Carlos, the guy in charge of public relations (I think that’s how he put it… also he is the web master? To be honest… I’m not sure what he really does around here…) is a constant source of hilarity to me.
The other day when we had what I think was our orientation with him… he informed us that he always has his cell on, and if we ever get into trouble or need something, even if it’s 3 am we can call and he’ll come.
This is the man we had such a hard time getting a hold of when our flight was cancelled to give our new information so we could get picked up at the airport. (we never successfully did… and had to call him from some random farmacia workers cell to come get us…)
This is the man who was supposed to be here at nine on Sunday to take us to orientation… and showed at 11 after we had already left due to the prompts of inez to take a walk (the only thing we could understand that she said to us all day… so we figured we better do it.)
This is the man who was supposed to take us to the bank yesterday so we could withdraw the money to pay for the school, but never showed, and then he tells me this morning with a laugh that he had to go to Managua yesterday morning, but fell asleep on the bus and woke up in some random city, and didn’t get back to Granada until the afternoon. (we did finally get to the bank today…and felt AC for the first time since arriving.)
The guy just makes me laugh… he has some sort of official role around the school, but I haven’t pinned it down. He just seems to run around with his jovial outlook on life and fall asleep on buses and whatnot. I enjoy him. Haha.
(Side note of humor… I was asking him about his learning English… and he was telling Shawna and I all about it… telling us the words he has the most trouble saying… when he called a sheet of paper a ‘shit of paper.’ I definitely had a good laugh, which he didn’t mind due to his happy-go-lucky nature…)
So far, he’s one of my fav’s.
(P.S.- he asked Shawna and I today if we wanted to do some volunteering… we said yeah, without question, and then he says that they need someone to help teach the teachers English. Somehow I found myself agreeing. NIGHTMARE! I’m a horrific teacher! But it will be a fun experience… I’m excited about it slash worried for my pupil. Poor soul, they better prepare to be completely confused by me. It should help my Spanish at least… if I’m having to attempt to explain the rules of the English language in Spanish… I’m sure a few blogs will be written about THAT experience…)
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5 comments:
sounds like quite a guy!
i knew though, with a name like carlos, he would be a piece of work.
-his ability to fall asleep anywhere makes me feel an instant bond with the dude!
and you guys volunteering? i love it! :)
Sounds like an interesting fellow, falling asleep on buses and all! :)
haha what a guy. How funny. Good luck with the teaching!!
Oh my gosh! That made me laugh! I would pay good money to see some of these interactions and that's all there is to it! bah!
just make sure all of your pupils (somehow there is insane awkwardness wrapped up in that word) know the important words in English...bopping, ridic, spanse, and so on. I have no doubt in your teaching ability. you're a master.
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