Planes para el finde

Hoy para mi es un día especial, hoy saldré por la noche... Como decía el gran Raphael, este fin de semana tengo muchos planes para salir. Hoy he quedado para tomar algo de aperitivo con los dos chicos de a Autónoma que se van a George Washington University el año que viene. Después clase de Ingeniería del Software II, y toda la tarde para mi divertimento. Mis padres se hna ido el finde a Barcelona, y tengo la casa para mi! Me parece que quedaré con Carlazos y sus coleguillas... a ver que sale.

Mañana es la XXV Fiesta por el Trabajo y la Alegría. Según el programa oficial de la Fiesta, "con la vigésimoquinta Fiesta por el Trabajo y la Alegría la comunidad universitaria Francisco Javier presenta su propuesta para la construcción de un mundo más justo: La construcción del Reino". Pues me parece que Miguel a conseguido engañarme para ir a poner cocacolas al bar. Digo "parece" porque últimamente ha estado un poco desaparecido, y aún lo tengo que hablar con él jajaja. Pues eso, que si queréis ayudar a un mundo mejor, os esperamos mañana en el Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo (los Jesuitas) en la Plaza del Duque de Pastrana 5 (metro Duque de Pastrana).

Ah, y habrá que hacer algún 213 no? :P

One year ago...

I was talking to Maura about Valentines Day a year ago... WE HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT DAY! Those days my friends Fernando and Andrés were visiting me in GWU, and I was showing them the city. I had moved to Ivory Towers, and I had met all those wonderful people there. We had Spanish dinner, played beer pong, went out to McFaddens for drinks, and then had pizza at something around 4am... I miss being with all those people! Yeah, once again, single on Valentines Day.

Last night

Last night we had a lot of fun. It wasn’t the best night, I know, but we had fun. First we met several Gbud students at Alonso Martinez to go to El Clandistino, a bar by Barquillo where they were playing WEIRD music. There was a guy who just got to Spain from the Ganges River, and his skin headed American cousin, who looked like a lumberjack from Minnesota. We were there for a while, and then we tried to go to any bar in Alonso. Everything was closed or empty. So we decided to go to Palacio de Gaviria, a guiri (adjective we use to describe foreigners) club in Puerta del Sol (Madrid’s downtown). We had a good time there, even though it is a little bit expensive… After some dances, we went to San Ginés chocolate cafeteria, where it is famous to have “chocolate con churros”. After the tasting I drove everyone home. That was the car of love, everybody so squeezed in… This morning I had to wake up early, to go to work… I am dying, and I am as tired as hell… I will let you know more latter…

This weekend

This was a very long weekend, full of activities. On Friday we had the second activity with the new students from GWU. We went out for dinner and for some drinks. We ate at Fabrica de la Cerveza, in Genova. I have to say I thought that the food was average (is average a 5 in the ratings?) and after that we went out for some drinks to the bars in Alonso Martinez. They offered us a shot and drinks for 4€ in a bar called Dolce, and we got in. The bar wasn't that good, but we had a great time.

On Saturday morning we went to Ikea. For all of you who haven't been to Ikea, this is the kind of store where you are going to spend the whole morning, the whole afternoon, or both! We had to furnish my brother's new apartment in Sanchinarro, a three bedroom apartment, plus the kitchen and the living room. We were lucky because thanks to the real estate office and my sister and Miguel Ángel, we already had an accurate list of things to buy. After Ikea, we went to Miro (Spanish version of Best Buy, but with an awesome name… my last name!) to buy a fridge and a washing machine. Guess how much money we spent on all the furniture (beds, coach, linens, kitchen items…) and the appliances??? 2,500€!!! Isn't it wonderful Ikea? For lunch we went to Gino's, a cheap chain of Italian restaurants. We had a very tasty Caesar salad to share and as a main dish I had a great plate of fettuccini with spicy seafood. And for dessert, I shared with my sister a chocolate fondant with vanilla icecream.

This weekend was also siesta weekend. On Saturday and Sunday I took very long ones. I am not a siesta fan, but if I need one, I take it. My problem is how tired and confused I wake up after one. It is funny because it is always someone calling that wakes me up, and I feel so delirious that it looks like I am under the influence of some drug; but trust me, it is only that you are waking me up from my siesta!

After the wonderful Saturday afternoon siesta, my friends Guille and Fer came home for dinner. I hate eating alone, and they came to make me feel better! We had some amazing Jamón Serrano (a 5J's one), some "gulas" with shrimp and fried eggs, a big plate of pasta with blue cheese sauce and some salad. After dinner more friends came over, and we all had some drinks before going to Habana 13. In Habana 13 we met up with more people (Fer García, Alberto) plus the new Americans. We had fun with Caco, tried to play some darts (too many people to play), and after that we went to Tex-Mex. It was too crowded, but we had a good time. At 5.00 am it was time to go back home.

Sunday morning I met some Gdub students at Puerta de Toledo to walk around El Rastro. At the end it was only me and 2 of the girls. The rest of the people were sleeping! That is what I did after the walk, my precious siesta! At night my parents came back from Manresa (dad) and from Florence (mom). We had a wonderful cheese fondue, and I went to bed.

Picture with Chema, Tori, Alejandra and Miry

Los hombres

Pinar de Chamartín pride!

Do I really need to do this?

Fer and friends at Habana 13

American Tapas

Hello!

Whats up? Tonight I am going out with the new GWU kids: Dylan, Kathryn, Kay, Matthew, Erin, Colleen and Erum. We are going to have some tapas and we are all meeting at Colon metro stop at 9.00 pm (21:00 as we say in Spain :P). I don't know yet where to go (we may go to the same place we went with the other group...), and I am still waiting for my friends to confirm if they are coming. The problem is that these days are horrible days for students, so I am hoping some guys from the office may be coming with me. Not much more to say. Just to advertise Brendan's new website about mortgages, Mortgage Insider (on the right you can see a snapshot of this website). As we say in Spain, you dont really know what's life about until you get a mortgage hahaha.