the weeks gone by...

Finally i have got the chance to update my blog: so here is half of july. enjoy!!

Photo captions:
#1- a group of us at 4th July fireworks in the park.. L to R: peace and tasha (korea), star (netherlands, me, fox and mad hatter (england)

#2- a random mothers clubber

#3 - me and the mexicans

#4 - school bus depot

#5 - me infront of a famous old fashioned diner
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Four day break: 1st July to 4th July 2006:

I have had quite a relaxing break – hanging around in the troop house. We went into carnation one day and hung around - wasn’t that exciting because I can’t remember anything to write about it. Watched a few movies and listened to music – I relish any music because it is not camp songs. Its sad when you wake up and already have “penguins” in your head.

Oh, something exciting did happen. I went back early to chill out by the lake with Flick, doing a sketch of the lake and swimming dock. But some of the others stayed in the partying town of Carnation, and got drunk in the middle of the day. One of them, Toto, kept on drinking and went off to the toilet. Apparently the others had no idea that she was so intoxicated, and were surprised when a staff member approached them twenty minutes after Toto had left to go to the toilet, and asked if they knew the girl who had passed out on the bathroom floor. Toto refused to walk home, lying down on the pavement outside Starbucks. The others were at a loss of what to do, and ended up on the side of the road sticking out their thumbs to hitchhike. Luckily, who should give them a lift but one of our staff, Giggles, cracking up when she saw them on the side of the road in a bit of a mess. They took Toto to bed straight away, and she snored the rest of the day away. She’s a bit hideous – she smells really bad of BO and vomit and cigarette smoke, and a lot of people don’t really like her. You think you’d realise.

Yesterday we went shopping in Redmond, and I bought a lot of stuff – I was looking for a plain singlet top and ended up buying four. I am terrible as an overseas shopper. I got some cute socks, batteries, tilly presents, and other random things. We also had lunch in a massive department store called “Fred Meyers”. One of the most exciting things people do on their days off is go to Target. Which is a bit sad, but life away from civilisation can do strange things to ones mind. Pah. I had icecream in a famous place called cold Stone, and then went across the road to a stereotypical diner which had the red leather seats, white tables, booths, and staff in red checkered dresses with bonnets on.

Today is the Fourth of July, so we went into carnation again to see the parade. It was quite random, with vintage cars, the chinese society of seattle doing a precision formation parade walk, and people on unicycles. Not to mention the cheerleaders and one brass band. Walked home along a cool trail like out of the movies, and finally met up with clover, who I have been looking for all weekend. We bought salad from Remlinger Farms, which has this giant organic food store – and I didn’t even know it existed. Then we walked back into carnation and went to the park where we watched the fireworks. I tried some Slovenian beer, which tasted like chocolate, that had gone off. The fireworks were good, and the ride home was even better - dandylyon and her mum picked us up and we managed to squish 7 people into a small 5 person car – I sat on dandy’s lap with my nose pressed against the windscreen, and somehow had to duck when we passed a police officer (who obviously wasn’t good at his job) on the bridge.

So there you go, I have experienced a fourth of july in the USA. Woot, as some would say!!