Classes, Rain, Tsunamis, and friendly people

Bula!
So I was just reading my last post and I apologize to everyone for being so scatter brained while writing it. I have just had so many new experiences that I dont quite know how to write them all down. Well, this last week I had a few less new experiences. Strangely enough Fiji is feeling more and more like home every day and I am getting more and more used to it. I started classes a week ago. Which was interesting. If you have any problems with things being on time, knowing when things are supposed to be, or people being extremely unorganized dont ever come to Fiji. I have found that if something is not working out the people here are completely fine with it. My classes wernt showing up, the places didnt exist, I had no idea where I was going, and it was all around unorganized. However no one seemed very worried with the fact that not even the professors knew where their classes were supposed to be so I decided that it wasnt a problem. The other thing I found strange about the Uni system here is that many of the professors are not Fijian. I have a British man teaching me Fijian, a british woman teaching me history, another woman who im not sure where she is from teaching me politics, and one professor who is Tongan and Samoan who has lived in Fiji for 30 years teaching me history. It is a little strange but it is also interesting to have so much diversity on campus. The diversity however does not stop with the professors. The students are from all over the pacific to so I get even more view points than I could have ever asked for. The only thing that annoys me in class is im always pointed out as the white girl and asked for the American opinion on things. Like im the authority on America. Oh well I guess I will try to be a good ambassador for America as much as possible. This last week I also went to church on Sunday. It was an interesting experience. Church was normal but after we met a man from Canada and his Fijian wife who invited us out for lunch. We found out he is starting a charity here to build homes for people. It was really a different experience for me because in the states someone would not ask us to dinner (much less buy us dinner) within the first five minutes of meeting us. But here that is totally normal. People are very welcoming and want to know about you and want to share about themselves. But in all Fiji is going very well. The tsunami warning here turned out to be nothing. However there has been a substantial amount of rain the last day or so so that has kinda sucked. Oh well! Could be worse. Thats all for today!
Vinaka
Emily