Wes's Blog Day!

What, it’s my turn to do the blog? I guess I can write something. I get to cover all we did on Friday and over the weekend. First on Friday, we went on a field trip to the Chura-Umi Aquarium on the northern side of the island. We saw a dolphin show and toured through the aquarium and saw the largest aquarium tank in the world. Inside the tank are three whale sharks along with many stingrays, manta rays, and other fish.
Friday night I actually had the privilege of spending the night at Yoshiya sensei’s apartment. The only word I can use to describe that would be しぶい (read shibui). There is no English translation for this word. It would be the next level above cool. Anyways...
Saturday、 there was a BBQ at a very nice beach. Not everyone was there, but it was an odd situation... At the beach there was swimming, volleyball, yaki soba (fried soba noodles), and sumo. When we all had to get out of the water at 6:00, more games and fun ensued.
On Sunday there was a party at Lauren’s host student’s house. There was much socializing, Uno playing, eating, and some singing. Taichi, who came to Iowa last year, had his birthday yesterday. When the sun went down, we all walked down to the beach and lit off some fireworks.
Everyone had a great time on their last weekend here in Okinawa and I think all of us are sad to think we’ll be leaving so soon.