WSI Valdivia - Social Club Photos

ASENAV VISIT - January 2007

2007-01-29T04:20:00.000-08:00

Here we are at ASENAV, the best shipyard in Chile, thanks to the invitation of our student and tour guide Marcos Coronado - Thank you very much Marcos! As you can see from the photos, we got to see how a ship is put built and tour a recently finished ferryboat that's to go to Punta Arenas very soon. Overall it was a very interesting visit.

WSI Valdivia's Christmas card!

2006-12-27T11:51:00.000-08:00

Dear Students,

We hope you had a great Christmas
and are preparing for a brilliant
New Year's Eve!

We hope that 2007 is a good year for all of you,
and that all your wishes come true!

Sincerely,

Eva Maldonado, Luis Esparza, Andrea Rivas,
Ximena Catalán, Marcia López, Ximena Núñez,
Jorge Ceballos, Helen Williams, Denise Fliegel,
Camila Díaz, Andrés Silva and Juan Carlos Campana

Santa's Visit - Campamento 2000 - Year 2006

2006-12-24T09:42:00.000-08:00

Santa visited WSI again this Christmas asking our students to collect toys for the children of Campamento 2000. This time we took the toys to the children of the Campamento's kindergarten and gave these directly to them!

Santa's Visit - Campamento 2000 - Year 2005

2006-12-23T12:08:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, here are the pictures from our second gift-delivering visit to the Children of Campamento 2000; this time there was no official activity for the kids in the Campamento so we drove from one section to the other delivering the gifts our students collected. It was a really rewarding experience for us and we the kids were very happy so we'll try to repeat it as long as we can!

Pub Nights - La Cabaña

2006-12-22T09:32:00.000-08:00

La Cabaña has always been a great place to get together with our students; the relaxed environment and good conversation attract our students time and time again. We have tried other nicer, trendier, more expensive and even cheaper places, but in the end we always return to La Cabaña for some reason. Maybe it's due to the price and quality of the beer...

Halloween 2006

2006-12-21T09:39:00.000-08:00

Arrrghhhh! This was the scariest encounter in the world... no, it was just our 2006 Halloween bash! We had witches, pumpkins and even Elvis showed up! Yes, a dancing, singing hip swinging Elvis! He isn't dead! He studies at WSI Valdivia!! We made spiderwebs, jack o' lanterns and had a wicked dance competition!

'Repeat, repeat, repeat! Ha ha ha!'

Oh my God! Giant pumpkin girl is here! Noooo!

See! We told you Elvis was here! Death and The Magic DJ came too!

How do you say "Le gusta la gasolina, le gusta la.." in English?
Ah, never mind.

Creating a spider's web...

And the winner is....

...Pilar Sobarzo (the witch!)

A devilish trio indeed!

She is a witch and he is a... um...

'So, do you come here often?'

Halloween 2005

2006-12-20T23:58:00.000-08:00

If you're able to see yourself in these pictures... well, it means your disguise wasn't very good now was it! But that's o.k because here at WSI you'll have another shot every year!
In 2005 we had a geisha, vampires, Pocahontas, Snow white (sure, she is not scary but wait till she gets mad!) and some really bad singing! We also had the usual collection of strange, nondescript, scary people... but that's o.k because they work here!

The whole gang is here! Except for the 7 dwarfs - you must be at least
1 meter tall to be in WSI!

Urrgh... Spider webs! We must clean our social club more often...

'O.K... and I'll sing "Feelings... nothing more than feelings..." Yeah, that's scary!"

Hey, guess who made their own costume! C'mon take a guess!

The whole gang is... no, not yet.

Who is this clown?.. No, really! Who is he? Is there anything more scary
than a stranger dressed as a clown in your house?! Police!

Before studying in WSI I used to feel isolated, like I'd never find a good woman,
as if I just didn't belong on this planet... Now I... aww hell.

"What? No, this isn't lipstick on my face! It's... aahg... umm..."

Ah, girls... the camera is over here... please.. uhh girls...

Halloween 2004

2006-12-20T23:55:00.000-08:00

In 2004 we took our party to the streets... to the pub to be exact! We drank, we danced, we spoke English and drank and danced and drank and drank and danced and drank and then we... Well, you get the idea. It was a very educational experience; we learned that bad dancing is o.k when nobody can recognize you, and that walking around the streets in costumes three days before Halloween just isn't a good idea - people just don't wait for explanations.

"I am Count Dracula and this... is my terrifying friend from the darkest pit of hell...
Mr Kitty! Do not mess with Mr. Kitty"

"Halloween disguise? What Halloween disguise?"

"Why aren't any guys chasing us? We don't understand!"

Vilma: "So then Shaggy said: Scooby, stop eating my pot!"
Pocahontas: "Oh that's so funny... What's 'pot'?"

"Yeah, so we are just hanging, you know... a bit of killing, dismembering...
some Disney songs... just a girls night out really."

No, we can't explain the umbrella either... but it's Halloween so who cares!

"So I said, for the hundredth time: Repeat after me: Nationality Na-Tio-Na-Lity!
... and that's when I just got his head and...

"It's orange juice! Honest!"

"Yes, people often mention our great sense of humor.
It just kills them really."

September 18th 2006

2006-12-20T23:00:00.001-08:00

September 18th finally came! Empanadas, chicha and ragett... cueca!! Anyway, we celebrated early (on the 14th) due to most people heading away for the long weekend, but had a lot of fun nonetheless.
This year the activity was done in the institute and the barbecue made outside. Students ate, sand some traditional Chilean songs - in English, and learn how to dance cueca from our resident dance instructu

September 18th 2005

2006-12-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

This was our third barbecue at Saval Park to celebrate September 18th! All the students were invited along with their families, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. We ate, drank, sang Chilean songs - in English, held our traditional competitions, and did a nice hike around the park.

September 18th 2004

2006-12-20T21:50:00.000-08:00

Hi there, these pictures are from our second September 18th barbecue at Saval Park! It was a great day for all, with many activities and lots of food, singing and even some dancing. If you see anyone here that you know tell them to check out this photo log!

Chinese Dinner!

2006-12-19T09:26:00.000-08:00

This was our Social Club Dinner activity at the Shanghai Chinese Restaurant! We were lucky to have many students there willing to practice English, eat some delicious food, and even do a written activity - who can name ten things invented in China? Well, they can! And that's really going to come in handy when they... you know... go to a Chinese inventors convention or something!

Italo Mencarini and Daniel Salinas

Karim Zuñiga (left), Pablo Echenique (standing),
Loreto Barrientos and her boyfriend Jorge.

Everybody... except for Helen who's taking the picture!

Abel Ulloa, Verioska Villablanca and Pablo Echenique

Helen explaining the activity...

Pablo trying to remember his geography of Asia...

Karim wondering why she sign her name for this activity!..

Helen ready to pun... explain yet again that Tipping is not a city in China!

Loreto and Jorge doing their work together... Yeah, that actually is cheating!!

Victor Pineda - one of our best students!

Canopy at Oncol Park! 2006

2006-12-18T09:30:00.000-08:00

These shots are from the Canopy activity we did last summer! Since the weather was supposed to be bad we had less people than the year before, but still, those that went had a great time and even did a longer circuit! Ironically enough the weather cleared up and as you can see the day was a good one - darn this Valdivian climate!!

Canopy at Oncol Park! 2005

2006-12-18T09:21:00.000-08:00

This was one of the most exciting WSI activities of 2005! We had lots of fun doing Canopy and walking around the great Oncol Park. In case you are thinking about doing Canopy, you just have to know that it's really safe as long as your guides know what they are doing and they have all the safety gear. If you are ever in Valdivia during the summer we recommend you go to Oncol park and try out their Canopy tour since it's one of the highest and longest you can find anywhere in Chile!

River excursion to Punucapa

2006-12-17T12:46:00.000-08:00

Here we are in Punucapa! Having taken a trip down the river, navigating through the Santuario de la Naturaleza where the swans... used to be, we finally got to Punucapa, one of the most traditional towns around the Valdivia area. We visited the ancient church, ate some empanadas, tasted the local chicha, and even celebrated the birthday of our student Raul Cares (the guy with the black cap!)
It was one of the better excursions we've ever done!

Museum Visits

2006-12-15T10:59:00.000-08:00

Since there are some interesting museums around Valdivia, we have regularly taken our students to these so that we may all learn something new and do expositions in English. Here you can see photos of our last visits to the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Historical Museum of Valdivia. If you know of any other place that would be of interest for other students please let us know!