After an exhausting flight I am back in Canada eh..(Houston airport is a nightmare)..Every time I walk down the street I can't help the feeling to say "Hi" to everyone it is so eerie. Also I am constantly waiting for piropos to be thrown at me but no one looks at me here :( Que tristeza...
Here are some pictures
Videos
El Impossible
Barra de Santiago
Chinamequita our last bus ride :(
Friday, September 11, 2009
Take Away
My final week in ES was perhaps the most devastating. It may have to do with the fact that I was not prepared to come back to Canada, I was afraid that I had somehow lost myself while on my own journey to find myself. I had to mediate on what I would be taking away from ES. I didn't want the negativity of the last week to cloud what had been a life altering experience.
I have brought with me from ES benevolence. The warmth of the Salvadoran people have allowed me shed the icy exterior that I tend to hide behind and made me human. I have cried and laughed in El Salvador. I have thrown out the window my inhibitions and have come to realize that I am proud of the person I am becoming.
I have brought with me from ES benevolence. The warmth of the Salvadoran people have allowed me shed the icy exterior that I tend to hide behind and made me human. I have cried and laughed in El Salvador. I have thrown out the window my inhibitions and have come to realize that I am proud of the person I am becoming.
The final chapter...
The last three weeks have been busy with graduation, good byes, and plenty of tears.
I am finally able to sit down and write. I needed a bit of inspiration so I am listening to a compilation I bought in el centro right before I left. “Los exitos de los microbuseros” - all the hits I used to listen to on the bus. :)
I had to say good by to all children of Chinamequita. They would make me laugh and at the same time amaze me at their language retention. All the little boys and little girls that used to copy off of each other and ask for recess time in order to go play soccer. I will miss playing, “Simon Dice..” with them :(
I will miss my students from CIS specially Reina who often called me “Miss” while everyone else kept calling me “teacher.” I will miss Susy's contagious smile that she would unsuccessfully try to hide behind her hands. My chaparrita Claudia Sofia who is boy crazy and who spoke to everyone and anyone at CIS. (She became very popular) Alvaro who knew all the 80's songs I knew :) Grace and Lisette who were very attentive to learn and were polite. They even tried to laugh at my lame jokes (English Jokes just don't translate well). I am grateful and proud for having them as my students and for teaching me many things.
I will miss all the people I have met. Each person that has crossed my path I have been able to learn something from. I have learned to never underestimate others.
So I will attempt to make a list of things I will miss from ES:
My Students
Las Cheras del Norte
Hever and all the people I have met at CIS
The bus ride with Heather to Chinameca
The sight of Lago Ilopango every Wednesday
Avocadoes
Music on the buses (specially the tunes from the 80's)
FRUIT
Pupusas for 20 cents
Tamarindo
Horchata
Taking off every weekend on a new adventure
TREES
The smell of the ocean, soil, clean air,
BEACH
Edit (lol)
Platanos
Pollo Campero
Washing with a bucket (believe it or not)
Long lunch breaks
Benevolence
The Cat
Simplicity
La Selecta
....I have to stop now because the list could go on and on and on and on
I am finally able to sit down and write. I needed a bit of inspiration so I am listening to a compilation I bought in el centro right before I left. “Los exitos de los microbuseros” - all the hits I used to listen to on the bus. :)
I had to say good by to all children of Chinamequita. They would make me laugh and at the same time amaze me at their language retention. All the little boys and little girls that used to copy off of each other and ask for recess time in order to go play soccer. I will miss playing, “Simon Dice..” with them :(
I will miss my students from CIS specially Reina who often called me “Miss” while everyone else kept calling me “teacher.” I will miss Susy's contagious smile that she would unsuccessfully try to hide behind her hands. My chaparrita Claudia Sofia who is boy crazy and who spoke to everyone and anyone at CIS. (She became very popular) Alvaro who knew all the 80's songs I knew :) Grace and Lisette who were very attentive to learn and were polite. They even tried to laugh at my lame jokes (English Jokes just don't translate well). I am grateful and proud for having them as my students and for teaching me many things.
I will miss all the people I have met. Each person that has crossed my path I have been able to learn something from. I have learned to never underestimate others.
So I will attempt to make a list of things I will miss from ES:
My Students
Las Cheras del Norte
Hever and all the people I have met at CIS
The bus ride with Heather to Chinameca
The sight of Lago Ilopango every Wednesday
Avocadoes
Music on the buses (specially the tunes from the 80's)
FRUIT
Pupusas for 20 cents
Tamarindo
Horchata
Taking off every weekend on a new adventure
TREES
The smell of the ocean, soil, clean air,
BEACH
Edit (lol)
Platanos
Pollo Campero
Washing with a bucket (believe it or not)
Long lunch breaks
Benevolence
The Cat
Simplicity
La Selecta
....I have to stop now because the list could go on and on and on and on
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
