School was okay. It is just annoying when people assume you are chuchaqui (hungover) because you look tired. I mean, we really did just stay up doing homework. Other than that, there was nothing out of the ordinary. It was a bit chilly so it was nice to get a little bit of sun here and there. For the 30-min break at 10:30am I had my usual sรกnduche (sandwich), a banana and water. The sandwich always hits the spot, and bananas are always delicious... and I hope I didn't just jinx that.
For lunch Christian, Stephany, Brian, Yonseili and I went on a "wild goose chase" as Brian called it, for a restaurant that was recommended to us. The place, Magico Sabor, charges only $2 for the almuerzo (lunch) and it includes a really good soup, and another plate of white rice, chicken, and a salad. To drink we had tomate de arbol. Yum. And for desert I had ice cream. Yum yum. FYI The kitchen is really clean. Nice.
The rest of the afternoon consisted of hanging out with Brian at the internet cafe. Out internet at home was down for some reason. My host father left at 7:30ish to a friend's house to watch the soccer game between his favorite team, Liga, and the university students of Argentina. Liga won and I'm sure Carlos is very happy.
Yesterday was Juan Jose's first day of school, but today was the first day he had to wake up early. He got up 20 'til 6am and was ready to roll. Because of school starting we have noticed an increase in people traffic on our walk to school. The school uniforms are nice.
Highlight of the Day: Went to a studio today, Magic Sound and Music, where voice-overs and sound effects are recorded for different purposes. They told us that the guy who talks for the Discovery Channel (in Spanish) is from Ecuador and he records in that studio! Yonseili and I will try to see if we can get the hook up and meet him. They've done commercials for DirecTV and food products. They also just finished a minimum 4-month job for a movie, "A Tus Espaldas." We went with our Marketing professor for class and learned as well as had fun watching how they do things there. Thank you to the staff for being nice and taking the time to talk to us! Their Facebook link is below
FYI: I found out that poverty in Ecuador is at 80%... 80%! There are 14,573,101 people. So, that means about 11.5 million are at poverty level. =/
I am sooo telling this to my dad. He watches it all the time!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that 80 percent of the country is at the poverty level very sad. I am glad that your host brother stated school, I imagine he looks adorable in his uniform. I didn't know that every country does their own voice overs, I had though it was just syndicated to each country that is very interesting.
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