Blogs from Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 28

School was basically much of the same today. Although after school, at about 2pm in the hot Honduran sun, I got to play basketball with some other teachers and the principal. It was a ton of fun. However, everytime the principal would knock me over or I would fall down on my own because I'm clumsy, he would stop the game and make sure I was okay. I told him it was fine, keep playing, but I don't think he really got it. If nothing else it was good exercise. After we were done playing, Sarah, Chris, and I took our sweaty selves to the school supply store so I could find bulletin board borders. The closest things that they had were wallpaper boarders for babies' rooms. I opted to make my own boarders from paper. ... read more

My computer has been revived from where computers go when they die in Comayagua - the owner of the local Chinese food restaurant. Today after we arrived home from school, we heard a knocking on our door. Nadia went to answer it and was very confused as to who the chinese man was standing in the doorway. As Sarah and I came to look, we realized Mauricio (school administrator) was also there. AND they brought me a fixed computer. I was so excited that I wanted to hug the guy but I don't think he was the hugging type. The other excitement for the day was the kamakazi beetle. We were watching School of Rock in Kari, Jeff, and Chris' house next door and a huge beetle flew in, would hoover and then dive into people's ... read more

Today we went to the Costa Rica vs Honduras soccer game in which "we" tied Costa Rica but lost to them in the tournament anyway because they beat Nicaragua by more than "us". We learned many things at the stadium however. One: Honduras is pronounced Own-Doo-Rahs during the cheers and if you pronounce the name of their country wrong, hondurans will not hestitate to laugh at you. Two: Even if you wear honduran soccer jerseys, people still know you're North American. Three: There might be pictures floating around of me out there somewhere as quite a few people took pictures of us with their camera phones. The best part of the day however, was getting a ride back to the house honduran style - in the back of a pick up. Even though we got rained ... read more

Today as I was walking around town, I was passed by a bus with "Minneapolis Metro School District" written accross the side of it. I felt a little twang of homesickness. After taking a freezing cold shower again today, I was ready for some hugs from home and some head start :) But the day was redeemed when I got a honduran newpaper and was able to read the world news. Later in the day Leah (new teacher from utah) arrived and we all made spaghetti dinner. We decided to return to Villa Real (where we discovered Port Royal) after dinner. The coolest thing about the whole night was that we met people from the Costan Rican soccer team and I even danced with one. Although, I have to say that I had more fun dancing ... read more

This morning I went to the school for a tour and to meet the principal. Mauricio, one of the administrators was supposed to pick up Sarah, Jill, and I between 8:30-9am to bring us to the school. At 11am I called the school, he assured us that he would be there in 5 minutes. 30 minutes later he arrived at the house. Somehow I feel like I'll fit in here just wonderfully. The school is huge (by Honduran stardards). It has two floors with an open air middle and apparently used to be a shopping mall. I will try to post pictures of the school soon. They don't have any room assignments or class lists but hopefully that will be done before school starts in less than three weeks. After my tour, Melissa, one of the ... read more