Guam

Guam is a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and when you refer back to it when describing the place to other people, you say it's basically right next to the Philippines but in the same time zone as Sydney. It's called "Where America's Day Begins" because it's on the other side of the International dateline, making jetlag a thing and giving students who went to school off-island an excuse to not call home.

Approximately 1/3 of the island is gated and controlled by the military, another 1/3 is nothing but jungle infested with dogs, brown tree snakes, and the White Lady, thus rendering the rest of the 1/3 to squish a ton of Filipinos, other Asians, occasionally white people with the 'native' Chamorros.

'Chaud' is more or less a term that refers to a guy who acts like the hybrid of a backwater redneck and SoCal bro who believes he is 'pure Chamorro'.

The government is corrupt because people hire only family members, the school system sucks because the government sucks, and the private schools fund all their money towards building nice things instead of funding for courses that matter.

The sales tax is already incorporated into the price, so you can bring up exact change before getting to the register.

The food is bomb as hell, but not intended for mass consumption beyond the holiday seasons.

There are 2 seasons on Guam: typhoon season and rainy season.

The main source of income is Japanese tourism.

Any student who has ever moved to the mainland would only return to Guam for Christmas break to eat and catch up with the friends who weren't so lucky.

If you attend UOG, then you're basically stuck on Guam for the rest of your life.

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