The morning was super long. It was dis-encouraging to find out that there hasn't been much improvement in our Spanish grammar. Every week we get a new Spanish teacher and they each get to see our profile that includes all the work we've done; also, we each have a mentor/counselor that is supposed to be looking at them. This week's professor admitted that they haven't been good professors because they barely noticed that, although we read our homework correctly out loud to them, they hadn't noticed that our grammar wasn't really improving in writing. What the fudge? All this time I thought I was doing good and turns out, well, I don't even know what level I'm at right now. However, I do give the directors props for doing all they can to get us what we need... I hope that in this situation they can do the same.
For marketing we went to a Best Western Hotel to talk to the general manager. First we got a tour of the hotel and wow... uhm... I don't really know what to say other than their standards I don't think are as high as in the U.S.. Their style was definitely different. Being that I'm majoring in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management I saw things that I know my professors would not be too happy with. We were told that Juan Luis Guerra was in that hotel. Below is a picture of us at the top floor of the hotel with Wall-E.
On our way back to school (we were in our professor's vehicle) we saw Brian walking home so we got off there and followed him for a good 5 minutes because we were trying to catch up to him. I could barely run because my bag is so long and it was heavy and Yonseili was making me laugh because she was laughing as she ran as well. Brian ni cuenta se daba which made it funnier. Finally when we got close enough, Yonseili threw a candy at him, it his his head and he turned around. It was just too funny, especially because of the way Yonseili threw the candy and how we were both laughing like dorks.
Since it was Chen's last day at the academy we decided we should hang out and so, upon Chen's request, we went to the Mariscal aka Gringolandia or party central. We met up at CoffeeTree and then we went to a club. CoffeeTree was pretty cool because we just talked and had good laughs, but it was hard to listen to each other because of the music. Plus, I have a hard time understanding Chen sometimes because of his thick accent. The club was interesting. It was the second time in my life I'd ever been to a club and I must say it is disappointing/gross to see how people act. Afterward we had hot chocolate from CoffeeTree. It was delicious. Hot chocolate is my good friend.
This is us in the cab. Picture by Brian. 
The trolley in the center that has blue lights is a 'chiva'; it's a party bus. Yeah.... I know.
At Coffee Tree, after hot chocolate. =P
Highlight of the Day: One lady at the club was dancing as if it was the last time she could do it. She wasn't doing anything inappropriate or dumb; she was having the time of her life. It was amazing to see her dancing because she was just so happy in every sense of the word. She sung her heart out - I didn't hear her because the music was loud but I saw her rise from her chair and look up at the ceiling almost as if she was singing to the heavens.
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