Los Gauchos / Mate

Salut tout le monde!

Today je suis allé passer la journée à la campagne, pour visiter les "Gauchos" (juste à cliquer sur le lien pour en savoir davantage). Je vous dirais que c'était une journée pas mal sympa (merde je pense que les francais commence à m'influencer) ha ha!. J'ai rencontré beaucoup d'autres étudiants d'autour du monde (Colombie, Londre, U.S.A) et évidemment il y a pas mal de Francais... pis en plus ils arrêtent pas de rire de mon accent! Pourtant j'essai de leur expliquer que c'est eux qui parlent mal! Un autre truc qui est drôle, c'est que un des Francais m'a demandé pourquoi je ne parlais pas avec les Américains, car pourtant je me débrouille assez bien en anglais (elle pensait que je leur parlait car je devait pratiquer mon Francais) ... lol. J'ai essayé de lui expliquer que c'est pas parcequ'on viens du même coin qu'on est sur les mêmes longueurs d'ondes! (Sorry Lynn) C'est juste que comme d'habitude, les Américains sont très bruillant, se pensent très coquin, et font à leur guise comme si ils était encore chez eux... anyways je n'aime pas généraliser... j'ai rencontré 1 Américaine super sympathique... pis elle habite à Montréal depuis 2 ans! He he

Pour retourner sur les sujet des "Gauchos", sur les photos vous pouvez voir un "Gaucho" qui est capable de contrôler un Cheval seulement en lui chuchotant dans l'oreille! De plus j'ai eu la chance de gouter au "Mate" pour la premier fois... superbe!

YG

P.S. Demain, en principe je devrait me mettre à la recherche d'un appartement avec d'autres étudiants... wish me luck tout le monde... parceque j'suis tanné de dormir dans le frette!

Day 3: My first protest / Got a cell: 011-54-911-5424-5373

Yo peeps. Today, not much... registered for my classes at school, it took forever to wait in line. first thing they told us yesterday is; try not to get frustrated with the bureaucracy in Argentina... it's not always well organized.. ha ha! Other then that got my official student card and then went to walk around town again. Got a cell phone (011-54-911-5424-5373) and saw my first protest! For those who don't know, Buenos Aires is renown for it's protests, it seemed small, but trust me it was louder and bigger then anything I have ever seen back home! Argentinians are very passionate about politics! I didn't take any pictures and didn't stay too long, but I would have to say that in the past few days I learnt quickly that Baires has a lot of personality!

Take care, I'm out

Yassine

P.S. Today was a beautiful hotter day, but it's still cold at night!

Finally in Buenos Aires

Hey what's up everyone?

I finally arrived yesterday evening! After 3 planes, countless hours in the air not being able to sleep, endless lines... I finally made it. I must say that it is quite cold here... which was expected... but I didn't expect my room to be as cold as outside (there's no heating and it doesn't seem to be isolated at all). Anyhow, I switched rooms to a smaller one, so it should be better (they gave me a temporary one that was bigger (4 beds...) but so damn cold!). I guess it's one of those hotels like in Cuba that is designed for hot weather (where inside is like being outside).... plus I don't have a private bathroom and there was no hot water left for a shower... so I need to wake up earlier tomorrow!

Other then that, today was my first day of school, where we got our selections for classes to register... I was quite late (long story) and the receptionist at the info kiosk told me to come back next week! So I told her no way, then she told me where the others where... he he. I made a few friends, 3 French people (I was unaware that they were in the same fight as me... he he small world) and 1 French-Canadian dude as well. We had lunch together (with the French people), but I ditched the Tango class half way to go walk a bit and find a place to buy a watch (he he) and an adapter for my lap-top. Other then that, not much to say yet, expect that it is quite frisky here 10C (it's winter) and the cost of living is amazingly cheap...

Now I leave u with the amazing first view I got of South America, and of the Mountains in Chile... breathtaking!

Y.

Connecting in T Dot

Hey what's up eveybody! I am presently In T.O. waiting for my flight to B.A. (Buenos Aires for those who haven't figured it by now) I must admit today has been quite a day full of stress! Everything was going pretty well... until I tried to check in my luggage at the airport... and I realized my passport was lying somewhere in my living room! Yes I know... I am not proud! Lucky me, I ended up having two GREAT friends who rushed over to my place and brought it to me at the airport... a few minutes before my plane for T.O. was leaving... ouf! (Thus disturbing their dinner plans.. he he.. thanks R & G)

Anyways, that's about it for now... I hope it gets more interesting soon :o)

Ah yeah and by the way... thanks to everyone who showed up at the party on Friday... I was so glad to see all of you!

P.S. I'll post up a link with the pictures from the party soon!

Welcome to my blog!

Hey what's up everybody! So I finally decided to create my own blog... after many years of constant and restless procrastination... I figured it was about time! Like most of you must know by now, in only a few days I am leaving for Argentina, and I figured this would be the best way to keep you guys updated on what's going on! Now obviously since I am very last minute and hardly prepared... I gotta go.. but welcome to my blog ya'll!