Freak out Friday

i say 'freak out' because i'm freaking out. mel's hosting folks for a talk story at the commemoration tomorrow morning of the battle of nuuanu at the pali lookout. i guess i have to be there at 5 am. but tomorrow is also the re-enactment of our play at the city hall annex and i still don't have someone to play mrs. campbell. aargh...

on a more positive note, i wanted to share how my students have been delivering their final projects. yesterday in my anth 2000 (intro to cultural anth) class we were treated to pancit (filipino noodles) and some pastry stuffed with purple sweet potato. ono. a duo talked about growing up in hawaii on the leeward coast and shared a fabulous short video of life on the waianae coast. impressive! another group of students talked about the various language dialects on different islands in the philippines. about half of my students are from the philippines or are second generation here in hawaii. i had never tried balut (a kind of snack with a semi-formed duck fetus inside the shell), although james likes it. but this last group brought some to share with students. a couple of the haole students looked like they were about to turn green. a couple of filipino students enjoyed sipping the liquid (salty, i think) from the cracked shell. it was pretty interesting, i tell ya! i ended up taking some photos of the eggs, as you see above. i commend them for sharing their culture and experience with the rest of us. obviously i'll have to give them all "A"s. i have learned so much from them--lucky me!