CAMP!

We went to a camp today in Yawatahama that was absolutely excessively hot.  I wonʻt try to exaggerate and say that there was absolutely no breeze...but I will say that this kind of heat, is the heat that feels like needles when it touches your skin and it was way more than I could handle.  I spent the better part of the day looking for places to hide in the shade...however, I think I ended up just wandering around completely frustrated at my situation.  I just donʻt know how I had been sign up to be someplace so hot.

The bright side of the day is that we got to make traditional zori (although with fabric) and all the teachers were old Japanese ladies.  It was a very nostalgic feeling to be taught by women who speak with a dialect that was almost impossible for me to understand, and see their reactions when they discovered that we came from Hawaiʻi.  They were all the epitome of hospitable, and were great and patient teachers.  They also helped to do all the other classes offered to the kids and in the grueling heat they really sacrificed a lot in my eyes.

I just hope that when I get old, if I should be allowed so many years, I can be half the people they are.  Kind, intelligent people are hard enough to come by now.  I wonder about growing up.

(^_^)