be jealous, but i honestly don´t remember!
That night (or morning...?) at midnight, we burned these HUGE dolls. We made them. These dolls were made of wood, paper, cloth, and firecrackers. And they were made to look like actually people, which was really kind of freaky, but also pretty funny. So, at midnight, we through them in the fire and the fire was enormousss! it was a scary sight, but an amazing one too! Also at midnight, there were lots of fireworks. And the fireworks are NOT like the ones in the US. They´re sooooo incredibly loud, it sounds like they just blew up in your ears, which isn´t a pleasant sensation in case you were wondering. But these fireworks were so fantastic! there were sooo many of them all at once, it was llike the sky was all of a sudden ignited it fire, but colorful, gorgeous fire! It was just so spectacular, i know that my descriptions aren´t doing them justice, but it´s just one of those things that is soo hard to explain. I really wish you could have seen them!
After that, we continued partying. until 6 am. we were pretty much dead by the time we left! and i slept the next day until 2 in the afternoon, which like never happens! Jajaja. but even though i was sooo tired, and by the end of the party, could barely walk, i enjoyed myself so immensly and i know i´ll remember this new year´s for my whole life. So it was totally worth the fact that i´m STILL tired from that night!
After we´d looked at everything there was to see in the square, we went out to eat (at like 9, for a traditional ecuadorian dinner) with my brother Paul and his girlfriend Jenny. We ate so much that my stomach hurt! then they informed me that we were going to eat a TON more later that night. jajaa. After that, we went to pick my brother (from the US), Noell, up at the airport. I was so happy to see him! He later came to a new year´s party with us at a friend of my mom´s. I didn´t know like any of the people there, so it was slightly awkward at first, but after that, thing´s loosened up and it was a completely good time! We danced a lot, as we always do in ecuador. and as my family promised me, we ate a tonnnn of food. It was soooo delicious though! everything was! i wish i could tell you what we ate, so you could be jealous, but i honestly don´t remember!
That night (or morning...?) at midnight, we burned these HUGE dolls. We made them. These dolls were made of wood, paper, cloth, and firecrackers. And they were made to look like actually people, which was really kind of freaky, but also pretty funny. So, at midnight, we through them in the fire and the fire was enormousss! it was a scary sight, but an amazing one too! Also at midnight, there were lots of fireworks. And the fireworks are NOT like the ones in the US. They´re sooooo incredibly loud, it sounds like they just blew up in your ears, which isn´t a pleasant sensation in case you were wondering. But these fireworks were so fantastic! there were sooo many of them all at once, it was llike the sky was all of a sudden ignited it fire, but colorful, gorgeous fire! It was just so spectacular, i know that my descriptions aren´t doing them justice, but it´s just one of those things that is soo hard to explain. I really wish you could have seen them!
After that, we continued partying. until 6 am. we were pretty much dead by the time we left! and i slept the next day until 2 in the afternoon, which like never happens! Jajaja. but even though i was sooo tired, and by the end of the party, could barely walk, i enjoyed myself so immensly and i know i´ll remember this new year´s for my whole life. So it was totally worth the fact that i´m STILL tired from that night!
My Ecuadorian Christmas
hey! so despite what i said in my last entry, this blog about my holiday experiences is very much late, as it´s already mid-january!
well, my holidays were soooooooooo different than i´m used to! for one thing, there was absolutely no snow! it wasn´t even cold out! on the contrary, it was super super hot. That would make sense since my family went to the beach for christmas! it was an amazinggg beach. completely beautiful. The beach we went to was called Atacames, and it´s about 6 hrs away from my home in Quito. We headed down to the beach on Christmas eve and stayed there for a week. My brother´s girlfriend´s family owns a house close to Atacames, so we stayed there.
When we arrived there on Christmas eve, we ate lots of meat. Then we handed out presents, gave people hugs, and went to sleep. That was my christmas. We seriously only celebrated for 10 minutes on christmas eve. On christmas day, we went to the beach and just layed out in the sun all day. I also made my whole family take pictures in rediculous christmas headbands that my mom sent from home. My family was really amused by them. My brother and sister kept shaking their heads to make the bells on their reindeer antlers jingle. it was so funny!
Other than that, the whole week that we were at Atacames, was spent on the beach. We left the beach to eat tons of seafood, and then returned afterwards. I ate soooooo much seafood during that trip! The most awkward thing that i ate was this thing that still had its beady little eyeballs attached to it when the waitor handed it to me. it tasted amazing, but i was slightly afraid of the eyes because they wouldn´t stop staring at me...jajaa. i also had tons of crab, lobster, fish, shrimp, clam, etc. lots and LOTS of seafood. but all of it was completely delicious, so it made me happy. =)
Overall, this was my absolute strangest Christmas EVER. but it was fun, and i got to spend time with my family! that was the best part of the trip. also, i got a tan. which i didn´t really need now that i think about it...but oh well. Now, i know that i never want to spend another christmas away from home, and without snow. But this christmas was definately an experience, and i´m really glad i got to experience it!
well, my holidays were soooooooooo different than i´m used to! for one thing, there was absolutely no snow! it wasn´t even cold out! on the contrary, it was super super hot. That would make sense since my family went to the beach for christmas! it was an amazinggg beach. completely beautiful. The beach we went to was called Atacames, and it´s about 6 hrs away from my home in Quito. We headed down to the beach on Christmas eve and stayed there for a week. My brother´s girlfriend´s family owns a house close to Atacames, so we stayed there.
When we arrived there on Christmas eve, we ate lots of meat. Then we handed out presents, gave people hugs, and went to sleep. That was my christmas. We seriously only celebrated for 10 minutes on christmas eve. On christmas day, we went to the beach and just layed out in the sun all day. I also made my whole family take pictures in rediculous christmas headbands that my mom sent from home. My family was really amused by them. My brother and sister kept shaking their heads to make the bells on their reindeer antlers jingle. it was so funny!
Other than that, the whole week that we were at Atacames, was spent on the beach. We left the beach to eat tons of seafood, and then returned afterwards. I ate soooooo much seafood during that trip! The most awkward thing that i ate was this thing that still had its beady little eyeballs attached to it when the waitor handed it to me. it tasted amazing, but i was slightly afraid of the eyes because they wouldn´t stop staring at me...jajaa. i also had tons of crab, lobster, fish, shrimp, clam, etc. lots and LOTS of seafood. but all of it was completely delicious, so it made me happy. =)
Overall, this was my absolute strangest Christmas EVER. but it was fun, and i got to spend time with my family! that was the best part of the trip. also, i got a tan. which i didn´t really need now that i think about it...but oh well. Now, i know that i never want to spend another christmas away from home, and without snow. But this christmas was definately an experience, and i´m really glad i got to experience it!
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