Lo que no mata me hace me mas fuerte!

Hola Chicos y Chicas,

Yo dije me he resfriaba la semana pasada. Fue muy peligroso! Pero, lo que no mata me hace me mas fuerte. Yo estaba durmiendo la mayor parte de viernes y eso ayudaba.

Yo te dije conoci Tom la semana pasada también. Después de otra victoria contra Argentina a pool en Sabado nosotros fuimos a partido de equipos locales en Domingo.....

Club Guarani Antonio Franco (Guarani) contra Club deportivo Jorge G. Brown (Brown)

Guarani es el nombre de gente indigena aqui. Guarani esta cerca de la cima de tabla y Brown esta cerca de el fondo. Pero Brown ganaron 3-1 y con sola una carta roja contra tres para Guarani, ellos ganaron eso también!

Quien quieren ser un arbitro cuando necesitan acompañante policia después de la primero tiempo y segundo tiempo. Mucho decisiones polémico!

Otra vez Lunes estaba muy ocupado. Aun mas porque Olie y Emma fuimos a Brazil. Entonces necesitaba juegos muchos y "Dos equipos, chicos contra chicas" esta bien!

Punto culminante del semana ..... Durante de partido, nosotros encontraba otra reportero y se llama Tom "Rooney"  Si, si si !!!!

Hasta próxima tiempo,

J


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Subtitles to follow - I've had no-one correcting me yet - I know this is not because my spanish is perfect! Extra bonus bits in brackets.

Hello boys and girls,

I told you last week that I had caught a cold. It was very nasty! However, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger! I slept nearly all of Friday and that helped. (I'm much better now and despite a few sniffles hanging around  I'll recommence my running tomorrow morning)

I also told you I met Tom last week. After another victory against Argentina at pool (Marcelo and some of his friends could find no combination to defeat us!) we went to a football game on Sunday. (Tom was covering it as reporter for his team Guarani and I came along to get a taster of local league Argentinian football.)

It was Guarani versus Brown. Guarani is the name for the indigenous people here. (These were the people the Jesuits set up missions to convert to christianity etc)

Guarani are near the top of the table (I actually think they are top) and Brown are near the bottom (1 point from bottom before the game) but Brown won 3-0 and with a red card count of 3 to Guarani and 1 to Brown, they won that too.

Who would be a referee when they need police escort at half time and full time. Many contentious decisions!

(In reality I think the ref had a decent game. It had been pouring all day and the pitch was wet and puddled in places. He got at least 2 of the red cards spot on and with all the rest of the shenanigans going on Im not surprised they make the odd mistake. The shenanigans I'm talking about are diving, off the ball clashes, coaches having a go at them, players having a go at them (and most alarmingly) fans having a go at them by rattling the (necessary) fencing around the ground and trying to get on the pitch! - Who would be a referee!!!!)

Once again Monday was very busy. Olie and Emma have gone to Brazil (so I'm on my own with the local teacher who sits at the back doing other work while I take the class - to be fair she does intervene if things get really out of hand and I do want a decent go at the teaching as well so I'm happy enough with that. (I have 6 classes of 1 hour 20 minutes on Monday) So I need lots of games and "Two teams, Boys v Girls" is great. (Boys v girls seems to get even the most stubbornly uninterested student involved. I guess you learn these wee tricks as you go along. However, I think it's important to get some learning into the games. I try to evolve the games so they are still being stretched - that's where the class preparation comes in)

Highlight of the week was at the match  -we met another reporter and he called Tom "Rooney". YEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!! (Not just me then. Any pasty-faced brit is Rooney - I feel much better now!)

Until next time,

J