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I made a thing! | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. I made a thing! Diams; June 26, 2012. Diams; 2 Comments. Posting separately because the last post already had way too many photos in it. I made a poncho! I started back at the end of May, and I finished it today with much help from Ximena. It’s going to be Mum’s souvenir. This is the first time I’ve managed to make anything wearable so I’m quite impressed with myself actually. Behold, the creation of a poncho! Modelling career is a go. What an ...

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laseriful | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Start spreading the news…. Diams; July 30, 2012. Diams; 4 Comments. I’m leaving today. At 3:40pm I’ll be taking off from Santiago. Australia still seems so far away. I don’t think it’ll really hit me that I’m going back until I’m on the plane. I thought it’d sink in when I got on the bus to Santiago, but not really (I did cry though. In a sniffly, …. Continue reading →. The final countdown…. Diams; July 9, 2012. Diams; 3 Comments. Warning: long...

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Chilenismos | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Diams; May 16, 2012. Diams; 1 Comment. Okay, language nerd time. People have been complimenting me on how fast my Spanish has progressed, which is very nice of them, so I think it’s time to show you some of the peculiarities I’m probably going to end up picking up that will confuse actual Spanish people to no end. Feel free to skip if you are not quite as much a language geek as I am. Tu suegra no te quiere =. 8220;sure”, “right&#82...Meaningle...

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La profesora friolenta | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Diams; April 24, 2012. Diams; 7 Comments. I learned a new word from Vildo the other day. Means “sensitive to cold.” I am that if I am anything. We are still getting what I am told is an unusual amount of sun, but even now it’s like the middle of winter in Perth. I’ve been in colder places, but all of them had central heating…. However, on two occasions over the weekend Ximena walked in as I was reading and said “ Vamos? So I felt quite stylish ...

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Ain’t all sunshine and lollipops | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Ain’t all sunshine and lollipops. Diams; May 6, 2012. Diams; 4 Comments. One of the nuns came up to my door afterwards with those three boys. I. I want to grab them and shake them and yell “For the love of God, just stick a letter “s” on the end! You’ve been doing it since you were SIX! And now the rain that was falling all afternoon has rather fittingly been replaced by a rainbow. I do wonder sometimes if there’s an author up there s...You kno...

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Winter, and a teacher’s rant | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Winter, and a teacher’s rant. Diams; June 7, 2012. Diams; 4 Comments. Chile is in the middle of a cold snap right now, which in Malalhue means we’re getting around -2 to -3 at night and a max of 10 during the day. So this is what I saw on my way to school yesterday. I have never seen the ground do this before. It’s like little icy fungi. Demasiadas cosas que decir! June 8, 2012 – 12:16 am. I’ve had to teach Physics to top year 10’s ...Sometimes...

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The final countdown… | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. The final countdown…. Diams; July 9, 2012. Diams; 3 Comments. Tl;dr It’s going to be much, much harder than I thought to leave this place…but I regret nothing. Larr; I made a thing! Start spreading the news…. July 9, 2012 – 5:23 am. Wowo ok eliie , i won’t try to understand when your back, thanks for the heads up, shit i gotta try this shit too. July 10, 2012 – 3:00 pm. August 4, 2012 – 4:34 am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. I made a thing!

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My weekend was better than yours | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. My weekend was better than yours. Diams; April 9, 2012. Diams; 7 Comments. Happy Easter, y’all! Firstly, as you can see, I finally got off my. And prettied up the blog. Now all it needs is photos, which I am working on. Really. Secondly I hope you enjoyed sitting around and stuffing your faces with chocolate, because I’m about to make you really jealous of what I was doing instead. Didn’t see much of it until the next morning though becau...

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Start spreading the news… | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Start spreading the news…. Diams; July 30, 2012. Diams; 4 Comments. I’m leaving today. 8221; Not sure if language barrier or cultural reticence with sharing emotions. But now all the goodbyes have all been said. My volunteer friends have scattered. A new volunteer is living with my host family in Malalhue. My students go back to school this week. I hope they learn more this semester than they did in the last one. I’ve somehow managed to f...

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PHOTOS. SRSLY. | icanhaschile

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I'm volunteering in Chile and staying in touch the lazy way. Diams; April 30, 2012. Diams; 8 Comments. You may have already seen these on facebook but if you haven’t – enjoy! Sometime after leaving Rio de Janeiro. On the plane from Buenos Aires to Santiago – 4th flight in a row. Plaza de Armas in Santiago. Pretty, yes? My Santiago roommates Elise, Clara and…Jessica? The Los Rios people. Andrea M (of the Mil Caminos blog), Dominique, Fred, Andrea T, and me. A street in Malalhue. Pretty dang empty. Am also...