Holas.
This post is a bit unorganized, and comes to you in the form of a recap of January and early February happenings. It is all over the place, and features a medley of two months of travel and fun things in my town crammed into one post...so, sorry. :) The posts that follow will be better than this one! Quizas. Here’re early 2012 highlights:
- Saint Anselm hosted another NH Primary debate. And on a related note - I hosted my first (and probably only) NH Primary watch party...meaning Dominican friends and I watched the debates online live on the St. A’s website. Naturally this was in English, so I also played translator so everyone could know what was going on. One of my friends even paid attention until the very end - such a good sport. Anyway, this was a noteworthy evening as 1. now I know who the Republican candidates are, and 2. my Dominican friends know what my college’s gym and lecture hall looked like. A good time had by all.
- In January the DR had a bunch of earthquakes measuring between 4-6 something on the Richter Scale. One of the earthquakes even had an epicenter in my site! With so many earthquakes (think I counted more than 7 that month?), odds are I had to feel one, right? And I did - January 2012 marked my first (and as of now, only) earthquake experience!
- About a month and a half ago I finally moved to my new house. This switch has turned out to be an upgrade and downsize all at once as I’m paying less than half the rent of my old place, and the new house is 3x’s the size as the old one. I don’t really need the space, but its nice to save the pesos, claro.
- The Augilas (eagles), who are the Cibao’s baseball team, were in the prelim rounds in the Dominican series. It was exciting as the majority of my town supports the Augilas. Here’s a video of the reaction in my town immediately after one of the winning games:
- Also, I went to the disco in my site with Dominican friends and taught one of them how to dance bachata. Bachata is a DR dance that everyone (or so I thought) knows. This lesson doesn’t really speak to my dancing skills as much as it does beg the question... um, what do you mean you can’t bachata? Pero ven aca, muchacho!
And now, photos from January and February:
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| Minnie's older sister, Blanca! ...same smile:) |
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| the cutest! |
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| Min's valentine from Stateside sis, Ellie |
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| Thanks, Ellie! :) |
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| Valentine's Day snacks in Maternal class |
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| Elisa visited and prepared a feast! also: my first time ever cooking meat. (yes, believe it). |
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| Natasha and I arranging chairs at Jess's literacy graduation |
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| los graduados! |
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| America's next top (Dominican canine) model. |
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| school-wide movie viewing of "Tangled" |
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| Teacher of the Month for January - feliciades! |
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| a line dance bachata-style for Claire's birthday in her site! |
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| La Caya |
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| touring the new UASD (university) in Mao |
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| happy birthday! |
More soon, thanks for reading! and Happy Leap Year Day!
XO
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