Hello! Hey Eli!
Thank you for the post card.
I see your Mom almost everyday. So cute, she always say I miss Nana;)
I can see that you are having a lots of fun!
Enjoy and take lots of pics... Are you keeping a journal, besides this one?
When you get back we need a whole day to catch up.
Be safe.
Love ya
Ny
Skinny Hi Nana: Isa and I just saw the video. You are looking very skinny. You are going to come back looking like Sara. I will send you some peanuts and other goodies in the box that Jenny is puttine together.
Uh oh.. Hey Nana...I love the wine story. I remember those days...I remember one distinctly in your house on a holiday and Jen being part of it! LOL! Take care of yourself and I'm sorry that your friends are getting sick :-(
the canal yea i def. know what its like to be you, i had this fear that we were going to get stuck at a lock going through the canal. and each one takes forever becuse of all the traffic. the cannal is really tight we seriously had a couple feet from each side. but you def. gotta do it one day i am sure youd love it.,
you have no idea the days are flying i cannot believe its been a month already like i am in shock. but i can just imagine how enormous you must be becausr you were huge the last time i saw you. but i think catherine is going to be born in october not nov....i dont know why i think this but i have this feeling that its gonna be at the end of the month...but keep me posted.....but as soon as i get off the boat im gonna try and call you guys.....give briana a big kiss for me and tell mami i miss her
pepita of course i was not going to send a post card to everyone and not to you:-D besides i think it would be really amazing if you put it in denzel album so he could keep them as a memory. the people that were sick one had an ulcer and the other had an epileptic attack. but apparently a few more are leaving in panama so i dont know what is going on. but give denzel a hug and i lvoe you
Now you know? So now you know what a lock is. Now you are starting to see and feel what it is that I do. It is a totally different world the boat life. It is just something about the water. It has a certain effect.
HI Hi Nana: Sorry it took me so long to write you. Still, I think about you everyday and miss you a lot. Briana misses you too. She continues to look for you among all the girls that looks like you on the street. She also has taken over your sliver shiney purse and uses it for play when we go over to mami's house. My belly is super duper big. The baby seems to be growing a lot. I am now 33 weeks and waiting. We we are getting anxious and can't wait to see our baby girl. I am so glad that you have new family within the ship. I hope you don't get booted out. :) Time seems to be going really quick, so enjoy you time and make the most of it. Just be careful. I called the calling card that mami got you and they gave me access numbers for both Panama and Ecuador. I will send them to you in a private message.. We are going to see Elmo LIVE on Friday. :) I am super excited to see how BRiana will react. Mami says hi. She misses you and askes about you daily. :) Anyway, have fun in Panama and hope to hear from you soon.
recibimos tus postales!! Hola Pepo,
hace 2 dias nos llego tus postales,estan lo mas de bonitas,lo que mas me gusto era que no las esperaba,fue una sorpresa increible,me pone muy contanta que te hayas acordado de nosotros.Denzel no me queria entregar una de ellas,tuve que salir corriendo detras de el para quitarsela,ya que las quiero conservar como un recuerdo.
Espero que te encuentres bien y que no te vallas a enfermar como tus compañeros(quisiera saber exactamente de que se enfermaron ellos),espero que no sea nada contagioso y que no valla a afectarles a ninguno otro de ustedes.
xoxo ,te extrañamos
miss you also Yea its def. a shitty shitty feeling waking up and having nooooooo clue what was talked about the night before. I am sure it was alot of bs...tons of bs... but i went down for lunch and one of my professors was extremely enthusiastic when he saw me...haha..funny. But here there is no place to hide like everyone sees eachother everday and there is nooo changing that. But i sooo freakin cute that sebastian got to goals. make sure you video tape it i want to see... it so hard not seeing them , like i miss babies :( not that i dont miss the rest of you but they are always on my mind....hey did you recieve the post cards????
also i rumor has it that we are currently int he middle of two hurricanes in the atlantic, have you heard anything about that?? and about the fonda night, yea i know its me to speak up, but they really really hurt my feelings, like they made me cry, i felt so pushed out :(
miss you also Yea its def. a shitty shitty feeling waking up and having nooooooo clue what was talked about the night before. I am sure it was alot of bs...tons of bs... but i went down for lunch and one of my professors was extremely enthusiastic when he saw me...haha..funny. But here there is no place to hide like everyone sees eachother everday and there is nooo changing that. But i sooo freakin cute that sebastian got to goals. make sure you video tape it i want to see... it so hard not seeing them , like i miss babies :( not that i dont miss the rest of you but they are always on my mind....hey did you recieve the post cards????
also i rumor has it that we are currently int he middle of two hurricanes in the atlantic, have you heard anything about that?? and about the fonda night, yea i know its me to speak up, but they really really hurt my feelings, like they made me cry, i felt so pushed out :(
Aww... the joys of wine~ HellO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW frist of I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK! Dont you hate that feeling of waking up and being like OMG!!! What teh helll did we talk about last night! Fun times fun times!!!! ohhh and as for the restaurant thing! I think people just are affraid to say anything because they are not sure of themselves! You are and you always will be! So just be glad that you did what came natural which is to prove a point! :-) Learn from others and hope other will learn from you! Anyway LOVE YOU TONS!!!!!!!!and miss you more than you know! xoxoxox
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thats from bella!
Sebastians says:
hi have fun on your boat! I made two goals at soccer! I miss you
yea it was def. a shitty situation, the problem with the others standing up and joing me is that they are not use to it. Not use to speaking there mind or being aggresive abou anything. And i know I shouldnt be the one person that simply understands everyone else, and never am the one being fully undestood, but i gess its my nature to be that way. I feel like i have gained so much american pride on this experience. Its crazy like when I get home i want to purchase a flag. But i have 3 months to show them that being american is def. not a bad thing. But they have to see it experiecne it themselves, with this crowd of people words, does nothing. So i am sure during time they will have a new view of americans. And perhaps, they see that what i did was really not all that bad.
I see. I know what you are saying about trying to build a community, and trying to blend in. From what I have read though, there are times that you must stand and be defined by who you are. The group left you standing in the resturant. They may have not agreed with you, but it sounds like they could of help in some manner as to try and settle the situation. Not sit there and say that you are american like it is a bad thing. You know me well Eli. It is not a matter of us being american. I know that america has many things that could be changed and improved. It is the generalize us that I and I know you do not like. That is what you should help them to see. Not how great america is, but how you treat them and don't judge them, that you would like to be treated the same way. I remember the fire in yours eyes when you made it clear to me that mexican is not a language. You showed me the error in my way. I was wrong and you made me understand. You did not get angry you just guided me. You know what I am trying to say.
P.S. I don't think that you have to worry about what you said with your teachers. That is funny though.
thanks im veyr glad u got a chance to read it, i dont blame u at all if u dont u have a crazy busy life. but give the baby lost of love .
love ya.
nana
seems so easy i am not in the right postion at the moment to be explaining to eveyone why my culuture is so great. its as if we are like building a community on board, where there are no culutres. at the present moment its best to blend. but thanks for the motivation :)
seems so easy i am not in the right postion at the moment to be explaining to eveyone why my culuture is so great. its as if we are like building a community on board, where there are no culutres. at the present moment its best to blend. but thanks for the motivation :)
seems so easy i am not in the right postion at the moment to be explaining to eveyone why my culuture is so great. its as if we are like building a community on board, where there are no culutres. at the present moment its best to blend. but thanks for the motivation :)
American We Are Eli, we are americans. And you have every right to be proud of it. We complain when something is not right or should be fixed or the quality sucks. That is where customer service and satisfaction comes in. We always strive to be better and want the best. If they want to sterotype us as Americans. Then ask them why everyone wants to be american but for some reason they hate us. They knock you because you are american. Well let them know why it is so great to be american.
Funny experience! You are kind of old to be realizing that here is much more in the world other than you, don't you think? hahaha. Just kidding. At least you are learning and growing through all these experiences. I was close to you age to, when I learned that you cant always speak your mind inevery situation because sometimes there is just no point other that to make others feel uncomfortble. WE miss you and think about you always.
I finally made it to your blog! Sorry for not exploring your blog earlier; adjusting to motherhood has kicked my butt! I managed to read from the very first one to the latest one and it's truly amazing the experience you're having. You writing style is so real...containing sadness and laughter along with deep thought. I found myself looking forward to the next journal. You're awesome at capturing your experience in writing! All these high's and low's that you're going through will only strengthen you and make you a better balanced individual. Live it up, be safe, study hard, and keep us posted...
hi pepo!!! Hola Pepita,
solo hasta hoy he podido leer el resto de tu aventura,me alegra que te este llendo muy bien,tu mami me conto acerca de tu nuevo trabajo con la periodista.Me pone muy contenta que te sientas muy feliz,disfruta todo lo que puedas,rumbea sanamente tambien.
No lo puedo creer,hasta hace unos añitos atras eras una niña dulce y ahora eres toda una mujer hecha y derecha.
De Denzel te cuento que ya lo tengo en underwears,tiene uno que otro accidente,pero creo que lo esta haciendo muy bien,ya esta soltando un poquito mas la lengua,aunque lo que dice me lo dice en ingles.
El domingo estuvimos todos en Cocoa Beach,excepto por Farith que tuvo que trabajar,me gusto volver estar en familia.
Bueno Pepita espero saber pronto de ti,que sigas aprendiendo y disfrutando mucho.Besos y abrazos
Portugal... for some reason I love the language they speak.. Hey my friend!
How is your Portuguese?
Make sure you drink some Guaraná.(soft drink that tastes like champagne)
Have lots of fun;)
This article is awesome and my friend is famous!! "Alunos ricos estudam em navio que chegou ontem a Lisboa
Inês Boaventura "
Rich students study in ship that arrived in Lisbon ysterday... I loved! They went on and on talking abou la Colobiana Eliana Velez!!!
Hey girl! How is it going? I have to say that you probably have more exciting things to say than anyone on this ship.lol
I am so happy that you got your debit card.
Are you getting my messages?
Hope all is well!
Be good,
Ny
hello i am sooo glad i got my card...i was seriously thinking that i would be poor forever...But its xrazy everyone offered to have money transfered to their accounts aND then they could just withdraw it...so i know im amongst some awsome people....but yea i tried the local beer super brock....not so good but today is the last day
Nyrla
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Hey Eli! Thank you for the post card. I see your Mom almost everyday. So cute, she always say I miss Nana;) I can see that you are having a lots of fun! Enjoy and take lots of pics... Are you keeping a journal, besides this one? When you get back we need a whole day to catch up. Be safe. Love ya Ny