I woke up, and after saying goodbye to one of the interns who has been here over a year, my group got together to wrap up our presentation. First, we all got our snorkel gear on and headed to the docks to take some good pictures to put on our powerpoint. After we made it look pretty, we did some last minute editing and split up who was going to say what. We took the time before lunch to practice learning what we were going to say and then the time after lunch until 4 p.m. actually practicing it all together. We got it down pretty good, and eventually it was time to present. All of us students and the majority of the staff listened to each group present for two hours. Our group was the fourth to present. We did pretty good :) But...I'm anxious to see how she is going to grade it! I'm just glad it is over...and now I am officially done with schoolwork and I can just relax and have fun the last few days here (can you believe it's already almost been a month?).
By the time we finished it was time for dinner, but we only had some snacks because we were going to be having dinner at the Fireman's Ball tonight. We have been planning on going to this event since the first week we arrived here, we all paid $20 for a ticket that included a three course meal. It is a fundraiser and a special acknowledgement to the firemen here on South Caicos. I honestly cannot even put into words how the whole thing panned out and the overall vibe I got from it, but let me try to explain the best I can. The event was supposed to start at 7 p.m., and it didn't officially begin until about 9:45 p.m. (we did expect it to start a little late, because that is how things are here on the island, but not THAT late). Throughout these three hours, us students and fellow teachers (who might I add were about 95% of the people there), listened and occasionally dance to some of there music playing. Eventually though, everyone got tired, thirsty, and starving. When the ceremony did begin, the firemen (and one fire-woman), all lined up on stage while the chief officer introduced them. There were only 6 of them on the stage, and there is a total of 12 on the entire island. The chief officer mis-pronounced one of the names wrong, and he stuttered the entire time. It was supposed to be a formal event, but to be honest if that was ever an event that took place at home it would have been thought of as a joke. It was sad because this was a serious event to them, the chief even mentioned how he knows it is not a very nice event but next year will be better...that really broke my heart to hear him say that :( I'm not trying to bag on the event and my evening though, I am just trying to give you all an idea of how different things are done here. Overall, I really enjoyed the effort they put into the ball and it was really cute to hear them make speeches and honor the men on the island. I do wish there were more locals there for support though, just for their sake. For dinner we had a salad, rice/chicken/crab, and cake, and for drinks they handed out canned soda. It was all pretty good! :) Despite the fact that it took a while to get things started, we all kept ourselves occupied and waited patiently for everything to take off. Honestly, the chance to go to a Fireman's Ball on South Caicos is not an opportunity that comes around often, so to celebrate with them was heart warming.
So now that it is past midnight here I am more than ready to go to bed! I hope you all had a great night! :)
The cake SFS made for them :)
It is hard to see, but this is where the even took place.
Me patiently waiting for dinner :)
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