Invaded

Am I back in the Philippines all of a sudden? After a series of downpours over the past few days suddenly my room started to become overrun with cockroaches on wings. It reminded me of an episode back at the Mapa School that was also triggered by rain. The little buggers were everywhere last night, and as I exterminated them the ants would come out to feast on their remains. Needless to say I was not a happy camper. The problems continue tonight as I write this, as those that escaped my wrath have evolved into an even more disgusting bug and keep popping up. I suppose I could have closed off my windows and sealed my door, but with no AC it's just plain too hot for that to be a viable option.

Enough about the bug problem. The holiday was really laid back, went to the beach and shopping Vitoria a few times. Did some reading, studied Portuguese, medical terminology, watched movies, ate at more self service restaurants. I was hoping to do something a little more adventurous, but there's always future vacations to look forward to. One of my roommates had his girlfriend over while the other has been cramming for a big exam this week, so neither of them really did anything. But in all it was good to kick back and not have to worry about anything. Well, I do still have to sort out this registration with the police business, so I'm sure that will take up all day tomorrow.

This is the first Thanksgiving week in a long time that I won't be at home with my family. Of course, Thanksgiving is not celebrated here in Brazil, so there will be no turkey dinners for me. I'll have to make up lost time once Christmas rolls around. Speaking of Christmas and the shopping season, I've learned never to buy any locally made technological items, they never work! Luckily they weren't all that expensive so I'm not too upset. The imported electrical stuff here is insanely expensive, I can't understand why it is this way.

I found a nice spot on the beach over by where Shopping Vitoria is. It is relatively quiet, and has a nice view of all the oil platforms out at sea. There's some pull up bars that I like to use while I'm there, got to keep in shape somehow. Well I'm tired, and I have to arise early tomorrow. I'll be sure to post more updates.