My once foray

Had a good weekend! The gringos had a fun powow, made ourselves dinner and dessert and sang our hearts out.  Then Monday was the second part of the first round of debates--we were arguing in favor of rap having a bad influence.  I must say (and every other single person I talked to there, including volunteers and teachers from our competition schools, agreed) that our team blew it out of the park.  The students were fantastic! Unfortunately we were a little disappointed with our score, but that doesn't matter b/c we made it through to the next round! And now the students are even more keen to win.  I'm not usually a competitive person, as you may know, but this certainly brings it out of me...

Also, for once Sunday night ("once" as in ohn-say, or late meal) my host family wanted to try some food that I usually eat back home. So I made them chicken quesadillas! It was actually pretty fun turning the tables on them, explaining the new food and watching their reactions.  On a more selfish note, the quesadillas were delicious.  My first bite was instant nostalgic bliss. Well, I'm biased, obviously, but I think some people will back me up on the fact that I make a mean quesadilla.  My host mom was tickled that she was the one who didn't know what I was doing in the kitchen--she took pictures of me! haha