Test Day and JWT Advertising

Today I met a turtle.

I don't remember it's name but that was probably the most exciting thing that happened to me today.

We had our first test. There were 11 multi part written questions that took an hour and a half, and then an hour of spoken evaluation. I think I did well. Later we went to JWT Advertising to hear about what one of the people there did. It was interesting, but pretty ill timed. We were all exhausted from the test.

So yeah, that was my day. 

I wouldn't even need my pepper spray

Mexico has something interesting that they do at the metro during rush hour. During rush hour, it can be so crowded that everybody is smushed all together, so they separate the guys and girls into different cars so that the women don't have to be packed in with a bunch of men, for safety reasons. At first it seemed a bit strange, but then I realized that it is probably a huge way to let women ride the train without worrying about being harassed or groped. It's kind of cool. You will be surprised to hear (Mom and Dad) that riding the metro in Mexico City feels about 100 times safer than riding the Marta. There are a lot more people, all the people are kind and respectful, there are always police there, and now I have learned that they do this as well.

Some bathroom misadventures

The other day I was showering and I went to adjust the hot water. I barely touched the handle, but it came out of the wall. Hot water started gushing out of the wall onto me, and I couldn't turn it off because I was holding the thing that was meant to control it. It was also blocking the entrance to the shower, so I eventually had to give up and awkwardly exit out the side of the shower. The bathroom was soaked and getting even wetter, so I called for my host mom. She in turn had to call for her 30 year old son to come fix it. While that was all going on, I had to stand in my room, wrapped in a towel with shampoo in my hair, freezing cold, while Mandy just laughed at me. Remember that this whole interaction was in Spanish. I mean, they don't teach you how to yell "Margarita, I broke the shower and now there is a geyser in your bathroom" in Spanish.

Today we discovered that the toilet is not attached to the ground and has the potential to tip over. Don't ask us how. At least that makes me feel better that I didn't manage to break the shower because of any extraordinary clumsiness, but rather, it's just an old bathroom. 

Exciting things

I found a running route that goes through a forest and by a lake. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks to be very scenic. Speaking of scenic, we are going to the Castillo de Chapultepec tomorrow. Also, I bought some veggie straws at the supermarket, and they are the only sort of chip I have tried here that don't taste different than in America; sometimes the littlest things in life are the most exciting.