Thanksgiving

Although Spanish speaking countries don't celebrate Thanksgiving, they sure do know how to cook and be with family like Americans do when it is Thanksgiving. I imagine if Spanish people celebrated Thanksgiving the way we do it probably would be an even bigger event. Considering the size of families and the closeness of them, it's probably easier to be around family, and very homey. De cualquier manera, Thanksgiving es a gran dia de fiesta

Owner of the Sun

A Spanish woman has claimed that she own's the sun. According to her, the law states that no country can own the sun, but individuals can. She also said that a man has registered himself as the owner of the moon and various other planets in the solar system, but no one has thus far registered to be the owner of the sun. Yo creo que estan locos, ser propietario de algo fuera el mundo es raro.

La Limpia

La limpia, a Spanish, shamanic therapy and ritualistic healing and clensing procedure that involves a raw egg and smoke to help purify a persons aura. Generally a healer, rubs raw egg all over your body and verbalizes chants. Sometimes herbs and other ingredients are mixed and put on you as well. The after effects are supposed to help you feel lighter and just feel better in general. El malo energies a toman distancia. Plus, the body and mind are clensed.

Mmm, Spanish rice.

Arroz con leche. A Spanish, rice pudding. It's a very common food in Mexico, Spain and other Spanish speaking countries. It's also so popular, and delicious that non-Spanish speaking countries have acquired the love for this food. It's filling, sweet and it warms you up! A simple recipe is:
1. white rice
2. Milk
3. Butter
4. Sugar
5. Cinnamon.
Pretty much some of the yummiest flavors all put together!

Llegado tarde

I realize I'm past the due time (I think) for these two posts...but I tried. It made me wonder how people can possibly get around to work on time in Mexico. I know not everyone own's a car, and there are buses, but man! I've been on a few of those buses and they are not cool. Seriously, hot, cramped buses, that sometimes you have to stand. Occasionally though, there might be a small group of people playing and singing to pass the time for the people's short trip, it's a neat experience, but I so wish that they could all own cars with air conditioning. Es no justo.

Clothes

This week in Spanish we learned about clothing articles. I like vocabulary like this because of all the cognates, it's interesting to see how closely related they are to the English words. We also listened to another song (that was rather unhappy, like the last one). It's weird listening to other songs in Spanish, that aren't...fiesta/mariachi type, happy, dancing music. Yo espero a mas musica de Espanol.

Siestas

En Spanish cultura, es comunes para participar en a 'siesta' en el medio por la tarde. Something, I wish American culture would adopt. A siesta is a nap, generally in the afternoon, after lunch. After lunch, when someone is full and sleepy, it would be nice to just take a short nap. Supposedly, we all have a biological need for naps, and therefore it's healthy and well accepted to do so in some of the Spanish countries.

This week

This week in Spanish we learned about traveling and words/terms that go along with it. These words are some that I could probably have found useful when I went to Mexico last year; like the words "hotel, luggage", etc. We also learned more about ser and estar, and what they relate to, how they relate to different situations. Listening to the song involving ser and estar was pretty amusing too, because it was about a girl who was...evidently unhappy about someone. La chica fue muy dramatica y enojada.