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Moi.
Basics.
Name: Andrea J
D.O.B: 04.02.91
Age: 22 years old
Nationality: Australian
Heritage: Chilean
A Life Worth Living.
Musac.
Friday, January 31, 2014
7:15 AM
I'm on the tour at the moment. They've been few and far between as of late since I'm mostly just 'living' here (which had been awesome btw, the living alone part at least).
I'm kind of only blogging because I'm a bitch and have no one to complain to lol. So the tour goes through the Valley visiting different towns mostly stopping at the ranch/farms/businesses. So we've stopped at a papaya farm, a Pisco distillery and a beer distillery, plus some meh museum with paintings of the towns mayors. We got less than a shots worth of Mango Sour (cocktail with Pisco and mango) and about one plastic cup worth of beer (5 types). One of the dudes is all like WOEEEE so much drinking. O.o bro. One beer, not even a full beer, and a sip of a cocktail. What the hell man. *sigh* someone told me they were drunk by the end of this. I'm severely disappointed. Either way it's pretty, ticking off some boxed and gotten some nice shots and now know the difference between Pisco and Agua Ardiente xD
You know, I find it annoying that most Chileans don't really believe me when I say Aussies drink a lot. I don't fully consider myself an Aussie, less when it comes to drinking because I don't do the whole, beer all day at a BBQ. (Eww beer, ps: too much beer in the last month) I do drink a fair bit before I get drunk but I think that's more my Chilean roots, this bitch here who's drunk too much already is just rich and proper haha. But back to my point, I'm a little disappointed that the Aussie reputation hasn't penetrated these lands and no one believes me lol. Other tourists KNOW. But local Chileans don't =( More Aussies need to come here and defend our honour haha.
So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language.
Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so.
Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]
Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease
Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'
Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.
Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.
Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.
Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.
*To be continued
To Do.
Here's a list of some of the things I would like to do or accomplish or places I want to visit in my lifetime =]
* I have already been there, done that or started to read that but would like to do it again or complete the task
-- The task is completed and I don't feel the need to do a repeat
