i missed a cooking class???! ---ha ha ha

Oct. 10
Hoy mi blog va a estar diferente porque hable con mi padre en EEUU y él preguntó “porque no estas hablando español todo el tiempo.” Mi respuesta fue “porque necesito hacer cosas como mi blog en ingles y también escribo emails y Chat en ingles.” Entonces porque mi padre fue tan insoportable sobre este tema voy a escribir mi blog en español hoy. Mañana voy a tigre con mi programa. Pero ahora estoy esperando para ir a mi clase de cocina y después cena con la directora de los programas internacionales de mi universidad en oregon.
Just got home from my cooking class and dinner with the director of study abroad with UO (she is down evaluating the other argentine program.) First off the cooking class….wow. I was mentioning that sometimes here I just cant help but laugh out loud. Actually many times I cant help it since I just look so ridiculous, or am so lost, or just need a good laugh. This was one of those times. First off, the guy told me that I had missed the first class…since I thought it started on the 10th when it really started 10/3 (on the third). I had missed a class…great. I felt a little better when we sat in a classroom for an hour or so and listened to the chef talk… I didn’t have to answer and questions or talk, just listen. And I can do listening…but I was kind of upset my money had been first off wasted since I missed a class… secondly the class had made chocolate cake the first class and todays dessert was flan. Ew. I was very very nervous when he said okay everyone lets go up stairs and cook. I had a headache and my feet were also aching so when he was explaining I wasn’t listening all that intently. I trudged upstairs with the rest of the group, hoping to be partners with the nice looking older ladies. No. I got paired up with a couple of young Mexican boys who I think were a bit disappointed to have the “foreign girl” in their group. But as I cooked the polenta and the flan, I made friends with them and with the suchef, raul. The cooking class was informative, but I am not sure I would cook some of the things at home. The meat was described as…fat from the neck or next to the heart of an animal. I tried a bite and it was not my thing. Other menu items included fried cheese on top of bread, mate flan, and polenta. Interesting mix. Also the dinner with Jamie, the study abroad director and the other UO kids was good! We were treated to a pizza and huge ice creams, but now it is 2.30 and I have to get up at 7.30 to go to tigre. Ahhh! Better get to bed. Will report more when I return.