Tuesday, September 09, 2003
weekend updates...
dang, i hella lag on this blogging thing. lemme recap a nice weekend...
on friday, i met glenn's cousins who just came from the philippines a couple of weeks ago. they're ages 14 (girl), 12 (boy), 9 (boy)-really cute and very talkative. it's just a hard adjustment for them because it's so very different here. especially for the eldest girl since she's a freshman in high school. she told me she was crying to her mom on the first day of school because it was so tough. everything is so different for her. in the philippines, the students stay in homeroom, while the teachers move from classroom to classroom. here of course, she has to get used to moving from classroom to classroom herself. it's hard for her socially too because she doesn't have any friends yet. she was telling me that especially on the first days of school, there's an excitement because you get to see all your friends and catch up with each other. and here, she doesn't have anyone. sadness, no? i feel for her. i moved here when i was nine and i think at the time, i tried to make it seem like i was assimilating fairly easily. and i think because i came here earlier, i probably did better than she is now. plus, the scenario was more familiar to me. i was in private catholic school in the philippines, and when i came here, i went to saint monica's in santa monica. not much different, except there were boys. i ended up with friends, although i can remember lunches when i'd spend it sitting by myself writing letters to my old friends at home. i probably didn't think much of it then, but i was probably very lonely too. the friends that i had made seemed to find other activities to do during lunch, like handball or jumprope. i couldn't jump rope. i still can't. but i'm a damn good double dutch rope turner!
on friday, i met glenn's cousins who just came from the philippines a couple of weeks ago. they're ages 14 (girl), 12 (boy), 9 (boy)-really cute and very talkative. it's just a hard adjustment for them because it's so very different here. especially for the eldest girl since she's a freshman in high school. she told me she was crying to her mom on the first day of school because it was so tough. everything is so different for her. in the philippines, the students stay in homeroom, while the teachers move from classroom to classroom. here of course, she has to get used to moving from classroom to classroom herself. it's hard for her socially too because she doesn't have any friends yet. she was telling me that especially on the first days of school, there's an excitement because you get to see all your friends and catch up with each other. and here, she doesn't have anyone. sadness, no? i feel for her. i moved here when i was nine and i think at the time, i tried to make it seem like i was assimilating fairly easily. and i think because i came here earlier, i probably did better than she is now. plus, the scenario was more familiar to me. i was in private catholic school in the philippines, and when i came here, i went to saint monica's in santa monica. not much different, except there were boys. i ended up with friends, although i can remember lunches when i'd spend it sitting by myself writing letters to my old friends at home. i probably didn't think much of it then, but i was probably very lonely too. the friends that i had made seemed to find other activities to do during lunch, like handball or jumprope. i couldn't jump rope. i still can't. but i'm a damn good double dutch rope turner!
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nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid
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~ Abraham Lincoln
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