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Published: June 18th 2006
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¡Feliz Dia Papas!
Early Friday morning we gathered together to celebrate Father´s Day at the school, Escuela Semillita.
http://www.semillita.zoomshare.com Yesterday (6-16)
Since today is Friday and Sunday is Father´s Day, today was our day to celebrate El Dia de los Padres. The first part of the morning was filled with excitment as the kids and their parents came for an assembley and prizes and presents were given away to the lucky daddies. There was also a puppet show for the kids to watch during the assembley.
Before the assembley began, I got to meet my mom´s cousin, my second cousin. I could tell by looking at her before meeting her that she resembled the Crespo family quite closely. She seems like a sweet young lady.
Also, before the morning celebration began, two of my students presented me with a pair of earrings, a ring, a braclet, a mini stuffed animal, and a pair of hair clips. It was the cutest thing ever. And since today was also my first day teaching English, one of my 5th grade classes gave a notebook and on the first page was written, "Para una persona muy especial de todos los ninos de 5th ano basico." Which means, for those of you who don´t speak spanish or couldn´t understand that, "for
My Second Cousin
Not the best picture...but it is my mommy´s cousin and therefore my 2nd cousin. She does look a lot like a Crespo! a special person from all of the kids in the Basic 5th grade class." It was too cute. One of the girls even gave me a ring as well. These kids are just precious.
Not only do I teach the 5th graders, but I also teach the 4th grade. They´re so much fun to work with. But since I only met with some of them once a week, and my day isn´t filled with teaching English, I go back to my class of precious kindegarterners. I wish I could have one of them as a souviner of Ecuador! 😊
I didn´t do any shopping today, but Señor Loyola and I went for a walk in the evening in the streets of downtown Guayaquil. It was hard to get good pictures in such weak lighting, but there was some pretty amazing things out there. Around 7:30 we had to leave to go to the church because Señor Loyola had to "conduct" a wedding ceremony. After that was over we were all worn out and headed home to go to bed. Sleep is nice...
Today (6-17)
Today was nice because it was the first day
Banderas
I was impressed with myself for remembering the word for flags when we saw the collection of all the flags of the providences of Ecuador. (Guayaquil is the sky-blue and white striped one in the front) I got to sleep in! Yay!! I slept until out 7 (that´s late here, haha) and I actually woke on my own today and took a shower and got ready for the day.
When I was ready to go, Dorita and I went to Malecon to go walking and sightseeing along the long stretch and to shop a little at the stores along the way. Malecon was gorgeous! It´s a walk along a river that leads straight to the sea. It´s a long walk and what I didn´t know is that once we reached the end there was a HUGE staircase leading to the top. "It´ll be tiring," I thought to myself, "but I can do it." Upon reaching the top there was a curve and another long staircase...then another...then another! After climbing 444 stairs we were finally at the top, out of breath and pretty thirsty. No, I´m not crazy and I didn´t count the stairs--they were numbered. But it was definitley worth the climb; the view was phenominal! And during our walk, we passed through amazing parks and saw great flowers and plants. Even the animals there were gorgeous. We went shopping at Malecon too and I
El Parque de Malecon
Malecon is a stretch of a walk and has parks, stores, and great views. It was worth the blisters from my 444 stair-climb. couldn´t help but buy new sunglasses along with a new ring. I bought a present for my brother but will leave that nameless for suspension on his part. After realizing how late it was, we decided to turn back and begin our long adventure to the car. We got there a lot quicker going down the stairs then we had heading up the stairs. Mainly because gravity was pulling our mass down, but also because we badly needed to satisfy our grumbling tummies. On our way to the car we stopped for icecream and then hit the road.
We got home and ate a delicious lunch and had a little time to spare after lunch and before we went shopping as a whole family. I managed not to buy anything, remarkably. We went to Riocentro, one of the biggest shopping centers in Guayaquil, next to Policentro. After we were finsihed there, we then went to SuperMaxi and bought more groceries for the week. The store was playing American oldies in the background, and I, of course, was enthusiastically singing along. The Ecuadorians nearby were impressed with my bilengual ability and admiration showed in their eyes when they smiled at
Tower of Terror
Just kidding, it wasn´t scary, I just wanted to say that. This was what was at the top of that 444 stair-climb. And the view from up there was even better! me. Some laughed as I went by singing Cecilia, by Simon and Garfunkel or dancing along to Summer Lovin´ from the musical, Grease. I´m having a grand-old time here in Ecuador, and I couldn´t have wanted to spend this summer anywhere else but here, with the Loyolas.
Now it´s time for me to get some rest because tomorrow after church we plan to go to Las Playas, and I´ll need my sleep tonight. Buenas noches and you know when you´ll be hearing from me!
Until then,
Shir
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Totally!
Yes, I agree totally(with the bib pic)! Wow! What a great blog you are keeping. I can't get back to bed for reading/looking through your your wonderful experiences. Are there any music classes at your school? I'd be curious to know if that is a regular part of the curriculum. Keep up the good work, Shirlina!!