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| i live by big sand dunes now! :) i just found out that its a tradition on full moon nights to go to the sand dunes. so - two of my friends and i did on sunday night! :) we had a picnic! it was neat! :)
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| hello and sorry for my long absence! a lot has happened since i have written. i am sorry to not have shared it with you. i have been in the philippines for the past almost two weeks. i was only supposed to be here one week doing a training -- helping to equip filipinos to teach english overseas. so -- i went to the airport as scheduled -- and confidently showed my passport and e-ticket. the lady said -- i'm sorry, you don't have the right visa, you can't go. i will talk to my supervisor. i thought to myself -- fine, talk to you supervisor, i know my visa is ok, i know i can go. ha!! don't be so confident. a little while later, i was on my way back to the guest house in a taxi. so -- i did have to get a new visa. the director of my school has since apologized for giving me the wrong kind of visa!! that was sunday. today is friday. i finally picked up my visa today and raced to the airport to catch the flight i had booked and had a waiver to pay for. (they had given me a waiver last sunday) well --- after racing back and forth bewteen the terminal and the ticket office and only a few minutes before the flight took off --- the lady finally gave me a conclusive answer -- "ma'am -- my flight is closed. you can go if you pay $600. do you want to go or not?" she meant -- we cannot accept your waiver. i don't know who gave me the waiver last sunday, but whoever it was didn't know what they were doing! or -- maybe they did! maybe they just wanted to get rid of me in a nice way. anyway -- i thought -- wow! $600. i can't do that. i can get a cheaper flight with a different airline -- so -- back in the taxi i went -- back to the guest house i went. imagine!! twice!! how funny! it must be some sort of record. it is now about 6 on friday -- i am scheduled to fly at 11 -- we'll see what happens this time! :)
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| have you ever had a boil? i have two. my roommate and friend has spent a lot of time helping me with them. today she spent almost an hour digging in them working to get all the yucky stuff out. i guess this is what Job had all over his body. wow. mine actually haven't been that painful, but i've heard they can be. they're really ugly though. i'm so thankful for my friend!
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| this is a great experience! i am supposed to start teaching at this school here on monday, but they don't have a schedule for me yet and i haven't seen a contract yet, either! one of the reasons i am excited to be here is to learn more about culture here! well...here we go! i've heard your teaching schedule never remains the same for too long! you just find out from week to week what you are teaching. i am really enjoying being here--i will tell you more in email! please just be thinking about us! | | |
| you will never guess what! i have just arrived in a new place about 5 (or 24) hours away from where i've been living. i am going to be teaching english here for 3 months or more! it all happened really very quickly and ... now... i am here! it should take 5 hours by train or 8 hours by bus to get here. however, our 5 hours turned into 24 hours when there was a heavy rain and the track got messed up. we were maybe about an hour away from where we were going, but ended up backing up, and waiting for 14 hours or so and even then it was not fixed. our friends came to rescue us! crazy! :) one of my roommates and i are here together. i will explain more later. | | |
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