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| On the way to Ponce |
Monday, October 4, 2010
lots an lots of pics!
I was also able to attend a soccer game were Mexico's Toluca team came to play Puerto Rico's Islanders team -Puerto Rico won
some more pics of the Mariachi playing at Plaza Las Americas
-Puerto Ricans like Mexican Mariachi
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Problems resolved :)
Hello everyone,
there is good news and bad news on todays blog... First the good news! Well am I happy to inform you that my financial aid will come through and that I will be staying in Puerto Rico till the end of the semester. :) And now for the bad news... my internet or my laptop, or possibly both are not working. What does this mean? This means, primarily, no pictures and probably less blogging from me. :( And I wanted to show some pictures of Ponce, the city we went to visit this past friday... But I will try to make extra effort to come on the internet to post up blogs at least. (because I will not deny that once on the internet... I can get pretty distracted and not do my assigned readings... so I do try to avoid it) Especially this week with 3 midterms going on! I have one EVERY day!! ah!! I thought I could handle it with the studying I did over the weekend but.. now I've realized how tiring and stressful it is, and how important a good sleep and meal is... I am so tired already mentally and physically. But I got one more midterm tomorrow, the last one. Only 50 plus questions more to go.. :(
there is good news and bad news on todays blog... First the good news! Well am I happy to inform you that my financial aid will come through and that I will be staying in Puerto Rico till the end of the semester. :) And now for the bad news... my internet or my laptop, or possibly both are not working. What does this mean? This means, primarily, no pictures and probably less blogging from me. :( And I wanted to show some pictures of Ponce, the city we went to visit this past friday... But I will try to make extra effort to come on the internet to post up blogs at least. (because I will not deny that once on the internet... I can get pretty distracted and not do my assigned readings... so I do try to avoid it) Especially this week with 3 midterms going on! I have one EVERY day!! ah!! I thought I could handle it with the studying I did over the weekend but.. now I've realized how tiring and stressful it is, and how important a good sleep and meal is... I am so tired already mentally and physically. But I got one more midterm tomorrow, the last one. Only 50 plus questions more to go.. :(
Monday, September 13, 2010
Crisis
So I am having a bit of a crisis here in Sagrado. My financial aid may come in late and it may not even cover my whole costs here, sense I did transfer schools, I owe money at the first university and now full tuition here. :( I have talked with my dad and well, he said that if my financial does not come through I must make arrangments to go home.... Of course hearing this broke my heart, but I also understand that my parents have no money to give me. And after discussing it with the people closets to me, I know that if I leave now, I do not leave empty handed. The trip has had its impacts on me.
I've observed and discovered new things about my self and about the education field. With education being my major I have come to acknowledge 4 things I would love to bring into my future classroom, (of which these 4 things I will not mention here :) because its going to be in my application essay) but that will greatly benefit my students. :)
I do of course wish to stay to get the even more out of the trip and gain some more practice with my Spanish, but I've cried it all out, I've thought about it, and now I will just wait and see what happens next.
I've observed and discovered new things about my self and about the education field. With education being my major I have come to acknowledge 4 things I would love to bring into my future classroom, (of which these 4 things I will not mention here :) because its going to be in my application essay) but that will greatly benefit my students. :)
I do of course wish to stay to get the even more out of the trip and gain some more practice with my Spanish, but I've cried it all out, I've thought about it, and now I will just wait and see what happens next.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
is it too soon...
Is it to soon to predict that I wont wanna leave Puerto Rico after 3 weeks?? Gosh I hope not because I am really starting to like it here... and I can not wait to see more of it!
Here are a few more pics for those of you coming back to view my blogs :)
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| Me at Plaza las Americas, San Juan |
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| la playa at Candado, San Juan |
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| and can anyone spot whats missing here? |
Sunday, August 29, 2010
2 weeks...
So I have been in Puerto Rico for about 2 weeks now and I am starting to miss bits and parts from home... :(
Aside from missing the family, I have began to miss the food, the Mexican food I ate everyday. I've discovered that tortillas are not part of this culture, and neither are chiles. Which are 2 key ingredients in all my meals.
Something I noticed from day one, was the dress code here. I noticed it especially in the women of Puerto Rico. Almost everyone, and I mean everyone, (with the exception of one person) goes to school/class very well dressed. Not well dressed like wearing expensive clothing or brands or formally dressed, but very well put together. Everybody. On most days, girls wear heals, make-up, jewelery, have their hair done, etc... something most girls back at home would do when going out. (I'm not saying girls don't do this back at home, we do, maybe not everyday, maybe only when there is time, or for example, not when we have class at 8am, but diffidently not to this degree. Not to class at least) Perhaps that is why at first, I felt like I was in high school again and not a university. I know its a cultural thing, I'd just like to know how or why it is so.
Aside from missing the family, I have began to miss the food, the Mexican food I ate everyday. I've discovered that tortillas are not part of this culture, and neither are chiles. Which are 2 key ingredients in all my meals.
Something I noticed from day one, was the dress code here. I noticed it especially in the women of Puerto Rico. Almost everyone, and I mean everyone, (with the exception of one person) goes to school/class very well dressed. Not well dressed like wearing expensive clothing or brands or formally dressed, but very well put together. Everybody. On most days, girls wear heals, make-up, jewelery, have their hair done, etc... something most girls back at home would do when going out. (I'm not saying girls don't do this back at home, we do, maybe not everyday, maybe only when there is time, or for example, not when we have class at 8am, but diffidently not to this degree. Not to class at least) Perhaps that is why at first, I felt like I was in high school again and not a university. I know its a cultural thing, I'd just like to know how or why it is so.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
1 week
So I have been here about a week now, and wow have I gone through some changes. First of all, I have moved universities from San German to San Juan. The university in which I am at now is called Sagrado Corazon.
Like many people I am guessing you may all be wondering why I switched, the reasons are a few but mostly because I was interested in the religious classes they teach here like Theology. Second, the commodity of the professors. Some of my professors at the other school were not exactly professors, but staff. I am not sure how that happened, but I prefer professors and people of the field to teach me a class. Also, a chance of getting a job around here is much, much more higher than back San German. And a I may need to find a job taking into account how much money I am spending just on food... Overall, I wanted to be at a school were I could feel more comfortable and gain the most of the experience, though I know either schools would have been great. I hope I made the right decision, after all, this is my only chance I get to do this. I am planning on entering the Ed program this spring, and well, once I am in that I don't know if studying abroad is a possibility.
Like many people I am guessing you may all be wondering why I switched, the reasons are a few but mostly because I was interested in the religious classes they teach here like Theology. Second, the commodity of the professors. Some of my professors at the other school were not exactly professors, but staff. I am not sure how that happened, but I prefer professors and people of the field to teach me a class. Also, a chance of getting a job around here is much, much more higher than back San German. And a I may need to find a job taking into account how much money I am spending just on food... Overall, I wanted to be at a school were I could feel more comfortable and gain the most of the experience, though I know either schools would have been great. I hope I made the right decision, after all, this is my only chance I get to do this. I am planning on entering the Ed program this spring, and well, once I am in that I don't know if studying abroad is a possibility.
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