I woke up just before 9 and I heard that there were other people in the house, they were little children and some parents too.
Since yesterday I had meet so many new people, it can be a bit overwhelming seeing people all the time. So, I decided to hide out in my room until they were gone. They ended up staying longer than I was expecting so I snuck into the shower, got out, and then went back into my room to hide some more. They left by 10am, at which time I emerged from my room.
All I did today was hang around the house watching YouTube videos, listening to music, and trying to read Jose's book. I find it very difficult to read because the grammar structure is so confusing and because of this it takes me like 5 minutes to read each page. I think I get the right meanings most of the time.
Jose slept most of the afternoon, and when he woke he wanted to watch a movie that he really likes that he was telling me about yesterday when we were walking home from the bus. It is called 'About Time'.
Turns out he couldn't end up finding it on Netflix so we couldn't watch it. I then discovered that Jose's family don't own any movies, and don't actually have a DVD player. This was a huge shock to me, because I always think that every family has a DVD player and DVDs. This meant that we couldn't just go down to the DVD store to hire out a movie. Although, Jose did try to see if we could borrow his uncle's DVD player, but he wasn't home at the time.
I didn't leave the house at all today, except for going for a run in the evening. While on my run, I was running past a big open bush area, and I could see some smoke coming from the place. Sure enough as I got closer there were big flames in lots of different areas so smoke was spilling out from the area into the suburb of San Francisco, and into my face. There were many firefighters and people watching from their houses. When I got home I smelt like smoke. I was told that at this time of year it was quite a common occurrence with the plants being dry and people throwing the smoldering cigarettes into the bushy areas. It was not a normal thing to be able to see a huge cloud of smoke from the front yard of the house, it reminded me of the time in New Zealand when we could see the smoke of the Pack Ice building burning down from Galloway park.
Another thing about today was the planes. Since I am nearing the end of High School, over the past year I have been thinking more and more about what I want to do once I leave. So, of course I have been thinking about it while I have been here too. One thing that has made a big impression on me this trip is the planes. Before doing the flight here, I was quite an anxious flyer, but after flying half way around the world by myself, I think I actually quite enjoy it now. Also, home is very close to the airport, so I am always seeing and hearing planes fly over head, and I always wonder where the planes are going. I think that right now, my career is having a turn towards something to do with planes.
The rest of the night was quiet, we ate dinner with dim light again, as for the past week one of the lights in the kitchen has been playing up, and then just sat around.
Jose and I watched a random movie Speed Racer. I don't think it is that old of a movie, but it seemed as though it was. I think random is the best word I can use to describe it.
I went to bed very late, or should I say early.
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| Since I didn't take any pictures today, here is a picture of my room |
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