Sunday, May 8, 2011

Cinco de Mayo through the weekend

Cinco de Mayo burrito. Delicious
So our Cinco de Mayo celebration was awesome. I ate the most massive burrito ever. There was taco meat, obviously tortillas, two types of guacamole, lettuce, tomato, cheese, more refried beans than four people could eat, sour cream, salsa.. seriously, SO GOOD. We watched this really weird "Embarrassing Teenage Stories" or something while eating dinner and then played an awesome game of Cranium. However 2-person teams were harder than anticipated. One thing that's interesting about Cinco de Mayo (I may have mentioned this already?) is that nobody really knows what it is here. However, most Americans that I talked to celebrated in some way or another so we weren't alone in festivities.

Friday was Indo-Fijian dance again and I was told I had good facials while performing by the instructors! That was exciting. I was so incredibly exhausted during class and my knee was bothering me, so instead of going to ballet that night I decided to take a three-hour nap and see Thor instead. Thor was entertaining - it went between being good to laughably bad, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Maybe don't pay to go see it but do see it sometime.

When I was down Parnell Road toward downtown to the movie theater, all I was thinking was how lucky I am to be living here. I love this place that I live. The little shops everywhere, the beautiful Auckland Skytower, the awful hills everywhere, the lively nightlife, the nice (though brutally honest) people, the warm weather.. I love it. I really do. I have no complaints about IES or about Auckland - besides humidity and the hills (I have a love/hate relationship with the hills in Auckland).

Saturday I went to the Parnell and French Farmer's Markets. The Parnell one was okay, but nothing compared to the French market. And the French market was even bigger than it has been when I've gone on Sundays! This may become a weekly occurance for me. I splurged and got hummus, as well as bananas, spinach, green peppers, and a spicy fruit bun. I love farmer's markets. Later that day I also got to talk to my parents.

Meagan and Caitlyn came over and we bought things to bake! We bought Devil's Food Cake and Cheesecake (both powder from a box) and they were delicious. We had a "Sneans and Sheens" party at my flat (probably the lamest theme ever, I didn't come up with it) which was a good time playing spoons and just generally hanging out.

cheesecake from a box!
Today has been pretty uneventful. I skyped with my Gustavus dance friend Hollie this morning for a couple hours, then went for a run, then did some homework. Oh, and I made some avocado and lime guacamole, which was really delicious. Now to talk about the ridiculous amount of refried beans that are STILL in my fridge from Cinco de Mayo..

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