My Passion

My passion is basketball. Since I was young I was always involved with the sport. I dedicated time and energy to practice every day. I had many experiences with this passion and even losing that passion for a little while. When I was younger I played in park leagues ever year. Striving to be the best and sometimes succeeding in certain aspects. One year I was the leading scorer for my league, while another(a higher division) I didnt perform as well. However, when I got into high school I lost that pasion and didn't try out my freshman or sophmore year. Now, towards te end of sophmore year, I have regained my passion and hope to try out for my junior year. Through my passion I can expierence higher competition, teamwork, and dedication.

This I Believe Draft

This I Believe Draft

"Fall down seven times, get up eight." That is how I live my live-I never give up. In my life, and just as anyone else's, I encounter problems and challenges throughout. However, it's not about the problem I face, but instead how I endure it, how I conquer it. Many challenges have arisen in my life, but only a few have changed it.

Throughout my life, I've moved constantly. Always being the new guy, always making new friends, and more importantly losing old ones. Overall, I've been at 7 different schools, always trying to fit in, sometimes succeeding and sometimes not. The way I overcame this challenge was by realizing that I shouldn't be trying to impress others, but instead try to impress myself. At times I was laughed at, ignored, ridiculed, but in the end the only opinion that actually mattered was my own. I conquered the challenge so despite moving to a new school(Moanalua) I was able to be myself and never give up doing that.

Also, from a very young age the game of basketball was instilled in me. Naturally, when I first started I wasn't the best to say the least. I always envied the older and better players, and whenever I made a mistake I always felt like just putting down the ball and sit on the side. However, throughout the years I encountered and overcame the different challenges that came with the game. I remember the day that I perfected dribbling through my legs. The feeling of accomplishing and not quitting felt so good that it enabled me to want more. With the practice, dedication, and the will to never give up, I conquered my challenge.

So I don't ever let my challenges weigh me down. I find my way around it, get past it, and never look back. So if I so happen to fall down seven times, I'll always find a way to get up eight.

Final Poem

Relaxing... In my mind

Hiding my head in the dark clouds above,

Seeking to find the answer,

But always being rained on, always being down.

Trying to find light in this system we live in,

despite it being so very very dim.

Looking to prosper with every action I make

Trying harder and harder to be "somebody".

Looking at the birds I lose myself in thought:

"Why can't we get along just as these simple animals?"

Seeing all the wickedness in the world,

I hide in my shell...

There is no crime.

There is no competition.

There is no badness...

Just Peace and Unity.

Lono-God Of Peace and Prosperity Allusion Poem

Allusion Poem-Lono

Relaxing... In my mind

Hiding my head in the dark clouds above,

Trying to find light in this system we live in,

despite it being so very very dim.

Looking to prosper with every action I make

Trying harder and harder to be "somebody".

Looking at the birds I lose myself in thought:

"Why can't we get along just as these simple animals?"

Seeing all the wickedness in the world,

I hide in my shell...

There is no crime.

There is no competition.

There is no badness...

Just Peace and Unity.

Allusion

Kanaloa-god of the ocean.
Kuula - god of fishermen - his wife is Hina
Mokualii - god of canoe makers
Koleamoku - god of the art of healing - patron of the kahunas.