I've been in Guadalajara for 4 weeks; I only have one left until I have to return to Texas. I know that my family and friends are happy that I am returning, but actually I want to stay here. I will try to explain to why....
1. Guadalajara es una ciudad hermosita. Es exuberante en vegetación; hay flores, plantas, y arboles en cada rincón y de cada tipa. Unas de mis cosas favoritas de hacer aqui es salir para caminar en la colonia donde vivo o la colonia cerca de mi escuela. Pongo mis headphones de mi iphone, escucho un podcast de Español, y veo las flores de colores vivos y los arboles muy verdes. Me parece como una latina version de LA, donde hay mucha vegetación también.
2. La gente aquí son tan amables y me llevan muy muy bien. Todos quieren ser mi amigo y todos quieren ayudarme. Por ejemplo, hoy estuve en El Bosque de La Primavera (como un parque del estado) y hubo una familia que estaba pasando el día. El padre de la familia nos señaló donde estaba un parte del río que es muy bonito. Después de que mis amigos y yo regresamos de este parte, el padre nos ofreció unas cervezas y empezamos a platicar. Luego, nos preguntó si tuvimos hambre y nos dio pollo y chicharrones para comer (obviamente, no lo comí porque A. no como carne y B. después de estar enferma, no quiero tomar ningunos riesgos). Pero, el punto es que era totalmente un extraño, pero a el no importa porque solo quería ser amable :)
3. La vida es bien onda (literally means well wave but "bien onda" is to say good vibe). La gente aquí no se preocupan de muchas cosas. A veces, lo me gusta pero a veces también es un poco difícil para acostumbrarme a esta manera de vida. Me gusta porque me ayuda vivir sin mucho estrés y disfrutar otras cosas. Por ejemplo, un día estaba lloviendo y por eso yo estaba un poco tarde por clase. Corrí al carro de la escuela y estuve muy mojada. El día antes mi profesora nos prometió que podemos asistir clase en una cade que está cerca de nuestra escuela, pero yo pensé "claro, no vamos al cafe hoy porque hay una tormenta." Cuando mi profesora anunció que, si fuimos al cafe, le pregunté, porque? vamos a mojarnos!... Ella me dijo, "pues, ya estamos mojados; a quien importa si estamos un poco mas mojados?" Eso nunca me ha ocurrido y luego un amigo me dijo que es una perspectiva muy Mexicana. No debo "sweat the small stuff" pero en vez debo calmarme cuando no hay un problema grande.
Lo que NO me gusta de Guadalajara
Claro, no puedo gustar a todo!
1. NO ME GUSTA ESTAR ENFERMA >:( Just about every day, my stomach hurts a little bit. It doesn't last all day and it doesn't inhibit my daily life very much but its pretty annoying when you're tummy hurts everyday. Besides this little annoyance there was/is my bout with a stomach infection. I spent two days in bed. The first day I had chills, a fever, and other symptoms you don't want to know about. The second day I mostly had stomach cramps that got worse whenever I tried to move around. The third day (today) I still have some stomach cramps but with less frequency. It is way lame to spend two days in bed when all you want to do is explore the city and try new foods and meet new people... which is probably how I got sick in the first place. HA! No me importa :) I'm very sad that I wasn't able to acclimate in 4 weeks, but I guess my stomach is just quiet delicate. Also, living here in Mexico is worlds apart from vacationing in Mexico so I've been exposed to way more varieties of bacteria that I would have if I were just staying in a resort...*although as a side note, everything here where I am staying is very clean; even the water in which we shower! So while it may have been risky to get fruit from a stand the other day before class or hotdogs (minus the dog) after the bar the other night, I'm glad I did because I wanted to fully immerse myself in the culture here and I did just that.
Everything else I dislike is truly very minor....
- The dogs here bark ALL. THE. TIME. No one seems to care that they are barking away... this probably has to do with the fact that the people here are just more laid back. That's quite nice and all but my brain fixates and can't tune out noises very well, so when I hear a stupid dog barking, that is ALL I hear.
- There are a ton of mosquitos. One day I counted twenty mosquitos bites on my legs. The funny thing is, the weather that brings the flora I love so much also brings the damn mosquitos! Ah, such is life.
Habits/Funny things about Mexico/Guadalajara
1. There are tissue boxes everywhere. There is one box in every room and bathroom (private, not public. You're lucky to find toilet paper in those) and they are also in everyone's cars. What is that about? Do people cry here more?
2. Homosexuality is a big topic of interest here. I think it is a new phenomenon so people are fairly interested in the topic, but they show their interest in weird ways. There are a lot of gay jokes, but to be honest I don't think they are all made from a bad place... I'm not sure though, and I would be very interested to ask a gay person how they perceive the situation here.
3. People are quiet open about bodily functions. No one seems embarrassed to talk about things I would normally shy away from. I don't know why, but I find it interesting.
4. The youth here live with their parents well into their twenties. Unless you go off to school in DF or the States, you live at home with your parents during college and most likely after college until you are married.
5. The men here still pay for women, open their doors, and walk on the street side of the side walk. The guys do this for their female friends, not just their girlfriends.
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| Digame, donde puedes ver flores como estos en Texas? Quizás durante el primavera y nada mas! |
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Cody wouldn't live there because of all the bodily function talk, huh?
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