So I have already been at my site for going on three weeks now and we are in the middle of week 15! CRAZY! Time is going by fast, but slow at the same time. It has been pretty slow for me at my school, because there have been several competitions being held at my school. The first week I was here I was able to sit-in on my classes and introduce myself to them, which was fun, but made me homesick at the same time because they asked me all kinds of questions about home that I was not prepared to talk about. Also during the first week we had the Press Conference Meet at our school. What that means is that several different schools came to our school to compete in different competitions in journalism. What was very different about this competition (and every school competition) compared to the states is that the contestants stay overnight at the school, therefore the school hosting, my school, has to spend several days before hand preparing for their visitors, cleaning the room and such. So that competition ended on a Saturday and the next week we hosted another event, the STEP competition. This competition had students at all levels competing in their various technical skills, such as welding, dress-making, cosmetology, etc. It was pretty cool to walk around and see the different events going on. And that brings us to this week. Let me start with the weekend first. On Saturday we met up with Ryan’s LCF and another PCV. We went and visited Anna’s college and then went to her hometown, Maasin. It was really nice getting to spend time with them, seeing new sites, and traveling within Leyte. Then Sunday we met up with Ryan’s counterpart and went to Canigao Island. It was really nice. The island is very small, but beautiful. And what’s cool is that it is very close. To get to the island from our house would maybe take an hour tops. It was a beautiful day, a nice trip, but I ended up getting pretty sunburned, not fun! Anyways Monday was a holiday so we just hung out. Then yesterday my school had an English month culmination program, which the closest thing I can relate this to would be a pep-rally. We had a program, dancing, singing, and presentations celebrating speaking English, and of course I gave a speech as well ☺ What I thought was really cool is that it was a program to celebrate learning, instead of sports like U.S. pep-rallies. Don’t get me wrong I loved pep-rallies, but I thought the meaning of this one was pretty cool and very different. So that catches you up with what I have been doing. By the way I am feeling a lot better and not so homesick. I am getting used to Hilongos, and I really like it here. Until next time take care…