Ya viene el niñito

My dearest Ecuadorian nephew Mateo was singing the classic Christmas tune "Ya viene el niñito" .

El Chulla Quiteño

Sung by Julio and Jonathan from the segundo class.

Melodía - Pasacalle: Alfredo Carpio Flores

Letra: Luis Alberto Valencia

Yo soy el chullita quiteño,

la vida me paso encantado,

para mi, todo es un sueño

bajo este mi cielo amado.

Las lindas chiquillas quiteñas

son dueñas de mi corazón,

no hay mujeres en el mundo

como las de mi canción.

La Loma Grande y La Guaragua

son todos barrios tan queridos de mi gran ciudad;

El Panecillo, la Plaza Grande

ponen el sello inconfundible de su majestad.

Chulla quiteño, eres el dueño

de este precioso patrimonio nacional;

Chulla quiteño, tú constituyes

también, la joya de este Quito colonial.

厄瓜多尔

已经离开厄瓜多尔两个月了，但好像已经离开很久了似的。每次看回当时所拍的照片，就很想再回去一趟。

Scala and Kolacny Brothers

First heard about the choir when their remake of Radiohead's 'Creep' was played in the trailer of The Social Network. I was right away being attracted by the remake and went searching for them in Youtube - which ended up watching their videos for more than an hour! Check them out - they are simply amazing!!!

Also their remake of Coldplay's Viva La Vida gave me goose bumps!

Bullfighting?

This might be the sickest sport ever created in the human history...this shot was taken during the last day of the Feria de Quito at Plaza de Torro.

斗牛

第一次看斗牛，也应该没有下次了！虽然是一种艺术，但是也实在太残忍了！

Los Estudiantes!

I might be their English teacher but they are all my Spanish teachers! Working with these kids is one of the best things in my life!

For all the girls I shot before #1

Really the days in NYC...back then the only thing to be worried about is whether I can get a good shot on the street...

Ecuador

Mum was calling this morning if I could leave Ecuador as soon as possible since it seems politically unstable after the attack of the president last week. The military are doing the police job now but I saw from the news that the police are going back to work on the streets now. The streets seem normal and everyone carries out their daily activities as usual. I told mum not to be worried, but I havent told her that I have decided to stay until January...

Counting down the days to leave Ecuador...really feel like staying for another three months... I wonder if my previous life was livng in South America...