Mimidora The Explorer

Today is Alana's firstday of school. Yes, it's Alana :) not Lana...

I had to wake up at 7 because we have to leave at 8. Her exam was at 08:30 :) so i prepared stuff including breakfast for me :)

What a day for the metro of Cuatro Caminos to arrive later than usual :p








But it's funny because Alana is learning Spanish therefore there are things she does not know yet but we speak in Spanish even if we both speak in english. When she does not understand, i just translate it to english for her.

I brought her to the classroom where she was supposed to take her exam and boy was i early for mine... I was alone.... It was so quiet...
Here's Alana taking her exam:







And here's me killing time:





















Suuuuuper early...









Finally Bianca arrived followed by David and Caroline... And then some one else came late. Apparently there are supposed to be more of us. 11 i think because a class will be mixed with ours... But it's minus 4... Make that 5 because Chao Liu is missing again..










During Fransisco's class we had a new student aboard, her name was Beatriz and she is from Brazil. She became my partner earlier because she did not have a book and she was right beside me but i don't mind.

After class, i looked for Alana because i have to teach her how to go home but apparently she has culture class and so i wet home ahead because TENGO MUCHO HAMBREEEEEE!!! (I'M HUNGRYYYYY!!!) oh i saw the lady with the "cruella de vil hair" for the nth time this week









When i arrived home there was salad and a sandwhich with tuna but i was really really hungry so i brought out my skyflakes, the remaining tuna spread, and cup noodles from my "boodle bag" :)




















¡Madre Mia! ¿Donde esta la comidaaa?? (where's the food??) hahahaha! Wipe out :)










I was so full :) i went to my room to wait for my folks' call and then mi amorcito called me thru skype as well :) estoy contenta (i am very happy)

I rested a bit and decided to go out to check out places since i have only a few weeks left here.

I went to Chueca :) Chueca (or so i heard) is like the Gay Capital of Spain. And every year people come to celebrate the "Dia del Orgullo Gay" ( Proud Gay Day) and it will be this saturday. I came now to see what Chueca is like and there might be a nar or restaurant open that i can try out. But unfortunately everything was still closed... Yeah why wouldn't it be? It was 18:00 and it's too early to open a bar :) it's too hot still.









They're preparing for this saturday's Día/Fiesta Del Orgulloso Gay (Day/Celebration of the Proud Gay)
...which explains the rainbow flag behind me. That is the symbol of the gay community.





























I walked too much i did not realize i am already in Quevedo which is a little far but who cares :) i just walked back to Granvía to check out shops. I was able to buy 2 DVDs, "El Aviador" (The Aviator - with Leo Di Caprio) and "La Milla Verde" (The Green Mile - with Tom Hanks) and ofciuese they are in Spanish. And i jist had to get ice cream. It's really too hot here.

I've always been curious as to how Limon taste like. So i ordered Limon (lemon) and Arroz con Leche (Rice with Milk) flavor... Lemon was ok... It's like frozen lemonade. The rice with milk is a little like "Champorado" but not chocolate but it was good. It had a few grains of rice in it.



After that i decided to go home...

In the metro on the way home there were these Filipino girls younger than me who were making so much noise i wanted to kick them but it was great tjat my stop was next.



And in the station i found this add of Lebara Movil and they exchanged the flags i the Philippines with Bolivia's :)








I arrived home Mama Eva was already preparing dinner.

We ate dinner at the salon :) we had the best burger patty in the world, salad, chips, etc













And por fin! I have a random shot with Irina :)




Well i am really sleepy now and i have classes tomorrow so

-- ¡Buenas Noches Madrid!

Well, it's a Wednesday morning here in Madrid, as usual, Mama Eva's allergies is at it again. But she's pretty sure later it will go away. I had the same bread with chocolate today and some galletas with sugar and the very reliable Orange Juice :)

Well, i woke up quite early, so i had breakfast at around 7 today. So i had time to check and post in Facebook before I prepared for school. oh wait! I'm already prepared :) It was just too early to leave.

I decided to wear my tan ankle boots today which Mama Eva loved :) I just had to be careful not to slip in the Metro.

Here's a sample of a non- rush hour interior of one line of the metro:

In class we all talked about weird food that we have eaten. I told them about our native "Balut" or underdeveloped duck egg :) the "huevo de pato con un patito poco desarollado" hahaha! quite a mouthful.

And then we had a little activity on job interviews. My German Classmate Robin made an ad about Nurses for Hire. I had to pretend that I was interested and here goes our little booboo conversation:

Robin: "Quieres VER el sangre?" (Do you like to see blood?)
Mimi: "Si en mi pais bebemos sangre tambien!" (In my country we drink blood too - I was refering to our "dinuguan")

*Class bursts out laughing* ...They thought I heard "Quieres BEBER el sangre" which was "do you like to drink blood?" because Ver (to see) sounds a bit like Beber (to drink).

But I explained that I said "tambien" or "also" at the end of my sentence because I not only like to see blood but we also drink (well, eat actually) blood :) That was a good comeback for me :) But they now refer to me as bampira (vampire) or bampirita (little vampire) :)

Here's a Paparazzi shot of my classmates Felipe from
Brazil and Isil from Turkey (who lives in London but has a Spanish Husband :))


Normally after class I check my phone for messages or my facebook for messages from my family, my amorcito (boyfriend) or friends. But too bad I did not receive any. So I just went home and boy am I hungry!

I couldn't wait to see what I was having for lunch and I had Pita bread with Jamon de Jaen (Ham from Jaen), and very sweet tomatoes. I love them!! :)

I was able to talk to my family thru facetime and I am really happy! :)



After a bit of rest I went out to buy a Spanish sim card. I am contemplating whether I should get the Yoigo or Lebara. Here is my network table

Yoigo:
(Within spain)
Text: 0.10 (euro cents)
call: 0.10 per minute

(To the Philippines)
Text: 0.35
Call: 0.35 per minute

Lebara:
(within Spain)
Text: 0.13
Call: more or less 0.13 per minute as well

(to the Philippines)
Text: supposed to be around 0.21 only but when I checked it only cost 0.16 only
Call: 0.16 per minute

Now I have a dilemma. But I chose to get Yoigo first because it is cheaper to use for local texts and calls. I will be here in Madrid for 2 months and I need a line that I can use to communicate with my Foster Family.

After getting a sim card, I went to Bershka to buy a few racerback tops. I forgot to bring tops to use at home and as alternative to my pyjamas so I had to buy racerbacks so i can use my Forever 21 tank tops as house clothes.

I arrived home and nobody was there so I just rested for awhile and then Mama Eva arrived and I ate some kind of young cow meat. It was not exactly veal. I forgot what she called it but it was good. AND IT HAD RICE!!!! :)

And after dinner and a good bath, it was Good night to Madrid! :)