The Past Two Years in Numbers

It's been a long time, everyone, but I'm still here.

I'm in the middle of Easter Break right now. This has been a break all of us have been looking forward to since January. Thank goodness for this break.

But the thing on my mind is the fact that I have 2 months left. It's crazy to think about. But I am resting up in order to reenergize myself, so the last 5 weeks of teaching are worthwhile.

There are new pictures uploaded as well. Enjoy those. And enjoy this blog by numbers.

Also, I can finally say with sincerity: "See you all soon."


Number of times I taught class with footwear: 0

Number of smelly teenage boys that sleep in the dorm right below me: 80

Number of inches my hair grew out to: 6-7

Number of waterfalls hiked to: 3 (4 if you count the Twin Waterfalls as 2)

Number of tiny kids who didn’t speak English I befriended (Let’s do the math: each village/small lagoon island has anywhere from 5-20 little kids, times the number of villages/small lagoon islands I’ve been to. Of course, this does not even count Pohnpei and the dozens of kids in Majuro…): A LOT

Number of new languages I can say "hello" in: 7 (6 of them you probably never heard of before)

Number of feet (depth) that I swam above in the ocean: probably a few
hundred; visibility only went down to 60 feet.

Number of times I experienced below 65 degree weather in the past two years: (not counting the super market in Guam) 0

Number of times to eat strawberries, steak, gorgonzola cheese, bagels, pesto sauce, fresh (insert ANYTHING): 0

Number of students taught: around 150

Number of subjects I had to "master" in order to "teach": 5

Number of times I wore shoes in the past year (starting from this August): 0

Number of satellites viewed in one hour: over 8, then stopped counting.

Number of times it snowed: 3 (just kidding)

Number of sports related to badminton I have mastered: 1

Number of glasses I had to go through: 4

Number of permanent scars (so far): 2

Number of Japanese and Indonesian items of clothing I now own: 3 and 1, respectively, so 4

Number of centimeters of my current (and thickest) zorries (sandles): .9 – 1.2 cm (some parts are worn down)

Number of nights to sleep on the hard floor or hard surface: Probably over 20

Number of days without any power (island power or school generator): record, during last year’s final exams, around 3

Number of days Chuuk had 24-hour power: Well, it began in the middle of this February, but last week we had 3 days without any island power, so about 60. (Of course, there were a few days in those 60 where island power went out for an hour/6 hours/12 hours, then continued generating long lasting power)

Number of times to see the president of the FSM / times we hung out with the president: 3 / 2

Pwa pwa pwi pwi pwe pwe
(The Happy, Friendly Turtle)