The beginning of the end.

Esta bien, so although I have been pretty dog-on busy down here lately somehow I find myself sitting in bed, in my pajamas, drinking café y stalking the internet… usually this is around 2 pm. Don’t ask me how or why it’s just my way. Anyhow, my blog is pretty boring compared the others that I read pero es lo que hay (but it is what it is). I’m going to give you the links for a couple of real gems.


The first one is Cachando Chile (Getting Chile). She explains the significance of the title …but basically a word used around here a lot is cachay- “do you get it”. As one can imagine this is the first Chilenismos I learned… and I never got it. jajaja. It gives a great perspective of Chilean customs from the eyes of a gringa.
http://cachandochile.wordpress.com/

Segunda, is something I just recently found. It is promoting the use of Solar Energy in Africa as a means to provide jobs and energy (electrical power). It’s really interesting and one of the professors at Universidad de Maganallanes promotes this idea in her blog which is how I found out about it.
http://solar-aid.org/about/did-you-know.html

Tercer, is a website for women who were forced/enslaved into prostitution in India. Basically, these women hand-make pajamas and all of the proceeds go towards the foundation Punjammies which provides psychological intervention, housing, food, etc. Pretty amazing if you ask me.
http://www.punjammies.com/pages/the-story-of-punjammies

Anyhow. Punta Arenas and I have one more week together. I’m trying to keep it together, but it’s getting to that point when everything feels significant, entiende (understand)?

Por le ejemplo: Watching my host mom prepare our Sunday lunch… siempre (always) roasted chicken, papas (potatos), lechuga (lettuce with salt, oil, and limon).

Ahorra (now) my host mom has the purple bowl out.

The purple bowl- is used when she makes pan dulce (candy/sweet bread) basically this can be anything from empanadas, sopapillas, calzones rotos (torn panties)… basically the reason a couple pairs of my pants don’t look so hot on me anymore.

… I’m going to investigate.