Hannah wrote a fantastic blog highlighting the glorious events of a recent weekend we spent in Esteli. Read it if you are interested in the following: the debut of our Nicaraguan jam band, or drinking beer in grocery stores.
Here's the link:
http://www.thetulipsshouldbebehindbars.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
lunes, 9 de junio de 2008
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Wanted:
Music Teacher for 123 Adorable Nicaraguan Children.
Requirements:
Kind (though some general teacher sternness pays off)
Flexible (of body-yoga, mind-learning el Espanol, and spirit)
Fairly Musically Apt (ie: ability to sing or play an instrument)
Conneseur of Rice and Beans
A Lover of Travel and Unexpected Adventures
Willing to Travel by Chicken Bus
A Navigator of Torrential Rainstorms and Puddles
Patient, Patient, Patient
Good at Playing Doctor to Little Kid Cuts and Scrapes
Willing to Reason with Teenagers
Able to Laugh in the Face of Very Frustrating Situations
Ignorer of Men on the Street Making Romantic Comments
Accepting of Hair Gel, Bare Feet, and Soy Products
Able to Entertain Self throughout Lengthy Periods of Power Outages
Ability to Move Hips in Latin Dance Style a Plus.
Other Pluses:
Not Concerned about Filthy Feet or Showering Every Day
Acceptance of Large Beetles
Craving of Rum and Cheap Pilsner by the Liter Bottle
Enjoyment of Cheesy Late 80's and Early 90's Music (ie: Bryan Adams and Michael Bolton)
Willingness to Sleep Inside a Mosquito Net
Ability to Haggle with Taxistas
Currently accepting new Music Director in San Jose de Cusmapa, Nicaragua.
Please respond ASAP.
Your new roommate will be a crafty artist and excellent chef.
Adventures shall abound!
Now who has the cojones to respond to this Want Ad?
I figure better posting it here than in a Penny Saver.
Music Teacher for 123 Adorable Nicaraguan Children.
Requirements:
Kind (though some general teacher sternness pays off)
Flexible (of body-yoga, mind-learning el Espanol, and spirit)
Fairly Musically Apt (ie: ability to sing or play an instrument)
Conneseur of Rice and Beans
A Lover of Travel and Unexpected Adventures
Willing to Travel by Chicken Bus
A Navigator of Torrential Rainstorms and Puddles
Patient, Patient, Patient
Good at Playing Doctor to Little Kid Cuts and Scrapes
Willing to Reason with Teenagers
Able to Laugh in the Face of Very Frustrating Situations
Ignorer of Men on the Street Making Romantic Comments
Accepting of Hair Gel, Bare Feet, and Soy Products
Able to Entertain Self throughout Lengthy Periods of Power Outages
Ability to Move Hips in Latin Dance Style a Plus.
Other Pluses:
Not Concerned about Filthy Feet or Showering Every Day
Acceptance of Large Beetles
Craving of Rum and Cheap Pilsner by the Liter Bottle
Enjoyment of Cheesy Late 80's and Early 90's Music (ie: Bryan Adams and Michael Bolton)
Willingness to Sleep Inside a Mosquito Net
Ability to Haggle with Taxistas
Currently accepting new Music Director in San Jose de Cusmapa, Nicaragua.
Please respond ASAP.
Your new roommate will be a crafty artist and excellent chef.
Adventures shall abound!
Now who has the cojones to respond to this Want Ad?
I figure better posting it here than in a Penny Saver.
viernes, 6 de junio de 2008
Arriba las Mujeres del Mundo!
Tonight we shall celebrate the free women of the world.
After a talk with Xiomara about the injustice suffered by our single female co-workers in the organizing and executing of school celebrations for Mothers/Fathers/Children's days, we decided to take matters in to our own hands.
Esteemed guests include:
Lauren, myself, Kate, Mike (our token male of the group, who will most likely be forced to wear my feather boa and possibly a fake mustache), Mayerling (the most bodacious and vivacious of our Nica female friends), Brenda (who is married, but at age 25 still doesn't have kids, which qualifies her as a free woman), and Xiomara (who's about as free as they get, and strikingly resembles an Egyptian princess).
We celebrate women our age who, especially in a country like Nicaragua, defy all norms.
Women whose power and strength streams from every pore.
Women who I admire deeply for their independence and perseverance.
Women who are just plain awesome.
After a week of torrential rains (a lightning bolt hit so close to our house on Wednesday that it blew a fuse in our living room light) the time has come to "disfrutar" the weekend.
More (and pictures, to be sure) to come Lunes.
After a talk with Xiomara about the injustice suffered by our single female co-workers in the organizing and executing of school celebrations for Mothers/Fathers/Children's days, we decided to take matters in to our own hands.
Esteemed guests include:
Lauren, myself, Kate, Mike (our token male of the group, who will most likely be forced to wear my feather boa and possibly a fake mustache), Mayerling (the most bodacious and vivacious of our Nica female friends), Brenda (who is married, but at age 25 still doesn't have kids, which qualifies her as a free woman), and Xiomara (who's about as free as they get, and strikingly resembles an Egyptian princess).
We celebrate women our age who, especially in a country like Nicaragua, defy all norms.
Women whose power and strength streams from every pore.
Women who I admire deeply for their independence and perseverance.
Women who are just plain awesome.
After a week of torrential rains (a lightning bolt hit so close to our house on Wednesday that it blew a fuse in our living room light) the time has come to "disfrutar" the weekend.
More (and pictures, to be sure) to come Lunes.
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