Lunes 8 de septiembre 2014: Something Borrowed, Something Lost, and Something Stupid

El Mall San Pedro is pretty big.  It is three stories of kiosks, stores, and fast food chains squashed tightly together complete with four sex shops and a movie theatre.  Go San Pedro!  Just for clarification, San Pedro is a district of the province of San José, and I live in the section called Los Rosales which is within the neighborhood of Sabanilla which is in San Pedro.  So a flowchart from biggest area to the smallest would look something like this:

Universe-Milky Way-Solar System-Earth-Western Hemisphere-Central America-Costa Rica-
San José-San Pedro-Sabanilla-Los Rosales-My House-Me.

On Saturday afternoon a group of us walked to El San Pedro Mall from Universidad Latina, where we attend our classes.  Among other things, Gaby bought two sports bras for the bargain price of ₵1.000 or roughly $2.00 and lost them about five minutes later, we almost caved and got POPS ice cream which all the ticos say is AMAZING, and this happened:

Johnathan & Gaby

Johnathan & Me

Badass Nose-piercing

Badass Industrial-piercing

Maybe not the smartest thing to do in a foreign country, but Pura Vida, No?

So with my ear throbbing and my adrenaline pumping, we headed back home.  Julia and I separated from the group and headed back to Los Rosales in Sabanilla.  We walked, and then walked some more, and then realized that maybe we had made a wrong turn and we might be completely lost.  We wandered around for a bit, and every once in a while I would say, "Oh, I remember seeing that!" or "This seems right; I know where we are."  It turns out that neither of those things were true because we stopped at a store to ask for directions and we were in a completely different place than I thought we were.  I guess my mom did a good job of instilling confidence in me; some could argue too much confidence.  After asking for directions we were actually pretty close to Sabanilla, and we made it home as the sun was beginning to set.  Whew!  

Once I got home I was beat.  All I wanted to do was read a book and rest my feet.  But then I opened my laptop and saw my Facebook flooding with messages.  Everyone was going out tonight.  I thought about not going, but let's be real, I can't really say no to going to a Karaoke bar, can I?  (#puravida) Ok, I just decided that Pura Vida can excuse all of my indecencies; it's like the elegant alternative to YOLO.  

We took taxis to Karaoke 88.  When we walked in there were two ticos and a tica singing very loudly to an empty bar.  Cue the gringo take-over.  Here are some photos to sum up our time there:

From the Left: Ashley, Samir, Diana, and Gaby... Lovely singing

From the left: Gaby, Ashley, Claretta, and Diana

I think there are photos of me floated on someone else's cellular device, so I am sure they will surface eventually.  Oh!  Ever seen 'A Night at the Roxbury'?  I sang "What is Love?" by Haddaway.  Here is a clip to aid you in picturing me dancing and singing to it, but without the car... or Jim Carrey... or Will Ferrell... or the other guy- who is that by the way?  Anyway here it is:

Ok, what else?  Oh, after Karaoke 88, we went to La Concha de la Lora, which is a nightclub type deal with awesome live music.  It was packed, but we still had a great time!!!

Some more photos:

This band was amazing! They sang Everything from Bob Marley to Don Omar

From Left: Diana, Kevin, Gaby, Samir, Me, Josie's right eye.

I honestly don't know what this is...
From Left: Abby's tongue, Gaby's teeth, and my weird scrunchy nose.

The next day, Sunday, we went to downtown San José to Buckets, which is a Sports bar.  The Costa Rican soccer team was playing Panama.  When we left I think they were tied 2-2.  Honestly I wasn't paying too much attention.

From Left: Nora, Me, Julia, and Ashley

These were like really spicy Bloody Mary shots... actually pretty tasty! 

Oh and I thought the title was cute for some reason.  Something Stupid was obviously my piercing, Something Lost was Julia and myself, and Something Borrowed.... um...... oh maybe I borrowed the Night at the Roxbury sketch for Karaoke???  Sure let's go with that.  Chao!