I had rather a long weekend this weekend, for one reason or another. One reason was the India fundraiser which was held on Saturday. All the Okinawa JETs who went to India in December have been working on throwing a fundraiser at the popular JET haunt, Paul and Mike’s international bar. The night was a success despite a disappointing turnout and we raised a total of 8man (80000 yen or 800 US dollars) after all our expenses. This money will go to the anada marger (however that is spelt) organization to be used to fund their schools in India. The harrowing highlight of the night was the live slave auction; the five boys who had gone to India offered themselves up for sale as slaves/dates for the night. Another big hit were cookies cooked by the hottest gal in all of Okinawa, sold with the slogan ‘better than sex’ they raised almost a 100 bucks on their own. Other goings on over the course of the weekend involved a Gumball rally which despite acts of gross public indecency my team did not win, I suppose second place is better than a kick in the pants. The weekend was topped off with a visit to Nakagusuku castle, an ancient Ryukyu castle dating back to the 15th centaury and a world heritage site which boasts impressive masonry and panoramic views, one can see from one side of the island to the other (maybe). After exploring the castle we explored a haunted hotel which was built right next to the castle. I don’t know any of the details of the story; suffice it to say the hotel was build recently but quickly abandoned after it got a reputation as being haunted. This reputation arose by an alarming number of unexplained deaths which plagued the hotel. I don’t know the actual number but it must be assumed it was alarmingly large enough to cause this large and probably once impressive hotel to be abandoned. It is quite derelict now and covered in graffiti. It does have a certain spooky charm and include a picture of me pretending to serve a drink from behind what used to be a bar (I think). I was also very sick this weekend, terrible migraines.