Day: January 15, 2008

Of Tuc-Tuc Drivers & Graveyards

Woe is me: I’ve been stood up by a tuc-tuc man. As a result I was half an hour late for school (long walk), which is just as well since my brain can’t operate at full-blast all that long. My teacher, Silvia, continues to indulge my lack of interest in textbook conversations. Initially she tries to engage me (in Spanish) with such sparkling ice-breakers as, Which do you prefer to wear: skirts or trousers? But […]

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