I'm in Okinawa for my Christmas break. It is my last chance to get to come home, so I decided to come home for an extended time - 3 weeks! Well I'm ready to go home but I've come up with some lists about home since I've been out here:
When I think of Okinawa these things come to mind:
1. my favorite foods: sushi and soba
2. driving on the left side of the road
3. cocoks - where I get my nails painted on!
4. old Japanese women stop and stare at me and occasionally comment on my hair color
5. the most beautiful oceans and sunsets ever to be found
6. the nicest salespeople ever
7. 100 Yen stores
8. silly Japanese characters everywhere
9. garbage trucks that make ice cream truck music- tricksters!
Silly truths of living on a military base:
1. you stand up for the National Anthem at the beginning of a movie
2. when you come onto the base you must show your picture ID to a person with the biggest guns you've ever seen wrapped around their neck
3. everyone seems to be wearing a uniform
4. you can get everything you want at the BX or Commissary
5. no tax!
After spending this extended time with my parents, I am learning that these are the things they value most in a person :) :
