Aelan Laef!

Suomeksi alempana. You know those moments when you look around for an adult, and then you realize, you're the adult? And that you have to deal with whatever is happening? One day it was lunch break at school when all of a sudden I hear the kids start yelling and screaming, but not because they were frightened or anything. It sounded more like they were excited about something. I caught up with the kids and guess what. A baby bird had fallen from the mango tree. One of the kids had grabbed it and others were chasing him. They all wanted it for themselves.  "Ms. Elina! Ms. Elina!! Look at this baby bird!! Can we keep it? Who gets to keep it??? I want to take it home! No, I want to take it home! I had it first! But I saw it first!! BUT IT'S MINE!! Can I please take it home with me, I promise I will look after it?" So. Here's a confession. I don't know much anything about baby birds. Or birds in general. All I was thinking was that the kids should no...

Suomeksi alempana. It's been a week since I arrived to Vanuatu, but it feels like much more than that. So much has happened in one just one week! The travels took about two days to complete. It wasn't that bad though, because I got to spend some time with my friends T'Challa, Eric Killmonger, Okoye, Shuri and Nakia. #wakandaforever!  I was about halfway through my flight from Doha to Sydney, when I finally received an email with a copy of the letter that would grant me a special category visa upon arrival. Everything went very smoothly, up until I arrived in Vila. It was close to midnight when I arrived in Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu. The moment I saw the lights of the city come to view, my heart started rejoicing. I was back! I had a strong flashback to when I was leaving the country almost 5 years ago with tears in my eyes, and here I was, finally coming back. But entry to the country didn't go quite as planned, though. Some paperwork was missing and t...