Karaoke Anyone?

I am currently sitting on the foot of my bed, looking outside my balcony with the door open and feeling this amazing Chilean weather start to turn around: here comes Spring! So yesterday, Wednesday, was full of so many things--I had classes, then dinner with the family, then went out with some of the gringas, and ended up at a karaoke bar! It was quite fun.  Classes were first, one at 11:30 and then at 4:40.  The time in-between the two classes was so long, but there was no point in me going back home so I just stayed, got lunch with some of the girls, and played on my laptop for 4 hours.  I did some necessary homework, although did not finish reading this supposedly 40 page-long article for Contemporary Latin American Politics.  I'll do that later maybe. My first class was Globalizacion and the second one was my African-American Music class.  We are still on jazz, but moved more into 'rockibilly' and listened to Muddy Waters and Sunnyland Slim. It's so interesting to be taking a class purely for fun, and on music! Becca's brother came along just to listen to our class, and next time, I believe Seba will be joining us (his friend Sabestein).

We went home and I walked again, as is my daily ritual.  I was still feeling a little hardcore and went through the whole Kanye West Graducation CD on my way back. My favorite: I almost can't choose.
The family sat down to dinner at 9:00 pm, which was weird because it was so late and we almost never have dinner together as a family.  There is such a big emphasis on lunch, but this dinner had almost three courses! Afterwards, I meet everyone at Manuel Mont metro station.  From here, we went to a bar we found on a street full of places to go. Why here? Well, there was karaoke!

Jose, Cait, and I: Backstreet's Back, Alright!

Pisco sour was my drink of choice, and also the cheapest option there! Singing started at 12, when it should have at 11, and we had lots of group songs, such as Everybody by the Backstreet Boys. We stayed until 3 am just dancing and singing the night away--a very good way to spend the night, and only 2000 pesos (4 dollars!). 

Becca, Caco her brother, his friend Seba, and I took the bus home and I slept at Becca's house.  It's like I'm back in middle school, having sleepovers and asking my mom to pick me up! 

I walked home today and then right into a big lunch! Complete with dessert of peaches (duranzos) and cream, literally. Very "tipico Chileno" as my mama said.  When they were cutting up apples, and I said 'manzanas' they laughed at my Spain-like accent because I slurred the 'z' and the 's' at the end. Time to work on that Chilean accent now…

Ahora? Time to sleep, and do homework. No classes on Thursday: love it!