Day 9

July 27, 2012

We started off our morning with staff worship followed by a staff meeting. We then went to get our photos taken for immigration and school accreditation. I learned that when someone says “it’s not that far”, it means at least 15 minutes of walking. Joel and I can easily walk up to 5 miles on a slow day.

We ate lunch at a casino buffet. Much different than the buffets in the US and there are not quite as many options. The casinos are not as busy as the street restaurants and they are much cleaner. Many of the restaurants here do not offer anything to drink but water and hot tea. I was able to try many new desserts and some were not so great. I am impartial to the street bakeries which we  

After lunch we walked around the city. Our friend, Man kin accompanied us and gave us the tour. He took us to various shops to price toasters and I finally bought one. I cooked a pizza in it for dinner. We also stopped to buy a SIM card for our phone but realized at home that the phone is locked. We are planning a visit onto the mainland Sunday where we hope to buy a new phone.

When we arrived back at the school we went into the principal’s office go over and sign our contracts. We filled up our 5-gallon jugs for the weekend, got a new table for our apartment and cleaned.

It had been raining constantly since we arrived. Some of the teachers informed us that they have never seen it rain this much in all their time here. I love rain and even I ‘m needing a break. There is supposedly going to be a break soon which will be nice when we travel inland. We have heard that there are good prices over there.