My sister and her boyfriend, David, arrived in Okinawa on Friday! However it was not until Monday that we could get to Izena because of a Typhoon. We had a great time on the mainland thanks to Kelly who did a fantastic job of entertaining us, we especially enjoyed the ice skating! Once we got to Izena things got a bit crazy, I rushed them to school for my after school English conversation classes and then rushed them to a festival with no time for dinner. The festival was good, a bit of a shock for my sis and David but fun none the less. It was a little rowdy and a little violent at times. Nothing compared to my first experience of a festival last year when I had no idea of what was going on though. I won a bag of rice at sumo and managed to escape drinking with the 'bad boys' of the island. Instead I went to a snack with Teru, Nagi and a few others and we ate, drank and sang karaoke until too late. We even got my, apparently, shy sister to sing karaoke, eventually! Good times.....and there are three more festivals to go this month! Don't worry Mum and Dad I am looking after wee Sis despite determined efforts of the islanders they only drank green tea and aserola (okinawan fruit) juice all night, sorry I can't say the same for myself but I'm an islander don't cha knooow!