last friday was a holiday called "day of the cultures," where they celebrate the diversity of their population. then monday everyone got the day off of school and work (for the holiday), so they grouped us up and sent us to the placements that always meet (orphanages, nursing homes, ect). i went with emily and rachel c. to a home for teenage girls who had been removed from their houses because of domestic violence or drug abuse.
we made bracelets with them, played crazy eights, played some board games, and (obviously) talked about boys. they were excited to hang out with new people and to get to practice their english.
today my tia had a meeting, so i went with phil to his placement. his kids are ADORABLE. phil brought his guitar so we could perform. we rocked out to "i want to be sedated," "eye of the tiger," and the pokemon song phil wrote years ago. they weren't really digging the ramones but they went crazy for the pokemon song. i took a lot of pictures of them jumping all over phil but i'm having trouble uploading them so ill post them later.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
luckily i'm fluent in spanish
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are you really fluent in spanish? that's awesome.
hope alls well becky :)
one for the road:
Bill Gates is hanging out with the chairman of General Motors.
"If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades," boasts Gates, "you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour. Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas. In either case, the sticker price of a new car would be less than $50."
"Sure," says the GM chairman. "But would you really want to drive a car that crashes four times a day?"
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