I’ve discovered a new place to study.  While the Casa is a great place to study, there are a lot of distractions that can seem to be more important in the moment than studying (checking email, surfing the net, getting a snack, etc).

When faced with certain tasks that really need to get done (income taxes and the like), Leslie and I have joked for years between ourselves that we’d rather clean the toilet.

So after class finished the past two days, I jumped on the E2 MetroBus (6 pesos – about US $0.50) and took it to the end of the line 5 blocks north to the Buenavista shopping mall complex.  The Vasconcelos library is right next to the huge mall – which also serves as a light rail station for points north.

The library is a world class facility with stunning architecture.  The building is maybe 8-10 stories, but the interior is all open with each “floor” floating in space, the “floors” cantilevered out towards the middle of the building.  The floors hang from steel cables and it’s an experience to walk to the top floor and look straight down.  There’s a huge dinosaur down below on the main floor.

All along the outside part of the floors are study/research tables with outlets for your laptop.  The place is quiet.  The people there are in serious study mode – just the atmosphere I need to keep up with all my verbos, sustantivos and sentence structures.

But I’m asking myself – will I have the self discipline to continue going up there in the afternoons, or have an overwhelming desire to stay here and clean toilets…?