dominican journal

All is well in the Republican Dominic (as my mum likes to call it!) and today I finished work on the school’s web site. I registered the domain name colegiobuenavista.com this morning and got the Spanish version online. I’m uploading the English version at the moment but it’s taking a while as internet connections in this country are a joke. The French version is also on its way but needs some serious proof reading before I dare put it online. Please have a visit and give me some feedback, even if it’s just to report a typo. Note that the English version is written in American English on purpose, hence all the Z’s where us normal people would tend to use an S (not to mention “enrol” instead of “enroll” and all the badly formatted dates). Ok, I’m being pedantic. Let’s move on.

In other news, I’ve had two colds since my arrival here thanks to the combination of the baking heat outdoors and the icy cold air-conditioning indoors. So the other day I went to the chemist’s to buy some cough mixture. I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the sign outside the door.

It turns out even seeking medical advice in this country is a bit of a lottery. Anyway, not knowing the word for cough mixture, I gesticulated frantically and gave a very long-winded explanation. They eventually understood. And if ever you happen to find yourself in a similar situation and want to avoid gesticulating like a monkey and getting funny looks, the word for cough mixture is “jarabe para la tos”.

Looks like the English version of the school web site has finished uploading. Looking forward to some constructive criticism from any one who dares!