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It’s 4th of July!!

As you already know, I’m from Peru and I came home for the Summer break. Hopefully, you also know that 4th of July isn’t a special day for us Peruvians cus our Independence Day isn’t the same as for Americans. This post will show you just what a normal 4th of July is for us.

First of all, 4th of July was a Saturday this year, so I went to bed really late. I was awake as soon as the day began (which for me is at midnight of the 3rd) but no celebrations were going on at the time. At least not cus of America’s Independence Day, haha. I ended up going to bed at almost 3:00am, but I didn’t have anything to do early in the morning, so I woke up at about 12:30pm. Other people probably had to wake up earlier than that to go to work, cus 4th of July isn’t a non-working day for us. Poor them…

I had lunch at about 2 and then came back to my room to watch tv and play Guitar Hero to keep myself entertained. I didn’t have any family reunions to go to and my friends weren’t planning a cookout. Still, I talked to a friend and he told me I should go to his place so we could watch Peru’s game.

I got there at about 10:00pm, and we had some snacks and a couple of drinks (oh, yeah, in Peru the legal drinking age is 18, btw. You wish you were here now, huh?). The game ended almost at 1:00am and then we played some Winning Eleven until we were so tired that we decided to go to bed.

That was my 4th of July. No cookouts, no family reunions, no flags and no fireworks (I know, that last one kinda sucks. I do enjoy fireworks…)

Now, don’t get me wrong. I live in the US now and I went to an American school here in Peru, so I know the Star Spangled Banner by heart and I respect American patriotism. I also obviously respect the holiday itself, cus Peru has its own Independence Day and we have celebrations as well. I probably would’ve very much enjoyed a cookout and fireworks at night, but I just wanted to show you all what 4th of July is like for me now that I’m back in Peru.

I hope all of you had a great time. I did, even though I really did nothing at all. I guess that’s what I do best, haha. =)

Happy 4th of July!

Published by Pedro on July 5, 2009 in Home for the Summer. 0 Comments

Got a job

When I graduated from high school I had almost 5 months of vacations until I had to start college, but they went by really fast cus I had a lot of stuff to get ready for the new experience. I also had a lot of fun with my friends and took advantage of the break to sleep until really really late. I thought my Summer break after the first year at UR would go just as fast, but most of my friends stayed in Lima, and their schools don’t have vacations until the second week of July. We couldn’t hang out as often as the previous year, and I started getting really bored. I felt like a high school kid looking at the clock every two seconds, waiting for the bell to ring and lunch to begin. Everyone knows doing that just makes time go by even slower…

So, I decided to get a job that would distract me. Time would go by faster AND I would be making some money too, so it seemed like a win-win situation. I asked at different places and ended up working for my aunt, helping her with the administration and logistics of her jewelry business called Thaya 925. I started working the last week of May and last week was my last one, cus I decided I would work for one month and see how things went.

The job was a little boring at times, and I hated having to wake up early (8:30-9:00am, haha) but it was a job that would definitely help me in college and that would give me good money, considering I was only going to work part-time. Since I was working with my aunt, I started living at her place. This meant that, aside from paying me, she was also feeding me and taking me to and from the office. I could also take my laptop and was free to listen to music and chat with my friends, as long as I got all the work done.

Seems like I was taking advantage of my aunt, huh? I got a pretty good job, haha. Working with her definitely made time go by faster, so much that it’s almost July already and I have a little more than a month before I have to go back to Richmond. One of the reasons why I was thinking bout quitting was the fact that I really HATED waking up early in the morning, but I haven’t been working for almost a week now and the days are getting longer already (even if I do wake up and it’s the afternoon already).

I’m guessing I have to wait until all my friends are done with classes so that I can start hanging out more with them, but I’m seriously considering working again.

If I do, it’ll probably be for my aunt again, haha. Maybe I’ll even ask for a raise =)

Published by Pedro on June 29, 2009 in Home for the Summer. 0 Comments