Dia 51, Last Day of Class and Last Lost, 6 de augosto

Today was sadly the last class I will ever take in Buenos Aires. Sad? No, not at all. =) Our professor decided to be thirty minutes late to class, which was somewhat frustrating but in the long run he let us out on time so it spared us from having to have extra lessons after our exam. Our exam was a colloquia. He moved around the room and asked us questions. Some were flat out “this is the answer” others needed more explanation. It was somewhat frustrating at first because the first few questions he asked were easy, but others answered before I could get a word in. I don’t blame them, I blame myself for not speaking out, when I knew the answers. So of course, when it comes down to me and Adam left, the next question the profe asks, neither of us knew. We tried working around it, and it wasn’t the easiest. Towards the end of class I finally started to speak up which I suppose helped my grade a little bit. At one point they asked a question about Menem’s uno a uno plan (his economic plan making the peso equal to a dollar) and I knew the answer, and he let me write it on the board explaining the before and after. I got it write and he said, “muy bien”. Frankie was there again and he was helping us out a lot. He’d be standing behind professor Bustinduy and when he’d ask a yes or no question, Frankie would be nodding or shaking his head. It was pretty funny. Towards the end of our session, Frankie and Prof. Bustinduy got into an “argument” about being Peronista. Frankie is anti-Peronista and Bustinduy is not. Frankie started saying that Bustinduy was a Marxist, Fascist and had a tattoo of Che Guevarra on his shoulder and whatnot. They were yelling and just getting each other left and right. Luckily, I happened to have turned my camera on video and started filming it from the inside of my purse. There’s no visual, but the audio is hilarious! If anything, this was definitely the most entertaining class of the summer. I ended up getting a 7 in the class which is the equivalent of an 85. I’m pretty happy about it since the only thing our grade was based off of was the colloquia. I still don’t know what I made in my other two classes. I might try emailing the professors to ask them. If anything, I will get a transcript eventually and I’ll see it then! =)

After class Bridget came over and we hung out for awhile and got ready for the evening. Her host mom had ended up making us reservations at Delywok, the tenedor libre I mentioned yesterday. When we finally went at around nine, we were so hungry and were not disappointed! Okay, so maybe it wasn’t the best food in the world, but it was decent enough. It was like a super buffet. They had so many different things to choose from. They had a regular buffet that had all the vegetables, fruit, fish, chicken, French fries, salad, desserts, sushi, etc. Then they also had a parilla (grill) where you could order different cuts of beef. There was also an Oriental chef that would make one of ten different dishes, and a pasta chef who had about ten different types of pasta, AND a pancake station! Yes, you all read that right, a station where you could get pancakes. He makes it like a normal pancake, then puts chocolate or dulce de leche on it then folds it in half. And then he pours a liqueur over it. There were so many different flavors to choose from! Strawberry (frutilla), dulce de leche, sour apple, etc. It was wonderful! And there was ice cream to put with it! I mean, the food wasn’t the best we’ve had, but the selection and over all idea of the place was wonderful! And it was only $33 pesos, which is a little less than $11 US…totally worth it!

While we were there, Thomas decided he would be brave and try the fish head they had lying out. I took a photo right before he tried it. He decided to be even crazier and eat the EYEBALL of the fish. I don’t know why on earth I didn’t take a photo of his face after he chewed on the eye, but it was hilarious! I think that was a once in a lifetime moment for Thomas…and the first thing he said was, “Cambria, you would throw up.” So glad I decided to not go for the fish eye…or fish head for that matter. =)

After a great dinner with some great friends and conversation, Bridget and I were heading to Sugar, our favorite pre-club hang out. Eric had no plans and said he’d come with us. While we were there some creepy guy went up to Bridget and showed her a text message that said some pretty crude things, and apparently though that was enough to get her to leave the bar with him. One of the things I love about Bridget is that she isn’t afraid to speak her mind. So she looked up at him after reading the message and said, “Do you speak English?” He said yes and she said, “That is so lame! That’s not how you pick up a girl!” Needless to say, his lame tactics didn’t work and he left alone. Another Bridget moment happened in a club about a week ago when some guy came up and said, “What’s your name, baby?” She replied with, “It’s not Baby!” I admire her no-nonsense attitude when it comes to guys. Be real or back off. It’s great! Oh the things I learn from her! =)

We left Sugar and headed over to… Lost! It’s our last Thursday so of course we had to go back to our favorite Thursday night boliche! Since we got in last week after saying a random pass word, we thought we’d try it again this week. I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to at least try to get in for free and save 25 pesos. So Eric walks up, says a random website name as a list and she let us in! I was so happy that we didn’t have to pay again. You would think that they would change the password every week or something, but maybe they are betting on guests who are just American and won’t be back the next week? I don’t know, but it worked for us and we were in. There wasn’t anything too much different from the previous weeks. We danced and had a great time. I didn’t have to ward off as many guys this week, and I guess it’s because Eric was a part of our group. Guys are a lot less likely to mess with you if you have a guy friend with you, so that was good!

As usual, I got home around six and went to bed! Another late, crazy night in BA. Oh the days…how they are dwindling so fast. Just one more full day before having to go home!

Chao for now! Un beso!