Chi-Chi-Chi, le-le-le! VIVA CHILE!

I just had to put the chant (Chi-Chi-Chi, le-le-le! VIVA CHILE!) as my title.  I absolutely love it, and people say it here all the time.  Plus, I'm horrible at coming up with titles so I thought it worked lol.  Anyway, compared to my last post this will be very short.  Much hasn't really happened, because I have been very busy with school.  Our professors are starting to pound us with homework as we get into our final week of classes.

Once I arrived home from my free week in Peru.  I walked into my room to find a big, brown box sitting on my bed.  It was the package I had been waiting for!!  The package from mi madre back at home in U.S. =)  I asked my mom for two things in particular: chocolate ( I have been craving it like crazy.. everyone has haha) and goldfish (my most favorite snack)!!  Not only were those things in it, but crackers, oreos, SKITTLES (I love skittles-- just so you know), gummy life savers, gum (definitely been needing that), and 4th of July things.  Too bad 4th of July was already over haha.. oh well.  At first I thought the package was amazing, but now after having it for two weeks, I'm thinking that my mom was wanting me to gain some calories.  I try to share as much as possible, because I only have three weeks to finish it (one more to go).  I will definitely be saving some for all the airplane rides home.  Anyway, THANKS MOM!

That first weekend after I arrived back home in Arica, I did go out with my friends.  Unfortunately, I ended up losing my camera.  I am not sure if it was stolen or it fell out of my purse.  Now, I won't be able to share that many photos =(   I will however try to steal some from my friends, so I can still show what is all going on. 

The week though, was one of the busiest weeks of my life.  We all had so much homework, so I was locked in my room doing homework the whole time.  On Thursday, I was on the computer doing my homework and talking with my mother on facebook, when all of the sudden.. EARTHQUAKE!!!  It was a very tiny one haha.  Those earthquakes I like.  I have never experienced a full-out earthquake, which I'm kind of thankful for.  The little earthquakes are kind of fun though and not really scary at all.  Except for when you are sleeping and wake up to it.  When it first happened, I thought someone was in my room shaking my bed.  About a half hour later though, after the earthquake on Thursday, the internet went out at our house.  Allyson and I were kind of upset, because we needed the internet to do our homework.  We waited a while until our host mom came home and she told us the whole city's internet is out.  Our internet didn't come back on till about 10:00 at night.  It was kind of frustrating, but its times like those where you realize how much you rely on the internet for entertainment and other things.  Hope it never happens again! 

On the weekend, I enjoyed my time with my friends.  On Sunday, I went to bar called Naif and watched the Chile vs. Venezuela soccer game.  I have to admit, it was pretty cool watching the game there.  They had two huge, big screen TVs to watch from.  I also, had the most fun ever watching a soccer game.  The Chileans get so into the game.  They have so much pride for their country and cheer like no other!  The only downside was Chile lost the game.  I felt so bad to see all the disappointed Chileans.  I was really excited to see them win and to see how Chileans celebrate afterwards.  I heard it was crazy for the past games.  So, unfortunately that was one experience I did not have.  I missed my opportunity the last time, doing homework.. boooo! =(  Oh well, maybe some other time???  We'll see.  ;) 

This week had also been very busy.  We had papers, a presentation, and our literature final all this week.  I just had my literature final today.  It was an oral final!  Talk about scary! haha  Overall, I'm glad I got it over with.  I am officially done with one class!  Now, all I have left is the culture and writing class.  We have one more paper due for writing, along with a paper and final exam for culture.  I am really excited to get them over with, but also sad.  I'm sad, because that means that my time will be finished here in Chile.  I have enjoyed all my experiences here.  Yes, there has been downfalls and frustrating moments, but I'll never regret my summer here in Chile.  I feel like I have learned so much and want to continue to learn here.  All good things come to an end though, right?  This weekend and next week I'm going to try to do everything that I want to do and make it the best time ever.  This weekend I am going to Tacna for an excursion, so watch for my next post about that!  Chau!

Rachel's prima, Rachel, Allyson, Katie, and me at Naif

CISP group celebrating Phil's birthday!