I mentioned in my last post that there was supposed to be a big festival at my school on Friday, but that it rained and was postponed until Monday. Monday was a beautiful day. It was probably 80 degrees F and sunny. Their were little activities to participate in all day and a stage that featured a few bands. In between bands, there were contests and other music being played.
For the Day of the Students, most classes were cancelled or shortened. Of course my classes were not cancelled. My Spanish class was short, but we needed to have it because it was the last one before our primer parcial otherwise known as a midterm.
Some of the activities throughout the day included a toro mechanico or mechanical bull, an inflatable rock climb, and tons of Metagol or fooseball. I really mastered the bull riding. My friends kept telling me to try it again and again. It was very fun. The rock climbing was a different story. It was very very difficult to get to the top. Many of the "rocks" kept ripping causing me to crash to the bottom.
I hung out with my argentina friends a lot on this day. We ate free empanadas for lunch, (one huge reason I was present at the festival) we played hackisac, listened to the bands, and we drank a mate. My friends also taught me some jokes, and of course some pickup lines. They even filled me in about certain contests when they were happening.
The winners of the contests won a shirt. First, there was a joke telling contest. I didn`t win with my stupid spanish joke - Habìa una vez... Truz. Next, they were trying to find people for a dance competition. What kind of dance you ask?? Striptease!! Apparently I was the only one to volunteer. I went up on stage in front of all these Argentina students and began stripping to music. Don`t worry, I kept it appropriate, but the girls loved it. They ran up to the stage trying to touch me and everything. The only reason I went through with this was for a free shirt. I guess I am pretty cheap. Had I known that I was going to win another shirt later, I would not have done the strip tease.
Later, there was a Reggaetòn dance contest. It didn`t take me long to find a girl to dance with. I met Augustina, a very cute 20 year old argentina girl. We were the last group dancing and both won a t shirt. Since, I already had one, I gave one of my shirts to Augustina`s friend, thus making me another friend.
At the end of the day, there was a sorteo or raffle to win some prizes. In order to win, the person had to be present. The prizes included a pen drive for the computer, a trip to the Iguazu Falls, an MP4 player, and a new labtop computer. Noboby that I knew won anything. Most of us were late to tango class, but it was worth the chance to win a computer.
There are some pictures from the day, but there are none from the strip tease. I am worried somebody has a photo somewhere, but I do not want to find out.
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