and today, as always, a new day. i guess i scared a few of yall with my last post. but please dont think im dying here or am depressed- it is impossible to feel bad for long in this city. Well, regarding my situation with homestay: I will be moving to a new home, with younger, ARGENTINE hosts (and another kid from my program also lives there). the new location is even better- close to the city center, school, program offices and all the subway/ bus routes. i am excited about the new experience and am happy to get out of my previous home situation. i volunteered today with a jewish organization called Javura, and helped serve food to people who qualify for the service. it was great! the people were extremely nice and had very interesting pasts. i can´t wait to go back and continue to build relationships with these wonderful people, and learn why they are coming to this ¨soup kitchen¨ program. i also went to a villa yesterday and went to a community center that provides classes for children in order to get them off the streets (and provide them with the schooling they dont have). I am trying to plan a day where kids from my program will come and teach the kids guitar, art, help them read, cook, and play games. more to come about that in the future.
I am looking forward to my last month in BA. last month of school, and thus school work. One more month before i do some more traveling (in PERU!!!). and one more month before I get to see all of you. I do miss yall terribly, and the knowledge that I coming home so quickly makes me want to see yall even more. I see parents and their kids every day and miss my niece, the one i haven´t even met yet. i miss mexican food, my parents (i just realized i put mexican food before my parents.. haha sorry mom and dad- but yall know i miss ya), my dogs and my music toys, my bed and my family, and im even missing driving.... but not too much. ive been writing some good music and look forward to having a concert in december, along with the guys im trying to create a super band with. my hair is growing fast and i have NO CLUE how i will get home all the stuff i aquired here. any suggestions? im thinking I could try and get a friend to bring a bag home to DFW and have someone pick it up there. Any takers? haha ok my loving listeners. your son, grandson, nephew, brother, friend Max is doing fine and is happy. thank you so much for your love and support thus far, and keep it coming! i´ll need it for the rest of my life. i love yall MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO
-max-
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
this is a hard one
Well. As with everything in life, there is good and bad to everything. Think about it. I love cookies and I know you do too. Cookies= good. BUT if all we eat are cookies, we will become overweight, and probably have terrible stomach aches. i.e. BAD. In my situation here, in this lovely country and incredibly full city, there are some bads that have been affecting me, even in my good world. And I am struggling deeply with how I am reacting to them... I feel like I am not myself, or well at least not the person I want to be. But my feelings are honest. The situation is that I am studying psychology, and want so badly to help every single person I can, and, possibly will be in a position of listening and giving advice in the future...yet I am despising the reality of that now. I am having a hard time in my living situation right now because I am continually hearing complaints, and cries, and, with the lack of suitable amenities, its making me react with anger. I am now aware of what it is to live with someone who is old. I am trying to be respectful and I know that there are people who will read this (possibly my host mom) who are older individuals and I don't want to offend anyone. But I am tired and proactively avoiding my home here because, although I want to listen to peoples problems and assist them as a job in the future, i DO NOT want it to be at my home...and it is. It seems that everyday I return home I listen to complaints, and requests from an old women, and I am realizing now the unsuitable living conditions that I have been numb to-until now. But my reaction comes at a weird time. I mean how am I going to potentially listen to clients and assist them in their problems, when i despise doing it now? AND on a whole other level, do you just forget proper etiquette and health standards when you are older? I do not want to go into specifics...that would be bad for you and only a reminder for me- NOT NECESSARY. Phew... ok.. a breath... I am trying to stay positive, and, after realizing my reactions, will be working on my anger and acceptance this coming year. I have always thought of myself as open and accepting, but as the theme of life has told me, there is always more work to be done.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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Monday, October 13, 2008
the best trip of my life
Well it has been a while since my last update, but let me assure you that I have been doing so many crazy-amazing things. Let start with 2 weeks ago. For Rosh Hashana I went to Hacoaj center and celebrated the new year with over 1000 others from a conservative shuel that i go to on Shabbat. It was great (except that I sat behind a basketball hoop) and full of singing and holding each other. The rabbi did this great call and response song that got everyone singing and smiling and really celebrating the new year. I couldnt believe that when i was younger i was unable to sit down for these services, and i realize i missed so much. I enjoy so much services and the time to think, reflect, pray and be with others from my community. Its really cool how I am growing up. I went to dinner at a couple´s home (strict orthodox- like ¨won´t shake my hand when I introduce myself to the wife¨-orthodox) which was interesting and fun. YOUNG couples, like 26 with 1 kid and another on the way... the best birth control of my life. we ate like kings, and i returned home to study for my midterm exams... which went well= thanks to time managment. now. the best trip of my life.
Me and four other guys from my trip went on an incredible journey and saw everything... literally everything!!! we flew to el calafate, saw flamingos and walked around the glacier lakes, then spent a whole day hiking on the Perito Moreno Glacier. it was amazing. the water was so blue and the ice so massive and old, my eyes could not interpret I saw. after a long day on the glacier, topped off with free whiskey (chilled with glacier ice) we took a 2 day bus to bariloche.
Bariloche is a really cool ski town with wooden everything, great food, and sits at the foot of one of the 7 freshwater lakes that flow from the andes mountains. so after arriving, we walked around, then jumped in a car toward san martin de los andes. we took gravel roads with rocks and cliffs, and saw wild horses, cows and these rabbits that run on four legs like dogs. we made it to san martin de los andes, a gorgeous town a the foot of one of the lakes, spent a night in a hostel and woke up 4 hours later to see the sunrise on the first of seven amazing lakes. it was amazing, i think i took 100 photos of just the sunrise on that lake, and little did i know what was ahead of me. the siete lagos are literally the most beautiful things my eyes have seen, ever. perfect reflections of snowcapped mountains over tranquil lakes, of all different colors!!! some of the lakes were green, some dark blue, light blue, purple looking... everything! it was incredible. every 5 minutes we would jump out of the car, hike up a fresh water river or waterfall, hop fences at ranches to catch the view from the shore, and or take pictures of how the sun graced the view. we saw tons of israelis =actually a freakishly large amaount, and hopped from lake to lake all day. we returned to bariloche, ate the best steak ever, and prepared for the next day. the next day we skiied on the peak of mount catedral, overlooking barilohce and the lake. the snow was not too good as it was the last week of the season, but it was exhilarating and a treat to have skiied the andes mountains. that night we jumped on another long bus towards puerto madryn, arriving at the eastern coast in the morning. we then scouted out a company to go scubadiving with , and, out of luck, went 2 hours after arriving to the city. scuba diving was crazy!!!! we saw whales in the distance and i fed fish 15 meters underwater. my friend josh had his flipper bit by a sea lion!! then, after the four of us dove individually, TWO WHALES CAME 5 METERS FROM THE BOAT AND GAVE US A BUMP!!!! it was incredible. the whales were huge and friendly and literally were in front of my eyes. i mean how could this get better right? we definitely did not need to go on a whale watchying tour now!! the next day we drove around peninsula valdes and saw penguins, sea lions, and all other crazy animals that walk weird, and ended our trip with a huge bon fire on the beach. we went from glacier to beach, underwater to ontop the andes mountains. and it was incredible. I hiked, a skiied, i scuba dived, a sat on a bus and car, i ran through the woods, ate lunch on a glacier, hung out with penguins and whales, and experienced yom kippur on the seven lakes. and now, i will sleep.
Me and four other guys from my trip went on an incredible journey and saw everything... literally everything!!! we flew to el calafate, saw flamingos and walked around the glacier lakes, then spent a whole day hiking on the Perito Moreno Glacier. it was amazing. the water was so blue and the ice so massive and old, my eyes could not interpret I saw. after a long day on the glacier, topped off with free whiskey (chilled with glacier ice) we took a 2 day bus to bariloche.
Bariloche is a really cool ski town with wooden everything, great food, and sits at the foot of one of the 7 freshwater lakes that flow from the andes mountains. so after arriving, we walked around, then jumped in a car toward san martin de los andes. we took gravel roads with rocks and cliffs, and saw wild horses, cows and these rabbits that run on four legs like dogs. we made it to san martin de los andes, a gorgeous town a the foot of one of the lakes, spent a night in a hostel and woke up 4 hours later to see the sunrise on the first of seven amazing lakes. it was amazing, i think i took 100 photos of just the sunrise on that lake, and little did i know what was ahead of me. the siete lagos are literally the most beautiful things my eyes have seen, ever. perfect reflections of snowcapped mountains over tranquil lakes, of all different colors!!! some of the lakes were green, some dark blue, light blue, purple looking... everything! it was incredible. every 5 minutes we would jump out of the car, hike up a fresh water river or waterfall, hop fences at ranches to catch the view from the shore, and or take pictures of how the sun graced the view. we saw tons of israelis =actually a freakishly large amaount, and hopped from lake to lake all day. we returned to bariloche, ate the best steak ever, and prepared for the next day. the next day we skiied on the peak of mount catedral, overlooking barilohce and the lake. the snow was not too good as it was the last week of the season, but it was exhilarating and a treat to have skiied the andes mountains. that night we jumped on another long bus towards puerto madryn, arriving at the eastern coast in the morning. we then scouted out a company to go scubadiving with , and, out of luck, went 2 hours after arriving to the city. scuba diving was crazy!!!! we saw whales in the distance and i fed fish 15 meters underwater. my friend josh had his flipper bit by a sea lion!! then, after the four of us dove individually, TWO WHALES CAME 5 METERS FROM THE BOAT AND GAVE US A BUMP!!!! it was incredible. the whales were huge and friendly and literally were in front of my eyes. i mean how could this get better right? we definitely did not need to go on a whale watchying tour now!! the next day we drove around peninsula valdes and saw penguins, sea lions, and all other crazy animals that walk weird, and ended our trip with a huge bon fire on the beach. we went from glacier to beach, underwater to ontop the andes mountains. and it was incredible. I hiked, a skiied, i scuba dived, a sat on a bus and car, i ran through the woods, ate lunch on a glacier, hung out with penguins and whales, and experienced yom kippur on the seven lakes. and now, i will sleep.
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