Looking back at the past few weeks, we made so many memories, had choke kodak moments, laugh till we cried, and started the beggining of ever lasting friendships. The first day we met would be the day we said by to our ohana and fly off into unforgettable paradises and unknown places.
I remember when we had our orientation luncheon at Alomana Hotel everyone was scared and stayed close to their fam
ilies. Moms would be the ones interacting with others first and introducing their sons or daughters. Senator Akaka was there and he gave us a plaque to congratulate us on getting into the program. Only ten of us out of about sixty got in so this program is a BiG deal. Also, Aunty Vicky, her son James, Dr. Kekuni, and Senator Akaka gave words of encouragement for us before we left.As the orientation was ending and we were waiting for the time to pass, we had time to talk to eachother and i
ntroduce our selves. I remember having thoughts about who would be the shy one, who I thought wouldn't like me, and who I thought I would get along with the most. Even if I was shy, I took that step of bravery and talked to Salena, Kealoha, Kahea, and Thomas first. I remember thinking, these are the people I'm going to be with for a month and I knew we would have to talk sooner or later and we did. Now, we always tell Kumu Kepa that they can't bring us anywhere without hearing us laugh out loud and seeing us act like the local Hawaiians we are.
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hahaha. you are soo true. at the orientation i stayed close to my family and my mom was the one that was going around introducing me to everyone.hahaha. & i think that we should be super thankful that we are given this opportunity and how special we are because there are 50 other people that applied but we were the ones that were selected.
I have to say that I would never want to experience the anxiety I felt that morning I met all of you guys again. But now that it's a couple weeks down the road, I really feel like we've bonded. Opportunities like this are one in a million and I'm sure that all of us are taking full advantage. Being away from my family is hard, but it's nice to know that we're all in the same boat.
This was the longest day of my intire life! But it was worth it. I remember when all of us meet, we were all shy, but now I think we talk too much with each other. Too much that we stay up pass curfew up in Boston...
*Kahea
Kayla you couldn't have said it in a better way. I totally agree with you. I didn't know what to expect. Who would like me, who wouldn't, who judged me, drama? It was a little different going off with people whom we met within hours, not being able to see our family for a whole month. I felt that we would eventually have to get to know eachother. When we did we came to discover that we do have a lot of things in common and that we can laugh our butts off like any other typical hawaiian family. What I enjoy the most is socializing with you guys.
LOVE....
SAM
I enjoyed orientation, I wasn't nervous or anything--maybe at the end though because we all had to say goodbye to our families. I can say I didn't know what to expect in some extent, as far as the other students and everything, but I could kind of expect what we would do.
THE FIRST TIME I SEEN EVERYBODY THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS "I'M I THE ONLY TITAH"
I WAS AS SAD AS MY MOM THOUGH, NOW I'M STARTING TO MISS HOME.
I realy enjoyed the orientation that we had to intend. It made me know that when I go to Harvard I will be representing myself, my family, my Hawaiian island and state, and many other people. My mom made me go and give all the people some goodie bags that she made. I have to admit once I gave all my compainions their goodie bags, I totally forgot their names. I have a problem of remebering names of people but now after spending at least three week with them, I feel that I can know them from the back of my head.
At first, I didn`t know what to expect of the others who I would be living with for a whole month. I was hoping that everyone would become "tight" and that we wouldn`t have any drama on the trip.. and my dream came true! I`m having so much fun learning new things about everyone as each day passes, and it`s gonna be really hard for me to say good-bye in a week!
My first thoughts of everyone:
Kayla- Looked quiet
Chiquita- looked mean like she was going to attack me
No'i- Looked really unhappy... kept my distance
Kahea- I thought she was those weird hawaiian immersion girls like home schooled kids
Thomas- business card anyone?
Sam- She kept staring like a typical Maui built girl
Ashley- Dairy road!
Kealoha- Sweet and Nerdy
Jennifer- Mostly I thought to myself "she was a big baby, and she was a spoiled Kam girl"(haha)
Getting to know them after... I LOVED THEM ALL!!!!!!!!! yay
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