Bazar Benefico 2007
A taste of home in Madrid….
My Mornings on Metro Madrid
My first official day at work…
This is what my mornings look like…
I hardly ever get a seat at rush hour, but I often get a whole cargo to myself on Weekends.
It’s “Raining Like Magic” in Madrid!
Wow… it’s raining in Madrid… this reminds me of Ferngully’s soundtrack
How soothing…
a herd of pirates!
Today, mis a migas and I took a relaxing stroll around Puerta del Sol. It was a lovely day… suddenly a group of about 20 men (of a certain ethnicity, not necessary to be mentioned here) ran through us - almost made me trip - as if they were avoiding something or someone – indeed! they were hiding from the police! My friend explained to me that these men sell pirated CDs and purses or belts of famous brands. It is illegal, of course we all know that, but they still sell them in the day time on the streets of Sol. When they feel the police coming, they run like crazy through the busy tourist crowd. No pics, sorry, I was afraid. Really, it was almost like a scene from War of the Worlds or Godzilla where everybody runs for their lives.
My friends said not to worry, they don’t have weapons. They just run when the police come, then they’ll probably start selling again in another street block.
Kalau di Indo mah, nggak usah lari, lha polisinya kan juga jualan 
Ya nggak sih?
my 1st español dialogue
mi primer diálogo español!
Ok, so after surveying the potential flats and visiting my friends’ place, they’ve finally let me go. I took the challenge to take the metro - then bus, back alone to my other friend’s flat where I left my luggages. My friend was so kind to let me have one of her spare vodafone ES SIM card [my U.S. number doesn't work here]. Turns out I couldn’t sms internationally with this number [to the U.S. or to Indonesia], but I still wasn’t able to locate T-Mobile anywhere yet either. Well, we’ll see if I need one later on.
So I needed to buy credit and dinner. Here are my 1st two dialogues: