I wasn´t sure if I should publish that last blog. But a few friends have said, "Ugh, I know exactly how you feel."
But I´m better now. It´s good.
The thing that bothered me was quitting the radio show. It felt like quitting, failure. My show sucked and I let it suck and they wither up and die. That´s not how I want to be.
I hadn´t told the guy at the radio station yet, as I was bothered by this feeling. I mentioned it to Angelic, and she invited me to come to Oviedo every Thursday to do their show with them, her and Melissa. Yay! That feels a lot better. This is a move up, bigger market. And the show will reach the Yat. So I will now be a part of Rojapo Radio in Oviedo.
On Sunday I went to Oviedo and we went around visiting Chuchi people. One of the women said, Oh, I always listen to your show. Every thursday at 11. I learn a lot. That´s nice. More on chuchi people later...
Stories of NOW RETURNED Peace Corps Volunteer Paulita, former couch potato who left America seeking a little relief from long-term effects of exposure to American culture and a life that actually feels like living. Would she find it? Read on to find out. Not an official Peace Corps page. Also, the things stated here are of my own opinion. Wish I had more time to edit this, but that's the way the mop flops. Enjoy all the same.
Necessary Vocab
Ao Poí: Guaraní for “fine cloth”, this is the craft produced in Yataity and other areas of Paraguay
Bombilla: Straw from drinking mate or terere, made from metal or other material and with a filter on the bottom
Chuchi: Fancy or fufu or expensive
Cocido: A hot drink made from burning yerba and sugar with a piece of carbon and mixing with water or milk
Guampa: Vessel for drinking terere
Guapo/-a: Usually this means attractive in Spanish, but here it means hardworking
Guaraní: Indigenous language of Paraguay
Huerta: Vegetable garden
Lindo: Pretty or neat
Mate: Like terere but with hot water
Sin Vergüeza: Without shame. This could be used as an adjective or a noun, that someone is a sin vergüeza, someone without shame.
Terere: National pastime/beverage of Paraguay, drank with yerba in a guampa and cold water poured for every turn
Yerba: Plant grown in Paraguay and ground up to make terere, cocido or mate
Bombilla: Straw from drinking mate or terere, made from metal or other material and with a filter on the bottom
Chuchi: Fancy or fufu or expensive
Cocido: A hot drink made from burning yerba and sugar with a piece of carbon and mixing with water or milk
Guampa: Vessel for drinking terere
Guapo/-a: Usually this means attractive in Spanish, but here it means hardworking
Guaraní: Indigenous language of Paraguay
Huerta: Vegetable garden
Lindo: Pretty or neat
Mate: Like terere but with hot water
Sin Vergüeza: Without shame. This could be used as an adjective or a noun, that someone is a sin vergüeza, someone without shame.
Terere: National pastime/beverage of Paraguay, drank with yerba in a guampa and cold water poured for every turn
Yerba: Plant grown in Paraguay and ground up to make terere, cocido or mate
My address
Paulita
Cuerpo de Paz
Yataity, Guaira
5140
Paraguay
Cuerpo de Paz
Yataity, Guaira
5140
Paraguay
1 comment:
It's always hard to let go of one thing and start another. Priorities change. When I was in Kenya for 10 months, I once tried to do a group project where children living at the orphanage I was volunteering with would discuss their fears about living with HIV and would work through negative behaviors that the social worker wanted to address. Needless to say, only 3 children showed up, it was awkward, and the idea crumbled. I felt humiliated, then I picked myself up, shifted course, and found simpler ways to engage them as a mentor and a friend. It's all about what works in the moment sometimes!
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