Adios tradition

Things are getting better -- then they get worse -- then they get better --
(rinse lather repeat). 
I think it's just the onslaught of the holiday season. Thanksgiving was non-existent & Christmas has been on it's way to doing the same. Marlene is in Panama till Feb. I think & the grandparents are going up to spend Christmas with Cesar. That would leave me with Martin, the kids, Roman & Gabby for Christmas here.

But today was a good day.
After a long weekend of wallowing in self-pity, loneliness & homesickness, I decided to get my butt out of the house & meet Andhi & Frisbee people at the Faro de Miraflores (lighthouse on the malecon).  It turned out to be a simple but great day!
Just one other dude, Carlos, showed up. So the 3 of us scooted down the way & ended up playing Frisbee all day overlooking the Pacific (*thanks to SPF 45) next to the massive all day Sunday drum-circle (of like 20-30ppl)! 

And if you can improve at Frisbee, I am.  I learned to throw it some-kinda backwards today!






Andhi & Carlos posing in front of the ocean with the frisbee & sunset.

  

<<there's a small earthquake going on RIGHT NOW! AAH!>>

Anyways, we even recruited some young kid to play too ... It was a beautiful sunny day & the time just flew! 
Peter & Sandra showed up around 7.  Sandra invited us over for Christmas - so I guess I'll be having dinner w/ my buddy, his girlfriend & just her 3 sisters (since the rest of her family is fighting). Adios tradition.




In Peru, apparently they have street signs for Asians.

  

Other things:

Got our December bonus pay - much needed since we all only have one class this month.

Came home tonite to my brother/sister roommate/landlords curled up on a chair giggling watching Sex in the City. They are awkwardly close sometimes.

An old friend from DLR days, Tait,  found me & wants to come down to Peru for a visit. Dunno if it'll happen - last I saw him he was a quite the party boy, but it would be nice to have someone to travel around with. He sounds pretty amp'd but at this point he doesn't even have a passport (so not exactly holding my breath).

Also, haven't seen the humongous cucarachas for a couple days so hopefully they're gone. Hopefully.

P.S., I just want to send a shout-out to WATER;
both hot & cold.

I'm really glad you're back in my life on a reliable basis!

<<that 'tremmor' just stopped -- 11minutes later!!>>

Tickled Pink---------------

This post is dedicated to:

Pablo "I-just-wanna-make-it-to-your-blog" Chuquin

 Yep, this happened. Matching shoes and everything.

What's not to love?!

Mullet-dom

This week has wrapped up kinda nicely... I had my last Saturday Convo. III
class..students like me, one of them even travels 2.5 hours each way for my class! wow.
Verbal gratuity is getting me through this whole experience. This teaching thing is soo much like waitressing; It can be the pits but more often than not, it's pretty rewarding.

Friday I got one of THE worst haircuts of my life. A direct hit on mullet-dom.
AND she mis-dyed all my hair: Darkened my hair but lightened my roots & bleached my one highlight white. not blonde. I've been flat-ironing it all weekend cuz as soon as this mess curls up I'ma look like the Salt-n-Pepa "Push It" video.
It's the 2009 Hipster-Cut.

ANYWHOoo, went out Saturday nite w/ an over-mixed group of people. Normally I'm a more-the-merrier type but this one went wrong.

Long story short. We end up at a gay club with a few out-and-proud's, a guy whos in the closet & a purity-ring-wearing-drunk-homophobette. It was all weird.

This evening frisbee'd on the Pacific O with Andy, Silvana, Neko ...Peter showed up later be the alpha-male  peanut-gallery (of course :)P
actually tossed with Andy by the ocean a couple times this weekend...turning into a nice pastime.

So apparently every Sunday nite there's this Red-Path/Hare Krishna/Hippie drum circle on the ocean so we walked over & checked it out for awhile

*obviously it wasn't long till the police dogs showed up.

Got home & came across 3 cockroaches literally the size of mice. Now I can't sleep.



GAMI salon&spa

I don't know which side is the "Business" and which is "Party" but I accidentally received a mullet haircut today.
Not to mention, light-ish brown hair with lighter roots & a white stripe in the back corner of my head.

When the color started itching she proceeded to rub it into my scalp. I'm no hairdresser but that's the opposite of where I wanted that dye to be.

It cost 100soles.  aka $37.

the New Place

So I moved...2 weeks ago now.  I'm living w/ a family that rents out rooms ...all the men live upstairs (including the dad & 1of the brothers) and the women downstairs (so far it's just me and the daughter aka landlord).

They're a nice family. The ad was for an native English speaking woman...the daughter wants to improve her English so she can study Anthropology abroad.

So since I've lived here I've come to realize that girl Ivonne (who, prefers to be called "Neko" which is Japanese for 'cat') goes to bed by 10:30 every night. Not exactly compatible for this night-owl...apparently I was watching a movie on my computer too loud the other nite b/c I came home the next day to this note with a new pair of headphones on the doorknob:

also, I have a huge window in my bedroom that looks into the back hall/walkway/utility room where everyone does their laundry...it's fine except my curtains are basically white sheer netting..so everyone can look at me while i sleep.  Also, the Neko's room is kitty-corner from me so we can see into each others room all the time...ps, she has a naked mannequin in her window that always scares me (for various reasons, obvi.)

The other day so told me that she has tons of movies if I wanted to watch them...cool right?

So when I went to look thru them (in the living room) the other nite I realized they were all either scary movies, porn or a mix of both genres.  It's all just a little weird.

Also, there is a very smelly dog...harmless but smellll-ly. It stays outside but you can still smell it in the house.

Oh well...there's not only water, but HOT WATER here & clean pots-n-pans!

Ok, here's where I live in the world (for now :)



That's all ...gotta go to work!