Apartmento y trabajo

For some reason they call an apartment a "departamento" here, which does not make any sense to me, but I suppose not everything has to make sense. I am learning that the world does not cater everything to my whims and convenience, although I wish that were the case. I finally moved into my own apartment in Providencia after 3 months of family stays, and it is nice to have some privacy. Posted are some photos of the view from my balcony, and some pictures of the inside. You can see how much smog there is in the final photos, but you can also see the difference of the view after the traffic clears and some wind comes through. There are a few things about the place that are not quite to my liking - no microwave oven, I had to buy an iron and a coffeemaker, cable does not work all the time, and there was a blackout in my neighborhood last night - but location is great and in general it is very comfortable.

Thursday I went to Univ. of Chicago event here in Santiago. I was impressed by the level of friendliness and warmth of the people attending, who were both alumnus, accepted students, and even a dean of advancement from UofC who had travelled down to visit. Also, the alumnus are incredibly successful. One man is the head of the company that manages the huge portfolio of businesses owned by the Lukcic family, the richest in Chile. Today I am off to take a jog, and then I need to do a lot of reading for tomorrow's Control (quiz). I did OK on the last one but let's just say that there is room for improvement. Ok I'm off for now!