Venezuela

Well, we got off to a shaky start, but I think we (Ivana, Ivanelis and I) will have a grand time together. Today I informed them they must speak English in the house (unless speaking to family in Venezuela). It is much better and I can help them with their sentence structure. On the first day, it seemed they knew little (if any) English, but they know quite a bit. Once in awhile we have to pull out my Spanish-English dictionary, but that's okay.

Ivana is going to help me make paella some time. Should be fun. Both girls like to cook, so we will probably do some of that together. Hopefully, they can teach me a thing or two.

Ivanelis' brother is here, too - in St. Catharines, that is - and has been here with two other Venezuelan friends. These two girls are much more social than the others. The phone has already been ringing after 2 days of school - actually one and a half.

Anyways. time for bed

Now You're Cookin'

Wow, hard to believe its been so long since my last post - time sure has flown - I missed lots of the birthdays: Christina, Anton, Kira, Julia and Daniel and Justine. Pretty pathetic. It's not that I didn't think of them, I just thought of them on the wrong day and was busy/forgetful on the actual day of their birthdays. The girls from Korea, Linda and Wendy, returned to Korea on Monday - had them downtown at 4:45 AM to get the bus to Toronto with most of the other 95 Korean students. We had a lot of fun together. They met a lot of my family, but not all.

Tonight I will be joined by two more girls, these from Venezuela. They will live with me for two months - until April 10th. We will probably have more opportunity for visiting than with Linda and Wendy.

School is very busy - lots of reading to do - learning lots - of course, that is the point, isn't it? So far I enjoyed everything I made - except the Nasi Goreng - too much sambal oelek. Wendy liked it - but she is used to Korean food, which includes kimchi at every meal. Kimchi is quite spicy.

Anyways, time for volleyball, then a phone call between 9 and 10 to let me know when the girls arrive.