Observations 2

In case you don´t want to read about my grumblings, here are some more observations I´ve made about El Salvador (as a warning, I grumble a bit in #2)

1) Having a propperly zipped zipper is not so important here. The first day of school I told a girl that the zipper on her skirt was not zipped. She appropriately turned and zipped it up. I noticed the same thing on a few other girls. I didn´t mention anything since some of them were using safety pins, their zippers apparently broken. I realized after a few days of observing both the girls, the Sisters, and people outside the school, that there must be an epidemic of broken flys and zippers in El Salvador. Better not to mention it to them, could be a sensitive issue.
2) There are mosquitos here - and they love me. I have learned there are 2 types. 1) I call the normal ones, they bite, it itches for a day, it goes away. 2) I call the evil ones, they bite, it turns into a welt, it itches enough to wake me up at night, and sticks around for a week. These are also the ones that carry Denghui Fever. I have made plans and discussed them with the sisters what will be done when I get Denghui Fever. (I´m averaging 3 bites a day and that´s using bug spray - and it´s not the rainy season yet. I´m doomed to get Denghui Fever.)
3) If Scrapbooking were a hobby down here I would say every girl at this school has scrapbooking for a hobby. One girl had 5 of those punch things that make different shapes in paper! At school! I like taking notes from students now because they´re so pretty to look at - and of course, they shouldn´t be passing them. :)
4) They love: Winnie the Pooh, Pucca (Japanese Cartoon), Tinker Bell, Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, Carebears, and any other cutesy thing that comes along. Their notebooks are a testament to this love and I have to admit, I like it! It´s fun. Tigger is my favorite.
5) They love Stickers. If it has adhesive, it´s worth keeping.
6) There are no tourists in El Salvador. I ran into some other American´s in another town and we stopped to say hi since we obviously stood out as not from El Salvador. Volunteers with Peace Corp. They hadn´t seen any tourists either.
7) People chew with their mouth open. And talk while chewing. I´ve had more food spit on me than I care to mention.
8) Most everyone I talk to is very willing to talk to me and help me with my Spanish. Amazing!

That´s all for now.