October Blog

Sorry I have been so bad at keeping posts on this blog but I am making sure to keep in contact with everyone.

Well people this is number two of the updates i promise itll not be as long as the last one!! Iv alot to say yano, Im surrounded by these chileans all day and all night long, no escapin, but I have to say they are the friendliest people I have ever met! Im already invited to a prom (yihoo) and about 5 different people´s houses on Christmas including lots of relatives house across South america.wuuhuu!! "Work" has been goin great gettin use to this hole "Miss Sara" thing its a geg!! The little kids hang off my legs and clap when i walk in the classroom its such a different attitude over here compared to back home. The kids run up jump on ya and kiss ya on the cheek and its totally normal to hug, kiss and show a little bit of affection to the kids, if you dont its actually seen as quite rude! It was book week last week its been hectic , there have been storytellers, magicians, plays, parardes everything, all the wee kids really luv it!Startin to understand sooooo much more, its amazin how much u find urself learning after a few weeks, well really its about time, learnt alot of Chilean words and slag, which i dont think is too good for my Spanish but its something knew. There is this word they use allll the time, "Cacthai" translated as "You know what I mean" but at the start I was like, so what is the verb of that word and the past amd the future tense....but no such thing its just an invented word!! Another thing i found really funny, they call eachother "gorda" but in a pleasant way, como..."Hola Gordita" and another thing, if you put a S at the end of anyword it changes its meaning to the opposite, so by calling someone "Feos" (feo) you are actually saying that they are really good looking!! So yeah I could say Im gettin the hang of it, other slang words like, vacan (actually havnt found a relevant translation for it yet, its just threw in there anywhere) it´s kinda like "Que vacan"...like how cool!! Most of all I love when they try an speak with my accent its hilarious, "Aye right" thats the funniest!!

Just took part in a character parade all the little kids choose their fav book and dress up as a character from the book...and yes i did get roped into dressin up ...as a doll!! Honeslty was so much fun, book week doesnt sound like fun, but everyday was so different and so much fun!! Teachers Day...i swear it needs to be brought to NI it was sooo fabulous, i got so many presies from all the little kids and about 40 cards aswell, "Miss Zara happy day of the teachers, with a big kiss", keepin them all they r so sweet!! After this teachers day we all went to a beach called "Ramuntcho" (not to be found on any map)and it was like paradise no joke,,,the sand the water, it was a wee cove and there was about 50 of us so we fitted on it nicely!! It was with all the older pupils at school they r about 18/19 so we had a fabbb time, one of my best days here so far!!

The parties are great, beach parties are awesome!!! but beware,,, CATEPILLARS do bite and it DOES hurt!!! Dichato was another beach party we went to with my new wee friend Melanie shes brilliant, jst clicked when i met her!! Thats when a few people received a few early fonecalls from myself...again apologise, its the hole time difference thing!!

o my goodness it was hilarious...Catalina (the mum) I met her brother the other day and the first thing he said, "Hi nice to meet you..soooo mmmm did you have any toilet problems due to our water?" I actually stared at him waitin for him to laugh even a smerk.......but nope...nothin!!! Incase of my spanish skills misleading me I asked him...what do you mean?...well if that isnt the worst question Iv asked since iv been here....the conversation ended and i made a quick exit aka i went bright red with "skunderation" and wanted the ground to swallow me up. But for anybody that is concerned...no i havnt had any problems with the water here...thanx ...hope u havnt just ate :S

Planned a wee weekend trip to Santiago over halloween its a huge city and is about an hour on the plane so me and catalina are goin 4 a wee shoppin trip for 4days, and guess what....they have a house there so ...aye easy enough!

Just back from a weekend in Viña del Mar, it is the Miami of Chile no joke the place is gorjus!! about 70 people on the beach to watch sunset when i arrived and the next day hundreds of ppl my age on the beach which was lovely!! Wasnt too lovely on the 8hour bus journy tho. I was actually quite curious 2 see wat the "coaches" were goin to be like, but they wer pretty decent wee TV, pillows nal...wel flip i knew i was lucky when i looked out the window n seen a wee man on the back of a wagon with chickens and his suitcase....god knows where he ended up!! but at least he got there for free haha!! Seriously tho some of the places here are like paradise, i actually jst stand there and am like, WOW!!! havnt got all the pics up cuz there are far to many, but everyone should be lokin forward to a preview at mi casa when i come home!!

The weather has been fab here, gets a little cold at night but sure! Been in the pool nearly erveryday this week gettin a little bita sun, but im not too tan so dont be hittin the sunbeds!!

Two of the PE teachers at my school are from England their dead nice and iv been to theirs for BBQs n drinks etc, and we play RADIO ONE!!! I missed Chris Moyles!!! lol...they just got engaged and are plannin on stayin here, theyv been here for like 2 years and havnt even gone home yet. They have been EVERYWHERE in south america, so they have been given me some info! We went to this club called Almendra and it was pretty good, i think iv found my new local...move over Box!!haha.

The food has been pretty good, its all freshly made and no crap, but o my....there is this thing here and its called Manjar....and its delicious, its soooo good!! u can put it on anything, like nutella but not cuz nutella is rotten!! il bring some home. ull love it!!!!

I have already took part in lots of voluntary projects, after book week we visited an poorer school in San Pedro de La Paz and I spent a few days witht he children, bringing them books and writting materials, was really good experience I really enjoyed it!! Ill tell you more about it in my next mail. Also there was an activity last week in which some of us spent the weekend in San Pedro building shelters etc, was a really touching experience, you really seen that the local people was soo thankful for your help and it was such a rewarding experience for me, again thats another story!!

Right....i promised it wouldnt be as long so i better shut up now!! so much has been hapnin n iv missed so much out..so keep an eye out 4 number 3!!Missin everybody loads...Lots of Love Sarita/Sarilla/Sarah xxxxxxx