some sushi... some music

if i am not remembered for anything else.. i think i might be remembered as the intern that brought sushi to trujillo. right before i came to Peru some friends and i ventured into exploring how to make sushi.. and it was much more fun than we imagined. so.. i brought my skill to Peru. hehe. since i have been here we've made sushi on many different occasions, ive done it with friends in our house, and students both, ive made sushi two or three times with students. if you have found yourself out of ideas for your friday night, i highly suggest that you venture into the sushi making extravaganzaness. the best part is, it doesnt matter if your sushi falls apart or not.. good news! it still tastes the same! (yes, we've found that out by experience..) there are two sushi restaurants in trujillo, and one just recently opened up, i haven't been there yet but i have heard that it is pretty awesome so apparently i have some competition... however i am pretty sure that at the actual restaurant you cant get your hands into the seaweed rolling process, maybe that gives me an advantage. ive had mixed reviews from my students about sushi...  a lot of them start it with the mindset that it is going to be like the peruvian dish cebiche... which is well, nothing like sushi. cebiche is quite awesome, but i dont think it will ever be put in the same cook book as sushi. this past wednesday night one of my classes and i made sushi together. these are some pictures from that night... it was more fun than i can tell you, and it was a great opportunity for us to get to know each other better. especially since this is my first month with the majority of this class. i can tell, after that night, that the class seems closer and the class is more relaxed over all and they each seem like they feel freer to participate in class. im excited to see the way that evolves this month. i hope you enjoy the photos! and i hope it inspires you to try it at home yourself ;)

advanced 2: pre sushi... see the scared look on their faces? they asked me that night if i was going to show these pictures at their memorial if they didnt live after the sushi. 

little rice, little seawee, little inka cola... nothing out of the normal..
leilan dressed for the occasion ... and her sushi was quite artistic...
carlos probably blames his unclean cut rolls on the dull knife... i dont blame him... i would do the same. 

however wendy was quite the pro:
also, with the same class but in another direction...

each week our classes have a different kind of test, this week we have a listening test... and as a way of sharpening their listening skills, some of the activities we do is to listen to music. for the activity in the following picture, i take a song in English, cut up the lyrics then scatter them out and let each student put the song back together as they listen to it. the students usually enjoy it, they are learning but also having fun listening to music at the same time. usually afterward we discuss the meaning of the song, and the words within the song, and compare the music with others. this week i used the music of a friend, who just recently created an album, that is quite beautiful in all honesty, and you should check it out at well, this is the Itunes link for her music: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=306287820&s=143441

Esther, my students love your music!!!!!! (seriously you should come to Peru)