It's cold in Santiago. Even if it does not snow here, center, and the temperature drops to zero in the evening or night, the newspapers do not stop bombarding us with information about how it was cold here and there. Apart from the news that there were four women who died during childbirth by a cesarean section in a public hospital (which made me understand why even our friends who want to do absolutely everything as a Chilean average, will only in private clinics. The care service is pathetic in Chile), it seems that Chile has become a country of children who were throwing snowballs. "It's cold! And the night!? What horror!" Our Pilates teacher greeted us today. Yes, yes, I've never seen before in my life people in a gym in coats. In assoc where I work, colleagues welcomed me and shaking around a gas heater thin, they asked me if there were heat waves in Europe. Personally, even after five winters mild spent in France, I still have a bit of Czech children throwing snowballs Spring course without gloves. So I must admit, I thought that the Chilean winter is much worse. But at the same time, I learned that a hot water bottle , this mysterious thing that a child reading Arthur Ransome, I dreamed in my small room in a communist panelak (a building constructed of prefabricated concrete blocks) heated at 24 Degrees, a hot water bottle because it was whose aunt gave Swallows and Amazons once they returned from their adventures, this kettle, this is a stinking piece of rubber, without which it is impossible to crawl under the duvet icy.
This weekend, La Tercera has written, the best friend of the player will be a coat and a heater. I am also a reader of La Tercera, and I think they're absolutely right, especially as the cosmonaut is, as usual, the Telescope in northern Chile. In the middle of the Atacama Desert on the small hill, too, is covered by snow . And me, I'm home next to our heating which, fortunately, we already have. But it is a friend a little whimsical.
Finally, we bought a large heater works with gas cylinders. It was just the problem that needs to order these bottles, but it is rather funny. I learned that it is not necessary to be alert and hear the characteristic sound of the truck that passes under your windows to run out and buy a bottle as I told you there . Just order a bottle on the Internet and the network does not fall at the end, an inscription "Pronto recibir el gas de los Chilenos! (Soon you Chileans will receive the gas!) "shine on your screen. You just have to wait for your bottle and then, once the bottle is connected, it has the small problem that there is too much gas in there. Who said said too much gas flame too high which will alert the security system that will shut down your heating. You need a little patience to relight the heater a few times a day and then you enter the ideal time, when the heating and hot not extinguished. After four days, you enter the terminal phase, ie the heating s'éteins does not at all, because there is more too much gas in the bottle, and flame becomes smaller and does not heat too. But hey, you can always get warm while watching the flames, as your heating, it is an open fire. Do not ask me, how warm the people who have kids.
Our heating lies in our living room and if we want to maintain the correct temperature, you must close all doors that lead into the rooms. We would like heaters for the rooms, outside, is prohibited and in addition, the rooms are so small that once the heater is installed, you no longer come home to enjoy it, so it is not really nothing. But the temperature in the room is between 18 and 20 degrees and it deserves much shouts Chileans surprised: "Haaa, tropical !!!!" Chileans little or no heat at all. Not that they are accustomed to cold. At a European price of 11,000 pesos, ie 15 euro per bottle, seems to be too high, but the Chileans, they earn around 550 euro per month, are considered well paid is very expensive. And I'm not talking about those minimum wage which is about 230 euro per month. People stay in their homes so they heat and coats as they can.
So I'm not complaining. In fact, since the return, I feel really happy.
We're back.
Astonished, I look at our apartment is almost finished and I find it very comfortable. We lack a cabinet, which has not, as in Chile, there is no wardrobe. But even that rule here seems to change once the cold grave. Last week, looking for something at the mall, I discovered not one but two closets! Two very ugly, but it's a start, anyway!
After twenty years of having the world squinted my eyes to the mole, I tried the lenses and then I look, I see, I mate and I can not find words to express how awesome it is .
Since our return, I find Chileans are much warmer than before we left. This is probably because I have my preconcepts how should the "Latino". It's true that saying "South American" is about as descriptive as "European". Without wishing that Chileans are people who embrace, talk, dance the salsa and make the party all the time, I find them quite nice. Even if our neighbors do not change and yesterday, the keeper called me to tell me that my neighbor is complaining that I shook the water from the window and our crumbs fall in his garden in front of windows.
In association where I do my volunteer work, I decided to form a support group for professionals working with people with Alzheimer's, I'm looking for another job and I have two students interested in Czech language lessons. It is true that, for cons, I could write a long article about how to validate my degree in psy. In short, before bringing it before the committee must, in Prague , go see it for the college give me a stamp certifying that the diploma is not plagiarism. To tell you the truth, degrees from Charles University are printed on paper very special handmade and they are in Latin. Difficult to plagiarism, but good. Once you have this buffer, you will see the Ministry of Health, because as a psychologist, I am committed to this ministry there. The Department is responsible for verifying that the buffer is not a college plagiarism by ... certify that a buffer. Then you go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And there, they check that the buffer of the Ministry of Health is a true buffer. They confirm, yes, you present it well, with a buffer. And then, you only need to go to the Chilean Embassy in Prague who will verify that the stamp of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not a fake stamp and Heureka, will give you ... a stamp! And four pads across the world later, your diploma is ready to deserve the attention of a university in Chile and committees that will decide if you recognize it or not.
And Tuesday, I go to court for trial. That of the Cosmonaut (always Telescope) which is responsible for taking the freeway without the little box of electronic toll. It is true that I have already paid the PV in April, but it should not count on the fact that this was recorded. The Cosmonaut is accused of not paying the highway and not to react when he was asked to do more than pay the surcharge. But apparently it is a rapid procedure, finally, once it's your turn, which, by cons, can take hours. Do not be surprised, there are plenty of people who have committed fraud as you are waiting ahead.
But I'm not depressed. I think the trip to Europe was actually a good thing, even if at first I thought it shoed that any slow down. Instead, he gave me lots of energy, because then I know my life is really, really here.
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