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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:24 |
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I spoke a little bit earlier about embarrassing myself by eating palusami with a fork. This got me thinking about how often I have embarrassed myself here. The PC teachers told me that when you mispronounce a Samoan word it will become a sweaowrd. I though they were kidding, but they were not. There are a billion bad words in the language and I have accidentally said about half. Sometimes in class even. But I keep on talking even though groups of people will be laughing in my face. There is also the dancing – this is great. |
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:17 |
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Here's a little insight into my showering habbits: This was my shower in the training village: 
It was in a little building outside with a pipe at knee-level to fill the bucket. I would use a bowl to get water from the bucket and dump it on myself. This method is referred to as a “bucket shower.” |
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:00 |
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In my humble opinion, I went to the COOLEST PLACE ON EARTH to spend new years: the westernmost beach in the westernmost island in the westernmost ocean east of the date line. We were 20 km from the date line. That means that we were the LAST people in the whole wide world to see the sunset and the last people to welcome 2009. Pretty cool, huh? A bunch of PCVs (Peace Corps Volunteers) went – there were about 20 of us. I took a taxi, bus, boat and taxi to get there and it took about 6 hours to make the trip from my house to the beach (called Falealupo). The first night there we stayed in Beach Fales (little huts on the beach that looked like this: 
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 02:10 |
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We got fun and games! And mosquitos. And palm trees. And pigs and roosters. And a school called Avele College. Avele, one of the best schools in Samoa, is located inland, just off the cross island road. It is up in the mountains – it is literally in the jungle. This is the school where I work and live! The school’s nickname is The Jungle. Here is the sign at the gate of the school:  The campus is about a 10 minute drive from “downtown” Apia. |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:00 |
My Training Group
Samoa group 81! I shouldn’t lie, our group rocks. It is undeniable. Here is a picture of everyone in the group (in order of their birthday) and an interesting fact about them.
Dan – Carpentry teacher – from New York state |
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