For my birthday this year I decided that in honor of my Miami roots I would have a "Chonga Party" (and also cuz I remembered how funny it was whenever Karim threw one in Gainesville). For anyone who may not know a "chonga" is the Miami version of a gansta girl, similar to the Mexican "chola." Urbandictionary.com defines a chonga as:
| ...a woman of hispanic origin, generally Cuban, characterized by the utilization of excessive hair gel, usually leaving two strands of hair hanging while the rest is pulled back, especially seen accesorized with giant hoop earrings and necklaces with their names written on them. Chongas can be seen wearing tight short shorts and anything that will provide the excessive exposure of cleavage, especially, but not limited to, tank-tops. Chongas generally have names of hispanic origin such as Marisleysis and Yamile. One is bound to see chongas in Hialeah, Florida, however, chongas are known to migrate. Chongas have a distinctive dialect involving both the Spanish and English languages, merging to create what we now know as "Spanglish." | ||
Try explaining this concept to someone from Ireland or Australia... it was pretty funny! But people got pretty into it. We started out the night at salsa class, then we changed into out "chonga" attire, and went to go eat some delicious galbi. The kind of looks that we got as we walked through downtown were hilarious. People must have been thinking "what the hell are these people doing??" Then we ended up at Old Skool. DJ Jeff, who is awesome and who adores me, played tons of reggaeton and some really good hip hop music. Plus people kept buying me drinks...so I was feeling pretty happy (aka: buzzed). The one thing is that I ended up having to go around to all the people of African-American at the bar (most of which are in the military) and explain that it was a joke because they kept giving us looks. Lol! Oh well.
--- Nick and I at Old Skool!
--- With Freddy (from Ireland) and Christine ( the only other Floridian in Daegu)!
--- My raptor (Murphy) with the girls, Joonjung, Chris and me.
--- Burning up the floor at Old Skool!
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