1. The 3 year-old next door looking for her mom and saying "no tengo mi mama..."
2. Albita singing to herself unaware that I was in the patio "tengo hambre, porque no comÃ, solo comà una cochinada, y aqui estoy en mis pijamas..." before I burst out laughing.
3. Carlito yelling and running across the patio with a broom pointed at all the pollitos "Ya no me aguanto! Espero que sean un poquito mas grande para que me como todos!"
4. A man and woman on a motorcyle, the woman in the back with both palms up and a queque in each hand.
5. Just when I think I've seen everything Nicaragua has to throw at me, I find myself in a bus with thawing meat juice dripping on me from the overhead storage. You win Nica.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
84 days to go!
Everytime I've thought about reviving my blog, I always find something else to distract me. Lillian emailed me with comments about my post from May 2009 and gave me new inspiration. That and I was envious of her actually-up-to-date blog.
As the title says, I have 84 days left of my Peace Corps service! Our COS (close of service) conference was last week, where we talked about resumes, job searching, grad school applications, and the process to finish off. More on that later.
Something very interesting that I've recently noticed is that cultural differences that I once felt don't bother me as they used to. For example earlier this week my profe mentioned that one thing i failed to do during my time here was find someone to help her get a VISA to visit her brother in the US. I remember when she initially approached me with this request when I had first arrived and it really bothered me. Now I can respond playfully that I'd love to take her with me but it's out of my control. The "tse tse" of men doesn't phase me. Yesterday I had to go to MINED (Ministry of education) 3 times in to try to get an appointment with the delegada. I finally found the secretary the third time and all she told me was to call the office tomorrow to see if the delegada would be in. And in the end, she didn't come in the next day! Work problems don't seem to as big as they once were. Maybe I've solved any of the pressing problems along the way, but maybe things just don't feel as severe as they used to. It has taken two years but I am finally fully accustomed to living in Nicaragua. It's a combination of really knowing the language, culture, and having built relationships friends and counterparts. My patience has been tested and retested with every project and task. Fortunately I've learned to laugh and get-over mysself :)
As the title says, I have 84 days left of my Peace Corps service! Our COS (close of service) conference was last week, where we talked about resumes, job searching, grad school applications, and the process to finish off. More on that later.
Something very interesting that I've recently noticed is that cultural differences that I once felt don't bother me as they used to. For example earlier this week my profe mentioned that one thing i failed to do during my time here was find someone to help her get a VISA to visit her brother in the US. I remember when she initially approached me with this request when I had first arrived and it really bothered me. Now I can respond playfully that I'd love to take her with me but it's out of my control. The "tse tse" of men doesn't phase me. Yesterday I had to go to MINED (Ministry of education) 3 times in to try to get an appointment with the delegada. I finally found the secretary the third time and all she told me was to call the office tomorrow to see if the delegada would be in. And in the end, she didn't come in the next day! Work problems don't seem to as big as they once were. Maybe I've solved any of the pressing problems along the way, but maybe things just don't feel as severe as they used to. It has taken two years but I am finally fully accustomed to living in Nicaragua. It's a combination of really knowing the language, culture, and having built relationships friends and counterparts. My patience has been tested and retested with every project and task. Fortunately I've learned to laugh and get-over mysself :)
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