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in the pics: cleaning the pig at school... a little boy named bubba,. he.s so cute with the crispy things on his fingers...
12/13
I was thinking about samoan community, and how it seems there are many many tight connections. It may be the ultimate in “social capital”…to take a buzz term I’ve heard in America. I drew a picture of the samoan community. It was a small box with many criss-crossing lines (representing relationships) inside it. I drew a picture of community in America. It was a much larger box with maybe the same (or less) number of lines. The blank (white) space between lines is much larger in the American community box.
Reading the samoan observer…December 4 edition. Article about freedom of religion in Samoan constitution (article 11). I sure don’t feel freedom of religion in my village. If I want to fit in, and keep relationships, I go to the church (which is now being created, after a split with the neighboring village) in our village. Actually it’s a fale in front of our house. the same one used for dances (sivas), meetings (fono), bingo, and sleeping (moe).
Mr. Chief Justice: “my concern is that new religions will become a way to remove the blessings of communal living because of desires of individuals.” Hmmmm…religion clashing with communal living. BOTH very important to samoan life.
Poetry book: Raw edges. By Juliet Enid Westerlaund… to represent our country.
Visual artist: fatu feu’u
“our pacific people have opportunities but they don’t take them.”
“it is easy to walk away but hard to focus on something.”
Ingredients to success: patience, hard work, consistency.
An art studio in Samoa? Where?
“Pledge” dance group wins HIV/AIDS competition. Social dance movement and radical act of self expression. KRUMP: kingdom radically uplifted mighty praises
Daltron group computer company coming to Samoa.
Tower of girl power…line from article in teen page.
12/10
School almost finished. It was a long year..but it went by in the blink of any eye. I guess I was busy. Writing comments in school reports for students:
Very good student…lelei tele tamaiti aoga.
An average student…feololole taumafai
Good improvement…lelei taumafai ua alu i luga
Paie…lazy
Tautalaititi…cheeky
Needs to study more…toe suesue a tili
Pay attention to the teacher…Usi tai i le faiaoga
I was thinking about samoan community, and how it seems there are many many tight connections. It may be the ultimate in “social capital”…to take a buzz term I’ve heard in America. I drew a picture of the samoan community. It was a small box with many criss-crossing lines (representing relationships) inside it. I drew a picture of community in America. It was a much larger box with maybe the same (or less) number of lines. The blank (white) space between lines is much larger in the American community box.
Reading the samoan observer…December 4 edition. Article about freedom of religion in Samoan constitution (article 11). I sure don’t feel freedom of religion in my village. If I want to fit in, and keep relationships, I go to the church (which is now being created, after a split with the neighboring village) in our village. Actually it’s a fale in front of our house. the same one used for dances (sivas), meetings (fono), bingo, and sleeping (moe).
Mr. Chief Justice: “my concern is that new religions will become a way to remove the blessings of communal living because of desires of individuals.” Hmmmm…religion clashing with communal living. BOTH very important to samoan life.
Poetry book: Raw edges. By Juliet Enid Westerlaund… to represent our country.
Visual artist: fatu feu’u
“our pacific people have opportunities but they don’t take them.”
“it is easy to walk away but hard to focus on something.”
Ingredients to success: patience, hard work, consistency.
An art studio in Samoa? Where?
“Pledge” dance group wins HIV/AIDS competition. Social dance movement and radical act of self expression. KRUMP: kingdom radically uplifted mighty praises
Daltron group computer company coming to Samoa.
Tower of girl power…line from article in teen page.
12/10
School almost finished. It was a long year..but it went by in the blink of any eye. I guess I was busy. Writing comments in school reports for students:
Very good student…lelei tele tamaiti aoga.
An average student…feololole taumafai
Good improvement…lelei taumafai ua alu i luga
Paie…lazy
Tautalaititi…cheeky
Needs to study more…toe suesue a tili
Pay attention to the teacher…Usi tai i le faiaoga
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