Let it rain, let it rain!

I had a wicked time at Wall Street last night. I went with one of my coworker (Alej) and his friends. They were a bunch of crazy Mexicans. I do not think I stopped laughing all night. We headed to a taco place after the club which was really good. It started to rain insanely! Thunder, lightning and ridiculously pooring rain. You could not see across the street. When we left to take me home it was still pooring down hard. There is a tunnel close to my apartment and it is where we were planning on passing. We drive in and it was kinda odd to see a stopped car and also headlights pointing in our direction (its a one way). The tunnel was starting to flood! There was one car was in the water just over the muffler. I am pretty certain that is not good for your car. So all the cars were turning around and driving in the wrong direction to get out of the tunnel! We had to make a detour in order to get me home. With that odd experience and pooring rain I forgot my left over tacos in Alej's car. So no hang over lunch for Val today. 

I did not go to Toastmaster today. Having a meeting on a Saturday is not appealing to me. I enjoy Toastmaster and will continue for a very long time but while in Mexico I am not very interested in going there on a Saturday afternoon. I plan on keep going at the Spanish club though. 

Mucho amor, 

Val

The boys with their mojitos at Wall Street last night. 

Trying to capture the down poor from the taco restaurant. 

Ready, set, bargain!

Last week end was a full one. 

On Friday, I went out to lunch as always with some co-workers. It is always good laughs. Usualy the laughs are caused by my bad Spanish. At night, I went clubbing with Simone and some fellow Mexican at Dubai. So of course with a name like that, you know the club was quite posh. It was a pretty cool place but I was not in a mood for clubbing so I call in a early night. 

On Saturday, I got up a tad early to go to a market with Oscar and his friend Windolyn. It was really fun! I got some cheap handmade jewellery for myself and for Mare. I also got slight sunburn for free on my shoulders and face. It has now turn into a light tan so it is nice to know I can work on my tan even in the raining season. After dropping Windolyn at her place, Oscar and I went to a nice Italian bistro kind of place. We later realised how late it was and we were going to eat some Chinese with my roomies and some of their friends. Not only did we arrive later than everyone expected us, but the food was almost all ready (we were supposed to help out). So as revenge, Mikki and Simone are getting Oscar and I to make a Mexican night in a few weeks. Haha. After supper and a few drinks, we decide to go out at La Martina (or so I think it is called). We had a few drinks and chatted with friends who came to join us. It was a lovely night among friends... and rain.

On Sunday, Simone and I managed to get up early for Liz to take us at a Market. We met her at a club for a friend of a friend's Birthday. That market was bigger than the one of Saturday. In Mexico, usually bigger = louder. Sales people were screaming all sorts of none comprehensible things (well at least for me) in order to attack buyers. It was very interesting. I was happy to have some Mexican with us. They negotiated some price for me. Especially me since Simone's Spanish is way better than mine. I got some knock off Puma's for 200 pesos (about 20$ CAD), a shirt and a gift for the big bro. We went out to lunch at this lovely restaurant that apparently has the best tacos in Guadalajara. It was not the cheapest place but defiantly one of my favourite so far. Simone got some calls that lead us to some bowling and ice cream. 

Needless to say that it was a fun week end. I have many others lined up. I can't wait but yet I am already so sad. Every awesome week end that ends means that I will be leaving that much sooner. I do miss Canada and my friends but I am having so much fun here and I am surrounded by wicked people. 

On that note I will go to bed since I was kept awake by a thunder storm last night. 

Mucho amor, 

Val

This is the Market we went on Sunday.