Working Girl!!!

So far work is good. I am working at a children's home in one of the nicer suburbs of Santiago. I work with 13 kids aged from 2-11. So far i have been working for 6 weeks which have surprisingly flown by. Work is not always FUN FUN FUN but its not too bad. The kids can be pretty hard work though particularly the boys and i was surprised when i discovered half my shift is spent splitting up fights which can often involve standing in between kids or physically pulling them off each other.

Two of the younger children are cute but VERY naughty. One of them (Right) often knows she is doing something wrong and has an evil laugh to go with it, so when you hear that you have to check out what she is doing or where she is.

The other little girl (Below) is very cute but very demanding. I was outside with her the other day and she wanted some cards that she couldn't have. After saying NO quite a few times (As that is all i can say) i had to pick her up and move her away, she didn't like that and decided to scream the house down. I put her on the floor and she went to bite my arm, luckily i had quick reflexes and moved away, i decided to leave her on the floor screaming to cool down. Later one of the other workers brought her over to apologise as she had seen her go for my arm. She had red eyes from crying but still had a little devilish smile, very cute!!!

The language is a little frustrating at times and its difficult to watch a 3 year old communicate with everyone and you not understand a word they are saying. But i am SLOWLY picking it up. I have been watching Shrek and the Lion King in Spanish and that seems to help slightly. Went and saw Harry Potter in English with Spanish subtitles and that was even better. So should be fluent really soon!!! :P