Today was what was called C1 (class day 1). Yes, sadly we had to start classes on a Saturday, but I suppose when you are in the middle of the Caribbean Sea you can’t really complain too much. I woke up and then went to breakfast. After breakfast was my Gender and Subsistence Technology with relation to the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals). Our professor seems like a very cool person. She has traveled everywhere and clearly knows what she is talking about. We then had lunch because classes are about 2.5 hours. After lunch it was time for Spanish class. That was very amusing because she asked us to introduce ourselves and of course I speak Spanish with a French accent (I need to work on that). Yesterday she sent us an e-mail that was written completely in Spanish, but I think I was able to make out most of what she was saying. Today she only spoke to us in Spanish, it made class difficult, but I think I will really learn a lot. We then had to have conversations with the other people in the class, but that was a bit awkward considering we only knew how to say “Hi, how are you? I’m good and you?” and “What is your name?” After Spanish we had our seminar called Engineering a New Tomorrow. We learned how we are going to try to change the world, and that we all have to come up with our own solutions in small groups. After the seminar it was dinnertime. Dinner was yummy but nothing spectacular so I won’t really write about it. After dinner I did work on the pool deck, and watched the sunset. It is strange because I somehow feel jetlagged, but I am still on East Coast Time. I suppose I’m just not quite as used to getting up early on a regular basis anymore. I miss everyone at home, but I am having a lot of fun!!
P.S. I guess people were wrong by saying that today was going to be the end of the world at 6PM because I am still floating on a boat (I think to Trinidad) or maybe the world is gone because I can’t see any land from here. There is nothing except the boat, the ocean, the sun and the clouds.
P.P.S. Miss you!! I will write again soon.
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