Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Quito life

I got used to Quito now.
I wake up 6:00am everyday. i often have to go pee 5 in the morning for some reason maybe because of high latitude??
But I fouhnd it´s really pretty in the morning here.
toriga na, meccha chi-chiku naitete honnori kurainen.
muchos birds ya. honmani.




I still like here although there are things that don´t make sense.
hen na toko ga ikkai annen.
For example, I went to Pichincha last Sunday with a friend. We were going to take a cable car to go up the mountain, but it was not working because of the bad weather on top of the mountain.
So we decided to hike. There was a security man in front of the entrance looking spot.
He says, ¨Its closed. You are not supposed to enter here, but if you going to pay to me, I will let you in.¨
It makes sense so much, doesn´t it?
mazushii kuni deha ironna houhou de okane wo moukena ikankedo, security ga security zyanakattara akan no chaun?
We gave him a doller each to get in. I experience and hear these kinds of story a lot.

I visited a women´s prison last weekend, which was very interesting experience.

Zyazya-----n



ichiban hazimeni, sintai kensa sarete, goukaku sitara, stamp osite moratte hairerunen.
I was really excited to go since I have just been studying Spanish and barely doing anything else.
saikin no diary ha ¨nothing really happened.¨ toka ¨futsu no hiyyatta¨ toka kaitetakarana-
It was my first time visiting prison.
I don´t really know the life in prison and its system much but could tell that this prison is different.
We got to talk to prisoners from English speaking countries.
I would like to write some facts because it was sooo interesting.
·They are open to public for 3 times a week, so family members or friends can visit there
· The prisoners are not provided any thing. ANY THING.
They have to buy or make bed, blanket, food, dishes, clothes, toilet paper etc. There is no washing machines as well.
· They can work in the prison. People were cooking food and selling food. They can even teach class (cooking, painting, or gym)
· They have to pay to be in the prison, the first move-in fee plus monthly utilities.
· If a mother is a prisoner, she can bring her kids in the prison, which is really sad. In the prison, currently 550 prisoners and 250 children live there.
· They do not have a duty! Only thing they have to do is to stay in their bedrooms from 9:00pm to 6:00am. So people can stay in bed all day if they want.
· If a prisoner escaped and was not caught for 2 weeks, she is free! That is considered its a human right.
· People are sent to a prison before receiving a sentence and often takes more than a year to receive a sentence

One thing that I heard and was really messed up is that the guards sold drugs to the prisoners.

hmm. today´s entry is almost like a sciology notebook.
sometimes, I can be serious.

eigo bakkari de kaiteru kara akanyona-
byoudou ni han-han de kaite ikou to omotteru noni.
sunmasen.

honna mata----
saina---ri

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am always check your blog!
AND I enjoy reading your stories about your travel.
Take care! Have a lot of fun :)
Ki wo tukete ne!!!
Oba-chan from Arizona yori.

Anonymous said...

元気そうだね~!!
無事にキトで楽しんでいるようで何より。

刑務所の話、興味深く読ませてもらったよ。場所が変われば、内容も違うんだね。たくさんの子供が刑務所の中に母親と一緒にいるのは淋しいね。刑務所に入っている人で、お金ない人はどうなっちゃうの?

スペイン語上手になったかい?
これからもブログ楽しみにしてるね。
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hanp said...

M san
o---!comment kaite kurete uresii de gozaimasu.
nanmo kaitenakattara daremo yondehen no kato omouwa tamani.
miniture M chan? kun? no cyousi ha do-desuka?

kopeyan san
denki---?
L ha doudesuka?
keimusyo no nakade okane ga naihito ha, sokode hataraitetari, kazoku kara okane wo morattari, embassy kara tasuketemorattetari siteru.
iya--- espanol ga muy muzukasiissu!