Sorry that I haven't written in a while but nothing really has been going on here. Oh, expect for the lights are turned off everyday at random times. The eletricity here is generated through hydroelectricity. No rain = no power. It hasn't rained for a while so there is a power shortage. They cut the lights off in random parts of the city for about four hours at a time. It is kinda annoying when I am doing something on the internet and the electricity goes out. I'm making all A's in my classes except for one. I'm at the point in the semester where all the final papers are due and it is a bit stressful but not too much. I hung out with a friend who doesn't speak a word of English. Both me ... read more

I totally forgot to tell you guys that I have been teaching English for the past two weeks. I joined a program called Ingles Para Todos where university students teach English to the employees. I’m not going to lie; it is a lot of pressure. Teaching is not just talking. You actually have to make sure that the students understand. So give your teachers a break, okay? I got the worst shift ever - Saturday mornings at eight. I don’t know if I have already mentioned this in a previous entry, but I have to take two buses to the university and it takes about an hour in total. That means I have to leave the house by seven. Blah. No going out on Fridays for me. Another problem is that most students travel on ... read more

So I kinda feel like my mind is spinning with the newness of everything here...there is a huge diffrence between speaking Spanish in the United States and speaking Spanish here...I went to my history class on Tuesday and I kinda of felt like I was in a daze...the prof started speaking Spanish and it wasn't that I couldn't understand her, I just had to make the choice between listening and taking notes because I couldn't do both at the same time. I had the class again today and it was a lot better...everything is so different here...on campus all the profs are called by their first names...yesterday we were let out of class early because the school was celebrating its 21 birthday and the entire campus and all its visitors were given cake...cool huh?? I talk ... read more

Everything is good here...everyone is so nice...I can´t use my computer yet because the plugs are different and we have to go buy a converter. I live literally right next to the airport so all day you here sounds of airplanes. When you go outside you can see the planes pass overhead. They fly so low that if I took a picture the only thing that would be seen is the bottom of the plane. I saw when I walked outside today and it scared me. Yesterday I had a really hard time sleeping and the matress was kind of hard but other than that everything is good. When I got here my host mom gave me herbal tea and told me a little about the Ecuadorian culture. Here life is a lot slower and ... read more