After 3 days stuck cooped up inside during Typhoon Muifa that weekend, I have never appreciated the sweet freedom of being outdoors quite as much as I do now. I lived the pilgrim life on Saturday after the power went off late Friday night. This resulted in no air conditioning for an entire day on a tropical island where the humidity is basically 100% at all times. For those of you who have never experienced a typhoon: it reminded me of a tornado that lasted 3 days: crazy winds snapping branches off trees with trunks bending to the ground, torrents of continuous rain, flooding, ripped off shingles, and vehicles flipped over. However, for me, all it meant was a lot of movies, Rock Band, and Facebook, until we lost power for an entire day; then it was reading, napping, and board/card games. Saturday at 5:00pm when they finally announced the all clear, we were running circles outside breathing in that glorious humid air.
Saturday night we decided we needed to go out to eat to celebrate the release of cabin fever. We ate at Jack’s Place, a restaurant on base, with a teppanyaki bar. This consists of a talented Japanese chef who cooks your food in front of you, sets things on fire, and juggles knives. It was a pretty impressive show that succeeded in distracting me while I usually wait impatiently for my meal at restaurants.
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| Delicious Sushi :) |
Last Sunday after typhoon cleanup, we were picked up and headed to Okinawa World. Here we saw a Habu race a Mongoose in a tank of water…among a few other snake tricks. (this show was all in Japanese so we just got creative, imagining what the random snake facts were and laughing along with the Japanese people in the audience whenever they found something amusing.) We saw some glass blowing, a Dr. Fish tank, and walked through a cave with gorgeous stalactites and stalagmites. After leaving Okinawa World we headed to Delicious, a sushi restaurant that I will probably dream about when I get back to the States. The Japanese owner made us the most amazing sushi I’ve ever had, making me feel positive that nothing back home will be even close to comparison.
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| My roommate doing work at the Guard Games. |
Okinawa Guard Games: Monday of last week, all the pools closed and all the guards and CampA aquatics headed to Camp Schwab for some friendly competition. I chose to cheer Kadena on, rather than supply less than speedy racing potential. Kadena took home 2nd place in the Olympics. MCCS served us hotdogs and burgers and we were free to spend our Monday afternoon at Schwab’s beach. The Kadena life guards were feeling pretty confident in their sand volleyball skills so we decided to get a Camp Adventure team together to bring them down a bit. We ended up losing the first match by 2, but managed to take home the rematch.
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