Published way after this date #1: Peru

I say this is Takemoto’s trip multiple-fold, although at this point I know I have to keep looking for answers if I want to really come out feeling more sure of myself. (From the journal, March 3)

Observations in four brief parts.

I miss you Guadalupe!

i) Anthony hijacking Meg’s Kodak;
ii) The run-under-the-water game;
iii) Alexandra’s new house.

Real updates soon!

De prueba

The Nazca Lines, drawings etched into the ground by the Nazca people between 200 BC and 700 AD. They cover 500 square kilometers in the Nazca Desert, which stretches along most of the west coast of Peru (including Ica, the region I’ll be visiting).

El tiempo de hoy es muy frío. Como no durmí mucho anoche, estaba cansada todo el día. Estaban mucho hielo de las carreteras. Cuando caminaba a mi residencia, me caí y me hice daño en la espalda. ¡Ay! ¡Eso dolió! Hoy puedo entender por qué tenemos que aprender tanto vocabulario en la clase español. Siento que saber todo ya, aunque es imposible.
Estoy entusiasmado sobre el viaje a Perú dentro de dos semanas. El equipo preparon por recaudación de fondos a cubrir los gastos. Una vez vendieron tacos durante “noche bid del hombres” y ganaron aproximadamente trescientos dolares. Otra vez, trabajaron con Hábitat Para Humanidad a entender algunas habilidades en construcción.
Bueno… en inglés…

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It is very cold today. Since I didn’t sleep much last night, I was tired for most of it. There was a lot of black ice on the roads – i.e. killer invisible slippery patches. When I was walking back to my dorm, I fell and jarred my tailbone. By the way, I’m now able to understand we need to learn so much Spanish vocab in class. I feel like I know everything already, although that would be impossible.
I’m excited about the Peru trip coming up in two weeks’ time. The team prepares by raising funds to cover our travelling expenses. One time we sold tacos on men’s bid night (final day of Greek recruitment week when pledges receive their official invitations from fraternities) and earned about three hundred dollars. Another time, we worked with Habitat for Humanity (non-profit organization working to build affordable housing for low-income families) to learn some skills in construction, since we’ll be dealing with mainly earthquake relief in Peru.

At the Habitat site near campus. It doesn’t look like it but we’re on scaffolding four stories up! I am wielding a coffee cup, not a caulk gun, because we were really on break.