4.10.11

A New Phrase

I'm going to introduce you to a phrase - "to get Peru'd". I'm not sure how to explain this, and what I learned from iHouse is that if you can't explain something, use examples. So, here are some examples of a few situations in which we might say "We're being Peru'd" or "We got Peru'd":

  • When you arrive at an event 10 minutes late and you're still the only one there for at least 30 more minutes
  • When you go to a place (for example, we'll use the University) and ask a simple question, they send you to the next window, you ask the same simple question again, and the people at this window act confused and send you back to the first window, and when you are back asking the question again at the first window they tell you again you need to go to the other window, and when you look over you see the guys from the second window jetting out the back door because they apparently get off at 3:23
  • When you invite someone to come eat with you and it's assumed you're paying
  • When people say they will come to your fiesta and nobody shows up
  • When people say they want to cook for you, but you pay for it
  • When you ask someone to bring snacks to an event and they all bring Inka Cola (a nasty soda here)
  • When you leave a party feeling sick to your stomach because you tried to refuse food 19864 times but the Peruvians insisted you're too skinny and for sure need more food
  • When your upstairs neighbors in your apartment complex have a party for their 14 year old child ALL night, complete with strobe lights, music that literally shakes your walls and windows, and you're unable to do anything about it, because this is totally normal
  • When the ice cream man's horn sounds like a "dying rabbit" (phrase courtesy of Heather Lowery)
  • When your taxi driver feels comfortable enough to talk to you about his entire life and is more than happy to pry into yours
  • When you've known someone for less than a day and they tell you they will be going to Machu Picchu with you very soon. 
  • When someone asks if you've tried a food or drink, you say you don't like it, and they bring you a glass or plate of it so you can see if you'll like their version
  • WHEN YOU ONLY RECEIVE 60 DAYS ON YOUR VISA, DESPITE PREVIOUSLY HAVING 183, DESPITE BEGGING, DESPITE SMILING SUPER CUTE, DESPITE USING ALL THE SPANISH YOU KNOW, AND DESPITE ASKING TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE TO CHANGE IT AND STILL BEING RUDELY DENIED...
So the last one is clearly a frustration for me (Chelsey), and was my experience coming back into Peru from Chile. And now, I have to leave the country - AGAIN - before December 1st. NOT in the budget, and NOT something I want to have to do every two months while I'm here. But, I'm trying to see this as a blessing in disguise.....suggestions of where to travel next?!

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