Miami & so much More
Yes, as many of you know this last week I went to Miami for Spring Break with six other people and for the first half there was seven of us (4 girls, and 3 guys.) I do not know where to begin but lets just say Spring Break was good and fulfilled its purpose of getting away from school. At the same time, however it was not everything I hoped it to be in my wildest imagination!
Some things that I dreamed of doing in Miami:
1. Meeting the Latina of my dreams, who speaks some English but mostly Spanish with a strong accent and a gorgeous body of course while all the while meeting my specific guidlines.
So, the people I went with let me describe them to you in a short synapsis:
Zee - a guy my age from Zimbabwa, Black pretty cool guy
T - an African American guy my age
M - my collegue at practicum that I know through church, has some issues because just broke within last year from everything she has ever known in the German Babtist Church.
Chea - White girl my age, but at the clubs "dances like a Black girl"
Nat - an African American girl, two years younger than me
Merry - the girl that stayed with us for the first half, two years younger than me a tall beautiful burnette white girl that looks like a model
Okay, just to clarify I am not a racist or trying to imply that race is the sole purpose for everything I am going to explain from this point on. I just feel like its important to make known becuase it might have contributed to how the group dynamics worked in my opinion.
My biggest thing is for a group of people like this and especially people that I do not know the best its hard for me to open up right away and tell my whole life story and all of that. I have to get a feel of the situation and then decide what I want to tell, but I do not like people telling maybe that sometimes it just feels like you are trying to isolate yourself from the group. Okay, when the whole group is bonding and having this amazing time together except for me for whatever reasons I have I feel kind of isolated too. Realizing that a lot of it is up to me, but anyway my apperance of trying to isolate myself might not be really what is happening. For me I like to see new things, and gain my own knowledge and truths sometimes and do not like maybe always having to talk or be around you. My friends know that once I get to know you and am comfortable its hard to get me to shut up, but in this situation it was tough for me in some regards. I felt like a lot of the time the group had this strong sense of Black culture even the White girls because that is who they are and they are knowledegable in that. I think thats awesome, but for me I am all about the Hispanic culture. So maybe if the group was mainly Hispanics maybe it would have been different and they would've felt more insecure. But for example I would get on the bus sometimes when we were going somewhere and would sit a little bit away from the rest of the group. Then attempt to listen and talk to some of the people on the bus in SPanish and all of that you know that sort of thing. . . and then later that night one guy was like I felt like you were trying to isolate yourself. I don't know what to say, but the rest of them have this strong bond of family and like it was the best trip ever blah blah blah and I am like in some regards it was only okay. I wanted to do more than the typical college Spring Break of clubbing at night, staying up late and sleeping intil 1 every day, always being loud and obnoxious as a group walking down the street that sort of thing. But a lot of that is how I was brought up and my background too, even my heritage in being Polish who knows, but I know a lot of it is me! I just might not of had the great time as the rest of them because mainly the focus was to stay with the group and I was not the majority. Like going to the clubs, or watching and waiting for people to get tatoos or whatever. I wanted to get to know the city more on a real level, the culture, the people, the stories, etc. . that is what I am interested in but that does not fit the typical Spring Break though does it. It still could have been fun!
I did manage to do some high end shopping though around South Beach which I loved! I bought a couple of things, and White seems to be the in color for Spring according to me this year by the things I bought! I would love to find a job down in Miami and live and work down there for a while.
One day we did go see the movie V for Vendetta and I have to say I really liked it! There were so many real emotions there that I felt it was unbelievable. As much as that movie is fiction I couldn't help but see a lot of those things happening in our world, or realistically that we or the US in particular is going down some of those paths. The whole idea that living in fear is oppressive especially when the masses are afraid and go down anyway that looks good, but really is bad upon further examination. But maybe we never really see it as bad because it numbed the fear and through being oppressed we cannot see any different. How scary! I would suggest anyone interested at all in this type of movie should see it. And I must say that the character V as freaky as he was; it took him to create the revolution or the final product at the end of the movie. WOW!
Okay, so I am really tired and will not type any further for the moment. I didn't sleep at all last night because we had to leave the hotel by 4:00 AM to try to catch a bus. There are no buses in the morning and then crammed six of us with all of our luggage in a taxi van with barely enough money to pay. Another thing that I don't think the group planned the best or thought about, but then again I didn't think the group really listened to me all that much! I really did have a good job in my own unique way I am sure and did enjoy getting to know everyone, just not in the same ways. I hope this makes sense to everyone who reads this if not. . . ask me, or call me or something.
Yes, as many of you know this last week I went to Miami for Spring Break with six other people and for the first half there was seven of us (4 girls, and 3 guys.) I do not know where to begin but lets just say Spring Break was good and fulfilled its purpose of getting away from school. At the same time, however it was not everything I hoped it to be in my wildest imagination!
Some things that I dreamed of doing in Miami:
1. Meeting the Latina of my dreams, who speaks some English but mostly Spanish with a strong accent and a gorgeous body of course while all the while meeting my specific guidlines.
2. I was going to see the headquarters of Univision and walk in and expect to have a nice discussion with Jorge Ramos, who I happen to think would be a very useful and interesting man to know.
3. I was going to buy lots of expensive clothing that is unique and highly fashionable (I actually did this some).
4. I was going to have many wonderful opportunities to communicate with people in Spanish (again some and it was good experiences, but everyone was suprised when me a White kid spoke Spanish.)
5. That the hotel was going to be some amazing, comfortable, accomodating room for at least six people (maybe 4 at the maximum).
6. I thought surely I will get a long with everyone and we will all become best friends through the trip and it would be the best thing ever (okay once again in some ways yes this happened, just not for me personally as big as everyone else involved, which sucks)
Okay so we arrived in Miami on Monday and waited at the airport for like an hour outside for the city bus to take us to our hotel with all of our luggage. What?! I have never had to do that and was not happy and then get on a bus that took an hour and a half to get to the hotel all to save money for the price of $2. Okay, it was cheap but I was a bit tired and frustrated! I learn more and more that I am sometimes selfious and snobby even if it doesn't come out thats how I am acting on the inside when I am like "I am too good for this!" Not everyone has lived a life of relative privelage like I have. And the hotel let me tell you was not that impressive for the suite that I thought it would be (one sink, one shower and toilet a room with the bed, a couch some tables, and a small small kitchen area.) Another thing is too that I was not a huge fan of was buying food from the grocery store and taking a lot of time to cook half-descent food in my opinion to save money.) Not that I had a lot either. . . but obviously I am amazed everytime when I go on vacations with my friends how different it is from what I have experienced on vacations with my family. This is both good and bad. . . but right now Spring Break is probably the last vacation I'll have for a long time or the last time I'll have 10 days off for years especiallyas a social worker.
What else? The first three nights we went out (like as in clubs with dancing and stuff) pretty hard! Personally I am not a big fan of clubs with the loud music, the dancing that happens there, and the overpriced prices to get in (like $20 minimum in Miami) unless its like a sals club maybe. But anyway. . . after the first night of being out till 3 or 4 I was done of walking to catch a bus, walking some more to find a club and then whatever. I am the type of person that would much rather go out with a group of friends and have drinks or a bottle of wine with music in the background and talk. But anyway, I made that fun the best I could anyway without really getting sick of it and blowing up, I almost didn't go out the second night. But that night we didn't go to bed because we went to the hot tub and talked and that was very nice and then went to the beach for the sun rise and to hang out in the ocean. This was really fun except we didn't actually see the sun because of clouds. . . but it was a lot of fun and a wonderful experience!
3. I was going to buy lots of expensive clothing that is unique and highly fashionable (I actually did this some).
4. I was going to have many wonderful opportunities to communicate with people in Spanish (again some and it was good experiences, but everyone was suprised when me a White kid spoke Spanish.)
5. That the hotel was going to be some amazing, comfortable, accomodating room for at least six people (maybe 4 at the maximum).
6. I thought surely I will get a long with everyone and we will all become best friends through the trip and it would be the best thing ever (okay once again in some ways yes this happened, just not for me personally as big as everyone else involved, which sucks)
Okay so we arrived in Miami on Monday and waited at the airport for like an hour outside for the city bus to take us to our hotel with all of our luggage. What?! I have never had to do that and was not happy and then get on a bus that took an hour and a half to get to the hotel all to save money for the price of $2. Okay, it was cheap but I was a bit tired and frustrated! I learn more and more that I am sometimes selfious and snobby even if it doesn't come out thats how I am acting on the inside when I am like "I am too good for this!" Not everyone has lived a life of relative privelage like I have. And the hotel let me tell you was not that impressive for the suite that I thought it would be (one sink, one shower and toilet a room with the bed, a couch some tables, and a small small kitchen area.) Another thing is too that I was not a huge fan of was buying food from the grocery store and taking a lot of time to cook half-descent food in my opinion to save money.) Not that I had a lot either. . . but obviously I am amazed everytime when I go on vacations with my friends how different it is from what I have experienced on vacations with my family. This is both good and bad. . . but right now Spring Break is probably the last vacation I'll have for a long time or the last time I'll have 10 days off for years especiallyas a social worker.
What else? The first three nights we went out (like as in clubs with dancing and stuff) pretty hard! Personally I am not a big fan of clubs with the loud music, the dancing that happens there, and the overpriced prices to get in (like $20 minimum in Miami) unless its like a sals club maybe. But anyway. . . after the first night of being out till 3 or 4 I was done of walking to catch a bus, walking some more to find a club and then whatever. I am the type of person that would much rather go out with a group of friends and have drinks or a bottle of wine with music in the background and talk. But anyway, I made that fun the best I could anyway without really getting sick of it and blowing up, I almost didn't go out the second night. But that night we didn't go to bed because we went to the hot tub and talked and that was very nice and then went to the beach for the sun rise and to hang out in the ocean. This was really fun except we didn't actually see the sun because of clouds. . . but it was a lot of fun and a wonderful experience!
So, the people I went with let me describe them to you in a short synapsis:
Zee - a guy my age from Zimbabwa, Black pretty cool guy
T - an African American guy my age
M - my collegue at practicum that I know through church, has some issues because just broke within last year from everything she has ever known in the German Babtist Church.
Chea - White girl my age, but at the clubs "dances like a Black girl"
Nat - an African American girl, two years younger than me
Merry - the girl that stayed with us for the first half, two years younger than me a tall beautiful burnette white girl that looks like a model
Okay, just to clarify I am not a racist or trying to imply that race is the sole purpose for everything I am going to explain from this point on. I just feel like its important to make known becuase it might have contributed to how the group dynamics worked in my opinion.
My biggest thing is for a group of people like this and especially people that I do not know the best its hard for me to open up right away and tell my whole life story and all of that. I have to get a feel of the situation and then decide what I want to tell, but I do not like people telling maybe that sometimes it just feels like you are trying to isolate yourself from the group. Okay, when the whole group is bonding and having this amazing time together except for me for whatever reasons I have I feel kind of isolated too. Realizing that a lot of it is up to me, but anyway my apperance of trying to isolate myself might not be really what is happening. For me I like to see new things, and gain my own knowledge and truths sometimes and do not like maybe always having to talk or be around you. My friends know that once I get to know you and am comfortable its hard to get me to shut up, but in this situation it was tough for me in some regards. I felt like a lot of the time the group had this strong sense of Black culture even the White girls because that is who they are and they are knowledegable in that. I think thats awesome, but for me I am all about the Hispanic culture. So maybe if the group was mainly Hispanics maybe it would have been different and they would've felt more insecure. But for example I would get on the bus sometimes when we were going somewhere and would sit a little bit away from the rest of the group. Then attempt to listen and talk to some of the people on the bus in SPanish and all of that you know that sort of thing. . . and then later that night one guy was like I felt like you were trying to isolate yourself. I don't know what to say, but the rest of them have this strong bond of family and like it was the best trip ever blah blah blah and I am like in some regards it was only okay. I wanted to do more than the typical college Spring Break of clubbing at night, staying up late and sleeping intil 1 every day, always being loud and obnoxious as a group walking down the street that sort of thing. But a lot of that is how I was brought up and my background too, even my heritage in being Polish who knows, but I know a lot of it is me! I just might not of had the great time as the rest of them because mainly the focus was to stay with the group and I was not the majority. Like going to the clubs, or watching and waiting for people to get tatoos or whatever. I wanted to get to know the city more on a real level, the culture, the people, the stories, etc. . that is what I am interested in but that does not fit the typical Spring Break though does it. It still could have been fun!
I did manage to do some high end shopping though around South Beach which I loved! I bought a couple of things, and White seems to be the in color for Spring according to me this year by the things I bought! I would love to find a job down in Miami and live and work down there for a while.
One day we did go see the movie V for Vendetta and I have to say I really liked it! There were so many real emotions there that I felt it was unbelievable. As much as that movie is fiction I couldn't help but see a lot of those things happening in our world, or realistically that we or the US in particular is going down some of those paths. The whole idea that living in fear is oppressive especially when the masses are afraid and go down anyway that looks good, but really is bad upon further examination. But maybe we never really see it as bad because it numbed the fear and through being oppressed we cannot see any different. How scary! I would suggest anyone interested at all in this type of movie should see it. And I must say that the character V as freaky as he was; it took him to create the revolution or the final product at the end of the movie. WOW!
Okay, so I am really tired and will not type any further for the moment. I didn't sleep at all last night because we had to leave the hotel by 4:00 AM to try to catch a bus. There are no buses in the morning and then crammed six of us with all of our luggage in a taxi van with barely enough money to pay. Another thing that I don't think the group planned the best or thought about, but then again I didn't think the group really listened to me all that much! I really did have a good job in my own unique way I am sure and did enjoy getting to know everyone, just not in the same ways. I hope this makes sense to everyone who reads this if not. . . ask me, or call me or something.
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