Officially 1 year!

How time flies!
It has officially been 1 year since i moved to this beautiful rock in the South Pacific.  So for my new years (a little late i know) my resolution is to post at least 1 blog entry every month.

Happy Easter everyone!  Easter is quite a spectacle here.  I went to my first Easter mass here and was blown away by the productions that these churches put on.  I mean there was amazing rehearsed singing and dance routines to blow you sky high.  I was wondering why no Samoans seemed to be very in to their jobs the last month, and now i realize that it is because they are all so flipping busy before Easter practicing that they can't give a hoot about their jobs.

I mean these dance routines were elaborate, involving quite sophisticated rearranging of the choir in perfect step.  Samoans are amazing singers, i remember even during outreaches for work the ability of the community to harmonize so perfectly and effortlessly is really quite remarkable.  They don't have music because in truth they don't need it, the choir provides all the music they need.

Church went long, too long, i couldn't stay for it all.  It dragged on for 3 hours before i called it quits.  I felt guilty but i had gone to a Easter service the Saturday before so i guess that was alright.  It was quite cute, many Samoans came up to me and gave me their money for the offering just to make sure i would have something to put in the offering plate, which came around about 4 times by the way.

We had a relaxing Easter, did a brunch outside on the guest fale's (little gazebos).  The breeze was in swing, the water was coming up so it was a perfect day for some relaxing on the beach.  I made a trifle the day before which had to be eaten super fast or else it would melt.

We then decided that today would be a good day to brew some beer.  This being the first batch I've done on my own, i am kinda excited to see how it will turn out.  i am worried i might have burned a bit of the hops but we'll find out later i guess.

My house is a utter and complete mess and my neighbor's Coast Guard Captain is probably going to be over sometime this week so i gotta make it semi-presentable today when i get home. 

Love you all, and happy Easter.