It's been a long time comin'

Hey yall! man im so bad with keeping up with this blog thing...What happened was is that..............well actually i dont know i lost the blog bug.
Well updates on life....
School:
Aerobics-i have lost 16 lbs! 34lb more to go.
Genero and Sociedad= imma do my final project on the hypersexuality of Afrodesendientes and the desexualization of indigena woman.
Antropologia Cultural-Uhhmmm imma do my final project of a comparitive study of the black foreign exchange students and their experience compared to white students and how they have recieved treatment in such a racial stratified country as Ecuador where 70% of black live in poverty as opposed to the states where at most 27% of black live in poverty.....
Portugues-lol i havent learned a bloddy thing but i had this midterm that i didnt study for and got a 83% which i guess is pretty dandy.
Danza Moderna-we just dance...idk.

Con Manos de Ebano- i totally stopped working with them...they are not that welcoming and i just dont feel comfortable be at the building..i asked one of my Afro-ecuadorian friend whose mother was actually one of the founders of the organization and she gave the low down on alot of things...there is alot of politics....sounds like some the african organizations and other stuff i was apart in the states...and i dont like that kind of bullshit...so i have gone about another way of working with the Afro community here...i have a really good friend name Gaby and she works at a dance school in Chota and last week i spent the day in Charguayaco!! i loved it!!! they were so sweet! and man they love to dance till 6am in the morning!! just like in NAijA!! Holla!!

Internship-I have know idea what is up with stuff but yeah i am still staying here till august...yup....


Travel Spots since we last chatted-Morona Santiago aka el oriente[Sucua and Macas], Imbambura aka la Sierra [Charguayaco, Quiroga, Otavalo]..ya..i love Ecuador now..i just had to get out of Quito and cumbaya to realized that so this weekend i will be going back to chota or Banos, but we will see...Holla until next time..

next note i will right about some racial and gender shit i have had to deal with here...especially catered form women of color that want to travel to latin america..things u should know..so HOLLA!

Just in case you didn't know.

I DONT PROOFREAD ANY OF MY NOTES SO IF THEY SOUND OFF, PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I AM JUST TO LAZY TO GO BACK AND FI WHAT I TYPE. LOL I KNOW, I'M WEIRD. ME WRITING IN CAPS IS JUST A SING OF MY SHEER AND PURE LAzyness, aww there we go. to press the caps on button to off..lol well have a nice day. ciao.

I LOVE MY BABIES

Aww to be working at the orphanage is such a breath of fresh aire. The babies really keep me grounded and teach me to appreciate things from another perspective. I have a couple of children that are reallly fond of me. ****names listed are Alias names and not their real name for their proctection**** My first child is truly presious to me, her name is Zoe, she is autistic. She is so beautiful and full of life. She always loves to sit in my lap when we are watching films. My second child is Juan Pablo. He is about 4 years old and he is soooo sooo sooo adorable and extremely shy. He usually plays by himself. He is definately an intellect. I love him. he is so well behave and never gets in others business, when ever the Tias tell him to do something...he is so obidient...i feel like he is an old spirit in some ways... ADORABLE. Marisol is about 4 years old and she is so carinosa...my first day I came, she ran right up to me and gave me a hug. I dont know if it is normal for the children to call volunteers Tia, but She is the only one that calls me Tia. I love that little girl. As for the younger children, the babies,,,,awww Jose, i love that little baby. he is sooo soo soo soo full of joy and smiled when he saw me and reached out for me. and of course i picked him up and gave him such love...he is such a jubliant and jolly baby..so positive. Helen is such such a character, she is a very smart baby and a very strong personality. She always needs your attention and cries if u look away for 3 seconds. I love her...beautiful baby. AWWWWWWWWWWW and there is MY SON!!! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!! RIcki MARTin!!! He has some of the biggest cheeks. I love it and it really doesnt take much to please him...such simple things will have this baby smiling. He is just started walking and is slightly bow legged and mi gorditio morenito...he is adorable ugh....being with these children really intensifies my urge to adopt children like...RIGHT NOW..but in due time...after school, Peace Corp, and NYSC.

I dont know what else to say ,but these children just make me grateful for all that I and they have. We are blessed and I thank the Creator for allowing me to share some time in the lives of these children. and for them to be in my lives. Jah bless them.

LAS CARAS LINDAS DE MI GENTE NEGRA!

awwww what a weekend!
sooo friday i was completely depressed cause i didnt have any ecua homies...:[[[[[[[

at the time my only options were...to spend the rest of my days trying to befriend Aninados[the vast majority] or befriend other US students which compose 30% of the uni's population...but that seems not to be much of a cultural exchange when i have plenty of US homies in the US...hmmm

Soo my host mom came to the rescue! and she gave me the number of one of the most awesomest dudes...SIMON!!! yay..so after dinner i went to this Chill ass place called ocho y media in floreste and met Simon...he is an awesome guy and so are his homies: Jefferson, Charo, Favio, La Negra[de colombia],Amanda[Gringuita], and others...

soooo we jammed out at this discoteca in Gringolandia...have no clue what it is called but overwhelmingly the majority of the ppl in there were Afro-ecuadorian and Man.....The Music was legit..it wasnt like the other dicotecas which play...idk..SALSA, MERENGUE, HOUSE, REGGEATON, ROCK EN ESPANOL...they were jammin to some vallenato, mapaloe, Punta, and Dancehall and Reggeaton....It was sweet!


Once again....I met more nigerians...igbos...i have no clue or idea what they are doing in this country...what is the foreign relations btwn Nigeria and Ecua look like?? i will have to do some research on that...hmmm welll

This Saturday was AMAZING!!! so the afro-ecuadorian organization that I am starting to work/want to work with has their fourth annual xmas celebration...in JANUARY... :] the precceddings were supposed to go to a community in la valle de hota se llam mascarilla but because of the tragic earthquake in Hait...they will be donated to our haitian brothers ans sisters....but it was all well...it was suppose to start at 10..and Sonia and Gabriella the head of the organization told me to be there are 945 am...yeah Hora ecuatoriana...the event didnt start till noon! lol wasnt surprised at all..just like naija ppl...loved it!!..lol well there were plenty and plenty of ppl that showed up! Both Afro and Non-Afro and all were so Carinoso and treated me like family..lol especially this one guy named Edwin..he is in the salsa grupo and he is AMAZING and soooo sweet. man i love how actively they have the kid participating in the events...they are so united as an organization but so so so inclusive! they made shout outs to NIGERIA, DOMINCAN REPUBLIC AND US...:] God, I am so excited for what is in story with the organization!! and man they can dance...the event was held outside of the con manos de ebano bulding so it was VERYYYYYY LOUD!! all the live music!! BOMBA, FESTEJO, SALSA, MARIMBA, MERENGUE and REGGAETON! FULL BUENAZO!! man when i get a change i will upload the pictures to FB so holla...alright well...imma bout to go out right now..so HOLLA!.

BUENASO!!!!

Soooooo a little update on life and stuff...
Academically...I changed my classes
Aerobics
Genero y Sociedad
Antropologia Cultural
Portugues Basico I
Danza Moderna 2

i love my classes! so yeah

hhmm so i didnt do a damn thing this weekend and HONESTLY! that SHit has to change...NOW
so next weekend imma bout to get my GREEN GO on and go to centro historico and take a tour bus..lol and then by force by force i will go to OSWALD GUYUASIM[sp]'s Muesum...im stoked for that.

Para Sus Ninos:
I went there for mi induccion...they are very professional and it is so well organized. i love it. i will be there tuesday and thursday morning...man that place is soo soo soo soo damn far from where i live pero esos guaguas valen la pena...i mean i know we cant adopted kids there but i love them all and just wanted to pick them up and hug them and take them in as my own :]
oh i met a really reallly sweet girl today Carlina at the orfanato. and we met up later after i had finished class and we went to alot of different centros and she told me about alot of cool things that are around in Quito. She is so so so so sweet and kind...i cant fathom someone in the states being like hey i just met u like 5mins ago but lets meet up tonight and hang out for like five hours and after that you will meet my family????? yeah.. thought so...lol


man gotta love ecuador for the diversity...in culture, nature, and GUYS!!!

lol okay...u know me...well i mean my friends following my blog do..i am not a dude jocker..i just enjoy their beauty distance from a far and praise the Almighty for creating such beauty and go on with my day..lol but let me tell u...man I lovvveeeee the diversity of guys here...WHITE GUYS, CASTIZO GUYS, MESTIZO GUYS, MULATO GUYS, ZAMBO GUYS, IDIGENA GUYS, BLACK GUYS, TRIGUENO GUYS!! :] they are beautiful...

anyways...ciao ciao

Mora[yogur, jugo and marmelada] es re super...first day of classes...FELIZ DIA DE LOS REYES

This was the schedule.
Aerobics[Got lose that freshman/sophmore/junior 50...lol yea 50 lbs...
Genero y Sociedad
Antropologia Cultural
Portuguese
Pilate and cycling[really trynna be good to my body]

hmmm, so the class for aerobics was basically non-existent, but i really feel its just because of two things....[1. The teacher didnt show up]..[2. I didnt show up]
the reason that Ecuas use???? Trafico! lol to be honesty trafico wasnt not even bad, its just that i slept in 30 minutes! lol and be it that i live about 45 minutes away from Cumbaya...every minute counts, but Al7umdulilah for La hora ecuatoriana! Es full buenisma!

Genero y Sociedad
Chill class, the teacher is really friendly...about 50/50 [ecua y gring@]

Antropologia Cultural
I LOVE THIS CLASS!!! Its gonna be a hard as class...TONS OF WORK, but i am truly quite excited for use to have in class. Its a good mix of kids[There is this chill dude that i love MATEO!!!!!!! mi gringuititito..lol and there is a guy from Chile and of course Ecuas and other Green-goes]

Portuguese!
It is the only class that i have with no gringos. My teacher is a character straight from RIO de Janeiro. Man if its hard so the ecuas to get what she is saying em portugues then you can only imagine how it is for me......not that bad...I really just have to thank my Superstar husband for that SEU JORGE! BEixos! lol aww yess there is a golden child in the class..he is from RECIFE <3 <3!! i dont know why he is in the most BASIC level of portuguese...but he is...wtf is he doing there..but anyway i love him, but not his pretentious friends..ugh...he know wats up listening to Bahian axe!! brah brah!

Pilates and cycling
Yea that didnt even happen..the location of the class hasnt even been announced yet so i dont know what the f is gonna happen.....


Truly i have been speaking too much in english and i dont like that...i need to pay attention to what the hell i be sayin in spanish..i need to learn to form my sentences...hmm okay i love yall..holla.

Aww Quito..

Well as most of you know, Im in Quito! Holla! The flights from Houston to Bogota to Quito were hella chill.. Man, Bogota is amazing.. Damn well yall already know how i feel about Colombia[<3 <3] so i wont even want to waste your time with that.. lol

So yea my host family is hella chill. Maricarmen[mum], Maria laura[hermanita], Mateo[hermanito], and Javier[dad]...so yea i live in a reallly reallly really really nice house/flat/duplex. this place is banging.. and i am a little upset about that...lol i know that sounds somehow, but i have it way too good. Thank Jah and I shouldnt complain. I have hot water to take showers with no problems, I have a bedroom which is larger than my own back in the states, i have my own restroom[which i dont have in the state either]..I thank God but i know that my current living condition is not similiar to most of the Quitenos here...but its aight..naw mean?? lol

anyways..hmm wat else...aww okay. So yesterday we had orientation a la U.and damn that place is nice...i swear..definately where the politians, docotors and lawyers children go to Uni...this place in no way truly reflects the Quiteno reality..lol my host sister said that it is filled with alot of 'plasticos' it's kinna like fresas in mexican spanish...kinna like preppy kids, but hey i wont judge...but yea orientation was chill lol we had this former Peace corps volunteer talk to us about safety as GRINGOS..lol i guess to the advantage of the black students is that they are blacks in ecuador, but its all about "looking the part"...so i guess dont be going around in big groups, do be yabbin all that english, dont be flashing your wealth[ cuz u will be cut] ...LOL just jokes...lol.. but yeah..its just little things..so far...i have been spending alot of time on my own exploring the town[aka gingo to the store and buying an umbrella and making photocopies close to la U]..lol and i seen some of the kids from the US group in twos and threes[which is a good idea] or just in massive groups[not a good idea]....

annnnnyyyyyywwwaaaayyyyyssss i digressed...hmm but yea i went out to Gringolandia aka la Mariscal Sucre aka La Zona. La U had a international student party for us, but to raise money for kids that had cancer, hmmmmm but it was pretty chill, the Music and everything...shit the music was....THE SHIT! lol Salsa, Merengue, Reggeaton, Plena!!, 80's ROCK[reminds me so much of the boliches in Buenos aires], TONS OF LATIN HOUSE AND some Brazilian MUSIC! and tons and tons of awesome stuff....

ANNNNNYYYYWWWAAYYYYYYS I digress, i really dont know what else to talk about...hmmm awwwwww yes!! the good news!! so..drum roll!! Colombia is where i will be for carnval...preferably Barranquilla but if not then Cali... and what else....idk but anyways i have to leave the country anyways cuz my visa will expire so i will be in colombia to renew it or something and PERU!!! brah brah!! so i really really wanted to go to Chincha to jam out to some zapateo and Lando, but idk..its looking harder than it is..hmmm but yea i will be planning to travel to some places within Ecua...but not that much..i really want to explore this City..it is so multifaceted and so much diversity and u can truly see it when u get on the bus..hmm but yea so the plans are to go to OVATALO[im might have spelt it wrong], GUAYAQUILA, CUENCA, LUMBISI, TUMBACO, ATACEMEDES[sp?] and TONSUPA[even though i will be living there for 3 months...lol]..okay my lovelies!! TAKE CARE!!!!


ps disregard my style of writing...with all the periods[....] and exclamation marks[! and the CAPS..lol just trynna let my personality burst from with in the text, because i wont be doing any video blogs cause the Wifi that we have is kinna waza waza..but its cool! peace and much love!!