Summer Vacations!

Days in México: 133

I have completed my first semester at school in Mexico and I am now officially on Summer Vacations!

Tuesday was my last day of school and it was a really relaxed day. Most of the teachers hadn't prepared anything for the class because they knew that everyone would be too excited about the football game later that day to be focused on doing any work. All the students have another set of exams before their holidays start in a week. Next semester I am aiming to do all the exams because I will hopefully understand everything being said in class, but until then I will focus on learning more Spanish. I will return to school in 2 months for 5th semester of Bachillerato which is the equivalent of year 12.

Having fun on the last day- I am becoming Mexican

Tuesday was also the day that Mexico tied 0-0 with Brazil in the World Cup. Out of the class of 35, only 8 people were there for the final lesson, all the rest went home early to watch the football (me included.) It was an exciting game and I now have a favourite player- Guillermo Ochoa (the goal keeper for Mexico.) If you didn't here in the news, he did an amazing job and saved a goal on the goal line. If the ball had gone 1cm further, Mexico would have lost the game. Since that moment in the game I have seen a lot of posts about Ochoa. Here are a couple of them...

Lord of the Rings reference

Wednesday was the first day of vacations and I was able to watch the whole football game between Australia and Netherlands because it started at 11am local time. To celebrate, for breakfast I had a traditional Australian breakfast with a Mexican twist; a cold milo with a Vegemite and cheese quesadilla. My milo supply is looking rather low so from now on I have to save it only for special occasions.

My 'Mexicaussie' breakfast

Even though they lost 2-3, Australia did an amazing job against Netherlands. The teams were tied for most of the game and at one point the Aussies were winning, but unfortunately not for long. The next match for both Australia and Mexico is tomorrow, one at 11am and the other at 3pm so I will be able to watch both.

On Friday night I went out with Mamá, Dany, Brenda (friend from school) and Brenda's mum to a fashion show. It was black and white themed and showcased the work of 8 young, local designers. It was a really great night and I had lots of fun dressing up for the occasion.

Me, Brenda and Dany

The runway

The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games are about 150 days away and one of the stadiums is currently being built about 5 minutes away from my current house. We drove past the site yesterday and I couldn't see much but in the photo I took you can see the bleacher stands at the back and an open field in the middle. It is under construction and more progress will be made as the CAC games get closer.

It's currently a construction sight but this will be one of the new stadiums