Went to a nice little retreat center about an hour outside of Santiago. On the bus ride, I shared in some quality musical bonding with some of my Chilean friends. Cami, Paula and I sang Miley Cyrus's "7 things i hate about you." Then Vale showed me her sweet new ipod that changes songs when you shake it (so cool!) and then we went through her song collection of all American + German songs (her second and third languages!). She played songs that I'd heard in tv commercials and movie soundtracks and stuff before, but never knew the associated artists. So strange being educated on American music by a Chilean!!
Battle of the Sexes
Throughout the weekend we played all sorts of games pitting the XX chromosomes versus the XYs. Obviously, the females were ultimately victorious.
The Sex Talk
The guest speakers for the weekend were a missionary pastor (Diego) and his wife (Shelly) from the states who have lived in Santiago for over 20 years. They shared their adorable story of meeting when they were 14 and knew right away that they'd eventually get married. They hit a stumbling block when they were having a Bible study one day and church leader told Diego that he'd make a great pastor and Shelly got really upset and sad because she thought that pastors couldn't get married...haha too cute.
Best take-away from the series of talks was a discussion about the 3 different types of love - eros (erotic love), fileo (brother/sisterly love) and agape (love for God/unconditional love).
Love is in the air
Apparently the spring weather + all this talk about love got some people on the retreat pretty lovey-dovey. One afternoon while we were having lunch, I went into the kitchen to get some water and walked by a couple making out in the kitchen closet. Haha...at least they kind of tried to find some privacy?
Tienes un pololo?
Typical initial greeting between a gringa and a Chilean boy. (first translation is from youth slang/accent to spanish. second translation is spanish to english)
Gringa: (in innocent, smiley, high pitched voice) "Hola! Soy Lindsay"
Chilean: "holaJorgecomostai?" (Hola. Jorge. Como estas?) [Hi. My name is Jorge. How are you?]
Gringa: "bienytu?" (bien. y tu?) [Good, you?]
Chilean: "bientambien.qestudiai?" (bien tambien. que estudias?) [Good as well. what do you study?]
Gringa: "Ciencias politicas. Y tu?" [political science. you?]
Chilean: "derecho. oye-tienes pololo?" [law. hey do you have a boyfriend?]
Honest to goodness, this has happened multiple times. THIRD question in the conversation - "do you have a boyfriend?" Now we haven't completely determined whether we're gringas or this is just a cultural thing (because basically all teenagers are coupled up down here), but it's really awkward and kind of ruins what could have been a nice pleasant conversation, turning the boy into just another creeper lusting after anything that is single and breathes. Sigh.
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