Last night was my first night out exploring the island. Me and 5 of the other lifeguards on our staff went out for sushi. We went to this very cute restaurant called Genki. All of the menu was in Japanese so when the waitress came I just pointed at something that was cheap on the menu...I ended up getting raw fish. I wanted to cry when she brought my meal to me and sat it in front of me. But I finally grew some and tried one of every type of raw fish that was on my plate. I did not end up liking any of them, but I was still glad I tried. Afterward we walked along the boardwalk near the ocean. It was so beautiful. There were white little crabs scattering across everywhere. The ocean here is clear and you are able to see the bottom. On our way back we stopped into cute shops that had many cute clothes. Since all of the Asians are no bigger than a size 6, it has not been too easy to find clothes or shoes ha.
The base here has very strict rules. We learned a lot of them yesterday. The BAC level for driving here is .03, so you cannot even have a beer and drive. When you walk on base you cannot wear spaghetti straps, old navy flip flops, headbands, or anything that I would usually wear. Everyday at 8:00am and 8:00pm they play the national anthem followed by the Japanese national anthem. Everything on base freezes including cars to stop and salute the flags. It is really cool. Everyday they hang a flag on base indicating the temperature. Yesterday, the flag was black meaning children were not to be outside playing due to the severe temperatures.
Today we started our first lesson plans for swimming lessons. They are very tedious and are going to take all day to do so I better get started. Krisanne pointed out all of my spelling errors so just for the heads up, I am horrible at grammar and spelling. It is a good thing I am going to school for math. Happy Thursday!