Look familiar???

I don't know, I have been out of the country for a while but I definately thought this looked pretty familiar. Am I wrong??

New Post

I just posted a new post for August 14th. If I start writing something on a certain date it doesn't matter when I actually publish it, it will be ordered by the date that I started writing it. I don't know how to fix this, but I will let you know if I post something new but it is dated back a week ago.

Happy Sara Kassem Day!!!

Happy Birthday Kassy Kass Kass!!!

Hope you have a huge party planned, I wish I could be there to help you celebrate. I will have a drink here for you!!

love laur.

Let's Play "Guess the subject of the random quote"!

And ready???? Go!

''He's getting better, that's good,'' said a store clerk named Yanine. "But a lot of people wish he'd die.''

Glücklicher Happies

Glücklicher Geburtstag Michaelle!!! Sie haben Hoffnung ein wunderbarer Tag.

Mit viel Liebe,

Laura

xxoo

Living la vida Quito

Yup, so the "I am stuck in Quito phase" has turn into an indefinite "I am stuck in Quito". Thus, since I will be here for a while I thought I would maybe describe a bit about life here.

El Tiempo

The weather here is... well shitty to say the least. We had a few gorgeous days of fun in the sun but now it is back to the gloomy grey skies and temperatures of less than 20. I would like to know which one of my teachers it was who taught me that the closer you get to the equater the hotter the temperature is!! I have been straddling the equator for 3 months now and I can confidently say that under half of that times has been the weather has been nice. Yesterday the skies turned black and it poured rain for an hour or so.

Las Noticias

Well the big news from Ecuador now is the volcano Tunguragua which is currently erupting. Apparently the eruptions while I was there were pretty tame. This past week it erupted again. This time it was much worse, so far there is one death and about 60 people missing. Tons of farm animals were killed and houses, farms, and crops were lost. According to papers the ash created a cloud coverage of 742 kilometres. Its a pretty bad situation.

Los Precios
Well lets see, there is a pretty interesting range of costs here. Some things are super cheap and others are oddly expensive.
Gas is about $1.48 per gallon... that's right, GALLON.
Rent, well I pay $150 per month, but that is for a furnished room. An unfurnished shared apartment in a decent location could cost as low as $75 per person.
The other day I bought a litre of milk, 4 eggs, and a can of tomato paste and it came to $0.95.
A movie at the theatre is about $3, and the same movie already on DVD can be purchased for $2 across the street.
Burger King is oddly expensive. I don't eat there, out of my price range! haha. A meal at BK surprisingly costs about the same as at home, or more since it is in American dollars. I think $5 something. A milkshake at BK is $2.
Entry to bars is similar to at home, ranging from $0 to $10.
A beer is $1 at a cheap restaurant or $1.50 at a normal bar. That's for the National 19 ounce pilsner.
Internet ranges between $0.60 to $1.00.
Local buses are are cheap.... $0.25 cents per ride. BUT, that does mean that no transfers exist. If you have to transfer from one bus to another you are required to pay the fare again.
Laundry is $0.80 per kg. This is nice because it allows me to drop off as little as two pairs of pants and return in 6 hrs for clean, washed and dried clothes. Although the system also increases the likelihood that you might LOOSE your only pair of long underwear or might find someone else's underwear in your laundry.
Shawarma and coke on the street is $1.25 plus complimentary parasites if you are so unlucky.

La Comida
Like any country I guess Ecuador does somethings right and other things... well they would probably be best left to other countries. Cheeze for example is not a good time in Ecuador. Whereas delicious fresh fruits can be attained fairly easily. I bought milk the other day (something I have not bought before). Milk here is not like the kind we have at home. Everyday milk here is the kind that comes in a box and sits in your cupboard until you are ready to use it. To be honest, its the kind of milk that tastes like it has just come out of the cow, in fact I think I can smell the cow when I drink it. Mmmm Milk! I usually buy yogurt to put on my cereal. However, the trainer at the gym I USED to attend (sporatically) told me that most yogurts are not actually milk products at all, but rather are made from corn. He said that if you "splat" some on a hot frying pan some kind of strange effect happens. But then he also told me that my body fat percentage is 35 which according to the websites I frantically searched means I am... how do you say??? Ah yes, OBESE!!! So, we don't listen to anything he says anyway.

Ecuadorian hombres
Well, let's just say there aren't too many passing the criteria, that being, at least my height and not sore on the eyes. I'm not very hambre for Ecuadorian hombres.

La Musica
It seems that at any point in the day, if you are really quiet and listen very hard you can hear Marc Antony's song "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" playing somewhere in the area.

On the hip hop side of things, the most popular song is probably Daddy Yankee's "Rompe". Looks like Puffy has got some serious competition!



Well that is all I can think of for now. ciao.