week 2 has begun on site! considering how very little i have done in week 1, i was really hoping to be productive this week. unfortunately, school is out for today because it's the anniversary of... something. i'm not too sure. i asked my sis and she just looked at me like, "of course there's no school, it's the anniversario" and wouldn't go into any more detail.
part of me wonders if even she knows why she doesn't have classes. but she doesn't have school so she's not one to ask questions.
last night, i stayed up with her and her friends to bake them cookies. i mean, it was supposed to be them baking cookies and there were plans to sell them so they could get some money to go do something, but it turned into me baking cookies and them proceeding to devour them. me thinks there is a serious lack in cookies in this town. still, it was fun and it got 2 of the kids talking about a radio show they do down in chepen. apparently, they have a theme every week and have someone come down to talk about said theme. these themes have varied, from environmental to school related and so forth, and they've decided that i am the theme this week.
i don't know if i mentioned this here, but on facebook i gave a quick status update that said i was going to be broadcasted yesterday for an interview i did that they recorded. well, it was decided that asking me just 3 or 4 quick questions will not do. instead, i went to church and came back to a list of 12 or so questions that they had prepared. now i gotta go and figure out responses because it's gonna be live, on air, this saturday.
an example of some of the questions i must prepare myself for:
1. could you please tell us the history of peace corps, who founded it, who were the key players in its establishment, and why the name "peace corps"?
2. why have you joined the peace corps?
3. as a volunteer, what projects do you plan on implementing here in your site? what is your 2 year plan?
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........................................
i can barely answer these in english. in castellano? that'll be interesting. at least they gave me the questions beforehand rather than springing it on me, so that's kind of nice!
but actually, in regards to that third question, i have to do a community diagnostic in the next 3 months that will be formally presented to not only peace corps, but also my community. in spanish. yea, that "in spanish" part is what always throws me. i'm hoping, though, with this whole "immersion" plan that i'm starting to formulate, my spanish is going to improve in leaps and bounds. this is me being very positive. it's step 1 of the plan.
however, in order to do the diagnostic, i really need to kick into gear the "get yourself introduced to everyone and their mom" portion. that's the official title of my mission impossible #1:
Mission: Get Yourself Introduced to Everyone
(and Their Mom)
(and Their Mom)
1. Walk around your community and say hello to everyone
note: try to avoid those weird old guys who keep asking you for money.
especially that one guy who refuses to put on pants...
2. go visit the health post
3. go visit the baker
4. go buy some snacks. seriously. snack time.
5. call your socio in santa theresa and stop by, say hello, introduce yourself to the director
6. bake some cookies and deliver them to the municipality. drop off the CD with yaeel's informe final to the alcalde. say hello to the alcalde. give him a cookie.
7. bake some cookies and deliver them to the 2 schools
8. bake some cookies or a pie and eat them with your fam.
9. go to the police station and say hello. more cookies. also find that one woman you met last time with that family in pacasmayo so you can go to pacasmayo and say hello.
10. bake some cookies and take em to the UGEL and say hello.
there we go, my 10 goals for the week. if i can complete at least 4 of them, i will have been extremely successful. well, not including number 4, because you know that's gonna happen in the next hour or so... besides all of that, i also need to go buy some things for my room, do laundry, and figure out how and where i can buy a guitar, resistance bands, and a set of light weights. i should mention that if anyone's gonna be in peru the next 2 years and is looking for a fairly easy job for some side cash, i really really really would love a personal assistant...
also, i want some pudding right now and there's a recipe for it in the perú recipe book we got. that is so happening. awesome.
peace and love.
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