Powerful

This week has been interesting..
I have discovered that classes will not be as demanding as I had hoped, which means that all I have to do is tons of reading, and spit out a paper every now and then.  (AWESOME NEWS)
I played soccer yesterday for the first time in a while.. I was in a skirt, and kicked off my flip flops to play. The boys looked at me like I was crazy, but were impressed when I took a few of them down! Oops.. we are playing real football... not American football.. My bad!
 But I learned quickly never to play barefoot again..
Shakira performed last night in Santiago, and I was, and still am, paying tribute to her amazing artistic abilities by listening to her music all day and dancing every chance I get..which makes people in the metro and micro (bus) look at me like I am derranged.Pssh! Who cares?

On a more serious note, an earthquake measured at 8.9 on the Richter Scale hit Japan yesterday.  I woke up to my daily routine of watching the news, to find all channels on Japan.  Though Chile is not experiencing an earthquake, the news continued to remind us that the coast could very easily be hit by a Tsunami in the next few days.  There are warnings for the coastal cities, including Easter Island until early Monday morning. 
What I find incredible is how supportive the people of Chile are for those in Japan.  They know the pain.  They know the suffering.  Many of my friends' statuses currently say Fuerza Japon which basically means, "be strong, Japan".
Carmen's family had invited me to go to the beach this weekend, and we are to leave this evening.  I have not heard if they are cancelling the trip or not.. so I am excited about finally seeing the beach, but nervous as this is my first time being anywhere where Tsunami Warnings actually exist!

Love to all of you!!xx
Besos!