Jul 10, 2008

Sneak Peak

Ok, lets re-trace our steps.  I'll start from the begining and get you caught up on our summer adventures.  It's been all play and no work so I can't promise you that there will be another post tomorrow, or the day after, or even next week.  Mainly because we now have a pool, hot tub, hammocks and nothing to do between 9 and 5.  Yes, we are living the good life.  Check it out:  
There is a long standing tradition where at the end of the school year, IA staff playes a futbol game vs the students' personal drivers and body guards.  There is a coveted trophy that is talked about all year and a big lunch afterword.  The IA team is mostly the same guys I play with every Wednesday, which means that yes, I was the only gringo...........for BOTH teams.  Team "Tough Guys" (this is how I refered to the other team) were excaxtly that........tough guys who when they weren't protecting Guayaquils' elite, were in the gym lifting weights.  To ensure us IA "Little Guys" could play a fair game, a professional referee was hired for the game.  At the end of the very tough and brusing game, we won 1-0.  The trophy was ours for another year!  As we were sitting around after the game my fellow teammates were feeling so good about our victory that they decided to challenge the other team to another game.  Now in Ecuador, there is always something to be won with every game played.  So, my team thought it would be a good idea to bet their Beer $ against the other team's Beer $, in hopes of doubling it.  We lost.  Some might say game 2 was the one to win but apparently the trophy was all that mattered.  
Game 1 champs.  Can you find the gringo?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

pictures of Peru-no

pictures of in-laws' visit-no

pictures of new home-no

pictures of futbol-si

Priorities :)
(actually loved them)

Aunt Sherry

Polski G said...

Cue the old Sesame Street song:

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Did you guess which thing was not like the others?
Did you guess which thing just doesn't belong?
If you guessed this one is not like the others,
Then you're absolutely...right!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZIvgQ9ik48

Nicole said...

ok...i really want to see pictures of this new pad! the pool, the hot tub...lemme see!!!

Anonymous said...

por algo te llaman el "david beckam de los andes" jaja
uno de los mejores defensas del futbol ecuatoriano no profesional


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