As my time dwindles in South America and I see the end in sight, I seem to have lots of lists running in my mind (memories, plans, goals,etc). I decided in order to not have one huge blog at the very end, I'll start them now and by the time I leave, I should have them all posted. So to begin, my Most memorable moments. Since I left in July, some things stick out in my mind like small video clips or pictures in a scrapbook.1) starting in Costa Rica, after a lot of...

I just read a short story/book that Ricardo recommended, some of you might know it: "Who Moved My Cheese?" It´s pretty famous now, and even has versions especially for teens and kids. It´s basically a short story about mice and little people who have different ways of reacting when their cheese disappears. Some just pick up and move on, looking for more cheese while the others stay there unhappy, feeling betrayed and that someone owes them the cheese that is no...

Having multi-lingual friendships makes communicating quite interesting and over time I've been collecting words that don't exist but make sense. This isn't to make fun of anyone who made these errors but rather to show the ILLOGICALNESS (see, new word!) that English has sometimes. It can be so inconsistent and unpredictable, sometimes it's hard to know the different forms of words. So here's my new (and still ongoing) dictionary:Pubin hair- meant to be pubicMetaf...

Its funny... Earlier today I was thinking "Hmm what should I write my next blog about?" (so much pressure, Grandma Deanne and her Blog Club.) Then tonight, in one of my private lessons, we were discussing working conditions, company policies, benefits, treatment of employees, etc. And when my student was telling me about her own, I thought "Wow, that's great." This is the kind of company my dad tries to create with Tignum.First of all, there are no offices. No wa...

I have no good way to organize my last few days in one theme so I'll pull out the bullets. I love lists :-). These past few days have been an array of great and miserable, joy and pain, production and laziness. •Saturday after my crappy class, Ricardo, his friend Caio and I decided to feed homeless. So we bought some bread buns, bananas, and juice and they also found some clothes they didn't want. We only had to walk a few miles radius from where we live to f...