Keeping all the balls in the air

so, time continues to fly by here. Last night I met a new Argentinian friend of mine for sushi. His name is Ramiro and we met on the plane back to Buenos Aires. He's studying international business at university and is an all around cool guy. We're going to go shopping this weekend, which should be a great chance for me to upgrade my fashion to Buenos Aires levels. Honestly, if nothing else, it's worth making the trip here just to shop.

Another little difference - every cool clothing store offers a 12-months no interest-type program here! i.e. the same way you'd buy furniture or appliances in Canada, people buy clothes here! Just becuase it's expensive doesn't mean you shouldn't buy it, I suppose!

One more difference that's not so good - EVERYONE here smokes. I mean everyone, everywhere at all times. Apparently 70% of Doctors smoke here. I keep wondering - didn't they get the memo re: smoking killing you and making you age prematurely. It totally doesn't jive with the image consciousness here.

Anyway, about the pictures: The first picture was taken last night around 3am at a faux irish pub called the Kilkenny. A pint of guiness costs $16 pesos there, which is ridiculous considering the best steak in the world (bife de lomo) costs the same amount. I shant return. From left in the picture is Chris (from Arkansas, here for a year to learn spanish) and Guille (pronouned Gee-Jay). He's an argentine guy - lots of fun, as you can see in the picture.

The other guy there is named Andrew (not in the picture). Apparently his parents were on Good Morning America yesterday because they donated their house to a hurricane Katrina victim for a few months (they just bought a new house). I haven't seen the segment yet.

The second picture is of me juggling. A friend of mine here is a master juggler so I've been learning for the past few days. I can almost keep three balls in the air. It's actually quite fun.