18th March
Hey all. Well, so far, lets go with the list of names I have gathered so far, so that I don't forget.
Erika, Hwan, Philip, Philip, Grace and Katie. With that out of the way, Im sure I can start remembering their names.
So all day yesterday, the 17th, all I did was look for the grocery, play Civilization 3 and meet new people. First impressions of Santiago, mornings are bloody cold. But the temperature quickly increases, and with such wide roads, the pollution just floats into the air, obscuring vision. But the architecture of this place is so varied. It has Italian type buildings with arched doorways and decorative walls. It also has modern structures that just rise into the sky, and some weird ones, one that looks like a giant copper turtle.
Saturday 19 March 2011
Friday 18 March 2011
Hello Santiago
17th March
Hey everyone. John here. Well, who else right? I'm quite tired as I type this, but not too tired. Just that sleepy kind of tired where I will keep on talking and talking and talking. So I arrived in Santiago by 0630. The bus ride was very nice though, they gave us a pillow and a blanket. Also sandwiches, and it was only like a 7 or 8 hour trip!
The border control was easy to do. Get off the bus, get stamped in the Argentinian line, then the Chilean line. Then I go declare my goods. Thankfully they didn't take my more boyish goods. I think they just looked for food, because they had a sniffer dog.
So I managed to catch around 3 or 4 hours of sleep at most. Getting to the terminal, I had to locate an ATM. Fast enough, got some cash and went to the underground. Now it is only then did I realize how huge Santiago is. The map is bloody huge! I'm sure its bigger than Buenos Aires! So I got the underground to Bal something station, then got a taxi. Cheeky bastard, the hostel was only just round the corner! He could have just told me the directions! But oh well, I was quite tired.
Entering the hostel, footstep backpackers, I was greeted without a bed, as check in time is like 1300 here. So I crashed on the couch, just after I met a new person, Erika, an American teacher. So waking up around 9 30 ish, I was given a bed, breakfast, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and now I'm at the computer. Todays plan is to relax, don't go outside until 1700 to buy dinner and go to sleep.
EDIT
I forgot to mention. When I arrived at the terminal initially in Mendoza to catch my bus, I realized i forgot my trainers! So I had to look for another taxi, go back to the hostel, run inside, get my shoes, run out and rush back to the bus terminal. I still made it though, and I am thankful for withdrawing more money than I needewd previously.
Hey everyone. John here. Well, who else right? I'm quite tired as I type this, but not too tired. Just that sleepy kind of tired where I will keep on talking and talking and talking. So I arrived in Santiago by 0630. The bus ride was very nice though, they gave us a pillow and a blanket. Also sandwiches, and it was only like a 7 or 8 hour trip!
The border control was easy to do. Get off the bus, get stamped in the Argentinian line, then the Chilean line. Then I go declare my goods. Thankfully they didn't take my more boyish goods. I think they just looked for food, because they had a sniffer dog.
So I managed to catch around 3 or 4 hours of sleep at most. Getting to the terminal, I had to locate an ATM. Fast enough, got some cash and went to the underground. Now it is only then did I realize how huge Santiago is. The map is bloody huge! I'm sure its bigger than Buenos Aires! So I got the underground to Bal something station, then got a taxi. Cheeky bastard, the hostel was only just round the corner! He could have just told me the directions! But oh well, I was quite tired.
Entering the hostel, footstep backpackers, I was greeted without a bed, as check in time is like 1300 here. So I crashed on the couch, just after I met a new person, Erika, an American teacher. So waking up around 9 30 ish, I was given a bed, breakfast, brushed my teeth, washed my face, and now I'm at the computer. Todays plan is to relax, don't go outside until 1700 to buy dinner and go to sleep.
EDIT
I forgot to mention. When I arrived at the terminal initially in Mendoza to catch my bus, I realized i forgot my trainers! So I had to look for another taxi, go back to the hostel, run inside, get my shoes, run out and rush back to the bus terminal. I still made it though, and I am thankful for withdrawing more money than I needewd previously.
Thursday 17 March 2011
Off to Santiago
16th March.
Hello peeps. Today is my last day in Mendoza, and I will be off to Santiago, Chile, at 2230. Its going to be hard adapting to the new culture and country, and Im going to miss Argentina, but alas, I must move on. Im just hoping the border control isnt a bitch and is efficient, so I can be quickly on my way.
For the time being, Im going to eat my food, read my book, paly guitar hero 3 and call my mama.
Oh, something interesting. Today I was reading my book at a bench, and this dog kept on barking at me. Well, not at me. There was another dog sitting next to me, so he was barking at that dog. Weird day.
Hello peeps. Today is my last day in Mendoza, and I will be off to Santiago, Chile, at 2230. Its going to be hard adapting to the new culture and country, and Im going to miss Argentina, but alas, I must move on. Im just hoping the border control isnt a bitch and is efficient, so I can be quickly on my way.
For the time being, Im going to eat my food, read my book, paly guitar hero 3 and call my mama.
Oh, something interesting. Today I was reading my book at a bench, and this dog kept on barking at me. Well, not at me. There was another dog sitting next to me, so he was barking at that dog. Weird day.
Riding drunk!
14th March
Hello everyone. Whats up. So on this day, I went bicycle riding through the wine road, something that is highly recommended for all who ever stays in Mendoza, as Mendoza is famous for its wineries. So taking the bus to Mr Hugo, the bike provider, with Donna, Hilda and Rory, we settled off on the terrible bumpy rocky cracked road.
Our first stop was the futherest and best winery. Capable of producing 200000 litres of wine, but only 100000 due to the aged vine yards, it makes very high quality wine. After a brief tour of the storage, the yard and everything else, we proceded to the wine tasting. Now, I personally hate wine. Wine sucks. But I refuse to waste a drop. So I got to taste 5 types of wine, the rosette, malbec, the malbec and rosette mixed in favour of the malbec, then in favour of the rosette. Then I tried the Malbec one year old in french oak barrel. Its much stronger than the Malbec 6 months in french oak.
After this winery, we arrived at our next winery. A smaller winery, as it still retains its old buildings from before the earthquake. It mainly produces high quality wine rather huge quantities. Being such a traditional winery, it still posess its cellar, allowing natural storage of wine. Here I got to taste 5 wines I think it was. The same as above, but with an addition of a sweet desert type wine.
After drinking so much wine, I started feeling abit woozy. So staying at the winery, I bought an expensive lunch. To be fair, it is my first time eating out in Argentina. This does not include panchos and such. It was chicken in beer something, with rice and salad as a side. It taste much better than I described it.
After wards, we went to the next winery, but here we didnt have to pay for a tour. I just took some grapes, drank a small amount of wine and off we went. Next stop, the one I was looking foward to the most, the chocolate factory. Now, when I thought of this, I thought it be like Willy Wonka. Nope, its mainly chocolate alcohol. So paying a fee, I got to taste many olive variations, such as olives and chilli peppers, sun dried olives, blah blah. After came the spreads, varying from different fruits and the variations of dulche de leche (its the Argentinian special spread only found in this country). After came the shots of alcohol. So I managed to taste chocolate mint, some grape thing, Absenth, Pineapple and coconut, and thats all I remember. So, Im quite sore after the bike ride and yeah...it was pretty awesome.
Hello everyone. Whats up. So on this day, I went bicycle riding through the wine road, something that is highly recommended for all who ever stays in Mendoza, as Mendoza is famous for its wineries. So taking the bus to Mr Hugo, the bike provider, with Donna, Hilda and Rory, we settled off on the terrible bumpy rocky cracked road.
Our first stop was the futherest and best winery. Capable of producing 200000 litres of wine, but only 100000 due to the aged vine yards, it makes very high quality wine. After a brief tour of the storage, the yard and everything else, we proceded to the wine tasting. Now, I personally hate wine. Wine sucks. But I refuse to waste a drop. So I got to taste 5 types of wine, the rosette, malbec, the malbec and rosette mixed in favour of the malbec, then in favour of the rosette. Then I tried the Malbec one year old in french oak barrel. Its much stronger than the Malbec 6 months in french oak.
After this winery, we arrived at our next winery. A smaller winery, as it still retains its old buildings from before the earthquake. It mainly produces high quality wine rather huge quantities. Being such a traditional winery, it still posess its cellar, allowing natural storage of wine. Here I got to taste 5 wines I think it was. The same as above, but with an addition of a sweet desert type wine.
After drinking so much wine, I started feeling abit woozy. So staying at the winery, I bought an expensive lunch. To be fair, it is my first time eating out in Argentina. This does not include panchos and such. It was chicken in beer something, with rice and salad as a side. It taste much better than I described it.
After wards, we went to the next winery, but here we didnt have to pay for a tour. I just took some grapes, drank a small amount of wine and off we went. Next stop, the one I was looking foward to the most, the chocolate factory. Now, when I thought of this, I thought it be like Willy Wonka. Nope, its mainly chocolate alcohol. So paying a fee, I got to taste many olive variations, such as olives and chilli peppers, sun dried olives, blah blah. After came the spreads, varying from different fruits and the variations of dulche de leche (its the Argentinian special spread only found in this country). After came the shots of alcohol. So I managed to taste chocolate mint, some grape thing, Absenth, Pineapple and coconut, and thats all I remember. So, Im quite sore after the bike ride and yeah...it was pretty awesome.
Sunday 13 March 2011
Lost my phone
AHHHH WHERES MY PHONE! ITS GONE! LOST! I DONT KNOW WHERE IT IS!!
MEMORIIEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
MEMORIIEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Friday 11 March 2011
Hangover
11th March
Hey all. I have a hangover. It sucks. So Im just going to list what I did today.
Washed my clothes
Ate food
Went groccery shopping
Finished a Simon Scarrow Book
Going to play some game as I type this
And looking foward to visitng Maipu, an area where the wineries are located. I plan to rent a bike there and cycle through them. Should be fun.
Ah, I was just talking to Sean and Pratik. It seems if I decided not to visit Mendoza, my life would have been at risk as the tidal wave that hit Japan is supposingly going to visit the Coasts of SA, and Chile is on the coast of South America. So lets give that some thought. Did I escape death because I wanted to ride a horse? Was it some sort of divine intervention? Or was it just pure luck?
I reckon its because I wanted to ride a horse and be like a cowboy.
Hey all. I have a hangover. It sucks. So Im just going to list what I did today.
Washed my clothes
Ate food
Went groccery shopping
Finished a Simon Scarrow Book
Going to play some game as I type this
And looking foward to visitng Maipu, an area where the wineries are located. I plan to rent a bike there and cycle through them. Should be fun.
Ah, I was just talking to Sean and Pratik. It seems if I decided not to visit Mendoza, my life would have been at risk as the tidal wave that hit Japan is supposingly going to visit the Coasts of SA, and Chile is on the coast of South America. So lets give that some thought. Did I escape death because I wanted to ride a horse? Was it some sort of divine intervention? Or was it just pure luck?
I reckon its because I wanted to ride a horse and be like a cowboy.
Horse riding!
10th March
The bus ride sucked. Well, waiting for the bus did. My bus to Mendoza was well late, and that does not bond well with the 25kg of back weight I'm carrying. The sandwiches didn't get eaten as well. On another note, I had a spanish conversation with this girl who sat next to me. I must say, I'm fairly surprised I managed a 5 minute conversation.
So I arrived at some unknown time, but it was day light. I didn't know where my hostel was, so I had to use google maps. Dang the thing is useful. So the hostel itself is very nice. Its called Lagras Hostel. More expensive than what I would like, around 6 quid a night, but the staff is so friendly, roomy kitchen, and just a nice vibe.
So I left the hostel, and went locating this activity provider that was recommended on the Lonely Planet. After reaching the supposingly correct address, it turned out to be a perfume shop. A closed one too. So I gave up and returned to the hostel. But on the way, with luck, I managed to find an activity provider, and after a few enquiries, it turned out to be the one I was looking for! So swiftly joining today's horse riding excursion, I returned to the hostel to prepare for the trip.
At 1610, the van came and picked me up. We went up to the mountain ranch, mounted up and rode up the barren lands. We went up steep sides, went down, just general stuff. It was exciting riding the horse though, I even managed to get her running, because naturally I want to be in front of the line. So I directed the horse to the side and trotted foward. Its hard making her run without the full commands, so I generally hit the rump, gave her two kicks and a few clicks and a woop. Yeah, confusing. But it worked. Afterwards, we had BBQ and wine. Unfortuantly I had too much wine, ended up puking and going back to the hostel with a dizzy head.
The bus ride sucked. Well, waiting for the bus did. My bus to Mendoza was well late, and that does not bond well with the 25kg of back weight I'm carrying. The sandwiches didn't get eaten as well. On another note, I had a spanish conversation with this girl who sat next to me. I must say, I'm fairly surprised I managed a 5 minute conversation.
So I arrived at some unknown time, but it was day light. I didn't know where my hostel was, so I had to use google maps. Dang the thing is useful. So the hostel itself is very nice. Its called Lagras Hostel. More expensive than what I would like, around 6 quid a night, but the staff is so friendly, roomy kitchen, and just a nice vibe.
So I left the hostel, and went locating this activity provider that was recommended on the Lonely Planet. After reaching the supposingly correct address, it turned out to be a perfume shop. A closed one too. So I gave up and returned to the hostel. But on the way, with luck, I managed to find an activity provider, and after a few enquiries, it turned out to be the one I was looking for! So swiftly joining today's horse riding excursion, I returned to the hostel to prepare for the trip.
At 1610, the van came and picked me up. We went up to the mountain ranch, mounted up and rode up the barren lands. We went up steep sides, went down, just general stuff. It was exciting riding the horse though, I even managed to get her running, because naturally I want to be in front of the line. So I directed the horse to the side and trotted foward. Its hard making her run without the full commands, so I generally hit the rump, gave her two kicks and a few clicks and a woop. Yeah, confusing. But it worked. Afterwards, we had BBQ and wine. Unfortuantly I had too much wine, ended up puking and going back to the hostel with a dizzy head.
Off to Mendoza!!
9th March
Hey all. John here, or to everyone who knows me, the most awesome guy ever. So, after the previous painful events, I just relaxed for two days, the 7th and 8th. All I really did was read my book, watch No Ordinary Family and Cougar Town. Nice series by the way, and if I havn't mentioned it before, WATCH COUGAR TOWN. Its incredible. Now its not on the same level as How I Met Your Mother, but its still funny nonetheless and made me laugh a good amount of time.
So today I'm off to Mendoza. To those who are aware of my itenary, you are probably be thinking, shouldn't you be on your way to Santiago? Well yes, thats true. But I want to ride horses. And Mendoza is a good place to ride a horse. So Im going to Mendoza. To ride a horse. Put on my spurs, my leather rimmed hat and my whip. So to prepare for my 20 hour bus ride, I made tuna sandwiches.
Bye all, see you on the 10th.
Hey all. John here, or to everyone who knows me, the most awesome guy ever. So, after the previous painful events, I just relaxed for two days, the 7th and 8th. All I really did was read my book, watch No Ordinary Family and Cougar Town. Nice series by the way, and if I havn't mentioned it before, WATCH COUGAR TOWN. Its incredible. Now its not on the same level as How I Met Your Mother, but its still funny nonetheless and made me laugh a good amount of time.
So today I'm off to Mendoza. To those who are aware of my itenary, you are probably be thinking, shouldn't you be on your way to Santiago? Well yes, thats true. But I want to ride horses. And Mendoza is a good place to ride a horse. So Im going to Mendoza. To ride a horse. Put on my spurs, my leather rimmed hat and my whip. So to prepare for my 20 hour bus ride, I made tuna sandwiches.
Bye all, see you on the 10th.
Monday 7 March 2011
Oh the pain....oh the pain..
6th March
hey all. I have had no sleep at all. Instead of going to sleep for a bit before my bus ride at 0310, i decided to drink! Thats right! Drink! Thats logical isnt it. And the bus ride itself was such a pain. I could not catch any Zzz at all, due to the terrible chairs. Im sure they were designed to destroy neck muscles. So I wasn't so happy that we missed our stop. The bus driver was meant to wake us up, but he must have forgotten, but thankfully, he took us back on his route back to Cordoba, meaning we didn't have to pay another fee.
Arriving at Cerro Uritorco, I could feel the cold chill. But thankfully it we were told it was going to warm up by the taxi office. I felt like shit by the way. I have had barely any sleep, so I'm in a real shit state to climb a mountain. So we took a taxi to the base, where I then purchased 2 chocolate sweets. Thats right, Im going to do this trek with only chocolates and toffees (provided by Lu) to sustain me. Nutritious!!!
The climb itself was fairly easy at the beginning. But the path was very rocky and stoney...not smooth at all. This would eventually cause me great pain later on. But in the first stage, no trouble at all. What made the climb more fun was the alternative paths I took.Whenever there was a shortcut, I would immediately get on all fours and scale the steep path. Its such great fun, until I touch some Aloe Vera or cactus plants.
As we made it higher, the path became harder as the path became more unstable. But still no trouble, just tiresome. Eventually we arrived to Bony's house. This fellow, according to the Cerro Uritorco website, lives on the mountain and knows alot about its mystical nature, such as Elks, UFOs, and tunnels into the next dimension. Unfortuantly, when I broke into the house, it was empty. Unfortuant but it was interesting to see the house nonetheless. After this, I once again took...uh...unconventional methods to climbing the mountain. I didnt get too far,so I had to descent back to the path again...
As I got nearer to the summit, I could no longer walk. My feet were hurting, my legs were dying and I was exausted. exausted!!!!!!! But I eventually made it to the summit and took a nap and ate one of my chocolate sweets as celebration. Strangely enough, the summit is full of stray dogs...
Now descending this mountain was a bitch. I say again, a bitch. I never knew feet could hurt so much. Every time I had to make a drop, I had to mentally brace myself for the incoming pain that will shock my body as I land. It was just so oh so painful. Descending the mountain was so much harder than ascending. Im sure it took me longer too. But as a nice feature, I saw two Condor eagles fly above me. That was pretty sweet as I listened to Evan Blue.
So I reached the base one hour after Lu, then we took the taxi to the bus terminal, got on the coach, got back to Cordoba by 8ish, then I went out dancing at a night club and drinking. HOORAY FOR STUPID BEHAVIOUR!! Initially, I was with 4 people, then i ended up with 2 other guys because the initial group disappeared in another taxi. But a good night nonetheless.
hey all. I have had no sleep at all. Instead of going to sleep for a bit before my bus ride at 0310, i decided to drink! Thats right! Drink! Thats logical isnt it. And the bus ride itself was such a pain. I could not catch any Zzz at all, due to the terrible chairs. Im sure they were designed to destroy neck muscles. So I wasn't so happy that we missed our stop. The bus driver was meant to wake us up, but he must have forgotten, but thankfully, he took us back on his route back to Cordoba, meaning we didn't have to pay another fee.
Arriving at Cerro Uritorco, I could feel the cold chill. But thankfully it we were told it was going to warm up by the taxi office. I felt like shit by the way. I have had barely any sleep, so I'm in a real shit state to climb a mountain. So we took a taxi to the base, where I then purchased 2 chocolate sweets. Thats right, Im going to do this trek with only chocolates and toffees (provided by Lu) to sustain me. Nutritious!!!
The climb itself was fairly easy at the beginning. But the path was very rocky and stoney...not smooth at all. This would eventually cause me great pain later on. But in the first stage, no trouble at all. What made the climb more fun was the alternative paths I took.Whenever there was a shortcut, I would immediately get on all fours and scale the steep path. Its such great fun, until I touch some Aloe Vera or cactus plants.
As we made it higher, the path became harder as the path became more unstable. But still no trouble, just tiresome. Eventually we arrived to Bony's house. This fellow, according to the Cerro Uritorco website, lives on the mountain and knows alot about its mystical nature, such as Elks, UFOs, and tunnels into the next dimension. Unfortuantly, when I broke into the house, it was empty. Unfortuant but it was interesting to see the house nonetheless. After this, I once again took...uh...unconventional methods to climbing the mountain. I didnt get too far,so I had to descent back to the path again...
As I got nearer to the summit, I could no longer walk. My feet were hurting, my legs were dying and I was exausted. exausted!!!!!!! But I eventually made it to the summit and took a nap and ate one of my chocolate sweets as celebration. Strangely enough, the summit is full of stray dogs...
Now descending this mountain was a bitch. I say again, a bitch. I never knew feet could hurt so much. Every time I had to make a drop, I had to mentally brace myself for the incoming pain that will shock my body as I land. It was just so oh so painful. Descending the mountain was so much harder than ascending. Im sure it took me longer too. But as a nice feature, I saw two Condor eagles fly above me. That was pretty sweet as I listened to Evan Blue.
So I reached the base one hour after Lu, then we took the taxi to the bus terminal, got on the coach, got back to Cordoba by 8ish, then I went out dancing at a night club and drinking. HOORAY FOR STUPID BEHAVIOUR!! Initially, I was with 4 people, then i ended up with 2 other guys because the initial group disappeared in another taxi. But a good night nonetheless.
Saturday 5 March 2011
Off to the mystic mountains
5th march
Hey everyone, I need to update this now before I go off to the mystic mountains, called Cerro uricero. something like that.
So the agenda, I shall be leaving Cordoba at 0310, on a bus ride of 3 hours, then me and Luandro, my room mate, will trek up this 4 hour summit. my first trekking experience and the walking boots will finally be put into good use. Finally.
Hey everyone, I need to update this now before I go off to the mystic mountains, called Cerro uricero. something like that.
So the agenda, I shall be leaving Cordoba at 0310, on a bus ride of 3 hours, then me and Luandro, my room mate, will trek up this 4 hour summit. my first trekking experience and the walking boots will finally be put into good use. Finally.
Super BBQ
4th March
Hey all. I did nothing today. Nothing new right? But I did eat a super BBQ dinner today. Ribs, chunks of beef, bread, sausages, blood sausages, the works. But at the end, I had to play tax collector. People own me money and I intend to collect. I met quite alot of people too.My head is still swimming from all the names that I probably don't remember. Afterwards, me, Dave, Nahuela, ?, Tasha, Kate, ?, ?, ?, ? all went out drinking at a bar. I had an Aidios MotherFucker. It was blue. And it was ok....
Hey all. I did nothing today. Nothing new right? But I did eat a super BBQ dinner today. Ribs, chunks of beef, bread, sausages, blood sausages, the works. But at the end, I had to play tax collector. People own me money and I intend to collect. I met quite alot of people too.My head is still swimming from all the names that I probably don't remember. Afterwards, me, Dave, Nahuela, ?, Tasha, Kate, ?, ?, ?, ? all went out drinking at a bar. I had an Aidios MotherFucker. It was blue. And it was ok....
Art Museums
3rd March
Hey people. So lets discuss what I did today. Well theres my challenge to taste all the ice cream flavours this city has to offer. Thats going quite well. And its not too expensive either. Quater KG for 1.15 quid.
So Dave and I went to visit some art museums today. One of them was being renovated until 9th March. Bummer. But the next one we got into. The art is quite interesting, as this museum held alot of variety. I only took a pictures of some paintings because they said NO PICTURES and stuff. Meh.
Hey people. So lets discuss what I did today. Well theres my challenge to taste all the ice cream flavours this city has to offer. Thats going quite well. And its not too expensive either. Quater KG for 1.15 quid.
So Dave and I went to visit some art museums today. One of them was being renovated until 9th March. Bummer. But the next one we got into. The art is quite interesting, as this museum held alot of variety. I only took a pictures of some paintings because they said NO PICTURES and stuff. Meh.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Checkmate
2nd March
I don't remember what I did on previous days. I know for certain my birthday card and present for David, my little brother, made it to him in timefor his 8th birthday. This makes me kinda sad that I wasnt there to celebrate his birthday with him. I never missed it before. But its something I will try to avoid in the future. But according to the pictures, it seems to turn out pretty alright for him. For those who are wondering, I bought him Need For Speed Hot Pursuit. I considered Bulletstorm but apparently, the main character swears profanity every time he shoots someone. Blood and gore I'm kind of ok with, bad language, never.
So today, I woke up at 2pm Throughout the night, I was watching 10 episodes of Better With You. Initially, I wasn't impressed. But the cast just works so well together, always full of laughs this series is. I also watched one episode of How I Met Your Mother (episode 18 of the latest season). It just wretches my heart that Barney doesn't join Nora (spoilers). It really does. I thought he would change, but the look of pain on his face as he walks away is just....wow....
Anyway, I got free food! These guys who were cooking, names I already forgotten, gave me some rice and chicken. I must buy the powder that they used to flavour the rice and make it yellow. Its simply delicious. So afterwards, I hanged out with this American dude called Dave. Nice guy, just finished the American College, so age around 22 I say. We shared stories, conversation and a couple of beers over a game of chess. Which I won 2-1. Afterwards, I took him to the night markets. But apparently, they don't exist during the week day. Unfortuant. But we will go away during the weekend.
I don't remember what I did on previous days. I know for certain my birthday card and present for David, my little brother, made it to him in timefor his 8th birthday. This makes me kinda sad that I wasnt there to celebrate his birthday with him. I never missed it before. But its something I will try to avoid in the future. But according to the pictures, it seems to turn out pretty alright for him. For those who are wondering, I bought him Need For Speed Hot Pursuit. I considered Bulletstorm but apparently, the main character swears profanity every time he shoots someone. Blood and gore I'm kind of ok with, bad language, never.
So today, I woke up at 2pm Throughout the night, I was watching 10 episodes of Better With You. Initially, I wasn't impressed. But the cast just works so well together, always full of laughs this series is. I also watched one episode of How I Met Your Mother (episode 18 of the latest season). It just wretches my heart that Barney doesn't join Nora (spoilers). It really does. I thought he would change, but the look of pain on his face as he walks away is just....wow....
Anyway, I got free food! These guys who were cooking, names I already forgotten, gave me some rice and chicken. I must buy the powder that they used to flavour the rice and make it yellow. Its simply delicious. So afterwards, I hanged out with this American dude called Dave. Nice guy, just finished the American College, so age around 22 I say. We shared stories, conversation and a couple of beers over a game of chess. Which I won 2-1. Afterwards, I took him to the night markets. But apparently, they don't exist during the week day. Unfortuant. But we will go away during the weekend.
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