Preperation, Preperation, Preperation (Not).

This will be my last post for a month, the 25 day Classic Course approaching at an incredible speed i.e. it starts tomorrow and I still haven't packed. To be fair, my clothes are all currently on the washing line, and my fortune holds - despite being forced awake multiple times last night due to an intense thunderstorm, the sun is shining. Giving us a farewell I presume - we only just moved in, and now we are moving out again - from instructors' quarters to participant dorms, the amount of stairs I will be forced to climb will grow substantially - especially if I'm placed in Kinabalu. Yes, the dorms are named after Malaysian mountains. Guess why. It's not hard.

Despite the fact that I'm the one who was stung by a jellyfish, I am also apparently the 'fearless one', considering Geordam's refusal to go off the boat. And by go off the boat, I mean go off the roof of the boat in a kayak. Yes, I capsized in water filled with jellyfish. Do I care?

No, because it was AWESOME.

So yeah, after the course, so doing it again. That was pretty much the most excitement I've had the past few days, as we've spent the rest of time getting ready for the course - we finally met the official Executive Director today, who seems nice enough, but encourages us to separate and chat to the other instructors. Not hard on my part, considering I spend a lot of my time without Geordam anyway, but I'm thinking it might break their hearts if they're forced to spend time without each other.

Ah well, the 25 day course is approaching, and it looks like we won't be the only international participants - a Canadian lady is joining us. As it is, we're lacking participants - the standard is around 15 and apparently we have about six. Until it starts, I can't tell if this is a good thing or not, but we'll have to wait and see. It can't be helped that I will soon be in mourning - no outside contact with the world aside, books and music are off the list of approved items. And I'm not going to be like the 12-year-old girl who tried to insist that Twilight was a religious book to her. That's just sad.

I should depart - I need to finish off the chocolate since it's not allowed on course. A hardship indeed, but it must be done.

Emily