Well it's my first week away from home and I must say I really miss our utensil-filled, fully accessible whenever I want to eat kitchen at home. Food here is uber-expensive and there's a lack of variety in Laie's small Foodland. You know you're poor and starving when even a dollar item off the McDonald's menu seems like a treat. But even that's affected here. The dollar menu is much smaller and the general overall menu has been jacked up a few cents. That was my dinner yesterday because the kitchen in my Hale (my dorm-literally means house) is closed for a week due to messes being left in there. However, because I'm not on a meal plan yet, due to my early arrival, I've gotten special permission to use it still. Hopefully, I've boughten enough food to last me until my meal plan starts on the tenth.
The Ethnic aisle is Foodland should be renamed the Asian aisle. There's one teeny tiny little section for Mexicans where you can get salsa and taco seasoning. Everything else on both sides of the aisle is Asian, Asian, Asian!!!
There is the coolest plant here on campus that you can find in the grass. It's called shy plant and when you touch it, it closes up! It's the most amusing thing in the whole world. I'll attach a video :)
The job hunt still continue but I've had two job interviews so far. For waitressing at the PCC and lighting technician in the CAC, which is the huge gym where basketball games are held and such. I'm not terribly interested in either. Not because they aren't good jobs but because these ones are only 10-12 hours a week at min. wage. However, I have another job interview today at Media Services in the Library and I also applied for a few other jobs. I've decided I'd really enjoy working at the library and the job I want is actually, Circulation Assistant. However, if I get hired for this one, I will definitely accept it.
My Aunt Laura and Uncle Vernon, who have been vacationing here in Hawaii, were kind enough to invite me to go through the PCC (Polynesian Cultural Center) with them on Monday. And let me tell you, it was pretty incredible. You learn so much about the different cultures. And I saw the tree climbing thing which was awesome. Let me just say, Tongans are crazy hyper people. And the night show was incredible. They had one of the coolest sets I have ever seen in my life. The dancing was amazing and the fire dancers blew my mind. I have posted a video I took of them on Facebook. I can actually here the music from the PCC in my room. If anyone comes to Hawaii, I'd definitely recommend a day spent there.
Aloha actually has three meanings. Hello. Goodbye. And I love you. So if I'm sending this to you...Aloha!
On Wednesday, after my job interview, I went on a hunt for the beach and I found it. The beach here is seriously amazing. The water is so clear and blue and warm!!! It's incredible looking. And where I went, it was also practically deserted which was so nice. I don't know about you but I love going to the beach and being the only one there. Some polynesian boys came by later but they walked further down and left me to my own devices. I also filmed my first minute on the beach and going into the water for the first time. And its become a hit on Facebook if anyone wants to see it lol.
Yesterday, I went kayaking with this girl in my ward named Tori. She's very nice and also a freshmen in the upcoming semester. Her whole family actually moved to Hawaii a few weeks ago and for the time being, she lives off campus with them about twenty minutes away. She took me to a beach near her house and we went along the coastline before coming into the mouth of the Kahana River, which is very calm. Good thing because we are both kind of kayaking dummies, me more so and frequently crashed into branches. Tori nicknamed it the jungle cruise because minus the cheesy animals, it looks just like that ride at Disneyland. Anyway, the river runs into this valley where a lot of the filming for the TV show Lost was done. If anyone remembers, they go through a field of really tall grass a few times in the show. Anyway, that's exactly where I was. I don't know how the actors managed to run through that stuff. I was having a difficult time just trodging through it, the grass is so thick. We then returned to the beach and where the salt water and river meet there is this cool rope swing that I tried out. You have to climb a tree and the water for some reason is really deep right there even though the bay is extremely shallow. And to all those who know of my hesitant jumping experiences in the past, I'll have you know I climbed that tree and jumped in for the first time in about twenty seconds.
Boredom I think has made me braver this summer.
Probably stupider too.
And other than that, not much to say. People won't be arriving till next week and in the mean time, everyone is taking their finals and getting ready to go visit back home for a little bit so life around the campus is pretty boring for me. I feel like I look really young in comparison to everyone here even though a lot of them are only a year older maybe. I can't get my own box in the mailroom till the end of next week.
Mahalo (thank you) to everyone reading this! I miss everyone at home, especially my family and Levi and his family of course. Hopefully this will pass quicker than expected so I can come back and visit. Good luck to everyone starting school, looking for jobs and just going through life. Go Rhett, who I won't be seeing before he leaves but I'm excited for you, friend. Thank you to my family and everyone else supporting me as I go out on this adventure and good luck on your own. Things are rough right now but I have confidence that everything will be alright. I love you all and take care.
Bailey Sue
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