Monday, November 1, 2010

Oiga ¿si me podria ayudar subirme arriba de ella?

So, first things first: we woke up

I had empanadas for breakfast with the family.  My host dad didn't work and Juan Jose didn't go to school (just as I didn't) because of the holiday break.  It's more like a tourism encourager holiday.

I then killed many hours doing random work on the computer because I just couldn't focus on one thing.  It was hard for some reason.  But, I did do something productive on the internet when my host mom asked me to go online for her to buy movie tickets for them.  They currently don't have their laptop because it's getting fixed.  I bought the Guardians of Ga'Hoole for them and the grandma for the 4pm showing.

Tonight was the Jonas Brothers concert.  Yonseili couldn't find her tickets since a few days ago.  She looked everywhere and actually didn't find them until I was literally leaving the house.  I heard her scream my name so I walked back to her house door, heard her coming down the stairs, she opened the door and I saw the ticket in her hand.  So she got ready and we headed out to the concert.

We arrive to the Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa and there are huge lines and a lot of trash as well.  We went to the back of the line and the line, thankfully, was moving pretty fast.  We did arrive about 2 hours in advance so we didn't really have to worry about missing part of the show.  What was crazy was seeing the merchandise being sold outside the stadium, such as the burned CD's of the JB's wrapped very nicely with printed pictures of them and the camp rock 2 people.  There was a lot of shortcutting and we saw a girl crying to two security guards who seemed to have cared less.  What we think happened is that her ticket was stolen because it seemed as though her bag was ripped from one side.  There were many vendors trying to sell ponchos and umbrellas because it looked like we were going to be visited by the rain.  Thank God it never happened.  We got past one gate and then another.  We got inside and ended up getting a seat on the field.  I had taken a poncho so we used that to sit on the floor.  Yonseili got us popcorn and hot dogs.  All we had left to do was wait.  The crowd was made up of all ages.  I thought we would only be seeing young girls with parents, but that was not the case.  We also saw young boys, teenagers and I mean, literally every age.  I was anxious to hear them sing the songs, because to my knowledge, the JBrothers wouldn't be singing in Spanish.  The show began and the crowd went wild.  Even before the show beginning, the crowd was making waves and cheering every time they put on a JBrothers video on the screens.  So, when the show began, it was insane.  All over the stadium there were glow sticks lit up.  And, according to Nick Jonas, there were 35,000 people present.  It was their first time in Quito and they said it wouldn't be their last.  All their songs were great.

Highlight of the day: So Yonseili insisted that I get on her shoulders so to get good pictures.  Where we were standing, there was no way that was going to happen.  I mean, if it wasn't for the screens there was no way we could see them.  And that would have been horrible because it's like watching them on TV.  So I got on Yonseili and I had to ask people the two times I did it to help me get up.  I just needed a little support.  Wow, Yonseili is strong.  It was funny to look to my sides and see little girls next to me on their dads' shoulders.  I sure felt grown up.

The concert was good.  All their songs were great and the crowd sang along as if English was their first language.  I'm sure their English teachers would have been impressed.

We always get asked if we're sisters. I see why now.


JoBros in the distance

3 comments:

  1. AAAHHH!! PICTURESSSS!!!! :D

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  2. it is a good thing they had jumbotrons for the concert. i'm picturing you on yonseili's shoulders and smiling a lot.
    what a great weekend.
    m.

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