Last week in Santiago!

From after Monday, time seemed to pass too quickly for my liking. I realized my days in Santiago were numbered, and there were still lots of things that I wanted to do. Also, that Tuesday, we were scheduled to go to Valparaiso, but there were two options and the one I was interested in, business, ended up being cancelled. Therefore I stayed home for the day, with the incentive of a possible rescheduling in Santiago, but to no avail. Meanwhile, the other group who went to Valparaiso ended up spending most of their day painting murals on walls!!! I was quite upset, this is something that I LOVE to do, anywhere, especially if I was given paint and a space! Teach me for being lazy and not adventurous, I missed out on what sounded like one of the most awesome times the group could have had.

Tuesday evening, we ended up only going around the corner to Flannerys, and was nothing too exciting although we got to chill in the upstairs lounge, a fun room. Wednesday was a very interesting lecture on Chiles global insertion, in social policies and the economic sense. It discussed how Chile has had to adapt and create new rules in the era post dictatorship, in following with global standards. It was very engaging, one of the most notes I had taken all month, and about which I intend to write on of my papers on.

Wednesday evening I had been invited to the house of Selene and Sandra, for a traditional Mexican style dinner. I was excited, as the prospect of burritos had been promised, as well as soy suggested, which I was curious to try and expecting it to be close to tofu. Indeed it was reminscent of tofu, but she prepared it differently, in small meatlike chunks that tasted delicious! Selene fried up a bit of mushrooms and green pepper to go with the soy, as well as a pot of cheesy rice and fried tortillas with cheese. Indeed, it was a fantastic meal, one of my favorites the entire month, and well appreciated especially with the Mexican hot sauce my gracious host provided. We had a music party afterwards, with me demonstrating how to use Soulseek, a file sharing program, and showing her a bunch of artists that I listen to. I also snagged a fair deal of Selenes music, a very interesting assortment of dub and electronica that I have been quite enjoying. After a couple cervezas (only on my part, the girls didnt drink), we walked out to the park, to find a dark spot to spin fire. Selene actually lived right next to Baquedano and the Museo where I first spun fire in Chile, ironic indeed.

Fire was spun in the park, fun as always. Afterwards, Sandra went home as she had to get up at 6, but me and Selene walked around the corner to check out a local funk group. The Funky Frescos, at the Opera Bar?, turned out to be pretty tight, they had a laid back hip hop style with a dj and bass player plus 3 MCs, they definitely had good crowd control and presence. I was really enjoying the show, when it ended after we had only been there 20 minutes or so. We ended up sticking around a little bit afterwards even, making friends with a group of local Chileans who were friendly as usual. The night was called at around 130, after a couple piscolas and cervezas, as I walked Selene home and took a cab back to Las Condes. Again, another awesome night.