Friday, August 31st, 2007
I had a wonderfully relaxing day with absolutely nothing to do. I exercised after breakfast and at noon, Olga and I walked to the near by church, hoping they had mass. Neither of us were sure and when we got there, the sign said they only had mass in the morning and evenings. There were people standing out front and a man walked in carrying flowers, but since the sign said there was no noon mass, I figured we would head back home. But Olga decided that since there were people and flowers, something had to be going on. So we went inside and right in front of the alter was a beautiful coffin. I was mortified, but Olga insisted that a funeral mass was mass and that God never turns away anyone. So she marched right up and sat down in the pew, while I embarrassedly followed. The worst was that I was wearing a bright pink and red stripped sweater! The family members definitely looked at us, but after a while, it wasn’t so awkward. So my incredible event for today was that I attended a funeral! We left quickly at the end to avoid any more awkwardness and had a good laugh about it on the way home.
Rino, Olga’s son came over for almuerzo and we enjoyed Fantshops with lunch. Afterwards I studied and relaxed until around 6:30. I took a bus for almost one hour to meet up with my friends Courtney and Alea (both gringas) in Nuñoa, a comuna in the south east part of the city. We got gelato, then walked to the Feria de Libros (Book Fair!) in the Nuñoa Cultural Center. There was a great live Chilean folkmusic band and we mingled while scanning the various books. Its was really relaxing and a fun change for a Friday night. A friend of mine named Christine in my Doctrina Social class and Tom (the kid who had fish at my house) met up with us later. When they kicked us out of the bookfair, we walked around Plaza Nuñoa while we told jokes and funny stories.
Sidenote:At one point we found a big spot light and tried to do shadow figures, which brought us to talking about the youtube video about the incredible shadow figure show (THANKS POPPA!!) Tom and I then found out that both our grandfathers sent it to us, along with many other funny joke and interesting anecdotes.
Around 10:30 a Community group of young kids did a Cueca performance. Cueca is the national dance of Chile and very popular in September, during the Fiestas Patrias. They were all dressed up in the traditional outfits and were quite impressive. After the performance I decided to head home since I had a long day Saturday. So around 11:15 Courtney and I got to the bus stop and she was nice enough to wait with me. Unfortunatly we waited 40 minutes for the bus, the whole timing missing my good old suburbia and Nissan Sentra! Now I understand why everyone complains about TransSantiago! Once the bus finally got there, 2 Chileans guys started speaking to me in English. Neither of them spoke too well and when they realized I spoke Spanish, we chatted all the way downtown. One of the guys gave me his email address and I politely thanked him, figuring it wasn’t worth the hassle explaining I have a boyfriend in the States. They always claim they just want to practice their English. Right. I got home around 1 am and called Trevor to wish him a Happy 21st Birthday.
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This is your mother speaking for your grandfather and her....don't be too friendly!! Geez! Love Mom. Poppa will be having a heart attack when he reads that you were on a bus at midnight talking to 2 guys!
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