Mimidora The Explorer

I'm really really nervous today because i don't know if i did well in my exam.

Anyway, for the morning, i played around to see how i can make my eyes a littlw bigger because i woke up with piggy bank slots and lookie! It worked! A little mascara an eyeliner and oof!

Well, o decided to visit the Museo Naval once again to buy a few souvenirs. I was supposed to visit the Muralla Arabe but the girl in the tourist office told me it's ugly and so i just went home to eat lunch and then i went to school.

I passed my exam!!! Gracias a Dios!!! But i am quite disappointed with the result. But anyway, what's important is i can go to B2!!!

After class i decided to go to el Palacio Real to fimd a spot wjere i can read and watch the sunset.

When i arrived it was too and i got hungry so i stopped by Burger King for onion rings :)



It was soooo hot but i found a spot by the fountain where there is shade.


2 Men sat beside me and 1 of them asked me if i can take a picture and i did and then we started talking. They thought i was from Japan. Hahaha! Then i found out tey were from Colombia :) we talked for a few minutes then they left. I continued reading



Then a couple sat beside me with one of the most adorable babies i have ever seen



After a while i stood up to walk around and i saw a couple kissing as usual



And the bubble man!!



I love Madrid!!! I walked around some more and i heard really soothing music until i saw a bunh of people surrounding this guy playing the harp and oof! He was really good :)









I spent a good 15 minutes listening to him play
And then i went to watch what i came to watch






On the way back to the metro i heard drum beats and a saw a crowd and wow! There was a guy playing the "drums" made out of pails, pots and pans :)


When i arrived home i was happy :) and then i ate the dinner Mamá Eva left for us and then i was really tired but i had to take a bath and it's time to sleep now

-- ¡Buenas Noches Madrid!

Ubicación:Calle de Adrián Pulido,Madrid,España

This is what i like about afternoon classes. Because i came home so late last night i need to sleep so i can function well for my exam. And since i won't have class until 14:30, and i came home at around 04:30 in the morning, i was able to sleep from 05:00 until 10:30.

I still had time to study too.

But i think i had been studying too much, my brain cannot retain much more.

After lunch, i read some more and off to school i go.

So, the exam...

It was difficult. And i spent too much time reading the text that i did not have time to finish everything and so as not to have blank spaces, i had to do the "shot gun" and guess the others. Haaaaaa...

Anyway, after class, i ran into Secci and wenwalked together towards the metro and jut split because he was going towards Las Rosas and i was going towards Cuatro Caminos.

When i arrived home i dropped on the bed and ...Zzzzzzzzzzz.... Until Mamá Eva arrived and called us for dinner, and that's it. After my evening ritual, it's time to sleep. Yeah i know. Nothing interesting today hahaha. Maybe tomorrow :)

Buenas Noches Madrid!!

Tonight i am going back to Ya'sta for the Fluor party :) because Secci, and María de Almería will be there and it's a good time to ask my questions because my exam is tomorrow :) hahaha! I know it's weird. Party before the exam :p

Here's a picture of Secci, me and another pretty María, María Zaragosa :) so much Marías here i think i have to change my name to María too.

Anyway, my day started boring as usual. I studied my old exercises and yeah basically morning is study time.

When Mamá Eva arrived, she cooked something for lunch :) Paella!!! But this one is special because unlike in the Philippines where we use chicken and seafoods, here some people like Mamá prefer conejo... bugs bunny... playboy RABBIT :) hahahaha!






She's an excellent cook!!





I asked her why did she not start her own business and she said she wanted to but she would prefer cooking for her students and a smaller group :)


















After lunch, i went to school and wow was the lesson diffiult today. Ugh... Or maybe i just need to rest my mind.

But anyway, Yahan brought us Turron. Now i know what Turron is. If you guys read my Huelva post when i viaited Huelva, i ate ice cream Turron flavor :) it's Nougat :)






After class, i went straight home to read a little more, and prepared for tonight. An we had paella again for dinner and i love it!!!







When i got off at Gran Vía, i walked around a little because i was a bit early. Yes 24:30 is early here in Madrid. And then i bumped into María de Rusia or María Ozerova :) and since the place was not open yet we devided to go to another one first

I forgot the name but the ambience was great and then we had a Malibu con Piña which is now officially my favorite. It took the number 1 spot from Mojito. Those are my favorite drinks that are not too strong.


















I will have to say that María is one of the best people i've ever met here in Madrid. She's very funny and she's kind and i love talking to her.





We met a person named Marcelo who had a business near by. He volunteered to take our picture and so we had a little chat because he also wanted to speak english but he has no one to practice with so he spoke english sometimes, and we spoke spanish almost all the way :)

After that we went back to Ya'sta. And por fin! Secci and María de Almería were there!!
And the glowing people!!





Too bad i was not able to take a picture with María de Almería.

I met new friends, Ramon, and María Zaragosa. Yes i was surrounded by Marías :)





And i also met Severin from Switzerland and his friends from France :) sorry i cannot rotate.





And ofcourse my lovely professor and friend Secci and another beautiful María. I love Spanish people. They're so friendly and easy to talk to. And during the party i was such a kill joy because i kept on asking grammatical questions but thy did not mind and i love it when they correct me when i say something with wrong grammar but now i felt more confident to speak because i can actually carry a conversation already :) i don't look as much in my dictionary anymore :) thanks to Secci and his beautiful Tres Marías :)





Notice how everyone needs to crouch a little for a picture with me :) hahahahahahaha i always tell them i am the missing super cool dwarf of Snow White :) and my name is "Hungry" because i love food. Hahahaha!

And then María Ozerova and i decided to call it a day because we have classes :) and look how nice the lighting is in Madrid a night. That's why it's not scary to go home at night ornin the weeeeeee hours of the morning because it's so bright and police still roam around.





And now i have to say i made the most out of this day. It's what we love to say in the Philippines "study hard, party harder"... But i did it equally :) i studied while partying :) hahahahaha! Muy bien! Tres puntos para mi! :) hahaha! No sé porque tres. (i don't know why 3).

-- ¡Buenas Noches Madrid!

Today i had to wake upnearly because i have to bring Julieta to school to show her the way :)

I even took her picture while taking the exam :)

And i watched :)






I am so glad today that there were newspapers being distributed on the street :)

I read an article about the people in the metro who play music in their apparatus without earphones and putting the volume up high. Some Madrileños find it annoying becasae they just want to travel in peace and here comes insensitive passengers who either plays in earphoneless gadgets their music or even if they do have earphones. They sing like they are in the bathroom :) well, that's what i read :)

Anyway, i left the school because i have nothing to do there anyway. I walked to argüelles so i can go to estación Isla Filipinas :) but i saw the map and it was not so bad to walk because it's morning and it's windier :) so i did. It's a little far but it's not like my walk from Las Ventas to our house :p

I finally reached the place and hey! I saw the metro :)






And then i walked a little more to find that monument of Jose Rizal. I did not know exactly where that monument is but i had time to search anyway :)

Here's a shot of the street sign






About 20 metres away, i saw a part of te road that looks likenit has a monument but with my size i cannot see but i had a gut feeling and yes, my heart started to race :) i'm a freak. Hahahaha! And yes i was right :)






It has the "mi ultimo adios" and the Filipino translation "ang aking huling paalam"

Here's the Filipino one. I prefer the Spanish one because it was written in his handwriting





Here's the Spanish one










I looked like a freak taking pictures of myself but I DID NOT CARE! the people don't know me and ofcourse you guys know how thick faced i am :) oh and it's not everyday that i will get to see Rizal's monument here in Madrid









It's facing the avenue. It's not in a park





I realized that the walk home was short and that i do not have to spend money for a metro so i walked and it was wonderful :)



When i arrived home Mamá Eva was not yet home so i just read my lessons and when she arrived she had a bit of an argument with someone over the phone ao she forgot to prepare lunch :) it was already 14:00 and i had to go to school so i left but he rushed to me and insisted that i take something and so i did and i just ran to the metro and when i surfaced from the metro i ran once again.

I was a few minutes late but they were still interviewing the new students so no problem.

We have new classmates :) 1 from Poland, 2 from Brazil and 1 from Russia.

This is Magda from Poland and beside her, i forgot her name but she's from Brazil and she is in Enforex with her whole family. Her husband and 2 kids :) and there's Bruna on the right and she's also from Brazil :)





And there's Svetlana won the right from Moscow, Russia :)





Hynd was supposed to be part of the morning class but i am not sure why she's here today bit it's ok, she's nice anyway :)






Since we won't be seeing each other because we have different schedules, i took my picture with her :)






After class i went to the bookstore to look for books :) after that i took the bus instead of the metro going home.






But i was not sure how to go home from the bus stop to the flat... But i tried to remember the path and yes, my map reading and navigational skills still work!!!! Woohoo!!!

Well i just read a little and had dinner with my whole family





An then Julieta and i talked so much it was good because we both get to practice :)

And now it's time to rest,
-- ¡Buenas Noches Madrid!