Today was Dia de Profesor. I expected no recognition since it's Duoc and I'd be lucky to get a GLANCE from the students while I'm lecturing the many rules about participles. I was therefore surprised to see a student bring me a flower (granted, it was one of those weed flowers, but still very pretty), and the entire class wrote me a card and signed ( Read more... )

On Tuesdays I take care of an infant: half Chilean, half American ( Read more... )

Today I could really smell the spring.

It's that type of smell that only happens right after a night of rain, and the sun pours itself into the puddles.
It's that type of smell that makes everything green smell green to the point where you can almost taste it.

I wanted to bathe myself in that smell. to cloak myself with its scent.

And I think everyone ( Read more... )

Today I sat with a baby sleeping in my arms while I read a book that I've been wanting to read for about two years. This baby is wide-eyed and angelic, and every time I am with this particular baby, I am immediately at peace with the world ( Read more... )

I may have discussed this before, but I am continuously baffled by the blatant hypocrisy about women's status in Chile ( Read more... )

This is how some Chileans live...and by some Chileans I really am only basing this on my own interactions, so I don't mean to generalize or bla bla bla.

There will be no "but isn't this beautiful" or "isn't this great" simply because today I just didn't find the beauty in any of this.

Without further ado...

The Typical Chilean
...believes that if the ( Read more... )

I have fallen in love with this city. this culture ( Read more... )

Although we all know that the idea of publicizing thoughts via some online blog is even more pathetic than making a vow to no longer publicize said thoughts...or maybe it's the other way around. They're both dumb. And yet I am guilty for both actions ( Read more... )

Today felt like spring ( Read more... )

I can't shake the need to write, and yet I have all too much to write about ( Read more... )