Easter

So Easter has come and gone in Bots, which for most here just meant a lot of church. The people here on the whole are very religious. A big church is the Zion Christian Church, and it is easy to spot members of that church because they wear silver pins on their shirts that have a star and a circle with some black and green fabric. We did not attend church on Easter, but the international students who weren't travelling cooked a feast in the graduate dorms. We made mashed potatoes, chicken, chocolate mousse, brownies, salad, and veggies! It was soo good!! The next morning most of us went to the Gab Sun hotel and had their big breakfast buffet. Also soo good! haha .. Any real food and all of us are automatically drooling. I'm a little worried about going home though, I'm not sure how my body will react going back to normal food and having all the preservatives and what not again.. but there's no question about it, I'm getting chinese food the day I get home!

The Wednesday night before Easter, a small group of students set-up a huge projection screen outside and played a video of a man preaching in a very energetic way... they joined in, and it was interesting to watch and listen... except they didn't start til after ten pm.. so by eleven I was trying to sleep and a little annoyed! I think it's a really cool idea, but I think they should do it earlier in the day!!

A good thing about night though is there is absolutely no light pollution here. When it's dark it's DARK! This, while somewhat terrifying while walking outside, allows us to see SO many stars! And since we're on the other side of the world they are the same ones we learned about a few months ago in astronomy.