El Kiwi en Sudamérica

Not much to report...

Well, it's been a fairly quiet week again, this better not become a habit-I think I could just scrape by earning this amount- and never doing anything! Anyway, It's all good
Last Wednesday (at the last blog time) I went to Touch rugby in the evening. It's pretty casual, just keeping fit until the season starts in September (Which is social as well-But i've heard some teams take it more serious than others) The ground was suprisingly firm despite the rain that had fallen; I'm still going to purchase some 'zapatillas' with studs. I'll spare you the details of each brilliant try I did, but for the record I smoked them on one occasion with a 'run across the field, right to the corner, set up the winger on the corner- then throw a dummy, hit the gap for the try' They seem to play by the book so they were kinda wondering why I would do something unothodox like that. So you could say my confidence for the up coming season is pretty good.I met this English guy on his gap year, and had a bit of a chat. He had played for half of the last season with the winning team. From what he told me it seems that there are two more serious teams- The Griffons and Speed (from what I saw of their players you have to run the 100 metres in under 10 to join their team). Everyone else is in it for more of a laugh. I've also had a few chances to do english-spanish lesson swaps: which hasd been great for my Spanish. But, alas, I still need to practice more. This Wednesday I went to touch, but the security guy said it had been cancelled. I was planning on chilling afterwards with CJ (The English guy) so I gave him a call and he invited me to his place. He 'works'at a school nearby, and his accomodation is on the grounds. But because of the conduct of some of the previous gappies they need to go through this ridiculous proccess to have anyone visit (they need to get permission in the day time) anyway, it kinda reminded me of something/someplace (Inside joke) We would have jumped the fence but they have security guards, cameras and they would have someone checking. -We made it in eventually, I'm sure your not reading this for a description of a schools policy and security- so i'll move on.So we chilled with the other gappies there, Two girls from South Africa. So yeah, it was good to spend so time with them, giving each other a hard time about stuff, things that people from the commenwealth get. And, because I had no classes the next day, it lasted quite awhile. And changed location to Providencia.
I thought I would once again mix things up some random happenings that don't fit anywhere:When I was on the job hunt I went to this Institute with my CV. Well, because I was in chilean mode when the receptionst from the states introduced herself I automaticlly gave her a kiss when greeting her- Which she wasn't planning on, and so I started the application process on the right foot. (The look on her face afterwards was interesting, hahaha). I was then coldly informed that they only teach 'north american english'. So that was a learing experiance and a half- HAHAHAHA, classic. That's one thing you need to be ready for: public humiliation. It's a neccesary part of learning a new language and culture- And it's something I need to subject myself to more often!As well, If anyone wants to pray for me right now, pray that I would not get negative/miss my family/get lazy. I'd apreciate that.Cheers for making it all the way down this illiterate rambling (Did I spell illiterate right- It like 'did I pronounce "Pronunciation" right- makes you look real smart)
Peace and love to you all!

posted by Nathan Sinclair @ 3:25 PM