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.