My life is undergoing significant transitions these days, and I believe that it will only undergo more of these in the next few days/weeks/months. I don't feel like writing every single detail like I sometimes do...
Still, I have this nagging feeling that I should blog. For some reason...
On grounds of celebrating Marcelo Garza's visit to Guatemala, Wicho invited some people over to his "summer home" in Escuintla to chill out overnight. Though I knew I should practice abacus, I went. And I met Renato (Wicho's cousin) and Monica (Wicho's family friend), the complement of our five-member party.
And, as is usual with overnight chilling-out sessions, beer was served during the day, margaritas were brought out at sunset, and then vodka, rum, and other exotic drinks flowed throughout the night... In the alcoholic sense, I played hard-to-get, as always, and thus managed all night to keep myself just sober enough to remember everything and (almost) not to do anything stupid. To describe the eccentricities released by the liquor effect would be hardly worth the effort. Instead, I'd like to focus my description on Monica.
It's possible that I may simply be subconsciously needy, but maybe then external observers can find faults in my logic. As far as I am concerned right now, my meeting her was a sign of some sort. OK, let's see. What are the chances of my meeting someone who 1) is interested in astrology (the chinese horoscope, the Greek zodiac, AND the mayan 20-day cycle), just as I am?, 2) maps to the same zodiac sign (Pisces) as I do?, 3) likes and collects candles just as I like them and use them up?, 4) loves Koi FISH, the figures represented by a pair of floating CANDLES I bought a few months ago to try to show my "love" for another Pisces girl? (too bad I just used them up about a week ago...), 5) likes all things Japanese, the culture to which the abacus whose exercises I practice belongs and which will be represented in the nearby abacus championship to which I invited her and she agreed to go?, and 6) (perhaps the most astounding one) actually enjoyed my company and conversation and could spend long spans of time talking to me almost uninterruptedly?
I really don't know what this could mean. But it must mean SOMETHING. It's too much focused in a single person. We really hit it off. I know my plan is to leave Guatemala in the near future, but I'm not discarding any possibilities.
TODO ES POSIBLE. At least that much I know. Now I gotta write her and find out what all my fuss is about.
Aside from this, The Tenth Annual Guatemalan Abacus Arithmetical Calculation Championship will take place in December 8th, 2007, and I'm one of its proud participants. :D I plan to practice enough so I can obtain First Place.
Marcelo's coming to Guatemala allowed me to meet some other people too. On Tuesday, I met (re-met, actually) a girl (let's call her G1) who Wicho describes as EXTREMELY MOODY TO THE POINT OF IRRITATION, but who, through my own observations, I believe to be very hyperactive and fun to be around with. I didn't get to know her well enough, so I can't really elaborate much. I also met another girl (let's call her G2), G1's friend, who I seem to share a couple of interests with too. Most prominent of these similarities is our love for trance music. She's a bit hyperactive herself, but she LOVES Infected Mushroom, she's gone to some of the same trance concerts I've been to this year, and now I'm sending her some of my fav trance MP3s on my list. No reply yet, but it's early. G2 ALSO cuts her own hair ;) And we heartily agreed on the solid, irrefutable fact that WE ROCK! XD
Oh yes, and how could I forget?? On account of Thanksgiving Day, Miguel Angel Toralla, my dad's current LA-resident cousin came to visit Guatemala, and had dinner with us in Restaurante Katok in Z.9. Also invited to the dinner were Elisa, Manfredo, Heidi, and their kids, all of whom arrived. It was actually pretty fun! Also at the dinner table were Miguel Angel's girlfriend (a near-50 lady who I also really enjoyed talking to), Miguel Angel's son Ibrahim, Ibrahim's wife Carolina, and their son Pablo. So there were 11 people at the table, and we ordered without any money-guilt or awkward discrepancies. The food was great, and the company was excellent. As fate would have it, Friday night is Karaoke night at Katok restaurant, and so we even ended up singing several songs each! (which marked ANOTHER quaint "God-iality", as Mimi calls it:
http://www.listen-project.de/garfield/index.php?strip=1195805996. Yeah, same day, November 23rd. I actually saw the comic before, but didn't notice the "God-iality" until after coming back home! Oh yeah, and it's Sai Baba's birthday too.) And Elisa said I sing "bonito". I guess that's a really good step in the process of my removing the trauma of her calling my singing "horrible!! horrible!! horrible!!" almost 10 years ago. Maybe now I'll become more comfortable singing and soon become a prodigious, omnipitched, powerful, charismatic, heart-reaching, applause-raiser singer. Or an actor... or maybe a rock band singer? I think that'd be cool!
I think this is enough information for now. I'll post pics here as soon as I get them. Bye!
P.S: Almost forgot! The following is one of the most wonderful, significant, TRUTHFUL poems I've EVER read:
http://www.elfination.com/?p=246. I hope I'm not breaking any copyright laws by doing this. :P Is this link OK with you, Ms. Elf? (In case you ever read this...)
P.P.S: The REASON my blog is called
Wing Sprouter is because that's what my life is about right now. I'm sprouting wings. No elaboration of ideas here. It's also my current MSN nickname. (Typical net-junkie kind of comment, huh?)
