Puchica
I’m in Cafe Baveria where a man is playing “To All The Girls We’ve Loved Before” on an electric guitar, sans Willie, sans Julio… I thought it was time that I put together some random events of the past few days.
Speaking of Cafe Baveria, the other morning I was waiting for my 70 year old roommate, Dick (insert immature joke here), to get a cup of coffee before we went to school. While I was waiting I noticed that hanging up in the entrance was this sweet pic of Tele Savalas. The Diner’s Club spokesman was in all his Kojak glory. He was totally speaking to me saying, ¿Quien te ama, bebé? (Who loves ya, baby?)
This got me thinking of a top five list a la High Fidelity..
THE TOP FIVE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A PICTURE OF IF THEY ARE HUNG RANDOMLY IN A RESTAURANT
5. Tele Savales
4. George Jefferson (or Weezie depending on the strength of the Yen)
3. Rip Taylor
2. James Brown
1. Hulk Hogan (only as Thunderlips which is a rare breed)
Oh and by the way, the name of the title is one of my new favorite spanish words. Púchica! means something like wow, whoa, or if a hot woman walks by you are supposed to say that.
I got my first Guatemalan haircut. It didn’t turn out too bad. I was a little scared that I might end up being bald (calvo) or getting some kind of fauxhawk. But they did a decent job, and they used “Moco De Gorilla” which is a popular hair product among the kids here. It means Gorilla Boogers (no joke).
I took another trip to Los Vahos this week at 5:30 am with a few students that didn’t get to go last week. It was minty fresh, and the views of the city in the early morning were spectacular.
Here are some random shot of Guatemalan people that I thought were decent from my trip to Panahachel and Lake Atitlan (blog upcoming):
Also, this week I have started teaching at La Pedrera (in Spanish), a project connected to my school for underprivileged kids. I have been teaching computers and it has been a lot of fun. I plan to be teaching at least for a month, maybe longer.
One more photo for my peeps, taken within a chicken bus:
Thanks for reading!
2 Responses to “Puchica”
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January 29th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Thank you for the chicken bus sticker. You have seen some of the most amazing and wonderful things.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Did Tele just get out of the shower as the pic suggests? Cuz that would be extra hot!