A,E,I,O,U fagalamonu

Talofa all!
Another amazing day in American Samoa!  It was a perfect field day, the sun was out but there was a constant, strong breeze which mean that i only sweated thru 3/4 of my t-shirt rather and all of it.  These last two days we have been hiking up this mountain to certify this group of contracts (i think they're all related).  Anyway, because i have my Samoan Language class
in the afternoons here we've been having to get out and going really early in order to get as much done as possible before my time contrainsts drag me back into the office and off to the college.  We hiked up the easy way, partly because it saves time and also to keep our sanity and wits about us while certifying.  I can see myself being so tired that i just let stuff slide which CANNOT HAPPEN!
Anyways no one cares about work.  The hike was amazing and what a view.  There was a rainshower happening off the coast so you could see the light being refracted across the ocean, it was like a wall of rainbow, quite spectacular.  I think i managed to impress the family with my medicore and i stress mediocre language skills, i got hello, goodbye and sign here!  Still need to figure out bathroom. 

Mila got her first taste of the Camelback today on our hike, which she only felt mildly humiliated about using.

I've been taking this Samoan language class.  The class is fun enough but i think that we are spending far too much time on learning songs.  The teachers who are teaching this class are used to it lasting a whole semester, we only have 2 hours a day for a week (10hrs).  Anyway we were singing this constanant song which goes thru all the samoan consonants (there are only 12 by the way, and 5 vowels), to me it sounded like they were mumbling the beginning part so i just asked what it said and the teacher insisted on going thru the whole thing again.  The whole class looked pissed, i really just wanted to know what she was saying i didn't need the whole song refrained.  But none-the-less its a decent class, its helping me understand the structure of the language which is a third of the battle.  The other third is pronunciation and learning the words, and then i guess the context.  Ok so my math is about as bad as my Samoan, big deal.  I do wish we were going a little faster in the class.  There are some students who are getting it down right away, and others who are taking a little while longer (i.e. me!)

 Went to go see Pirates of the Caribbean 4 last night.  Tuesday nights are cheap movie nights and to be honest its just nice to sit in the A/C for a little while.  I think i've been going to a movie every Tuesday for the last 3 weeks, its sorta become my ritual.  That and my neverending battle with the cockroaches, i've since driven them out of the bathroom, but they've established a beachhead in the bottom left pantry so i plan on striking later tonight.  I gotta get this done cause i think France (aka Jesse) needs their pesticide back.  If this keeps up i might go all Manhattan Project on their asses by calling the terminator, but lets hope it doesn't come to that. 

Well i found out that i won't be getting internet any time soon.  Turns out that my house is not in the line of sight to the internet antenna ontop of the mountain.  Apparently some pesky trees are in my way.  Didn't realize trees had the power to stop internet signal, i learned something today!  Normally i wouldn't be that bummed about this but i sorta am cause i paid them $100 to install this 4 weeks ago and kept getting the runaround from their install department.  Finally they come out just to tell me that they can't do it.  Hmmm, seems to me like while you were waiting for parts you could've come out and have seen if it was even possible first.  but i'm not bitter, you hear me? not bitter.  They said that the broadband will be by my house by the end of June, which will probably mean August with island time (multiply all time frames by 2). 

Alright its time to get out of Carl Jr's.  Excellent food and excellent internet.
More to come.