whims

Happy Birthday Shawn Dean

2 weeks more. Who could have guessed?

Two weeks ago, on Saturday the 7th, I went to the house of one of the women who works at Posada de Belen for lucnh. She lives in La Punta, which is a very nice, historic, tranquil area of Callao that is surrounded on three sides by the sea. There was a small parade (the district is only 10x4 blocks) because La Punta was celebrating its 91st anniversary. There was a marching band (only boys on the lead drums, girls on the xylophone and 2nd drums...grr). Also, the majority of the clubs and schools from La Punta participated. Because the parade was only 2 blocks long (hehe), each group did a little performance. The majority presented dances, one presented a traditional dance from Cusco. Wow, that ws really cool. I really like La Punta. A person can go outside and relax with clean air and little noise pollution. ah.

The next day I went with a friend who works in a theater NGO to a festival against sexual violence in Villa Elsalvador. Villa Elsalvador is a part of Lima that is comprised mostly of shanty towns. It's very dusty in there because there isn't any grass nor any paved streets. Villa Elsalvador has developed recently, since the 70's more or less, because people from other parts of Peru have moved to there to find work in LIma. It's huge and a very poor area. Very poor. But, I liked it. It was more tranquil there. A person could go outside, run, play soccer, breathe a bit. I realized how, at least for me, a bit of room to maneauver is necessary to feel comfortable. It's poor but not desperate. I think generally the level of crime is lower there, too. It seems that inner city poverty is the worst. It just traps a person.

In other news, I got a job! I'm an English teacher. Very cool. I had an interview in Sept. and was told I'd be contacted in a week and never was. I called the company about two weeks ago and spoke with the boss and he said he'd call me soon. He didn.t SO I called again...turns out they didn't have my phone number. Haha. I called on Wednesdsay, went to another invertiew on Wed., and then...started my class Wednesday night. haha. My class meets everyday Mon-Friday for 1.5 hrs. Very cool.

This weekend was fun. Went to a friend's house frinday night and last night I went to the theater. THe other volunteer who came here thru the UWC comitee works in the theater NGO and through him/the NGo, I've met a few actors...one of which presented his 'obra' (work) sat night. It was interesting. After, we went to the RPP (the main news radio station in Peru, I believe) station for an interview. Hehe. Very cool. Got to put some faces with some voices.

So, I've been thinking a lot about whether I want to come back in December, ornot. I know I went to a lot of work to get a 1 semester deferral, but it seems like a better idea to take another semester, stay here more times, get closer to the boys, learn spanish better, see more of peru, understand the peruvian more naturally, etc. I'm thining I'd stay until March or April, then return to somewhere where I could make some money, and then go to a French speaking area for a couple of months to get a head start on french, which will help tremendously in Montreal. The French spekaing area could be France or Africa, or both. Haha. Really, I've been thinking about this alot.

Besos

posted by Marielly @ 5:40 PM