Okay, seriously, no more internet... I think

Today is the official last day of school in Vanuatu so after today I really don't think I'll have internet anymore.

Just to some up my activities since my last post. We did wind up going to the beach last Thursday which was Thanksgiving in the U.S. We were supposed to sing Christmas carols on the beach, but it started to rain so instead we did them inside the church. The next day however it was nice and sunny, in fact too sunny. In the morning we all went to the beach to catch some fish for a picnic. In order to catch fish at this specific beach, everyone stands in the water holding large sticks. You then proceed to beat on the water for hours with the sticks. Everyone stands in a circle around a tide pool. You start hitting the water at high tide to make the fish scared to pass you and when the water goes to low tide, all the fish are trapped in the pool. Anyway, about 2 hours into this activity I realize that I was being burned to a crisp by the sun and unfortunately my sunblock was no where near me. I got out of the water and stayed in the shade for the rest of the day, but I still wound up red as a lobster and confusing everyone, since they are not really familiar with the concept of sunburn. As the days progressed and my skin started peeling off, they were all quite worried, but I assured them it was typical of post-sunburn recooperation.

Anyway the rest of the week I have done not much. I have gone online a lot and watched a bunch of super random DVDs that are in the house. I've walked to the airport just to have something to do and I've been slowly learning the local language by interacting with my two year old sister who doesn't speak Bislama. I'm good at saying "no" and "come"- "Jigai" and "mai". We've also had lots of fun using Photo Booth on the iMac. The two year old just loves it. She's also been learning some new English and Bislama words. I enjoy that if I'm reading the news online she can correctly identify "Obama, President" and she is also good at saying "iPod" as about 4 people have ipods here. She likes to "talk" on the telephone to no one. At least it's entertainment. Recently she has been really into showering in the real shower whenever I go in. It's cute, unless I actually want to shower.

Okay that's all for now. I think I'll be going to the nearest island sometime during this school break just to go to the bank and buy a few things. The stores here are completely out of almost everything. There's supposed to be a ship coming, but every time they keep delaying when they'll actually come to Futuna since Futuna is so far out of the way. Now the stores are out of sugar and rice which are like 2 of the main imported foods that people like. Luckily we still can buy the 40 cent instant coffee, but it's just not that great without sugar. Yesterday someone who came in from Vila on the plane brought bread, and honestly it was so amazing. I hope when I go back, I can get that excited over a piece of bread!

Alright, seriously now, enough already, or in Futanese "Tao oji"!