I’m determined to make this summer the best one yet, and I think it will. First off, I’ll be excited to just have a kitchen and cook for myself again. Living in the dorm sucks- food sucks, Rockland sucks … food on campus just sucks. Then, most of my friends are still at school in CP, so I’ll be going there a lot to hang out with them. Then, when Ryan gets out of school, we’re going to take a road trip to New Jersey and visit my family and take him to New York. Afterwards, towards the end of May, my best friend from Japan is coming to visit me! I have no idea what I’ll do with her, but she’s still coming! Then in June, I start my volunteering at a camp! I’m so excited! Kids are amazing and I’m so excited to be surrounded by them. At the end of the June, I’m going with Ryan and his father to go to New Mexico for a week and visit his family! Ryan is half Filipino and half Native American, so being amongst the Native American culture is something I look forward to! Then in July, my family is letting me go home to the Philippines for a whole month by myself! For the first two weeks, I’ll visit my aunt’s family in the islands- particularly Cebu. Cebu has the cleanest beaches, the nicest resorts that give the best messages, and some of the best food Philippines has to offer. Then the last two weeks, I will spend it at my dad’s side and mom’s side. My dad’s side has tons of little kids, so I’ll be really excited to spend time with them. My mom’s side has only her brother left in the Philippines because everyone else is in America! Then in August, it’s up in the air. Nothing is set in stone, but I’m still looking forward to everything this summer! 

I'm sorry, all I can really talk about is summer.


On this hot summer day,
I do not want to go back to class.
I want to get in my car and drive away,
and go to the park and roll in the grass.

I want to sing out loud,
and dance really silly.
This past semester I've tried to make my parents proud,
now I want to go home and give my cousin a wet willy.

For one whole summer,
my books are out of sight, out of mind.
I'm determined to not make this break a bummer,
getting that relaxation time I've been trying to find.

Time to sleep all day and eat candy,
for the first time in a while, everything is just dandy.

7 WORD CHALLENGE-

I cannot wait,
to finally catch a break.
It is in my fate,
my freedom I can finally take.

It's been so long,
since I was able to sleep in.
My alarm clock sounds like a gong,
a state of relaxation my body has never been.

But summer is so close, I can taste it,
like a big juicy apple on a summer day.
To run outside under the blue sky to stay fit,
and that summer may never end is what I constantly pray.

I can't wait to scream and be loud,
the absence of any tests is why I'll be happy and proud.

Bye Poetry

Poetry was kind of hard for me, but here is my goodbye:

Goodbye poetry,

it was nice getting to know you.

I was very frustrated with thee,

because of all the rhyming I had to go through.

You were such a hard concept,

at times, difficult to write.

With the work I did it was hard for me to accept,

that this was my poem, I would go to class in fright.

But towards the end,

you were not so bad.

After listening to some really good poems, you became my friend,

while writing them, I wouldn't get mad.

Poetry is not my favorite, it's okay,

but I won't let the concept go astray.

I am so happy Professor Booker let us put up some of our poems instead of an actual blog post! Instead of me complaining about life, poem 2 is up!

What is Love?

There is no specific way,

To define that crazy thing called love.

Society has led us astray,

Forgetting our blessings from up above.

To girls, love requires a boy,

Waiting on them hand and foot.

Young people play with love like a toy,

And before they know it, their love is kaput.

But what is love to a woman?

It is life, work, friends, and family.

To them, man is the villain,

Because independence is more important exponentially.

Girls are afraid to be alone,

Women are not afraid to stand on their own.

travel

Most people get car sick, boat sick, or are terrified of flying on airplanes. I personally love travelling. The idea of being thrown into another country and experience complete culture shock is very appealing to me. I have been flying since I was three years old, thanks to being a Navy brat, so I have been accustomed to that mode of transportation- it’s actually my favorite.

I’ve been to countries in Southeast Asia because that is where my dad and the boat, the USS Kitty Hawk, went. We went to Australia, Singapore, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Guam, and a couple of other countries. I enjoy learning new things about each country, especially the “weird” things. For example, one could get fined for spitting out your gum out on the road in Singapore; in Singapore, a woman is not allowed to just leave her purse anywhere, she must take it with her wherever she goes. Another example would be that in Australia, they do not know what “ketchup” is, but they call it “tomato sauce.”

Even when I visited America every other summer when I was younger when I lived in Japan, I would find something so weird to me that I could not wait to share with my friends back home. For example, I found it so weird that America had such big movie theatres with multiple rooms because the ones where I lived were just small and only had one screen. Another thing I found weird was “Dip n Dots” ice cream. I was so obsessed! I got it every single day of my vacation. I had never seen anything like it before and it tasted so good!

Now that I’m more grown up, the list of countries I would like to visited has only grown. I want to go to London, Spain, Portugal, Egypt, Dubai, China, Russia, and so much more. I am so excited to get around and travel; I just don’t know when I would go ...

my other half

My mom is my other half. She probably is the most important person in my life. We bicker, argue, and fight like a regular mom and daughter relationship; but I think what makes us different, is that we’re so close that if I got into a fight with her on the phone, I hang up, but feel so bad afterwards that I would call her back. I value my mom and my relationship because she has and is always the one person who supports me 100%, good or bad. I fight to maintain my close bond with her because I like to set an example for my cousins and their mothers- to always be loving, understanding, and respectful to their mom because they are the best best friend a girl could ever have.

Now that my mom has been really sick for the past couple of months, it hurts me ten times more when I see her cry or wince at even the slightest bit of pain. I am trying to go home every weekend to take care of her because she really is all I think about in school- has she eaten? Has her pain gotten worse? Is she sleeping okay? My mom means everything to me. Some people might laugh, but I really would not have it any other way.