A fellow teacher, Alvaro, with whom I share a wall, invited me to his birthday party back in the middle of October. I had plans that evening, so when I showed up late, the festivities had already started. However, I was the life of the party, at least for a short time right after I got there and even a little later as well. As you can see from the pictures, many of the guys wanted their picture taken with me. I don’t know if it was because I was a “gringa” or just a new face, but I had a great time that night! ;-)
There was even somewhat of a competition between Alvaro’s brother and another guy fighting over the opportunity to talk to me later after most of the activities had wound down. They were passing looks from one to the other as I talked to Alvaro’s brother. At first it was kind of comical, but then became slightly uncomfortable. I enjoyed it anyway; you have to get your compliments where you can, right? The differences of cultural norms and communications between the sexes has been rather confusing for me at times.
It was also my first experience with Mexican Karaoke. I was actually able to carry the tune of “Under the Boardwalk” in Spanish. However, with the rest of the songs although I could read the words, I couldn’t sing along because I’d never heard them before and I didn’t know the tune. We also had a delicious “barbacoa,” which is a pulled beef barbecue with salsa. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!!
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