This week got off to a bad start. I came down with a cold on Saturday morning but luckily I was better by Monday afternoon so I only missed one day of school. Other than that, not much has happened this week.
I've been struggling lately with the massive amount of mosquitos. I have so many bites that I have lost track of how many I have! Scratching them is the worst thing to do so I have tried to avoid doing so.
Coming up in a couple of weeks at school we are having a 'Noche Colonial' which translates to 'Colonial Night' in English. At colonial night, each class performs a dance that they have learnt in the weeks leading up to the event. My class is performing a dance around the theme of Lilo and Stitch. It is a different style of dancing than what I have been taught in Australia but I like it. I don't understand what the choreographer says but I learn the movements through watching them and learn the counts by listening to the music. The most common words used when learning a dance are 'five, six, seven, eight' which I already know translates to 'cinco, seis, siete, ocho.'
Today is the last day of February, which means it is also the last day of winter in the northern hemisphere. I have been told that the Summer time in Mexico is unbelievably hot because of the humidity. During the week I got sun burnt while we were practising the Colonial Night dance. I don't even understand why because I was wearing a hat and literally covered myself in SPF 100 sunscreen!
I went to the movies last Friday night with some school friends and saw my first ever film that was in Spanish and it didn't have English subtitles. The movie was called Cásese Quien Pueda and it was really funny, even though I didn't understand most of it. The cinema was nicer than the ones in Perth and the seats even partly reclined. The best part was the tickets cost the equivalent of $4 AUS which is about a third of the price of what I am use to paying.
I'm leaning new words every day and I am feeling more confident when I'm talking in Spanish. My biggest help has been having my host sister at school and home to help me learn what I want to say in Spanish. It would be really difficult without her!
My sister Dany and I |
The week ahead is going to be full of excitement because I am off to Mexico City with my host family!
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