Been a little while

Let me just apologize for never updating this blog, it has been quite awhile since the last entry. Just teaching right now, trying to get some more classes, looking for other things to do in Santiago as well. The last two weekends I managed to get out of town, went to Coquimbo two weeks ago, stared at the sea, ate some fresh fish. Last weekend I went to a little lodge in the Andes owned by a French couple. Really cozy, beatiful scenery, even better food. I think that this weekend I will stay in Santiago and try to get some stuff down around town.

Also tomarrow I will start working at a house for 12 ninos, all orphans. It provides a place for them to stay and the majority of the work there is done by volunteers. I have been looking for some sort of vounteer opportunity, so we´ll see if this works out. I had interview, and complete a psychological evaluation, all in Spanish. Never thought I would be describing what the ink smear looks like to me in Spanish. Much to the surprise of many of you, I was pronounced "sane" what a relief!

Thinking

Life here can be quite complicated.

Micros passing me by, students not showing up, business deducting extra money from my check. It happens here in Santiago, it has happened in Iowa City, in the military. It is a certainty that there will always be tests, that life is never for sure. The only thing you really have to cope is how you view those complications. I realize that I have been taking the wrong approach, focusing on what I have, and trying to get certain results from many complicated situations. I need to change up my philosophy, to focus on the process of moving through these challenges. There are many opportunities, many openings around me if I allow myself to see them. If I close myself off to the possibilities, then I will never be happy, and never get anywhere. Especially when my mode of transportation is the micro...

a shout out

Hello world,

A quick shout out to Dan Hulsing, who will be going to Taipai to teach this July. He will be teaching mid sized classes of children, sounds excited about it. I would like to teach in Asia one day as well, maybe I'll have to make a run to Taipai as well sometime soon....

Crossing twisted bridges

bridge
Originally uploaded by deambular.

I seem to be able to find these places all to easy. I don´t ever seem to be happy, unless I'm balancing along, on a wooden handmade bridge.

Carnet

No longer an illegal worker, an issue which doesn't seem to be as big as in the US. My ID allows me to do wonderful things like pay Chilean taxes.

Haciendo tuto

Haciendo tuto
Originally uploaded by deambular.

Wandering the crooked streets of Valpo, and I came accross these two taking a nap on a beautiful day. They were quite the pair.