I understand nothing. Today is the third-month anniversary of my arrival in Chile. I decided to fulfill a promise and write an email to an old teacher. Attempting to mention the most important lesson I have learned in the email, this is what I sent. “The biggest thing after three months that I have learned [...]
Video Blog Five and Video Blog Six are both about the events of Oct. 22nd. This was a day I will forever recall. During the first part of the afternoon, as documented in Vblog 5, my friend Alaia and I were the center of a street comedy performance.
Today is the 22nd of October. Which means that as of yesterday, I have been in Chile for two months. I love this country. I wish that where I came from was more like it. This is exactly where I belong, no doubt about it. See for yourself. As promised, this video blog is packed [...]
Along with every other resident of Chile, I have been watching anxiously as the 33 Chilean minors emerge one by one from deep within the earth after being trapped for two months. The compassion of this country is nothing less than admirable. Every minor that is rescued is celebrated by the people of the country, [...]
Well hello there! Thank you for checking the new site. Special thanks to Zaang Media. To celebrate, a video extra! My host brother, Diego, gets a little worked up over watching a soccer game…
In Chile, most of the population is Catholic. Even if a family doesn’t go to church regularly, such as mine, they still follow a lot of old timely traditions. My favorite is recognizing the sabbath. So today, I really haven’t done much, and I feel great. I’m over that cold I was fighting and am [...]
Today marks the two hundredth anniversary of independent Chile. I thought that Americans were proud of their country, now I know that they are just trying to imitate Chileans. Although the holiday falls on a Saturday, it is still justification for a five day weekend. My family and I are currently about eight hours south [...]
Yes. The truth is hard to believe, but I have been here for one month, today. Crazy? I think so. So here’s my little entry to celebrate. Right now, I am very tired. I am definitely sleeping enough, its just that the language is very hard to adapt to. Although I still feel very tired [...]
Here it is… the moment you have been waiting for… the second video blog! Cleverly named Video Blog Two . Enjoy everybody.
In Chile, apparently if you are a LITTLE sick, you stay home. When my dad heard me coughing, he told me I’m not going to school. I was a little annoyed, but it makes sense here. The schools aren’t in as good conditions, they don’t have heating, or soap in the bathrooms, so things spread [...]