Lazy Saturday with Typhoon Soulik

When we woke up this morning the power was out.
In my sleepy state I tried clicking all of the lights until I realized that it was futile.

I slept through most of my first Typhoon.
Let's make a cake to celebrate!

The three main activities of our day were eating, sleeping, and playing games. It'd be neat to say by candle light, but it was actually by Flashlight. We weren't allowed to go outside last night or the entirety of today, because of the heavy rain and dangerous winds. Although as the wind let up, I began to doubt the danger of falling trees while my urge to step outside grew. I stayed inside like a good student, don't worry Jack.






With no Internet or power, we had no choice but to spend time with each other. Not a bad option! I think this day was a gift. We were lucky to have another free day. This one was filled with many indoor things to chase boredom away. I think Baker was the only unhappy one. He kept coming into our room, saying, "An-dra, I'm so bored!"

List of activities -

• Learning to play Bridge
• I stink, but I'm getting used to the game
• Teaching the group Egyptian Rat Slap
• Jimmy thought this was hilarious. Probably because he was a beast...
• Walking around inside the building
• Scaring each other by hiding in closets, then jumping out
• Trying to nap
• No matter how much I want to nap, it just doesn't come naturally to me :(
• Watching over dramatic Taiwanese dramas
• Making human sushi by wrapping our friends in blankets
• Playing more made up games
• Trying not to pee in my pants because of how hard I was laughing
• Thinking a bit about what our Sitou research topic should be

Aaaaaand of course -

• Eating snacks
• Eating cup noddles
• Eating meals

What a Pig's Life

Careful where you're swinging that bat, Jean.

Our lethargic state was broken when Jack announced that we needed to start finalizing our research topic. Finalizing?! We hadn't even started thinking about one. Not to worry, because our group gathered around the girls beds to brainstorm some idea. I was getting a tad impatient when after the first two hours we didn't have a solid thought, but I'm used to brainstorming at school and should have remembered that good ideas sometimes don't come quickly. Two ideas that were funny but got thrown away immediately were: researching the difference between toilets in the East and West and seeing which products from the convenience store are the most popular. Although these were hilarious to us at the time, they didn't really have anything to do with the course. Later, we settled on trying to test the wind resistance in plants via an indoor fan! Jiling thought of this...maybe because she studies forestry at UBC? 

Well I hope that our plans runs smoothly and that minor details (that come with conducting your own experiment) get worked out. 

Actually, the last half hour of our brainstorm was filled with napping. Of course this needs to be included. It's always nice to sleep on a good idea.
Although I was definitely filled with disappointment at not being able to visit the forest, I soon forgot about the weather as I laughed my worries away with my new friends. I will dearly miss this type of atmosphere when I return home.