It’s another day of language training! We’ve fallen into a good routine. Monday through Fridays (except Wednesdays), we have language in the morning. On Wednesdays we cover business, medical, and safety/security training. Other than going to town to catch a rugby game and having some sweet and sour chicken at another one of the volunteer’s house, things have been pretty uneventful.
Funny things are still happening though! Before I left America I remember asking my older brother if he would mind if I brought along the DVD series ‘Firefly’, a TV science fiction that we both loved. He said sure so I popped it into my bags and didn’t think much about it. Now I made good use of it! I let the neighborhood kids watch ‘Firefly’ on my laptop. There were about 10 kids crowded around a small 15-inch screen with all of them attempting to make out the dialogue from the barely audible built-in speakers. I went inside for a moment to study a little and when I came back out, they were pointing at one of the scenes of a spaceport and saying “Amelika? (America?)”. For the next 10 minutes I had to explain that America did not have spaceships or spaceports with my horrible Tongan, which was pretty much pointing at the screen and saying “Ikai Amelika”.
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