Day 12

Above is a picture of my apartment building. My place is on the back without a balcony. It is good, but once the rains come, trying to get to the entrance will be a challenge! (dirt, trash, mud from street to where I am standing)

SUPERSTITIONS

I am curious to find out more about the people here. It seems they have some interesting superstitions but I don’t know the details since I heard it second hand. For example, if you whistle 5 times at night, it will bring out evil spirits. My roommate did it and a Maldivian friend freaked out and scared her daughter and such as she explained you can’t do that but since it was 1 whistle it would be okay this time! I think the Japanese had that superstition too that whistling at night brought bad luck…

And they believe that trees have evil spirits too. I think that might come from long ago when they were brought here from Sri Lanka or other places by a king or someone and they didn’t want them to leave the islands so they had them cut down trees so they couldn’t make boats??? Again, I am just making that up from somewhere, but I can’t remember where I got that idea, so don’t quote me yet! But, this all is interesting so I want to hear more.

MOVIE NIGHT

I got my wish of 2 nights ago and got to sit on a couch, eat popcorn, and watch Bourne Ultimatum last night! Tiffany and Joshua who live under Piper invited us all over. It was cozy but great to escape into the American movie world! It’s amazing how that feels “real” to me when it is just a movie which is totally unrealistic! What would be real is sitting on the stoops here and milling around the streets with people. That would be reality but…!?

SNORKELING

I’m postponing snorkeling until perhaps Tuesday. I have a runny nose I think from using the AC. I don’t want to exhaust my body in the sun, heat, and long travels just before working this week. I am better off to spend my time doing more job applications or preparing for tomorrow’s classes. I hope I don’t lose the chance though since rainy season should be hitting any day now. Hopefully Tuesday will be cloudy but not rainy. Let’s see.