Karaoke in the after hours

(en español)

Ayer en la noche fui a Mr Brons con Mª Graciela y Sandra, donde nos juntamos con Alexis y disfrutamos de unos traguitos por 2 horas más o menos. A la 1 decidimos ir a bailar así que fuimos a probar suerte a la Kamikaze. Afortunadamente estaba Fabián (el administrador) en la puerta y me dio cuatro free-passes, por lo que no tuvimos que pagar nada, yujuu :) Adentro no había mucha gente pero luego de una hora estaba lleno. Tomamos, bailamos y nos divertimos por un buen rato hasta que de repente, cuando estabamos descansando en una mesa, Robin y Christian llamaron; habían estado en el carrete de una compañera y querían seguir carreteando, nos dijeron que continuaramos con un "after hours" donde Christian.
Nos encontramos en su casa y después de algunas dificultades técnicas pudimos hacer funcionar el sistema de Karaoke. Los chicos se consiguieron una uena cantidad de Karaoke CDs por lo que tuvimos hartas pistas para cantar. Uno a uno, Alexis luego Sandra y finalmente Faifi cayeron rendidos en un profundo sueño; la diferencia estuvo en que Fifí trató de emular a nuestra amiga Court durmiendo tirada inerte en el suelo jejeje :)

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Yesterday night I went to Mr Browns with Mª Graciela and Sandra, where we joined with Alexis and enjoyed a couple of drinks for around 2 hours. At 1:00 we decided to go dancing and so we tried our fortune at Kamikaze. Luckily I got 4 free-passes at the entrance with Fabián, the administrator, so we paid nothing. Inside there wasn't many people but after an hour the place was full. We drinked, danced and had fun for several hours until, while we where taking a break, Robinson and Christian called; they had been at a classmate's party and told us to continue with an "after hours" at Christian's place.
We met at his place and after a few technical dificulties we were able to set up the Karaoke equipment properly. The guys had quite a stash of Karaoke CDs so we sang lots of tracks. One by one, Alexis then Sandra and finally Faifi fell exhausted into a deep sleep; the difference was that Fifí was emulating our friend Court by lying inertly on the floor hehehe :).

Bikes and Temple

(en español)

Anoche estuvo un poco fome. No he dormido bien los últimos días así que estaba super cansado a la hora de la cena cuando me llamó Romina para invitarme a su casa con los demás chicos. Yo no estaba muy seguro qué iba a hacer dado que había quedado de acuerdo con Mª Graciela en hacer algo y ya se estaba haciendo tarde y no llamaba (fue al cumpleaños de una colega). Al final llamó cuando me estaba quedando dormido frente a la tele, pero y aestaba en el Rancho y no se iba a quedar hasta muy tarde, así que mejor me fui a la casa de Romina.
Llegué como a las 1:45 y había una buena cuota de gente ya presente: los Motoqueros (Chino, Vladimir y Sata), Ian, Bessié y Connie, Robinson, Alexis y Christian. Estaban mirando un video del nacional de motociclismo, donde participó Chino. Después de como una hora, Robinson, Alexis, Christian y yo nos fuimos hacia la Templo a buscar *ahem* diversión ;) Cabe recalcar que este lugar es medio peligroso y de bajo perfil... Como sea, los detalles de aquellos acontecimientos son clasificados y top secret.
¡Chao!

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Last night was somewhat dull. I haven't been sleeping well so I was quite tired at dinner time when Romina called me and invited me to her house with the guys. I didn't know what to do since I had agreed with Mª Graciela to do something and it was getting late and she didn't call (she was at a colleague's b-day party). At last she called while I was dozing in front of the TV, but she had gone to Rancho and wasn't staying for long, so I went to Romina's place.
I got there at about 1:45 and there was quite a crowd already there: the bikers (Chino, Vladimir and Sata), Ian, Connie and Bessié, Robinson, Alexis and Christian. They were watching a video of the motorcycle Nationals, where Chino participated. After an hour or so, Robinson, Alexis, Christian and I left and headed to the club "Templo" looking for *ahem* fun ;) Should be noted that this place is kinda dangerous and of very low profile... Anyways, details of those events are classified and top secret.
Bye!

Colombian dinner and a Baby

(en español)

¡Ñam, ñam! Sucede que la semana pasada Sandra prometió cocinar comida colombiana para todos este fin de semana ¡y así lo hizo! Nos juntamos en su casa como a las 10 de la noche. Debió haber sido como a las 9 pero de alguna manera todos llegamos tarde, ¡ups! SIN EMBARGO, la cocinera se atrasó con la comida también, así que filo.
Mª Graciela y Cynthia estuvieron ayudando a Sandra con la cena; Bessié y Connie ya estaban cuando yo llegué, igual que Alexis. Robinson y Christian llegaron apenas unos segundos después de mí y Maribel fue la última como media hora después.

El veredicto: ¡Muy weno! Me esperaba alguna salsa de sabor raro con cositas desconocidas por todos lados ¡pero NO!, estaba todo muy sabroso a pesar de la falta de sal para algunas personas (yo estoy acostumbrado porque en mi casa se come con poca sal). La comida se llamaba "Arepas con Ropa Sucia". Eran como panqueques gordos (no enrollados) con una preparación especial de carne, tomates y otras cosillas que mi ojo inexperto no pudo distinguir. Bueno, comida es comida, ¿o no? :)
Debo admitir que cené más temprano también (a las 8) en caso de que no me gustara la comida y así no morirme de hambre. De todas formas igual tenía hambre a las 10. Gracias a Dios que me gustaron las Arepas :)

Posteriormente procedimos al consumo social de brebajes alcohólicos para facilitar el proceso de la digestión (ya), tiempo durante el cual Bessié y Connie anunciaron oficialmente que ella tiene 2 meses de embarazo y van a tener una guagua. ¡Felicidades muchachos! Algunos de nosotros ya sabíamos, pero no todos por lo que fue una grata sorpresa para los que no sabían.
Después que se fueron ellos, uno a uno se fueron yendo todos y como a las 3 y media sólo quedábamos Fifi, Sandra, Cynthia y yo, pero queríamos seguir carreteando así que fuimos al pub People (donde habíamos ido la noche anterior) por alrededor de una hora, hasta que cerraron y de ahí cada uno para su casa.

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Yummy, yummy! It happens that last week Sandra promised to make some traditional Colombian meal for everyone this weekend and so she did! We gathered at her place at around 22:00. Should have been 21:00 but somehow we all managed to be late. However, the cook was late too so no big deal.
Mª Graciela and Cynthia helped Sandra with the dinner; Bessié and Connie were there when I arrived, as well as Alexis. Robinson and Christian got there just a few seconds after me, and Maribel was the last one some 30 minutes later.

The veredict: Very good! I was expecting some weird flavoured sauce with unimaginable stuff all around but NO, it was all very tasty, despite the salt deficit (which I am used to at home due to my Grandad's hypertension) for other people. The meal was called "Arepas con Ropa Sucia". It was like a fat pancake with a special preparation of meat, tomatoes and some more stuff unidentifiable to my non-expert eye and taste. Food is food anyways, don't you think?
I must admit I had already had dinner earlier (at 20:00) just in case I didn't like the food so I wouldn't starve, but somehow I was still hungry 2 hours after that. Thank God I liked the Arepas :)


After that we proceeded to some social consumption of alcoholic beverages in order to aid the digestive process (ahem), time in which Bessié and Connie officially announced she is 2 months pregnant and they are going to have a baby! Congratulations guys! Some of us already knew but not all, so it was quite a surprise for those who didn't.
After they left, one by one the group was being disbanded and at around 3:30 it was only Fifi, Sandra, Cynthia and I, but we wanted to do something else and went to People's Pub (the new one where we went the night before) for an hour or so, and then headed home for a good sleep.

My birthday?

(en español)

¡Wow! ¡Feliz cumpleaños a MÍ! Jajaja, bueno... en realidad no ;)

Pero vamos en orden. Los primeros días de esta semana fueron los más fomes que se puedan imaginar (excepto para Fifí quien aparentemente tiene una cierta debilidad por los uniformes, jeje). La Court se fue a Buenos Aires el Miércoles y me la encontré por casualidad en MSN esa noche. Estaba fascinada porque un argentino con quien iba conversando en el avión la confundió con una chilena por su acento. Estos seis meses de aprender español finalmente dieron frutos :P

El viernes en la tarde (ayer) Mª Graciela vino a mi casa y salimos a andar en bicicleta. Chuta, no había andado en años; estuvo entretenido pero igual me cansé un poco. En la noche fuimos a cachar un pub nuevo llamado People. Esta vez el grupo era bastante grande: Mª Graciela, Sandra, Cynthia, Maribel, Robinson, Alexis, Romina, Cano + 2 amigos y yo.
Un rato después de haber llegado una señora de otra mesa se subió al esenario (uno chico, pero igual cuenta) y empezó a cantar. Al cabo de unas cuantas canciones preguntó si había añguien celebrando algo y ¡voilà! Los chicos me señalaron y dijeron casi al unísono: "¡¡Su cumpleaños!!". Así que me cantaron "Cumpleaños feliz" y después la señora quería que subiera al escenario a cantar... ¡ni cagando! Siguió conversando con nuestra mesa hasta que alguien tuvo la brillante idea de decirle que Romina era mi ex-polola y habíamos peleado porque yo la engañé. ¡¿¡Que onda!?! Jajaja, debo admitir que fue divertido pero pasado un tiempo se tornó cansador, especialmente cuando la señora quería que yo le cantara algo especial a Romina para disculparme, ¡¡WAJAJAJAJA!!.
En mi opinión el lugar estaba Ok pero a los chicos no les gustó tanto, así que nos separamos y Robinson, Alexis, Romina, Cynthia, Sandra y yo nos fuimos al Mr. Brown's donde estuvimos como una hora y de ahí para la casa.
Así con mi cumpleaños poh' ;)

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Wow!! Happy birthday ME!!! LoL, well... not really ;)

But let's go in order. The first days of the week were the dullest you could imagine (except for Fifí who apparently has some weakness for uniforms, hehe). Court flew to Buenos Aires on Wednesday, and I met her by chance in MSN that night. She was delighted with the fact that some argentinian guy whom she was talking to on the plane mistook her for a chilean! Those six months of learning spanish have finally paid off :P

On Friday afternoon (yesterday) Mª Graciela came by and we went for ride on bicycles. Wow, I hadn't ride on a bike for years; it was fun although a bit tiring. At night we tried this new Pub called People. This time the group was big: Mª Graciela, Sandra, Cynthia, Maribel, Robinson, Alexis, Romina, Cano + 2 friends of his, and I. Some time after we arrived this lady from another table went on the stage (not a large one but a stage none the less) and began singing. At some point she asked if anyone was celebrating anything and voilà! The guys pointed at me and said almost in unison: HIS BIRTHDAY. So there was some bit of chanting Happy Birthday for me and then the lady wanted me to go sing on stage... no way! She kept on making conversation with our table until someone had the bright idea to say that Romina was my girlfriend and we had had a row because I cheated on her! WTF!?!? LoL, I must admit it was fun but after a while it got tiresome, specially after the Lady wanted me to sing something to Romina in order to apologise, HAHAHAHA.
IMHO the place was ok but the guys didn't like it that much, so the group split and Robinson, Alexis, Romina, Cynthia, Sandra and I went to Mr. Brown's where we spent about an hour and then called it a night.
So much for my birthday, eh? ;)

Alexini is back

(en español)

Alexis got back from his business trip to Canada and gave me some pics to share.

Strange weekend

(en español)

Not much happened on Friday: had a baby-football match that got me quite exhausted. Mª Graciela called me later that day to go out to Ollie Joe Pub with Sandra and Robinson, but I (and my wallet) gently declined. The day didn't turn out to be a total waste as I talked to Court on her last day in La Serena for 3 hours (!). She was a little tired (I called past midnight) but as there was some sort of event next to her lodging with loud music we kept on chatting.

The next day (Saturday) she took a bus to Viña del Mar, and as she hadn't had time to get a place for her to stay (some of her friends there were out of town) I arranged for her a place where I knew for sure she would be safe and have trustworthy company, and it wasn't expensive at all. At last minute she got a call from another friend that had just arrived in Viña and invited to stay at her place, so she took that offer instead. I was a bit dissapointed but I knew she would be ok there too, so no harm done.
At night Robinson called me to say that Félix (a friend from college, and for him from high school as well) and her wife Carola invited us to his new place for his birthday. I had planned to go out with Fifi and her cousin, so I brought them along after checking with Robin. Ian also went (albeit late). Quite a night, I had a good time. The funny highlight was that one of the girls had to leave early because of her *ahem* bad disposition to the mixing of Rum and Pisco. Biologists should know better, don't you think? ;)

Sunday was slow, I had a late lunch, late shower, and didn't do much all day long. Mª Graciela called me to see if we were going to do anything that evening (Monday was a holiday) and we agreed on meeting at 11:30 and going out somewhere, yet we had no idea yet where. We ended up going to Kamikaze along with Cynthia, Maribel and Cano (a friend of Fifi). Not much of a night, except for Fifi who met some sailor/pilot dude from the Esmeralda (the School Ship from the Chilean Navy), which had arrived at port that morning and was staying for 3 days. Oh, we certainly did not let pass this opportunity to tease her, hehehe.

Yesterday was a bummer, not much to say about it. The girls went out with the sailor from the day before and friends of him, and I called Court but only got her kinda late and she was very tired, so we just talked for a minute. I hope I can chat with her before she leaves for Buenos Aires :/

It is a bit odd... my subconscious is starting to realize Courtenay is gone for good, yet my heart and mind are unwilling to accept this fact... not just yet.

I didn't use to talk on the phone for so long

(en español)

Today started out slow. My dad left for Santiago yesterday so I gotta help my mother with their cybercafé.
While I was on guard duty of the place, I logged into MSN and chatted for a while with... a girl friend of mine (I won't say who she is 'cause she was at work and is not supposed to: ... yes! work) and also caught a glimpse of Courtenay. She arrived in La Serena yesterday night from Santiago.

I went to play our regular Wednesday night match of baby-football and got a call at my cell during the game! I automatically went to my bag and answered it while my friends were quite pissed at me for doing so and started yelling and whistling at me. It was Court (I told her earlier I would call her at night and now she was calling me back to give me her hostel number because it's cheaper for me to make long distance calls than calls to cell phones).
AAAAnyways, after the game I had dinner and called her back. We talked for about 2 hours! Had a nice chat about several very enlightening topics (*ahem* yes, some were sex-related, what did you expect?!? :P ) and that lifted my spirit. Have you ever watched "Bowling for Columbine", by Michael Moore? You'll love Canada after that :P

*NB (language rant): I really hate english when it comes to talking about friends. See, English has no gender, so a "friend" could be either male or female, and clarifying by saying "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" can lead to a confusion as you're not saying he/she is your actual BF or GF, just a friend that is a girl but that is way too long!!!. Dammit.

Job Opportunity?

(en español)

Last week I emailed my resumé to LG Electronics Chile for a job opening as a Regional Salesman for the regional division of the company. Yesterday I got a phone call telling me I had an interview for the job. Yesterday the psychological test took place and today was my personal psychological interview. It went rather well, too well maybe, as the doctor stated I was overqualfied for the job and would probably get bored soon. Meh.

I went to play baby-football (indoors football) with my friend Martín, same as on Wednesday so now I'm battered and need to sleep. Oh, also I got a msg from Courtenay that she had a great time at Pucón and was now heading for Santiago. She'll probably be there tomorrow by midday.

*yawn*

"Muebles" gone but not forgotten

(en español)

Last 2 days have been odd: she left and I'm sad but since I've been in phone contact with her it feels like she's just at her house. I guess the real difference will be noticeable this weekend, as I don't expect we'll be going out that much now.
Anyways, Court left Puerto Montt today heading for Pucón. I hope she likes it there, however, it looks much like Canada so I guess it won't be as fascinating for her.

On the local side, Robinson, Christian and Maribel are overloaded with college stuff, and Mª Graciela is getting ill. Along with Ian they've all been calling me everyday (well, not everyone everyday, but at least 1 per day, get the idea?), and I really appreciate it. Nice gesture guys :)

She's gone... :(

(en español)

Had to happen. This morning Ian, Mª Graciela and I took her to the airport where she would take a plane to Puerto Montt, first stop in her "ChileTrip".
We were a bit late because Court wasn't ready yet when I went to pick her up at her house, so the goodbyes were a bit hurried and short, as well as lacking a bit of emotion due to the long weekend and early time (07:15). No pics, not much of anything, not even (many) tears, as most of them were used up the days and hours before; just the void left by her departure.

I'm off to bed now, I'm sad and depressed... :(((