Hiya,
So another fairly quiet week. Things are starting to settle into some routine of me teaching, and filling in time. My teaching schedule is sparse, still with only the two classes, though I am assured that with new classes starting in the next couple of weeks the work is going to pick up. It had better... It is hard to find things to amuse myself with that are both interesting and don't cost too much!

Was supposed to be going to the beach house this weekend but something came up with the people I am staying with so they went to Talca instead and I am home alone again. They had a couple of friends over on Thursday night though which was a lot of fun. After quite a few piscos I think we all went to bed about 3am. It was a fun night - pisco loosens the tongue, and I think we all ended up speaking in some English Spanish fusion, which made for some good laughs.

I have been looking for a new house for a couple of weeks. It is quite hard, as all the students are looking for housing too, and not having a full time income yet it is difficult to judge what I am going to be able to afford. It will be good for me to be speaking Spanish full time at home though so I need to get brave and do something more solid about it soon!

I went shopping on Monday. Managed to catch the right bus to the big mall and had a good look around. They have some really nice clothes, but mostly they were out of my budget (being unemployed and everything!) Finally managed to find the Chilean equivalent of Target, and got some work clothes. Tried to find some shoes to go with them, but the two stores I was in didn't have size 40 shoes. Of course my Spanish doesn't extend to asking if they were simply sold out or if they don't make a size 40. I have yet to settle this point, though I suspect that given I am a head taller than most of the women, it is quite possible that my feet might be on the large end of the scale! I will keep working on it.

And I found the equivalent of the Vic market on Thursday. Though it is quite a bit dodgier than the Vic market, and takes up a whole suburb! Reminded me a little of Vietnam with people trying to dress me as I wandered through the very narrow lanes filled with clothes. Lucky I am now practised at politely declining things.

Anyway, that is about it for the week. I taught some classes, they are going well. Of course my student sent me a curve ball when I had finished designing the course and then she decided that "maybe" she wanted to take the IELTS exam, which would mean I have to change the entire structure that I had laid out. I am kind of hoping she might change her mind again. And next week I am shadowing another teacher to pick up a few tips. Should be interesting.

Thats the news for another week,
KiwiKaz