Cinco de mayo sings Japanese

in the pics: a day to celebrate the Cinco De Mayo, jump in the ocean (ok I did the simple forward jump, feet first; others...a little more on the difficulty scale), the hard work of making the salsa that everyone else can eat, and don't forget the birthday boy gets to use big stick to bash bloated vailima bottle. yahhh for candy!... it was fun. I had some drink and some eat, and was carried to bed early...nothing new there.

5/10
I’m trying to learn some Japanese.
Hello…kon-nichiwa
Good morning…oha-yo
Good evening…kon-banwa
Good night…oyasumi-nansai
Good bye…sayo-nara
Thank you…arigag-tou
Please…Onegai-shimasu
I love you…ai-shiteiru



5/9
Gone to apia today..to make the shopping for Mother’s day (aso sa tina). It is VERY busy today. The shopping includes: a bottle of perfume, 6 bottles of bingo dabbers, 2 bags of candies to make a necklace.

I don’t see much sunblock for sale in stores. I don’t see any. Samoans don’t tan, but I guess they do burn—someone showed me.

Look—it’s a palagi—white white white. It’s weird when I see a white person, especially in the village.

I’m going to try and capture some sounds of samoa: roosters, Sunday singing, sea/waves, the sa bell, night crickets.

When I grow up, I want a huge reflecting pool for the beautiful sunsets and sunrises…and the moon too.


5/6
One of my favorite songs the kids sing at school:
pese Ainiusami
nai tamaiti Ainiusami
ainiusami sauni e folau
Nu’unu’u ou fulu apa’au
Ma faaolioli o lau la’au
Aua e te masani
I le feliuai
O la ua tau ma la ua tonu
Saili ai malo Tuia ma Tama a le lagi

O muagututia ma to le afoa
Tama o le fuafuataga
Nai la’au e fuamutala e ola Faalaseela ma Lefaga
Sau laia e masavai nei e filifili ai sau paaga
E te faaipoipo ai ina ua lua lima ou tausaga.


Another song

A e alu e te fagota,
Alo lou va’a I tai I le
Tafolal, vaai lelei sauni o le
To velo o le I’a ma fafao
I le ola, faafuata le papatua
Si’I vae lua lau solofanua
Masamasa le lo’omatua
Ma ua tiga lona papatua.



5/1
I’m in Apia getting ready to travel to Savaii for Cinco do Mayo party. Some quiet time at the Peace corps office…ravioli and meatballs in a can (from America). A long shower with warm water. I shampooed my hair 3 times. It feels nice…soft. Some hot tea, and then mint cookies cooled in the freezer. I sat on the sea wall listening to the beat from a club called paddles.

I thought all samoans were loud. I’ve met a quiet one, well at least …

All students have a book from our library to take home and read. It wasn’t planned, but 9.1 was the first class to get books. I was the instigator. I just hope they bring the books back.