WLA in Bilbao Day 10

In the morning I had to go to Deusto to take my Certificate of Proficiency in English Oral Exam, so I didn't go to school. Meanwhile, some Americans (not Tim) took surfing lessons at Sopelana Beach. Having been told that even those who didn't take lessons had to go to the beach, I went there, only to find that Tim had gone to Bilbao. I had taken all of my bodyboarding gear, but since I hadn't done bodyboarding in 5 years, I had just eaten, and the waves weren't very good when I arrived there, I decided not to go in the water.

After the Americans were done with their lessons, we met those who hadn't gone to the beach at Neguri metro station. Tim and I headed straight for Bilbao again, because he wanted to do some last minute shopping. We got back just in time to go to the Farewall Party at school.

Alex, Sang Sun, Dan, and I were playing some music at the party, so, since I arrived late, I had to go get all my equipment set up. Once I had finished with that, we went through a couple of songs, just to get warmed up. The problem was that it was loud, so people started coming in. After letting them play around with the instruments, we finally managed to get everyone out.

We all went to eat. John Asensi cooked hamburgers and hot dogs, which were notably better than those of the Welcome Party. We played sports (kind of), and when everyone was done eating, they were taken to the Auditorium.

First, Alex, Sang Sun, and I played an instrumental medley of a couple of rock hits (Lenny Kravitz, Nirvana, The White Stripes, Michael Jackson, and Deep Purple). Then, Dan got up on stage, and everything got pretty intense. "The Hallabrins" (that's what we're called) played the Sex Pistol's "God Save the Queen", The Ramones' "Spiderman", "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash, and finally "Blitzkrieg Bop" by The Ramones. The audience raged for more, so we did a sped-up/slowed-down version of "Should I Stay or Should I Go" again. Everyone said we played very well, and we were a success.

Mr. Roger West gave a speech afterwards, thanking the Americans, the teachers, and us. John Asensi, David Jenkins, and Mrs. Daniela Lira followed. The Westlake kids then gave out presents for their chaperones.

Back at home, Tim and I listened to music, and played more videogames.