Random Funny Things

There are so many random things that people do here, and I thought It's be funny to share a few of them...

-Most people don't run for exercise. My family thinks it's so funny that my friends and I run outside, and that we wear specific clothes for running. When I told them that I wanted to run, they recommended going to the nearby rotary and running on the sidewalk that goes around it. My friend's parents told her the same thing, so I guess that's the thing to do if you are going to be gringa-enough to run.

-Milk comes in boxes here and doesn't need to be refrigerated! In the USA, they take out the 'bad' bacteria but leave the 'good' bacteria in milk, which is what produces the acid that makes milk go bad. So we refrigerate it. But in Chile, they remove all the bacteria so milk basically becomes a nonperishable good.

-Some people have patches of grass outside their houses, but lots of people just have dirt. Every day, people go outside and water whatever they have, whether it's grass or dirt. They must do it to keep the dirt from getting too dry and flying away, but it's so funny to see people spending time watering something that doesn't even grow.

-There are a lot of stores here that sell random combinations of things. for example, the other day I walked by a store that sells lingerie and bows to wrap presents with. Or some stores sell boogie boards and floaties, and also kitchen utensils. It's super random.

-People are super PDA here and will make out and/or cuddle anywhere there is grass. Literally anywhere there is grass- in parks, the middle of the rotary, in front of the casino--you bet there's a couple or two making out or rolling around in the grass. It's crazy how they totally don't care who sees.

-I just realized the other day that there is no weather segment on the news. Obviously we don't need a forecast--it's going to be sunny and around 75 degrees for the next few years. But it's funny that they don't have to 'check the weather'.

-This just may be the crazies of them all: Chile doesn't follow the normal schedule for daylight savings! They were going to change the clocks 3 weeks after the rest of the world changed their clocks, which I think would be this weekend, but they just announced that they won't be 'falling back' until May. I didn't know that a country can just decide that it doesn't want to follow daylight savings...? We were supposed to fall back and hour, while the US sprung forward an hour, so we would be on the same time as the rest of our time zone (Eastern Standard). But now we're an hour ahead so it gets dark really late, at like 8:15. And the sun comes up late in the morning. ...crazy!