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Chat on Thursday, January 27, 2005
Discussion topic: Our Global Village

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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:32:25 -0400 Session Start: Thu Jan 27 11:02:31 2005
Session Ident: #wai
[11:05] * Now talking in #wai
[11:05] * Topic is 'Our Global Village-Things that make our countries and our culture special'
[11:05] <A-Epis> hi all!
[11:06] <A-Epis> I'm so happy to have you here
[11:07] <A-Epis> Yes, I know you have many beautiful cultures in your school
[11:07] <MariaRodri> how do you know?
[11:07] <A-Epis> Because I see all your responses and I have seen your pages in Kidspace
[11:08] <DanielRan> heh
[11:08] <YajairaS> cool
[11:08] <MariaRodri> now to these questions that are very umm what do you kids say cool
[11:08] <DanielRan> yeah, we do have a lot of different cultures
[11:08] <YajairaS> so were are you from
[11:08] <A-Epis> I am from Puerto Rico
[11:08] <a-hannew> I am from Denmark
[11:09] <YajairaS> im from fresno cali
[11:09] <MariaRodri> I am from Fresno California
[11:09] <ReynaMa> fresno, cali
[11:09] <DanielRan> well, I'm currently living in Fresno but I'm from Mexico
[11:09] <RubenBa> fresno
[11:09] <MarianoB> same here
[11:09] <MariaRodri> Im from Mexico
[11:09] <ReynaMa> me too]
[11:09] <MariaRodri> but im stuck here
[11:09] <DanielRan> heheh
[11:09] <A-Epis> :-)
[11:10] <YajairaS> how is it in puerto rico right now
[11:10] <A-Epis> Now it is very sunny and warm
[11:10] <MariaRodri> awesome!!
[11:10] <LarryP> luckyu
[11:10] <RubenBa> its cold in cali
[11:10] <DanielRan> I don't like this cold weather
[11:10] <YajairaS> its cold here in fresno its supposed to rain today
[11:11] <a-hannew> here in Denmark it is winter and freezing temperatures outside
[11:11] <MariaRodri> Describe the native costumes of your country. when are these worn if not always?
[11:15] <A-Epis> CAn anybody tell me about any interesting costumes you wear?
[11:15] <MariaRodri> oh i got an idea lets all say our favorite colors
[11:16] <MariaRodri> mines is GREEN!!
[11:16] <RubenBa> red
[11:16] <DanielRan> hmm, I don't really wear any traditional costume
[11:16] <A-Epis> I know there are many wonderful costumes you can tell us about
[11:16] <DanielRan> but people in Mexico do sometimes, depending on where they're from
[11:16] <ReynaMa> well when its th of may i have to wear this dress in honor of my people
[11:16] <JohanaG> hola maria
[11:16] <A-Epis> Daniel are you from mejico?
[11:16] <LarryP> i wear fish net is that count
[11:16] <ReynaMa> yeah how sad for me
[11:17] <A-Epis> So Reyna, Maria and Daniel are from Mejico
[11:17] <MariaRodri>  yes i am im from Sinaloa, Mexico
[11:17] <ReynaMa> yes mexico but different parts
[11:17] <JohanaG> i"m from Mexico too A-Epis
[11:17] <DanielRan> I'm from Sinaloa too
[11:18] <DanielRan> what city?
[11:18] <ReynaMa> i'm from los lagos de moreno
[11:18] <MariaRodri> what part Daniel?
[11:18] <DanielRan> Culiacan
[11:18] <ReynaMa> i hope thats you spell it
[11:18] <MariaRodri> What im from Guamuchil i dont know if i spelled it right
[11:18] <A-Epis> So why don't you tell me something about your culture that you likeAbout the music for example? or the food?
[11:18] <LarryP> Slipknot!
[11:18] <MariaRodri> AWESOME
[11:18] <ReynaMa> i dont like mexican music too.....annoying
[11:18] <DanielRan> I love Mexican food, heheh
[11:18] <A-Epis> Or the beautiful dresses
[11:19] <ReynaMa> i dont like slipknot
[11:19] <RubenBa> tacos!
[11:19] <A-Epis> Well i like Mariachis and romantic music
[11:19] <ReynaMa> romantic mexican music is okay. my parents hear it all the time
[11:20] <YajairaS> so do mine
[11:20] <A-Epis> I love to hear it
[11:20] <ReynaMa> lol
[11:20] <DanielRan> the only Mexican music I actually listen sometimes is pop
[11:20] <A-Epis> I know there is another type of mexican music in California that is fun too
[11:20] <MariaRodri> LAS KETCHUP!
[11:20] <LarryP> yeah i agree
[11:20] <MariaRodri> THERE NOT GOOL!!!
[11:21] <ReynaMa> whos not GOOL??
[11:21] <A-Epis> How it is called Maria? Yahaira do you know?
[11:21] <DanielRan> you mean urban music?
[11:21] <MariaRodri> THE KETCHUP
[11:21] <ReynaMa> and theres that mexican people trying to rap in spanish
[11:22] <YajairaS> hey there cool people when they rap
[11:22] <RubenBa> mun 2
[11:22] <MariaRodri> I LIKE
[11:22] <A-Epis> Anyone of you like to rap?
[11:22] <DanielRan> hmm, there are rappers in Mexico as well
[11:22] <DanielRan> and yes, they speak spanish :)
[11:22] <LarryP> no rap bad uck
[11:22] <AdrianCu> no, but i like to listen to rap
[11:22] <DanielRan> I could rhyme pretty good, but not freestyle
[11:22] <A-Epis> Rappers in here speak spanish also :-) We all speak spanish
[11:23] <DanielRan> I heard reggaeton was pretty popular in Puerto Rico
[11:23] <PeterCh> any of you like slow jam
[11:24] <A-Epis> Maria, my name is Esperanza
[11:24] <PeterCh> seems like everyones into rap
[11:24] <RubenBa> larry why dont you like rap?
[11:25] <ReynaMa> cause its bad luck
[11:25] <ReynaMa> lol
[11:25] <A-Epis> Because my name is too long and people shortened it to Epi
[11:25] <MariaRodri> I LIKE SANDRA
[11:25] <ReynaMa> your name isnt that long
[11:25] <ReynaMa> but do you play instruments??
[11:26] <A-Epis> My name is Esperanza de las Mercedes Sepulveda Estrada . What do you think? Is it long or what?
[11:26] <MariaRodri> MY NAME IS MARIA YESENIA RODRIGUEZ CARDENAS
[11:26] <YajairaS> my name is Yajaira Solorzano aka Hyper
[11:26] <MarianoB> heck yeah
[11:26] <DavidVa> my name is Dee
[11:26] <RubenBa> hyper?
[11:27] <ReynaMa> My name is reyna marquez Orozco
[11:27] <LarryP> me name is Larry Marcel Lee Paredes
[11:27] <MarianoB> you people with your long names
[11:27] <A-Epis> See? We all get long names in Spanish cultures :-)
[11:27] <DanielRan> heh, my name's Daniel Jesus Rangel Sala
[11:27] <YajairaS> yup we do
[11:27] <ReynaMa> thats true
[11:27] <MariaRodri> WHY IS IT THAT MEXICAN PEOPLE HAVE SUCH LONG NAMES?
[11:27] <A-Epis> And then we start getting our names shortened to nicknames like Epi
[11:28] <DanielRan> because we use both of our parent's last names
[11:28] <LarryP> i was just named after me dad my dad's dad and my mother's dad's dad
[11:28] <a-hannew> my name is European and short: Hanne Wolff
[11:28] <YajairaS> because were cool like that, thats why we get long name
[11:28] <RubenBa> lol
[11:28] <DanielRan> heheh
[11:28] <MariaRodri> I REALLY DONT LIKE IT IM GONNA GIVE ME KIDS ONLY FIRST AND LAST NAME NONE OF THAT MOMMYS NAME OR MIDDLE NAME ME DONT BELIEVE
[11:30] <a-hannew> we had a snowball fight at school today
[11:30] <YajairaS> what does it mean to grow up as a girl in your country? A-Eips
[11:30] <A-Epis> and go to the beach
[11:30] <RubenBa> i play soccer like a tru mexican
[11:30] <MariaRodri> I WANT SNOW
[11:30] <DanielRan> =)
[11:30] <ReynaMa> whats your hobbies A-epis ??
[11:30] <YajairaS> sure you do Ruben
[11:30] <RubenBa> yeah i do
[11:30] <LarryP> hannew where you from again?
[11:31] <a-hannew> Larry: I'm from Denmark in Europe
[11:31] <A-Epis> Yahaira, I guess it is like girls from Spanish countries we cannot do many things the boys do in sports but now that is changed
[11:31] <LarryP> oh that close to germany rigth?
[11:31] <MarianoB> huh
[11:31] <YajairaS> its all about left foward
[11:31] <a-hannew> Larry: yes, just north of Germany
[11:31] <A-Epis> Hanne from Denmark said they had a snowball fight today at school
[11:32] <LarryP> what language do you speak in denmark?
[11:32] <a-hannew> Larry: we speak Danish
[11:32] <ReynaMa> danish thats something i never heard before
[11:33] <YajairaS> why couldn't you do anything boys did E-Apis
[11:33] <LarryP> does it realate to any other language?
[11:33] <MariaRodri> SO UHH
[11:33] <a-hannew> Ruben: if it is me you are asking - naturally I played in the snowball fight !
[11:33] <MarianoB> yeah
[11:33] <MariaRodri> DANISH HUH
[11:33] <MariaRodri> THATS COOL
[11:34] <a-hannew> Larry: Danish is close to Norweigen and Swedish languages
[11:34] <a-hannew> Maria - I'm an adult - a female - and I have a daugther that is 26 years old
[11:35] <MariaRodri> awesome
[11:35] <MarianoB> cool
[11:35] <DanielRan> no spam
[11:35] <MarianoB> cool
[11:35] <MariaRodri> awesome
[11:35] <MariaRodri> awesome
[11:38] <DanielRan> Steve, where are you from?
[11:38] <a-steve> near Tucson, Arizona, USA.  You?
[11:38] <DanielRan> a/s/l
[11:38] <DanielRan> oh, nvm
[11:38] <RubenBa> the big AZ
[11:39] <MariaRodri> FRESNO CALIFORNIA
[11:39] <VeronicaGu> Im from Fresno, CA
[11:39] <LarryP> i have no idea who the people in the class are besides the ones who are talking out loud
[11:39] <MariaRodri> OH I PASS THERE TO GO TO MEXICO
[11:39] <MariaRodri> MEXICO
[11:39] <MariaRodri> MEXICO
[11:39] <ReynaMa> me too
[11:39] <YajairaS> all about my birthday August 1
[11:39] <FabianL> our holidays take forever to get to
[11:40] <LarryP> my favorite holiday is chrismahuankiquanzika
[11:40] <DanielRan> heheh, I wish we had more holidays
[11:40] <MariaRodri> UMM LETS SEE MY BRITHDAY IS MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY
[11:40] <ReynaMa> i hate my birthday
[11:40] <MariaRodri> EVEN THOUGH I DONT GET ANYTHING
[11:40] <MarianoB> why so
[11:40] <RubenBa> when is your bday maria
[11:40] <MariaRodri> HEY GUYS ME AND DEE HAVE THE SAME B-DAY!!!
[11:40] <MariaRodri> AWESOME
[11:40] <MariaRodri> AWESOM
[11:40] <FabianL> wow
[11:41] <LarryP> i turn 17 this year ya!
[11:41] <MariaRodri> AWESOME!
[11:41] <DanielRan> heheh
[11:41] <MariaRodri> IM 18
[11:41] <FabianL> what month larry
[11:41] <DanielRan> I'll be 18 in less than a month
[11:41] <LarryP> june
[11:41] <MarianoB> i turn 18 next month
[11:41] <A-Epis> What is another special and fun holiday you celebrate?
[11:42] <ReynaMa> the 31 os october free candy
[11:42] <A-Epis> Daniel?
[11:42] <DanielRan> well, I just go along with other people's holidays
[11:42] <DanielRan> hmm, Dia de las Madres,( Mother's day)
[11:42] <DanielRan> Dia de los Muertos
[11:42] <ReynaMa> i dont like that day
[11:42] <RubenBa> why?
[11:42] <MariaRodri> IM SICK
[11:42] <MariaRodri> SICK
[11:42] <A-Epis> Dia de los muertos is fun?
[11:42] <MariaRodri> SICK
[11:42] <MariaRodri> SICK
[11:42] <LarryP> i did i said "my favorite hoilday is chrismahuaniquanzika
[11:42] <YajairaS> dia de los anjelitos
[11:43] <DanielRan> in Mexico we usually bring food and celebrate in memory of our dead relatives
[11:43] <A-Epis> You do?
[11:43] <DanielRan> we decorate their graves with their favorite things . and bring them food
[11:43] <A-Epis> How do you do that? in dia de los muertos?
[11:43] <ReynaMa> i just say hey to my grandpa picture on that day*
[11:43] <MariaRodri> TALKING ABOUT FOOD I BAKED COOKIES AGAIN
[11:43] <MarianoB> food
[11:43] <FabianL> WOW
[11:43] <ReynaMa> what kind of cookies
[11:43] <MarianoB> cookies
[11:44] <A-Epis> Do you bring music to your muertos also?
[11:44] <LarryP> and while in mexico they do all that we in america dress up and go pig out on candy
[11:44] <A-Epis> Like mariachis
[11:44] <DanielRan> usually Mariachi
[11:44] <MariaRodri> COOKIES
[11:44] <a-hannew> this is very interesting
[11:44] <MariaRodri> SO STEVE WHATS NEW IN ARIZONA
[12:01] <AndreaMor> C yall later I guess we got to go
[12:01] <A-Epis> Bye all
[12:01] * YajairaS (~YajairaS@332253A8.ADA7E
[12:01] <A-Epis> thanks for visiting
[12:01] <AndreaMor> peace Out
[12:04] <a-steve> thanks
[12:04] * AndreaMor (~AndreaMor@1DC3C2CE.ADA7EC29.443424DB.IP) Quit (Quit: Leaving)