This is the last time I will be writing on my blog as a Peace Corps Trainee. Yup, in 8 days I will be swearing in as an official Peace Corps Volunteer. What must be done before then? Well, a two day workshop to do with environmental education, a Thanksgiving dinner held in our village, a day trip to Hat Island where a chief and a bunch of men are buried, and then one last week of important, informative classes along with some "tests". Dispersed in there I'm sure will be plenty of toktok, storian, and wokabaot. Lots of Uno, Spades, Canasta, and Ultimate Frisbee.
A week from Friday we will all come back to Port Vila and stay in a hotel here for a bit to do some shopping to get ready to go to site. I still do not know when exactly I will be headed to Ambae, but sometime during the first week in December.
So, I last posted on Saturday. Since then I have done not too much. I discovered I have a very common mango allergy that two or so Volunteers from each group have. It originated as a tingling sensation around my lips (not while I was eating the mango). It progressed into an itchy rash on my face that really wasn't visible to anyone, so I just thought I was crazy. By the time the rash moved to my back and arms (a few days later), I decided it was time to tell the nurse. She talked to me for just a few seconds and decidedly told me it was a mango allergy. But have no fear, I can still eat mangoes (and that's a good thing, because they are plentiful), but it is the oil on the underneath side of the skin that causes the reaction. Basically, someone else needs to cut it for me if I want to eat it. There are 2 others in our group who have discovered their own mango allergies while here. I'm just glad it's not pineapple, because I love pineapple and I eat one (okay not a whole one) every day.
Today in Vila we checked out the Teacher's College here and listened to different speeches: one from the Kindergarten ("Kindy") co-ordinator and one from S.I.L, the Bible translating missionary group. I also ate a veggie burger, fries, and ice cream today. Those things may seem so simple to you, readers in the U.S., but they surely make my day. Tomorrow night we are having a Thanksgiving Dinner for our village, sort of potluck style, with all the volunteers bringing a traditional Thanksgiving dish. I will be helping in creating the traditional Thanksgiving nachos. Good times.
Okay, well that's all really. Continue to check out the Flikr group photo site for pictures from other volunteers if you want (the website link is posted on the right). I don't have any new pictures this week. Talk to you November 30th!
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