Fernando y Aldo

Chemistry Rona Chang

I have a confession. I am thoroughly addicted to the Mexican soap opera La Fea Mas Bella (The Mexican Version of Ugly Betty, which was originally a Columbian telenovela). My obsession started this summer when I watched the first two discs, in the name of learning more Spanish. I get a disc from netflix and can watch 3 episodes on each side of the disc. This week, I have already stayed up two nights watching the 3rd disk, and have the last and final disk on my queue. I have a burning desire to see what happens so I can get my life back when I'm done watching this show. Um, the worst part is that I currently have a huge crush on Fernando Mendiola and Aldo Domenzain- two of the lead male characters that Lety (the ugly one) is in love with. Fernando is dark and handsome, loud and selfish. Aldo is fair and kind, the sweetest character, and is so dreamy... Ay Dios mio!

Espanol

One thing that's been on my mind is Spanish. Learning Spanish. I'm not sure why but I have an affinity for the language. Maybe it's because I grew up in Queens and you can hear it on the streets, stores and on the subway, along with a myriad of other languages. In middle school we had two languages to choose from: French and Spanish. I chose Spanish because it was practical and familiar and French never made much sense to me. I took it in HS and for a semester in college. During the Peru trip, I spent two weeks studying Spanish in Arequipa. Much of it was a review and my head swirled at night when I had homework. Now that I am back home, I miss hearing the quantity of Spanish I did in Peru. I've been looking into soap operas to rent, rosetta stone, and thinking hard about going south of the border and really investing more time to learning Spanish.


(And while Alpacas have nothing to do with learning Spanish, they are really funny looking animals.)

Hugs and Kisses

Note to self: hugs and kisses in Greek is "aggalitses kai filakia"....
in Spanish "besos y abrazos"...