Here are a couple of pictures of the mountains behind my campus. The statue is of a Oaxacan hero and the exact same statue is at the Tehuantepec Campus...and I have heard, all over Oaxaca....he must have only posed once.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Trying to Add Some Pics
Here are a couple of pictures of the mountains behind my campus. The statue is of a Oaxacan hero and the exact same statue is at the Tehuantepec Campus...and I have heard, all over Oaxaca....he must have only posed once.
Boo-urns!
It is much easier to change the attitude when one has friends to help out. My partner in crime here at this campus just informed me that she is making a run for it, much like how I was ready to do it last week. Her husband couldn't find work here that would help out their financial crisis that just popped up and our supervisor not being very helpful at all in scholastic matters definitely sent my friend over the edge.
Things are looking bleaker and bleaker out here in Ixtepec. With her gone who knows how things are going to work. I am not stressing anymore, just accepting that things are not going to go as smoothly here in Mexico as I had hoped. I don't know what to say. Jason asked me what my gameplan is and I have no clue. At least he is having a blast, but he deserves it. I think karma is just coming to find me.
Now the Canadian government re-iterated it's travel warning for the city of Oaxaca...not the state. Please know that I am some five to nine hours away from the capital city. Yes, I do get protests here, but only twice since I have been here, and they clear out after an hour. I have been sent a letter by the consulate and I have the emergency contact numbers on a post-it on my computer and in my phone and a return ticket should I need to get out of here fast, but it shouldn't come to that. So there is no need to worry. At least it makes for some excitement...finally.
Things are looking bleaker and bleaker out here in Ixtepec. With her gone who knows how things are going to work. I am not stressing anymore, just accepting that things are not going to go as smoothly here in Mexico as I had hoped. I don't know what to say. Jason asked me what my gameplan is and I have no clue. At least he is having a blast, but he deserves it. I think karma is just coming to find me.
Now the Canadian government re-iterated it's travel warning for the city of Oaxaca...not the state. Please know that I am some five to nine hours away from the capital city. Yes, I do get protests here, but only twice since I have been here, and they clear out after an hour. I have been sent a letter by the consulate and I have the emergency contact numbers on a post-it on my computer and in my phone and a return ticket should I need to get out of here fast, but it shouldn't come to that. So there is no need to worry. At least it makes for some excitement...finally.
Miss Me?
http://www.ssc.ac.kr
Just in case anyone was missing me, they can go to the link above which is for the Suwon Science College Website. It is where I last worked in Korea and because I was one of the younger looking professors, they wanted me to be in their ads for the next semester...even though they knew I wasn't coming back. Some might call it false advertising...but Mark (the one with the globe and Scott...the other foreigner are still there...and will probably never leave).
Monday, October 30, 2006
Change...
So, because I believe in giving people and things a second chance, I am trying to get through my first contract here in Mexico. I am trying to switch my outlook to positive so that I am not a downer for everyone around me and that I try to enjoy the good things about Mexico.
That being said, I am trying to find an apartment in one of the bigger towns around the town where I currently live because I could possibly die of boredom or depression if I stay in the town where I am currently living. This past weekend I visited the only other teacher here who is alone here (her husband is still in the U.K.) and who likes to socialize. She works at the other campus and thus gets to live in the bigger port town of Salina Cruz where furnished apartments are aplenty and they just got a Burger King...which shows just how thriving it really is. I was so proud of myself because I made it there and back on my own with my still very quasi beginner Spanish and knowledge of the area. At least I wasn't bawling in a computer room like the previous weekend.
This past week I worked six days in a row, had Sunday off and was back here to work until Wednesday at 2pm when I am let go and I have a four day weekend. I was originally going to visit Jason in Colim...where he is blessed with a swimming pool, McFlurries and all the luxuries of the United States (ahem {cough} fake Mexico{cough}ahem). Just kidding Ace:) But sadly, due to recent events, he thought I wasn't coming so booked a trip to Manzanilla when he would leave Saturday and return Sunday. He offered me the chance to spend Saturday with his friend who I am sure is super cool but the 17 hour bus ride seems a little more worth it when I can spend more time with the friend I know...especially after the past few weeks I have had.
So I am going to go to Huatulco with my friend from the U.K. and another teacher and his wife. Everyone is older than me (not hard) but they seem cool and hopefully we can all just forget about work and enjoy the Day of the Dead.
That being said, I am trying to find an apartment in one of the bigger towns around the town where I currently live because I could possibly die of boredom or depression if I stay in the town where I am currently living. This past weekend I visited the only other teacher here who is alone here (her husband is still in the U.K.) and who likes to socialize. She works at the other campus and thus gets to live in the bigger port town of Salina Cruz where furnished apartments are aplenty and they just got a Burger King...which shows just how thriving it really is. I was so proud of myself because I made it there and back on my own with my still very quasi beginner Spanish and knowledge of the area. At least I wasn't bawling in a computer room like the previous weekend.
This past week I worked six days in a row, had Sunday off and was back here to work until Wednesday at 2pm when I am let go and I have a four day weekend. I was originally going to visit Jason in Colim...where he is blessed with a swimming pool, McFlurries and all the luxuries of the United States (ahem {cough} fake Mexico{cough}ahem). Just kidding Ace:) But sadly, due to recent events, he thought I wasn't coming so booked a trip to Manzanilla when he would leave Saturday and return Sunday. He offered me the chance to spend Saturday with his friend who I am sure is super cool but the 17 hour bus ride seems a little more worth it when I can spend more time with the friend I know...especially after the past few weeks I have had.
So I am going to go to Huatulco with my friend from the U.K. and another teacher and his wife. Everyone is older than me (not hard) but they seem cool and hopefully we can all just forget about work and enjoy the Day of the Dead.