Japanese Festival

It's been quite a while since my last post. Time is different here on Guam. Maybe it's just living on a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific, but it's hard to keep track of the days, the months when the weather is a constant 85 degrees. I'm going to try to be more disciplined and update new pictures regularly. I'm going to set one day a week as my update day. Later that might turn into twice a week. I'm going to be taking lots of pictures in the coming weeks because I had my wonderful parents ship my digital SLR out to me!! Expect them to be of higher quality as well.

In the past week or so: I got a job, well TWO jobs! The first one is at an 'internet cafe' just around the corner from Jakobe's house. The owner is Korean and hilarious! I basically sit at the front desk and let people on the computers. I call it a cafe, but there's no food, just computers. The second job, well, It's at the aquarium, Underwater World! I am a "Husbandry Assistant/Diver". At first I wasn't sure if I'd have the job because I told them I'd be leaving the island in Feb/March for Katie's wedding but they allowed me to work anyhow! Yesterday was my first day and it's going to be a lot of fun. I prepped fish food (actually high quality seafood) and fed most of the small exhibits around the aquarium. I also helped with the surface feed of the large tank. I was feeding the two huge sea turtles! I'll be diving by the latest Sat in the main tank with the sharks, rays, etc. I'm pumped!

These pictures are from the annual Japanese Festival here on Guam.



Jakobe loves taking pictures of me for some reason. I hate it!


Everyone loves a little grass skirt action!!



I don't remember the point of these, but it was a house a group of people were carrying around chanting, whistle blowing and dancing. There is a point and it is a big deal, they walked all around the festival parade style.



These next photos are of sashimi grade tuna being cut. They gave away the entire fish as a raffle prize!




A sunset I caught alone on a secluded beach down toward the south end of the island. Ohh the Island Life!!