Saturday, June 24, 2006

Its been a while since a new post has appeared on this site...so I figured its time. Well, Ethan and I have been in our respective villages and separated for about two weeks, so this post will be more about me and whats going on in my life since, I cant speak on his behalf b/c I haven't spent much time with him lately. We have been hanging out at Nela's flat in Apia with her this weekend which has been lovely and sad because she is leaving on Monday back to the good ole US of A and we won't be near her again for quite a while. So out in the village, I have been a bit taa...because I keep heading out on my bike to visit friends on the other side of the village. One day, I woke up and was working on my college essay with a pencil and paper and decided, hey I can ride to Julya's house and use her computer while she is at school...then we headed back to my house in the afternoon so she could go to our primary school and check out their computer and what was wrong with it. She rode back to school the next morning with a headlamp at 5:30AM and was chastised for riding in the dark.

It has been nice these few weeks to go out on my bike and visit people and hang out and talk about me coming back and I get a bit nostalgic as I am really going to miss a ton of people in Taga. It took me a while to make friends without living with one family, but there are now so many people I am close with...it makes me sad to think about leaving.

Of course, I am excited about our trip plans and moving forward. I guess its just an emotional time for me with such a major change. This life changing experience and this great little island country is going to always be a memory for me and with the prices of flights here, not someplace I can just fly to on a moments whim.

Hey...if you are reading this...Ethan and I would like to know. Please send us a comment. As for pictures, I promise to get some posted eventually....internet is so slow here.

In honour of Nela's leaving...I am posting a pciture of our feet at our Regina's Beach Fales in Manase Savaii



and then is us with more patterned fabrics than one would think possible.

We are off to take a hike up to a lake with just us girls.. Should be fun. Fa Soifua! Sara

Monday, June 05, 2006

So, our COS conference was at Sinalei Resort...It was nice to be pampered a bit with some push-pot coffee, gourmet food, a pool (without eels and prawns biting at you) and plush accomodations. The little bungalows had air/con (a true luxary) and showers that were open air but still private.

Yup, Team building! Wow, can you believe Theresa made it on top!


How pretty! What a display.


Our nice sexy pose with Monte in the background!