Pretty Moments

So I have been having some good moments here at BYUH. I call them my pretty moments. A couple of weeks ago was the Fiji Club gospel forum and we were all asked to dress in traditional Fijian attire. My friends were very gracious and they gave me a sulu. Here is a picture of me in my sulu:
It is basically a wrap skirt. They traditionally wear it under shorter skirts or dresses but they sometimes wear them by themselves--which is what I did. I felt like their Barbie doll because they chose my outfit and then told me how to do my hair. I even put make-up on!! It was really fun and I felt pretty for once. After the forum, my friend Vika and I took some pictures and here is one:
She is hilarious! Right after this one she looked at me and said,"Why are you wearing those glasses? Take them off! People want to see your pretty eyes in the picture!" I was laughing so hard. It's not exactly what she said that was funny but it's her accent and how she said it that made it funny. Then, we started making faces and playing with the camera and she took this very controversial picture:
I posted it as a profile picture and one of my friends asked, "What's up with your profile picture? That 's not the Jenn I know!" Apparently it was a very scandalous shot. Who knew I had it in me?

Last weekend I went to the Samoan club dance with my friends and my friend Erica and I took an hour each getting ready to go. We did our hair, our make-up, EVERYTHING! Then, we decided to stop at the Fiji Club pool party on the way to say hello. Well, when we got there, we decided that we would rather go swimming than dancing. So, we ran back to our dorm rooms and put on our swim suits and went back and went swimming. We did all that work for 5 minutes. Here is a picture of us after we got all ready:
Here is a picture o us when we actually made it to the dance:
I personally think we look better after swimming than before. That's just my opinion though. The dance was fun and I danced forever. I feel super comfortable dancing here because there are so many girls my size who are "shaking what their mama's gave them." I feel so blessed to be here.

I just want to say that I am doing well and still loving every moment of being here. I love Hawaii and all it has to offer. I never regret the decision I made to come here. I hope you are all doing well! Moce! (Pronounced Moe-They...It's Fijian for bye)