Twice now, I have sat down to write a blog entry and the power has gone out. As a result, I´m combining the last two would-be entries and adding to them.
I´m sitting in the internet cafe and a horse is grazing on the weeds outside the door. I LOVE THAT! Today has been really hot, but the rain just started coming down. Already steam is rising off the bricks. Friday got here just in time. This week was long, hot, frustrating. I don´t want to write a negative post, but some days you just can´t help but be in a grumpy mood.
Part of my grumpy mood is that I haven´t been sleeping well this week, the bats have been nosier than usual. Starting the day tired never works out well for me. Another reason this week was a little bumpy has to do with a cultural difference I am having a hard time adjusting to. In Nicaragua, there is a saying ¨en amor, no hay edad¨ which means that in love, age doesn´t matter. I have a hard time deciding how I feel about this quote. The part of me that was madly infatuated with my professor my last semester in college completely agrees. One of my male Nica friends dated a woman 25 years older than him for several years. He refers to her as ONE of his great loves. The part of me that takes issue with the idea that age doesn´t matter is the teacher side of my personality. I can´t helped but be shocked that three of the male teachers at my school are dating students. To be fair, at least one of the couples has the blessing of the girl´s parents. I´m not sure if the parent´s blessing makes me feel better or confuses me more. What do a 15 year old girl and a 36 year old man have in common??
Saturday night was the most fun I have had in I don't even know how long. It was concert in Nicaragua. I went to see Wisin and Yandel:
My site-mate and a friend of ours who also lives in Chinandega met up in Managua for the show. Por suerte, another friend of mine from Nica 47(my group)was able to come along too. We went and got Chinese food for dinner and then headed over. Winsin and Yandel were AMAZING live! We made friends with some people at the concert and ended up going to a casino/night club after. It was a late night, but SO MUCH FUN! **Don't worry Dad, we were completely safe the whole time.**
Call me a cynic, but I don´t believe in love at first sight. As far as Im concerned, ¨love at first sight¨ is a sugar-coated way of saying ¨I knew immediately I wanted to sleep with you.¨ Since I have moved to Somotillo this concept has come up NUMEROUS times. I shared my feelings about this with my host mom and couldn´t have been more shocked by her response. She told me I was dead wrong, it had happened to her when she was a teenager and that man is the father of her three kids.
Do YOU believe in love at first sight??
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I think you're totally right about the cultural differences of love. IT is not the American norm to be in "love at first sight" because we heavily stress getting to know one another and building a relationship based on personality and compatibility. This is just one of the many things your going to experience with the difference in cultural. You can be taught all there is about a culture, but until your in it, really experiencing their perspective, you can't fully learn. You have to have the mind frame that you were brought up with different social norms. I love and miss you!!!
I'm not sure how I feel about love at first site ... hmm, now that I think about it, probably not. How can you love someone you don't really know? You have to be friends first. And don't settle for being one of many loves, be THE ONE love of his life!
(Just in case you're missing motherly advice! Ha!)
Sounds like you're doing well Sam, but where have you been? I thought you lived next to an internet cafe? Post already!
Is your address still the same as when you were a trainee?
Stay cool, I wish I could send you a nice COLD coke!
oops, probably didn't recognize last post!
Miss you!
Stacy in Mali's Mom
(aka iring)
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