Sunday, October 19, 2008

Hurricane? Life? Culture?

Hey! Its been awhile... how are you? I am good, woke up about an hour ago and talked to my dad on the phone. I'm a little stressed out about money and such but it will pass.

Im sure some of you know that we had a hurricane over the past week. It wasn't that scary because i really enjoy storms. OMAR was going to be a category 3 which would have done some serious damage on this island because we are so small, BUT he shifted right before he came here and so we only had a little rain. What sucked about that was they made us evacuate our dorms to the hurricane safe dorms. I had to sleep on a small cot which was very uncomfortable. We didnt have school tuedsay through friday. It was a nice fall break for us. I have watched 10 movies in the past few days... horrible.

Yesterday I got up early and did my laundry. my arms are sore from carrying it. Then I went to a new beach called Linkquest. It was SO beautiful but I only took one picture because i was too busy playing in the waves.

I have found that this culture is very into music. Life here revolves around music and dancing. Most conversations end up at some point talking about music.
I have leaned so much over the past few days by talking to people. I am not only learning the culture of people here but also the culture of the different states around the US that my friend live it. I am learning about their families and friends. I have had a very little life compaired to some of these girls. My friends don't go to rehab and dont have kids and abortions. My family is small, i dont see my cousins or know much about where i came from. I guess none of that was weird to me until i learned about my friends here. My life seems pretty little compaired to their big adventures and crazy people in their lives.


WELP im going to take a picture of an apple.

Enjoy your day
Peace and Love

Cord.

1 comment:

Wild Wild West Drive said...

We're glad you're okay and dry! It's awesome to get to see other cultures and other lives, isn't it? It's an opportunity I hope our kids have one day. It's interesting to see how others have lived, and see with their experiences, how they grew up affected it. The cool thing is that even if you feel your life has been small up to this point, you have the tools to have as big a life as you want and still be authentic and be yourself. You are awesome!
Angela PJ Ava and James