magically running says the Observer
in the pics: athletics training, and the t-shirts...
7/20
Today is brought to you by the word “optimism” and the number 7. I showed the samoan teacher how to do the disk defragment and disk clean up, and copy student pics on 7 computers. I’m also helping a year11 student prepare for the speech competition. It’s funny how things come around. The speech is a combination of speeches written by other students and parts I wrote.
After school I settled down to my toasted sandwich of mayo, cheese, chili sauce, corned beef, and tomatoes. Sounds yummy doesn’t it? It’s what I got now. Mexican comes in December.
Lack of resources—can I really appreciate this? Yeah teaching, but lack of resources for living? Lack according to who? Polynesian ways of living, or Western ways?
A few phrases from the july 20th samoan Observer: 1) “Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate life in general…we are all so blessed and so lucky to be alive.” Madonna talking to audience after a stage crashed down on her crew. I agree. Being alive is quite a blessing. One we don’t recognize enough
2) …that they’re uncharted territory for all of us. Uncharted territories are tugging at a lot of young people these days. And tugging at me. well, they got me..here I am on the small island of western Samoa.
A few phrases from the PC samoa newsletter I thought were interesting:
“Don’t put time tables on work related goals that involve other people.”
Yes yes yes…I agree with this. I don’t have time tables. I just have a list that needs to get done. And get done in it’s own time. Some things are done when I most unexpect it. Hmmmm…unexpect is not a word.
“Understand that plans don’t often work as thought, and always have a fluid plan B.”
Yes yes yes….and how about a fluid plan c and d? and sometimes no plan works best.
A nightly tradition I hear on the radio—the reading of money waiting to be claimed by people in Samoa. It is an advertisement for the money remittance company..but I think it’s a good service. I guess people overseas send money to family here (a HUGE flow of hard currency) but they don’t tell their family???hmmm.
From the dictionary: “finance: money matters” yes it does. Interesting definition.
7/17
What motivates a Samoan to run—for pleasure? I’m not talking about running after the rugby ball. Just jogging down the road, or seawall for that matter. I’m in Apia at dusk watching the evening activities—jogging, soccer—I see a big tent—Magic Circus of Samoa. I think I’ll go and see—and lots of taxis driving by because…have you ever had that feeling that the dice are against what you want to do? I want to go to faofao beach fales tonight. But no bus. But there was the Lefaga bus going back to my village after the athletics day, and then the lady that was going in the car back to Lefaga. Makes me wonder if I should really be in my village this weekend. (side note—I wrote outside my border on that page (20.5) so my tattoo picture/design will be leaga/bad.
Today is brought to you by the word “optimism” and the number 7. I showed the samoan teacher how to do the disk defragment and disk clean up, and copy student pics on 7 computers. I’m also helping a year11 student prepare for the speech competition. It’s funny how things come around. The speech is a combination of speeches written by other students and parts I wrote.
After school I settled down to my toasted sandwich of mayo, cheese, chili sauce, corned beef, and tomatoes. Sounds yummy doesn’t it? It’s what I got now. Mexican comes in December.
Lack of resources—can I really appreciate this? Yeah teaching, but lack of resources for living? Lack according to who? Polynesian ways of living, or Western ways?
A few phrases from the july 20th samoan Observer: 1) “Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate life in general…we are all so blessed and so lucky to be alive.” Madonna talking to audience after a stage crashed down on her crew. I agree. Being alive is quite a blessing. One we don’t recognize enough
2) …that they’re uncharted territory for all of us. Uncharted territories are tugging at a lot of young people these days. And tugging at me. well, they got me..here I am on the small island of western Samoa.
A few phrases from the PC samoa newsletter I thought were interesting:
“Don’t put time tables on work related goals that involve other people.”
Yes yes yes…I agree with this. I don’t have time tables. I just have a list that needs to get done. And get done in it’s own time. Some things are done when I most unexpect it. Hmmmm…unexpect is not a word.
“Understand that plans don’t often work as thought, and always have a fluid plan B.”
Yes yes yes….and how about a fluid plan c and d? and sometimes no plan works best.
A nightly tradition I hear on the radio—the reading of money waiting to be claimed by people in Samoa. It is an advertisement for the money remittance company..but I think it’s a good service. I guess people overseas send money to family here (a HUGE flow of hard currency) but they don’t tell their family???hmmm.
From the dictionary: “finance: money matters” yes it does. Interesting definition.
7/17
What motivates a Samoan to run—for pleasure? I’m not talking about running after the rugby ball. Just jogging down the road, or seawall for that matter. I’m in Apia at dusk watching the evening activities—jogging, soccer—I see a big tent—Magic Circus of Samoa. I think I’ll go and see—and lots of taxis driving by because…have you ever had that feeling that the dice are against what you want to do? I want to go to faofao beach fales tonight. But no bus. But there was the Lefaga bus going back to my village after the athletics day, and then the lady that was going in the car back to Lefaga. Makes me wonder if I should really be in my village this weekend. (side note—I wrote outside my border on that page (20.5) so my tattoo picture/design will be leaga/bad.
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