Blogs from San José, San José, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 29

Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well. I hope the reunion will still be able to happen and that Ike doesn't ruin everyone's plans. It is raining here. As usual. Today one of the teachers, Alina, invited Emnet and I up to her house outside of the city for a typical Costa Rican meal. She had a really nice house, big and open, as seems to be the norm here. We had guacamole, smashed black beans and tortillas, a dish that was a mix of corn and hearts of palm. And also a green salad with some tuna. It was all really good, I especially like the tortillas, they were store bought, but they taste homemade compared to what we get in the stores at home. I am going to the beach this weekend with ... read more

Day 6 Today I felt more out of place that I ever had before. I had my first class with Ticos from 6-8pm. The class is called “Organizational Behavior” and it’s a business class taught only in Spanish and I am the only non-Tico (or only white, non-fluent Spanish speaker from Costa Rica). It was definitely an awakening. It wasn’t TOO hard to understand the teacher, but I couldn’t understand the students worth a crap. Of course the first thing we had to do was form groups for a semester long project worth half our grade (I love business classes… ugh…). Almost everyone knew each other already… except for 3 guys. And God bless those 3 guys, because it allowed me to have a group. It really made me understand what it’s like to be an ... read more

Days 4 and 5 Lazy Sunday, wake up in the late afternoon, Go downtown just to see how it’s doin; Hola San Jose; what up JB? Not much, nice Guanacaste Tree. But my hunger pains are stickin like duct tape, Go to the panaderia to mack on some cupcakes! No doubt that place has got all the bomb crema, I love that ice cream like Mikey digs Elena. Two, no, six, no twelve, ay Dios Mira! I told ya I’m crazy like that ol’ Pura Vida. Ate at a Chinese restaurant where they speak Spanish, Gotta eat well or else I’ll be famished. Tru dat, Double true. Gotta pack my lunch up, the deli’s underpriced, Gonna pack it up and pack it up nice. Don’t want Mami to get suspicious, Gallo Pinto & Lime = Crazy ... read more

Ok, so on the way to town today for more orientation stuffs, we passed a McDonalds. Here, they have a burger called the “McNifico”; in Spanish, ‘magnifico’ means magnificent. Yes. That’s the the McNificent burger for only $900 colones. Get it while it lasts. First experience of a Costa Rican storm today, but more on this later sometime. The real event of the day - the Costa Rican National Team vs Suriname. Where the hell is Surinam you ask? In South America between French Guinea and something else. Northeastern area. Yea, I didn’t know either - someone else had told me Africa. Why can't you locate Suriname? Well, because there aren’t enough maps in the world and people can’t read maps…um South Africa, Iraq, we should help them. If I lost you, you have to see ... read more

Hello everyone, happy Thursday. I really don't have too much new going on right now. I woke up a little late so that was stressful this morning, but I still got here on time. I graded the test that I gave on Tuesday evening, so I will give that back to the students tonight and then I have to give an oral test, where I check their pronunciation. Well, sorry this is so short, I don't have too much new to say, but I thought I'd just check in! Hugs to everyone.... read more