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Gen Takahashi Joined: July 6th 2005
Logged in: August 31st 2005
Logged in: August 31st 2005
Travel Blog Posts
Spanish Language Schools Guide Today I'll write about La Madrastra from business point of view. What they keep saying is "Don't miss the final episodes... Don't miss the final week of La Madrastra..." for past 3 weeks I think. After investing more than one month of time watching it, I do want to watch the conclusion of the program. And the another thing that they do is to start the new show before finishing the old one. For example, the running time of La Madrastra is from 8pm to 9pm. But this week, La Madrastra ends at 8:30 and begins the new show. Since I already have 8pm-9pm ready, I keep watching the new one too. This is a very smart move for the transition. By the way, anybody knows what the San Roman Enterprise does? ... read more
Spanish Language Schools Guide I like watching soap operas. It's something that I acquired about a month ago when I was staying at my friend's apartment. He had the cable and even though he didn't speak Spanish, the cable came with programs in Spanish since there is a big Spanish speaking population in the US. And when I was changing channels, I heard a song by Laura Pausini and the soapopera with that song was La Madrastra(stepmother). It was bit difficult for me to understand the plot in the beginning but I think I understand most of it now. The setting is in the capital of Mexico. There lives a rich family of father, 2 aunts and 3 children, but without mother. The kids grew up believing that their mom is dead. But Maria the protagonist ... read more
Spanish Language Schools Guide Today I have my Telefónica cell phone on top of my desk. It's not the tiniest model in the market, but it still does makes me feel the speed of technology. This little gadget that I bought yesterday has dimension of about 2.5 inches x 1 inch x 1/3 inch. If I remember correctly, a cellphone like this had price over $300 5 years ago. Now I just paid about $45 and came with 80 free minutes for the first month and 40 free minutes for 12 months. I didn't have a cellphone for 5 years and I'm really amazed by this change. The today's advanced models comes with camera, mp3 and credit card function. It's very probable that all cellphone come with those functions in 5 years. But I wonder what ... read more
Spanish Language Schools Guide Yesterday I visited Doña Esperanza (Doña is commonly used substitution for Señora or Mrs. here in Guatemala) with Mario who is one of the teachers of ConeXion Xela. Mario was helping me shop around for a cellphone. We were a bit tired walking around so much and since we were around her house, we decided to pay her a visit. Doña Esperanza welcomed us warmly as usual and we talked about her neighbor and other students in her place. She always has students staying in her home, both foreign and domestic. Majority of them are referred by her previous students and I was the one of them too. It's because she is so sweet and her meals are great too. Many students stay there for months and I guess it's pretty rare ... read more
Spanish Language Schools Guide Hi my dear reader! In order to get to know host families for ConeXion Xela, I'm living with one family after another every week. This is the way I've gotten to know many Spanish teachers last year and I'm doing the same with host families now. It's been 5 days living with Morales family and I'm satisfied here. No, they don't have experience of welcoming a foreign student. Actually, I'm their first one. But, what I'd like to see in a host family is their happiness as a family, because I don't think they would be capable of making students feel happy if they are not happy themselves. So, I really liked to see how Allan, the father, was playing with his daughter after lunch and how every member of the family ... read more
Spanish Language Schools Guide Hi my dear reader! There are lots of things that I can write about my daily life in Xela but there is only one real urgent topic: fleas! They've been bugging me a lot and it's getting worse and worse. Now that I counted number of bites on my body, have at least 24 bites. 7 on right hand and arm. 8 on left arm and hand. 3 on neck and face. 6 on legs. They seemed to like me a lot and inviting their friends to try me out. So I'm getting bitten more every day and I have no idea how I got so many of them. It was a few days ago when I found a couple of bites but now I have 24 all over my body. They ... read more
