So my fist week of working at the school is now over and although I am getting more and more comfortable everyday, there is still a lot to get used to.  My roommate, Scott, and I are going to have to start planning activities for the kids.  We talked to the principal last week and she said she wants us to teach English, sports, computers, and small business/marketing.  I'm not exactly sure how she wants us to go about teaching marketing or business to extremely poor kids but we'll try to come up with something.  The easiest thing to teach them will probably be english.  Many of the kids seem eager to learn the basics of English already so getting their attention for a few hours a week shouldn't be very hard.  We started teaching them basketball last week and they seemed to enjoy running around but they don't have a concept of many basic basketball principles so we'll keep trying.   The principal told us they have about 5 computers, only 2 or 3 that actually work though, and I think she wants us to teach them typing and other basic computer skills (although I'm not sure when the next time they'll be giving a PowerPoint presentation will be).  

I've been getting to know the city quite a bit more as well.  Last week some friends and I went to downtown Lima where they have a light/water/laser park.  It was basically an amusement park with huge, colored fountains, water tunnels, and displays that culminated in a laser/music/picture extravaganza.  I took a few pictures and hopefully I can get them on here.  There were quite a few locals and if I didn't look so Peruvian, I probably would have stood out.  After that we walked around the downtown area for a while before heading back to the house.  You have to take taxis everywhere so I'm having to get used to not having any sort of public transportation.  The former president, Fujimori (yes, the Peruvians have come so far as to elect a Japanese president, as is the global trend of electing minority officials), completely cut out (among other programs) public transportation and allowed the sale of used foreign cars in Peru.  I'm not sure if he imported them or if they were bought privately but Peru was basically flooded with old Asian cars that are now taxis.  I haven't had a chance yet to read up on the history of Fujimori but he is now on trial in Peru for numerous allegations (I heard he sent in his resignation from the presidency by fax while out of the country so I'm assuming he's not well-liked.)

This weekend I did quite a bit of exploring around the city, which was very good.  Friday night we went out for a night on the town in an area called Barranco.  It's basically an area filled with bars and 'discotecs.'  Saturday we walked around another area called Miraflores, which is very nice and a more upscale, touristy area.  I went back over there on Saturday night to hang out with a group of students that were here from Connecticut because it was their last night in the program.  Today is Sunday and I can't wait for the Cardinals game to start!!  I'm actually at a Starbucks because it has free wireless.  There's one other cafe I found with wireless but Starbucks is closer.  Well that's all for now folks....go CARDS!!  Sorry for not posting pictures but I'll get them up in the next week because I'm running out of time at the moment.