Blogs from Santiago, Santiago Region, Chile, South America - page 17

What a couple of days I have had. The weather turned on Saturday and is rained all bloody day. I can tell you that Santiago is not a nice place when it rains, especially after a long time without it. The street are full of water and the cars seem to seek people out just so they can spray them. But since I am not in Santiago for a long time, sitting in the hotel room and watch TV without understanding a word was not an option. So my new friends picked me up and we took the train to the military museum. Well sort of as there was quiet a walk from the train station to the museum. When we arrived we were soaked. The museum was very interesting and well presented, except that not ... read more

So it's been quite a while since I've written anything here and there are a couple of reasons for that. First, back at the end of June/early July when I last posted, there really wasn't anything to report on. I went to work, went to my private classes, cooked, ate, went to the gym, and slept. It was so cold and miserable here that I really became a hermit for a while and had NO desire to step foot outside my apartment. The second reason I didn't write much here is that I was keeping a big secret. And since I have no idea who actually reads this , or when they do, I didn't want to slip up and put anything here that could give it away. Which brings me to my third reason, which ... read more

I've lost track of time. When was the last time I blogged? I don't know. But, tracing it back from Peru, I left Cusco bright and early a couple of days past for the flight back to Lima. I remember at the Lima Airport the masses of people following the World Cup. Soccer (football... hah-hah) is basically the official religion in this part of the world, and people take their watching of the event very seriously. One guy I saw blocked the view of another, and they almost started throwing punches. A cop at the airport literally had to intervene! I then took a 5 or so hour flight South the Santiago, the capital of Chile. This big city, for me at least, is only a break to catch my breath, meaning that Santiago doesn't really ... read more

This is a blog post that I've actually worked on to prepare for a little bit. I've been completely neglecting studying for the LSAT and instead either being a completely lazy bum, or writing in my journal and making some notes/thoughts about differences in culture that I notice here. Obviously, Santiago is very different from NJ, although similar in many respects. But I want to write for a while about things that I find to be interesting/unique/odd/terrible/awesome, etc. In no way is this meant to be an exhaustive list on differences in Chilean culture and also note that it is simply my observations. So, here we go! Most people here have two last names, one taken from their mother and another from their father. I've yet to ask/figure out how they determine which last name gets ... read more

I didn't realize it's been over 2 weeks since I wrote anything here! Crazy how time flies. Fortunately the past two weeks have been keeping me pretty busy, both at work, but more importantly, during my free time. Since Labor Day, aka Workers Day, is celebrated on May 1 almost everywhere but in the US, I had May 1 and 2 off from work (how did I never know this before? It was cool to learn that the US does not celebrate Labor Day on May 1 because they originally want to disassociate themselves from any potential ties to socialist/workers reform movements that were common in the late 1800s, despite the fact that the holiday originated out of the Haymarket Riots in Chicago!). So I made good use of my free time and was able to ... read more