Einhorn and Finca

I don't know how this happened, but I some how became some kind of tech-genius. (Nyaaaa) When tech things go wrong in my classes, I always fix them. Mind you, it's usually a plug that is out of place, or a button that needs to be hit, but my Tica teachers are very un-techy. These things are just ironic, but riddle me this: As I told you, over the weekend I dropped my camera in the sand and I got sand all inside the lens and it wouldn't close. I wanted to get it fixed for this week and weekend, so I went to an electronics store. I ended up buying Endust and trying to blow the sand out of the lens with that, but it didn't work: it still wouldn't shut. So they sent me to another store that was supposed to be able to open it up, clean it out and fix it for me. So I ventured into San Jose again to this camera store only to find out that they couldn't fix my brand of camera. I felt out of options, so I asked if I could borrow their mini-screw driver to open it up myself. I figured that I would either have to get a new camera or try and fix it myself, worst case scenario here would be getting a new camera anyway. So they looked at me like I was crazy, but they handed me the screwdriver. I unscrewed about 10 mini-screws and opened up the camera. I used my Endust that I got from the other store and tried to clean out all the sand myself. You should have seen the amount of sand that came out of the camera (I must have done this before..). After I was satisfied with my job, I re-screwed the camera back together, turned it on and VIOLA! the lens shut! Now I am certain that I am a tech genius and to prove it, below are some pictures!



We went on a field trip for my Culture class to a finca de cafe (coffee farm) today. It was SO cool. Did you guys know that it takes 3 years to make that lovely cup of Starbucks? That's right, it takes 3 years from the time the seed is planted until it's toasted brown and ground up for your morning delight. This particular farm's biggest client is Starbucks. Here you see pictures of the entrance into the finca, the beautiful field and a picture of my class (how small!). Also, check out the cutie sidewalk with coffee beans cut out! Adorable.
The mountain of white bags you see, and then the picture of me sitting on them is the Starbucks delivery. You got it right my friends: I'm sitting on YOUR coffee. :)


















There was also a butterfly garden here! There were such sweet little butterflies here, and I got a picture of the prettiest blue one! For consistancy, look at the cute butterfly sidewalk! Aww.

My week has been pretty busy: a lot of school work. I was up until 1am working on a project and I am probably going to be up about that late again tonight. Hope all is well at home and where you live. Love y'all.