My birthday!!!!

August 24, 2008

On Saturday night I went out Dominican style! There is this one girl who did Peace Corps in Ecuador and is extending a year here in DR, so for my birthday she had invited me to go out with her and her host sister. Well it ended up being Megan (the gringa), Regina (otra gringa), me, Megan’s Dominican sister Louisana, Louisana’s brother, her friend, and her copadre. We went to this club where we were drinking beer, dancing meringue, salsa, bachata, and reggeaton, all night long. I’ve never seen so much dancing going on, considering not a lot of people were drinking. At 12 midnight they made an announcement that it was my birthday and everyone sang me happy birthday. I also received a pina colada that was really tasty and made from real pineapples. I had to get home by 2 though so my host family wouldn’t worry but I had a lot of fun dancing so much. And because we went with three boys, I didn’t have to dance with sketchy dance partners. Those boys loved to dance and were respectable (one had a girlfriend, the other was the host brother, and the other one was a neighbor).

So I don’t have any pictures of my memorable night to because I didn’t want to bring my camera. Also custom here has it that the men always pay for the women when they go out so I didn’t have to pay anything. At first I wanted to pay but I realized that I am supposed to learn the Dominican culture and respect it, so I guess I was just respecting the culture J

The funny thing is that they were supposed to pick me up at 8 but ended up coming at 930 without even calling, I was just reading thinking that they were not going to come so I guess I got my first taste of the Dominican sense of time. After I arrived home, I showered and went to bed, my dona juana had already set up my mosquito net for me. I also had a new fan so I was super excited, but unfortunately unos ladrones came to rob our generator (with is the backup electricity because it goes out all the time) around 4 in the morning. I was sound asleep and didn’t wake up until around 11 in the morning. My dona juana told me that while robbing the generator they cut off our electricity as well. Now I am without electicity again for who knows how long, so it was a rough start. Luckily Waldid wanted to hang out with me and take me to his uncle’s house,Willder, because he has internet. And then his wife came out with my birthday postre, it was a plate full of fruit with condensed milk that was really good.