Polynesian Cultural Center

This past week I have been sick but on Saturday I ventured out of my room and went to the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) with one of my friends. We were lucky and one of my friends that works there gave us her discount so we could get in for really cheap. I love the PCC. It is so much fun. My friend and I didn't see much except for Fiji village. We are both friends with all of the Fijians and Erica is from Fiji herself. We got there and Vika asked me to videotape her dancing in the canoe show. The only catch was that she didn't have a videotape for the camera she got from school. So, while Erica watched the "culural presentation" in the Fiji village I was running all over PCC trying to find a shop that sold the tape she needed. I finally found it and I went to the canoe show and did a wonderful job videotaping (in my opinion). After that, we all hung out at the Fiji village. I bought some poi balls which the New Zealanders use and everyone was trying to "teach" me how to use them. They were all joking that Fiji was turning into New Zealand. After that I went to the "cultural presentaion" where my friends were dancing a new fan dance from Fiji. I have a video of it and I'll post it later because I'm not using my computer. I then went on a bilibili (or bili squared ;) ) raft ride. It was fun. My friend was pushing us around and he kept threatening to jump off. The canoe tour guide told everyone I was his hostage. I was really surprised by the bilibili because it is really small and I was afraid that I would sink it but my friend said it would take a lot more than me to sink it. Then it was time for us to leave. I was kind of sad that we didn't get to see other villages but we were having so much fun at the Fiji village that we never left.

Later that night, my friends Erica and Tina went with me to the night show called "Horizions" It showcases all of the countries represented in the PCC. It was amazing. My friends kept laughing at me because I was just sitting there in awe. I loved it. Let's just say that if you come to Hawaii and you do not see the show you are crazy. It was fun too because a lot of my friends dance in the night show and we were picking them out. I cheered really loud which was a bad idea because I was already losing my voice. Overall though, it was a great day.

Sunday turned out to be a not so good day. I was awake in the middle of the night because my throat was on fire and swollen. I took some medicine hoping it would calm it down a bit but it really didn't. I finally fell asleep around 5:45AM. For those of you who are not members, it was General Conference weekend which is when the leaders of the LDS church speak to us. It happens every six months and there are two sessions on Saturday and two on Sunday. Anyways, needless to say, I missed both Saturday and Sunday so I'm going to have to make it up. I've made a vow that I will try to watch one session each night this week but we'll see how that goes because I have two group projects due this week. I will however get them watched or read. I'll post pictures and video from Saturday later!