Top Five

Hey Everybody!

Well, I've been here for three weeks now...but it seems like it has been much longer. School started on Friday and things seem to be settling into a routine. My roommate Audra and I almost have our apartment all set up...we're supposed to be getting internet installed today and yesterday our refridgerator was delivered!! We are looking forward to having a place that feels like home. :) Anyway, I wanted to share the top five interesting/exciting/strange things that have happened the last few weeks, so here goes...

1. I was asked by four separate people on four separate ocassions if I was part Asian! I was even asked by someone who is Asian...weird!
2. I used a fire extinguisher! All teachers are required to be "trained" in fire safety...so as part of our orientation we practiced using fire extinguishers.
3. I had clamps put on my wrists and ankles! All of the foreign teachers had to go get a medical exam in order to apply for a working visa and part of the exam included clamps being put on my wrists and ankles. (I'm still not sure what the clamps were for). They sent us from room to room up and down this hallway (in robes, by the way) and in each room a doctor checked a differet part of the body. One room was an ultra sound, in one room they took blood, another room was an x-ray, etc. It was the strangest medical check-up I've ever had!!
4. I got to hang out with my friend Emily that I met here last summer! It was good to see her and catch up. Please keep her in your prs as she begins her last year of college. She is looking forward to graduating, but she isn't sure what kind of job she will have after she graduates. Please pr that Father will provide a good job for her in the next year.
5. I bought some furniture from IKEA!! I got a bed, a desk, a night stand, and a bookshelf...and they all came in pieces (when you buy stuff from IKEA you have to assemble it yourself). Anyway, just as we were getting ready to check out this guy came up to us and with a few English words and some hand gestures he asked us if we wanted him to deliver our stuff...at first we said no because we had no idea who this guy was...but then we worked out a good deal. So after we bought our stuff he loaded it up into his van and he drove us home and unloaded our stuff. Once he got everything into my apartment, he offered (again through hand gestures) to assemble all of our stuff...for a price of course. Anyway, he spent the next few hours putting everything together for us. I still have no idea who he was, but it worked out kinda nice!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I am hoping to be able to send some pictures soon. Have a wonderful day!

Donna :)