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Published: August 30th 2009
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Vamos Gringos!
keeping it patriotic. Notice the hair Hello again,
Sorry about the delay on this post, I have been a bit busy. Well after three weeks here I have landed one job at a high school. The job pay is pretty low and the hours are few, but it is a start. The classes are only 4 students each so I hope they can really improve their English with such small class sizes. I have also been in contact with a non-profit English language group called The Anglo. The school pays a good wage and is flexible with hours, aside from that they are also located about 3 blocks from my house. The problem is that both the Mexican gov. and the Anglo have a lot of hoops to jump through to make it work. Let’s say I have gone through half of them in a two weeks haha. I was hired at an elementary school which paid well and had more hours, but they were not helping me with my visa so I had to say adios. Until The Anglo works out I will most likely continue with the high school and start giving private lessons to make ends meet.
I did get sick
Fun guy
This dish is called Quitlacoche which is a Nahuatl word. It is a fungus that grows on corn. Sounds and looks appetizing right? Well when prepared correctly it is amazing, its pretty spicy and is usually eaten with tortillas, taco style. to my stomach after eating Mole Poblano, a dish that has basically chicken tacos, smothered in a chocolaty sauce. I am pretty sure I would have a belly ache after eating that anywhere in the world though. I have been indulging mostly in the Dieta T, which includes Tortas (sandwiches), Tostados (a crunchy tortilla topped with all sorts of veggies and meat), Tamales (there is a man who sells them for $5 pesos/ 40 cents on Sundays outside of my house), and Tacos 😊. I still don’t have access to a fridge so I am spending more than I would like on food at the moment but that is ok.
Oh, I cut my hair finally. It is fairly short. I think it will help me land jobs more easily considering almost every school has a dress code which includes short hair for boys. It is kind of a relief, less maintenance and less jokes about it haha. I will be mailing it into locks for love this week. I still don’t have a picture but here is a one from my webcam early on a Sunday to entertain you all.
Things are moving forward with
Zocalo
An ok shot of the zocalo (town square). This is where the cathedral is located (background) along with the Municipal government building. It looks really pretty at night. This area of the city is known as the centro historico and is a UNESCO world history cite, it has 3,000 historical buildings, pretty cool. my project at the CIF and my photo class. So far the intro to digital class has been extremely boring, mostly review for me but I am learning the vocabulary, which is important. The class is small in size and consists mostly of rich Mexicans with a lot of money to spend on cameras that they don’t know how to use. That’s life I guess though. The project on the workshops is taking longer than expected seeing as how I have to translate the entire web page first and create a program based on excursions I have yet to take. After looking at other programs however the CIF should be able to have a great deal of success. We have a lot of resources that other workshops do not. First of all we have both digital and analog (film) labs, most programs have one or the other. We also have access to cheap paper, where others charge, we would provide it included in the program cost. The school also is a great resource as it serves for both classrooms and gatherings. The school also has a gallery and photo library that goes back hundreds of years into Mexican photography. Lilia
Photo class
While I haven't learned very much in the class yet, I was reminded of a few fun tricks. This one was in class. and I hope to get the project off and running by next spring. The goal would be to offer 12 programs a year or at least programs for holidays and festivals to begin with (dia de los muertos, la navidad, dia de la independencia, cinco de mayo etc). These types of workshops also seem to be very lucrative based on what I am looking at for costs of each program and the price charged to each student.
I hope to be traveling around a bit more in the near future, and have more excitement for you. Otherwise life is calm here, I have a pretty good group of friends now and things are good. Love you and miss you all!
Well I think that is about all I have to report enjoy the few pictures I have. And thanks for reading!
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