Gauchos

Sunday:

Gauchos met the Anteaters (UC Irvine) in a friendly soccer game. We went to the game to support our team, "Go gauchos!". US soccer is not the same as anywhere else (ask a Brazilian), they count down (2 x 45 min) and have time outs (what?). The players are, however, just as civil as their foreign peers, calling names and kicking each others' balls. The audience was fun though, when the gauchos scored (once) they threw tortillas on the field and every time the clock counted down to four twenty they chanted :"9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 ,2, 1, 4.20!" (this is after all California).

After the game we went to Al's and Eddie made Italian lasanga. We have our own international cooking club, making sushi, burritos and pasta!

Monday:
I like my classes and my schedule. It's tough: I start 9 every morning and as late as 1.45. With a 2-hour break between classes. There's a lot of reading and homework assignments on the other hand.

All new students have to do an online alcohol course. Today I finally did the course. Answering questions like:

"What is NOT a sign of problem drinking?
1. Having headache and shaking hands.
2. Falling behind on school work and assignments.
3. Having a drink with dinner every day.
..."
-I think the answer was having a drink with dinner every day, which at least I would classify as more of a drinking problem than falling behind on school work...