The weather has continued to be in the 30's (celcius, of course), which is high-80's to low-90's, but it is still HOT! Especially when most people wear jeans (including me). But anywho, 'tis a new week and today I had my first class of my "Environmental Problems in an International Perspective." It went fairly well and I think it should be an interesting class. The professor lived in Vermont for 2 years and worked for an Environmental group in DC, so he's quite in the know about US Environmental Policies, as well, and also has good English. Our first assignment was to go out and buy the latest edition of "National Geographic," in Spanish, so now I have a beautiful copy of the "National Geographic en Español." We're to read the article on how saving energy starts in the house. Should be good.
Other great news.... I made a friend! It seems like such a simple thing I know, but it's so exciting to have a Chilean friend! Her name is Daniella and I met her in the bathroom. She was at the mirror fixing her hair and I liked her shirt so I told her and she asked me where I was from. Apparently she speaks English quite well as she was an exchange student for a year in Montana. So she knows EXACTLY how it feels to be an exchange student and was extremely eager to meet the others in my program and "help us out." It was so wonderful. She wants to take us out on the town and show us the night-life of Santiago, which will be nice to know from a native Santiaguina's perspective. So I am excited. Further proof that complimenting someone can be the best way to initiate a conversation.
Other big news, Chile is now on the same time as the East Coast because we had our "fall back." So now I am only three hours difference from the West Coast, again! Also, tomorrow I have two internship interviews. The first is at noon at the Academia Diplomática, where the Chilean Diplomats are trained. I'm super excited about it and would really like to intern there. The building looks so beautiful! Here is the website if you'd like to read it in Spanish or at least look at the pictures. Once you get to the page you will see several menu options under the title. Click on the one that says "Academia Diplomática." The other interview is at 3:30 pm at the "Fundación América Solidaria," which appears to be a program that sends volunteers aged 23 or older to different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean to areas of poverty. Here is the website (in Spanish). So it should be interesting to see which internship looks most interesting to me, or which offers me an internship. We'll see.
Anywho, I hope you all have a great week! I'll be putting up pictures that I took this past weekend as soon as I put labels on them. =) Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!
~ Kaia (^_^)
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