Sunday, September 11, 2005
a typical day
so, here´s a typical day for me. i wake up around 6, make my bed, tidy up the room, and then make an appearance in the kitchen so my host mother knows she can get my bath ready. I´m not talking about a regular bath here, i´m talking about a bucket bath. it entails a five gallon bucket, a small pail, some soap and moderately warm water, and me. pretty much i just dump water over myself with the small pail and then proceed to lather up. then i shave, every single day, and go to the kitchen for breakfast. i either get corn flakes in hot milk, or mosh. mosh is similar to oatmeal, but is more runny, and i don´t really know what is in it. it´s quite good, especially if you crumble up some bread and put it in there. breakfast usually includes a banana too. then i go out to meet the others in my city to walk to the training center. it´s about a half hour walk down what would be an interstate in the states, except the shoulder is more narrow and the fumes are more powerful. then we have spanish class from 7:30 to 11:30 with a 20 minute break. i have 4 people in my class, and it usually goes pretty fast. i get about 30 or 40 new words every day, which is semidaunting, but it´s going ok so far. then we have lunch from 11:30 to 12:30. all of our host mothers make us sack lunches, and there´s a lot of bartering and trading taking place. it´s pretty fun. then we either have a lecture on how we can get sick or robbed or some technical training. we conclude at 4:30 and walk back, uphill this time. then i study until supper which is at 8, then i study after supper, then go to bed at about 9 pm. josh, i could almost rival you in studying down here, it´s pretty unbelievable. it´s kind of easy though when you can´t understand anybody or what is on tv. so that´s my day, it is pretty fun. oh, they have "walker texas ranger", and "highlander" down here. i would have to say though, that walker texas ranger is actually better when you can´t understand what he is saying.
4 comments:
glad to hear you have learned to take showers.
at least you're not eating bacon. go mush.
Mush...yummy
I do like bananas though, maybe I'm a monkey
hahaha... that made me laugh out loud about walker texas ranger.
reading about your experience is inspirational, jake. i'm glad you decided to share it with the world.
I find it hard to believe that you shave everyday. You're a big fat liar. I bet you're staying at a fancy hotel being served by chimps.
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