Random

- We heard so many stories about taxies, and that you should lock the doors, and always write down the license plate. so we were all going on the taxi to the market and we were standing on the red light, and some guy on a motor bike parked beside me looks at me, says something and opens the door!!!! .... and then closed it. Apperantly my door wasn't closed! Of course it was nothing, but I swear my heart just stopped, heart is racing, I can't say anything, just stearing in 1 spot. It took a good minute to come back to myself. Alex was laughing, and all I heard was a sound of Eva's door locking.

- We have a few musician friends, so went to see one of them record a song. It was such a cool experience, like in the movies. Dark room, a bunch of equipment. No wonder why the songs on CDs sound so good. They record the same thing like 10 times, cut stuff out, copy paste the voice, magnify it, delete unpurities. And I got the chance to jump in and give my opinions which actually counted, and the song and words were changed :))

- Had a dinner at Alex's place with a few university kids. Alex made some thai food which was amazing. It was funny because we were eating in the room surrounded by the paintings of the creepy artist, so i was walking around the table trying to find a spot where I wouldn't throw up looking at some naked chicks in inviting poses :S But the coolest thing was that the minute we decided that we finished, all the local guys immediately got up and started cleaning while the girls were sitting and not even thinking about moving :) so they took all the plates to the kitchen, washed them, and cut some papaya for dessert! I love Colombian culture ! Seems to suit me ! hahaha :)))

- From 35 to 20 in 10 minutes ! We went to some village up in the mountains to try the famous hot chocolate with cheese. They put cheese into everything in here! It sounds better than it is though :( I got really dissapointed with Colombain cuisine. The food is not that great in here, actually worse than "not great" ... not good at all ! I don't like anything except all the fresh fruits. And if I want to eat something descent, I cook it myself ! So the hot chocolate didn't taste chocolaty at all, felt like quick dissolved hot chocolate powder :( But after that we went for a walk on some unknown road, and it turned out to be amazing! It was such a jungle with a bunch of birds and wildlife, so many flowers and the air was cool and clean. We all just completely relaxed. Everything was so nice and peaceful until the guard dog appeared out of nowhere, and barked at us like crazy for the longest time. All I could think of is just breath deeply, remain calm, and walk away sloooowwwlllyyyyyy ... How many times did I say that I don't like dogs ... that's exactly why !

- Salsa festival arrived to Cali ... like we didn't have enough salsa before! So now we get up at 8:30 in the morning, go to 2 hour workshops, then there are more workshops in the afternoon, we also have salsa group classed in the hostel, and after all of that we go out at night to dance some more salsa !!! I mean, I love salsa, but not 24/7! I also helped some guys in the hostel with their private lessons (cause they needed a girl), so I think I'm "salsa'd out" :) Well, at least I got some massage in exchange :)) A few days ago, I was listening to US and Russian music for like 3 hours, I guess tried to get salsa out of my head :) It's so noticable in here how I miss just the most regular things, it seems like I jump on them. Like music in English, chocolate ( I eat like the cheapest/low quality chocolate ever, and I find it to be just the best !!) Supply and demand at work :) ... oh yes, and penuts, something that I've never even looked at before :)

- Soooooo .... we went to a Maian ceremony yesterday ! It sounds so cool right ?! Well it is pretty cool for the first hour ! And the remaining 5 I just couldn't find a place to sit, oh my butt !! :))Shuruga bachanga!!! Ish kapi ishi bumbi ish !!!! Barara KURA !! :)) And like that over and over again for the 20 energies that Maian belive exist! There were a lot of sweets and alcohol, candles, rice, and they were all sacrificied to the fire :(( The funnest part was jumping over the fire to get the energy from it :) There were ofcourse some very nice parts and thoughts, like we should always feel happy that we're alive, because at any moment we can die, and we have this gift which most of us don't cherish. And the world that we see and interpret, is only our interpretaion, so people are not bad or they don't make us happy, rather we make a choice to feel happy because of them, and we make a choice to see the negative sides in them. And all people perfect as they are. They have their own life experiences that made them who they are, so we shouldn't judge anybody, but rather accept everybody. And that we should live our lives for our enjoyment and pleasure, because there is no reason to be unhappy. We have everything we need. We have food and water, and trees, our loved ones, cloths, work, health ... but all we can concentrate on is things that we're lacking. Oh I wish I had this job, or I wish I had that car, but why??? We have everything we need already. We live only once and it's magical. We should find balance and harmony in everything that we do. As I said, the ideas were nice, but it was way to streched out.