Mi Amor!

      Yesterday was their first day of school. Jhoselyn had university from 7am-2pm and Fran had school until 1pm. Soledad has university from 6pm-11pm, which is weird. Soledad, Gabriel and I went to Fran's school to pick her up and it is HUGE! It's very nice and spacious and clean and organized and huge. There are thousands of students wearing school uniforms. I'm not going to be going to her school but to another one nearby. The principal still hasnt contacted me though so I have no idea when i'm going.


       Last night they had a welcome party for me and Louis, another of the AFS students in Chimbote, at the Quezada's house. It was very kind of them, there was a huge cake and Soledad, who is very artistic, made a beautiful welcome sign in fancy letters on their wall. We had little cups of this weird fruity/yogurt/wine cocktail that tasted good but... strange!! Then I played my violin for Jhoselyn's mom, boyfriend and some other friends until Louis and the AFS volunteer in this region arrived. Then we all went around the circle and made a toast in spanish and we all said cheers. The people in Peru are soooo kind and respectful. I was impressed by her guy friends' maturity hahaha anyways, it was fun. Then we just listened to music and socialized the whole night.

         I spent a lot of time talking to Louis because her trip so far has been very very hard on her. The first day she was crying because she misses her family and boyfriend so much, and isn't used to the difference in wealth compared to Belgium. She cannot speak very much spanish but because she already knows french, english and dutch, so she can usually understand almost every word of what's being said. She also lives in a host family where all the children are much older than her or already moved out, so she feels very isolated sometimes. Im very lucky to have Jhoselyn, Francheska and Soledad around me most of the time. They're all very close to eachother and now to me. It's starting to get a little bit annoying how much we share everything though. :S I can't say no to anything. Nothing is mine anymore, not even my journal or laptop or clothes or shoes or ipod or headphones or cameras or photos or sunglasses or anything... it'd be nice to at least have one thing that can be mine. Even their mom it feels like intrudes on my privacy a bit much. She had to look through all my things in my backpack and aah it's a lot different here. It's not like there's anything that i don't want them to see, but it still makes me uncomfortable sometimes. However, they also share all of their things with me, so it does go both ways. It's just different I suppose. But still. :S Starting to get a bit uncomfortable a veces. Anyways !
    
       Something super funny. Apparently two of Jhoselyn's friends are "in love" with me. Pepe and Andre. aahh haha. I find it funny but Andre actually bought and gave me a cartoony card with the message:

"Mi amor.. contigo aprendi a vivir,
contigo la vida me enseno a sonar, compartir, esperar.
Contigo conoci la felicidad la comprension y la grandez del amor.
Por todo eso... siempre te amare!"

hahahaha which roughly translates to:

"My love, with you I learned how to live,
with you life you taught me to listen, to share and to wait.
You knew the joy of understanding and the greatness of love.
For that, i'll always love you!"


      HAHAHA oh man. it's a cute card. and he's a cute boy. but this is just way too funny for me !!!!! hahaha shiiiiiit. The girls all think its sooo funny and Jhoselyn says it's good it's good haha. It's funny because in Canada, you wouldnt say "i love you" to such a stranger that you've only met a few times, but in Peru it's a bit more relaxed and different. jesus. Anyways. I think it will take a LONG TIME to get used to being a GRINGAAAA. o_O