Something Old: Last Saturday night, the SIT students all went out to celebrate our friend's birthday (it was also my Mom's birthday! Yaaaaay!). We first went to a cafe/bar to get her a cake and drinks, and then decided to go to a club afterward. Everyone began to enter the club - it is important to mention here that, because there are 20 girls and 3 guys on my program, our group was heavy in numbers for girls. So, as I get to the front and am asked to show ID, I am told that I can't go in the club because I'm not 21. Apparently a lot of clubs in Cochabamba require girls to be 18 and guys to be 21 to keep the ratio at 50-50 or something, according to my Bolivian friend. I decided to just call it a night since I was tired, but as I turned to go, all of my friends who had just gone in (I was literally the only one who was not either 21 or a girl) came back out, saying that they would be happy to find somewhere else where we could all hang out. However, as our group of 13 or 14 girls and 2 guys began to exit the club, the bouncers suddenly had a change of heart, and out of the kindness of their souls decided to let me go inside. Wasn't that really nice of them?
Something new: I just bought Final Cut Pro - for 23 dollars. (For those of you who don't know, it costs 1000 dollars in the U.S.) Jealous? Well, don't be - it's not a very becoming trait on you.
Something borrowed: I just started learning how to play the charango - it's a small, mandolin-like instrument with 5 double strings (How many strings is that? 10! 5 times 2 equals 10!) that sounds beautiful, and is very popular here. I'm currently using my teacher's charango until I get my own.
Something blue: It has yet to rain since the first day I got here. Kinda nice, but at the same time, the farmers have to wait a month longer than usual to plant their crops.
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