H1N1

This whole Swine Flu parade that the news media has just recently joined is starting to scare me.  I'm not sure if that's the media's intent, but it sure does seem like they're trying to scare someone. Personally, I think it would be better for them to instruct people on the proper methods for fighting germs and in this case the H1N1 Virus, which is apparently not related to pigs at all.  Honestly, this whole thing is a little upsetting.  People in Mexico are walking around with surgical masks, and things look pretty serious over there.  Luckily, the cases in the United States seem to be much less serious, and I'm hoping that it stays that way. 

I really hope this doesn't mess up my trip.  :(

Taking Some Steps

The last day of classes was on Monday, I'm at home for the week because I don't have any exams until Saturday. They're probably going to be relatively hard.  I'm not really prepared for Calculus, and I haven't even looked at Spanish or Economics yet. I just can't bring myself to study.  On a side note, I got my exam grade back in LFIT (Jogging). I made an 83, which is not that good, but I did get an A in the class: 93.05%.  The cut-off is 92.9%. 

Anyways, I bought an adapter for my electronics at Hanes Mall yesterday, and I got one of the tags that you put your name and address on incase your bag gets lost. (I'm hoping that doesn't happen.)  I only have 24 days left before I head off to Peru.  I think I'm starting to worry.  I want to be able to enjoy my summer, but mostly I'm having this feeling that Joseph described to me a few months ago.  It's kind of like, "Why the hell did you pay $4000 to go to Peru, so that the Shining Path can just kill you over when you get there?" But no worries, I'm ready to go and I'm excited too. 

In other news, I believe this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen:

Fast foward to the good part, it's at about :41

The Defense Department is clearly on top of things. 

Purpose

Today, while I was wasting all afternoon, I found a page about some girl going to Africa for two weeks on Stalkbook.  She created an event for a mission that she's going on and invited all of her friends to let them know about the trip.  From the look of things, she's pretty excited about going.  Anyways, I saw that she had a few links posted on her page.  One of them happened to be a blog that she's planning to update during the time that she spends in Africa.  After taking a look at it, I thought that it might be a good idea for me to do the same thing. I'm going to need some way to remember my English during the six weeks that I'm in Peru this summer.

For some reason, I feel like writing on a blog will be better than checking Stalkbook everyday to see what all my friends are doing; while I'm teaching Math and English in a country that's known for being the second largest producer of the coca leaf. The locals claim they use it as a calming remedy, but I'm pretty sure they sale it too. It's like drinking a glass a wine for the antioxidants, and then saying you didn't enjoy the buzz. After all, if you're looking for antioxidants, you could always just eat a carrot. 

Now that I've gotten completely off topic, I'd just like to say that ultimately the purpose of this blog will be to update friends about what's happening on my trip in Peru, while also serving as an event log for myself.  Seeing as I'll never be able to remember everything I do over the six weeks.  

I'll give periodic updates. Hopefully, there will be daily updates while I'm in Peru, and maybe a few before I actually get there.