RTW: Exchange in Chile

Boiling point

Red Bull consumption: up 250%
Coffee consumption: up 300%
Sleep: down 50%
Food consumption: down 80% (estimate)
Alcohol consumption: down 80% (well, Finland DID win the Eurovision song contest)
Sports: down 100%

The department of statistics is happy to announce that we can reject the hypothesis null of all exchange life in South America being laid back.

The last week has been quite.. effective. As my friend Kata arrived here we did all the usual tours of Viña, Valpo and nightlife of Santiago and on the side I managed to pull off some 4 final projects and 1 exam that I am not sure that I have passed or not.. 2 days, 2 projects and 2 exams to go, not to mention that the thesis needs some work still to get to the stage I wanted to get to by the time I leave. Which is in 3 days (for two weeks and then back for a week). It is simply amazing how I can get myself into these messes from time to time. Some people never do learn. Like boiling water: it moves in a lot of hurry before it vaporizes off.

It's not as if the workload is THAT much, though the level of Masters' studies IS better here than in my university, I am sure of it now -and this already excludes the fact that I am operating in a foreign language that isn't english.. Also the other students spend their nights studying, whereas they pass their days studying as well (the last few weeks, that is) -unlike me, thus the fuss. But enough about the "life is hard" -whining as it will very soon be everything but hard, just to let you know why there have not been any mails or chats for a while. Here are some shots for the audience of the past week:

To celebrate the 26 years, I got to pick the food:


I trust you all know the brand below? If not, endulge yourself on your next visit to the licor store or Alko. Try out el Casillero del Diablo, for instance. The name comes from the story the winemaker spread out that there was a Devil living in the wine cellar. This effectively stopped all thievery..


The grapes are small and look like fresh raisins because they do not want the excess water in them.





Valpo's "beautiful" docks, again, and Kata and me on the tour.






Out with the Finns again - I really did not have the time, but we just had to celebrate Lordi's victory! I put Ossi's and Kiki's links on the list for some more interblogging, by the way. Here we are with Markus and Ossi (he's the guy I knew from my KY times) in a great club, Blondie's, that was made from an old theatre and man it was huge! I mean, you have a hard time finding something like this in Europe as well.. Too bad the shots of the dance floor itself are too dark to put here.

posted by Kassu @ 6:55 AM