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 Table of Contents
FEATURES
"Outside"
by: Gianna Pipoli 41
"My Heart Will Go On"
Big differences Between Colegio Maya and the by: Sindy Chamorro 41
Japanese School
"Poor Federica"
by: Mitsumi Niishi & Miyuki Nakadoi 2 by: Sindy Chamorro 42
The Big Game In San Diego "Skater"
by: Ade Adamson 3 by: Ade Adamson 42
"What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up. ..." "Colors"
by: Su Han Park 4 by: Ade Adamson 42
Freshmen Survey "Trees"
by: Christina Walsh 8 by: Erez Cohen 43
Push Yu Mang: An Album review "Wannabe"
by: Gretchen Perkins 14 by: Claudia Garcia 43
Mana
"If The Skies Never Fall"
by: Edgardo Pabon 18 by: Ximena Lopez 44
A Tough Grade For Many "Annie's Past Life"
by: Salameh Massis 23 by: Ivy Chen 45
"Into The Woods": A Play Review "Fate's Toy"
by: Gretchen Perkins 24 Christian Cseh 45
High-School Survey "Rome"
by: Gretchen Perkins & Katherine Gonzales 26 by: Antonio Luzzi 46
Limp Bizkit-Band Review "Happiness"
by: Javier Lacayo 28 by: Antonio Luzzi 46
New Regulations For Drivers Licenses "Pigs Can't Fly!"
by: Peter Benson 29 by:Claudia Garcia 47
High School Girls Basketball "Andre Agassi"
by: Christina Walsh 30 by: Erez Cohen 47
The Wallflowers "Silly, Sill Bee!"
by: Debra Walsh 34 by: Claudia Garcia 47
"Heaven"

POETRY
by: Elias Sundelin 48
"The Leopard"
by: Antonio Luzzi 48
"My First Date" "Hell"
by: Ken lee 36 by: El'ias Sundelin 48
"A Day of A Hero" "I'm Not Afraid"
by: Ken lee 36 by: Cecille Ocasio 49
"Lost Sheep" "One day"
by: Ken lee 36 by: Adriana Olivares 49
"Hollow" "Fly"
by: Ricardo Cortes P. 37 by: Adriana Olivares 50
"Love" "The Prayer For Spring"
by: Brian Jung 37 by: Kyong Hwa Kim 50
"Love, heart, and Forever" "Flowers"
by: Brian Jung 37 by: Eduardo Santella 50
"Freedom" "What I "
by: Joe Rodriguez 38 by: Kyong Hwa Kim 51
"Feelings" "School Memories"
by: Gretchen Perkins 38 by: Mitsumi Niishi 51
"Solemnity" "Emotions"
by: Joe Rodriguez 38 by: Jihan Jweiles 52
"We are the future" "Life"
by: Byung Jun Kwon 39 by: Jihan Jweiles 52
"Shhhh..." "Quake"
by: Brian Jung 39 by: Siddarth Thazhathu 53
"They Can't..." "In Our Life There Are Many Decisions to Make"
by: Gretchen Perkins 39 by: Michelle Flores 54
"Love" "As I Watched My Opponent Take Her Place't
by: Byung Jun Kwon 40 by: Michelle Flores 55
"Roses" "Diary"
by: I-Shuan Wu 40 by: Gecille Ocasio 55
"Chinese New Year" "I've gotta go"
by: I-Shuan Wu 40 by: Miyuki Nakadoi 56
wSummer"

by: Sebastian Castrillo 56

wYou don't need wings"
by: Sebastian Castrillo 57
"Travel Wise" The Adventures of Kate Bellamy
by: Kevin Odle 57 by: Ruth Carbonell 66
"Looking Out My Window" Lost in Destruction
by: Nieve Pizzatti 58 by: Alon Cohen 68
"The Power of Love" wMy Dream Is Different"
by: Nieve Pizzatti 58 by: Jenny Seo 69
"Snow" Burt
by: Nieve Pizzatti 59 by: Carlos Mercado 70
"Rain" The "Criminals"
by: Nieve Pizzatti 59 by: Christina Walsh 71
"Just Another Dream" Computer Error
by: Joseph Tally 60 by: Maria Brady 71
"Poexna de los Dones" Backwards
by: Adriana Lopez 61 by: Teresa Membrefio 73
"El Mar es..." Joey
by: Hyun Jun Seo 61 by: John Song 73
"Gracias quiero dar a Dios" A Visit to Jupiter
by: Ana Garcia 61 by: Rosa Chen 74
"To Someone Loved" Broken Heart
by: Valerio De Meo 62 by: Pong Lin-Chie 76
"Why?" Stay Away From The Old Schoolhouse
by: Valerio De Meo 62 by Maria Brady 77
"A Memory" Catastrophe
by: Ana Teresa Mayrides 63 by: Li Tsai Chen 78
"Hidden" Obsession
by: Ana Teresa Mayrides 63 by Maria Brady 80
"Smile" Six
by: Ana Teresa Mayrides 63 by Debra Walsh 81
"Forget the past..." My precious brother
by: Ana Teresa Mayrides 63 by: Young Jin Kang 82

From Left to Right (top to bottom, if applicable): Sebastian Strzalkowski, Jim

Pastore, Christina Walsh, Giancarlo Valle, Jenny Seo, Carlos Mercado,
Katharine Gonzales, Ade Adamson, Maria Brady, Gretchen Perkins, Mutsumi
Niishi,Magnus Franklin, Miyuki Nakadoi,Miguel T\irner, Su Han Park, Mr and
Mrs Biskovich

Aah...thefunof
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that being too efficient can ^^^^A
sometimes hurt; for ^^^
instance, I wrote this column ^ -**
on my machine, copied it to a
disk to bring up here to the lab and
put into the magazine, and then
trashed the original so that my
rria*chine's desktop would stay "nice and
neat". So upon opening my disk up
here, up comes the dreaded "an I/O error
has occured" note on the screen. At least
the rest of the disk was okay, but now I
have to sit here and write another col
umn... Sigh. Such is life.
Anyway...here is the third edition
of "the Maya PULSE" for the 1997-
1998 school year. You might notice that
the level of "professionalism" of our
work is steadily increasing as the year
goes by. For example, we now have
PAGE NUMBERS in the Table of
Contents- "Oh frabjous day, Calooh!
Calay! He chortled in his joy!"
("Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll). We
also have some photos and artwork
scattered around the issue, with more
By: Mr. Pastore
planned for the final issue of the year.
You will find three sections to the
mgazine this quarter- Features, Poetry,
and Fiction. Features basically covers
everything from editorials to reviews
(movies, albums, student productions,
etc.), and feature articles of school, local
and world events. Poetry is mostly from
three of my English classes: two sections
of Ninth grade English, and 1202. A bit
more comes from poetry done in Publica
tion class. Finally, the Fiction section is a
collection of short stories from in my
English classes and from Publications
Staff Writers.
Another note that I must make is
that I inadvertantly left several
articles out of the last edition;
however, with a new table of
contents and better organiza
tion, tht problem has now
gone by the wayside.
Finally- even though
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still are \*& ± errors in the
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is that as it V~ * has become
easier to edit, ^fr spellcheck
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technology, the ^^cr \ more
people take editing, ^^rm proof
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Please enjoy this ^^
edition of "the Maya ^p
PULSE", and keep a look
out for issue four in about five
weeks!!!
TT Features
Big difference/
Between Colegio flioija
and (he Jopane/e School
by Mutsumi Nishii
I have only been in Colegio
Maya a few weeks but I think there are
many differences between the Japanese
school and Colegio Maya. One of these
is the quantity of people because in the
Japanese School there are only about 10
students in nine grades (there are 5
grades that don't have students). Some
times it was a little bit sad because there
weren't enough students, We used eat
lunch together with teachers. It was
funny hearing teachers' experiences,
cultures where they live (in Japan there
are different culture in each place), and
when we would have some school event
the older students had to do many things.
But for the past 3 years the younger
students have also participated.And
because there were so few students we
only needed 1 school bus and still we
had some empty seats!
In the Japanese School I only
heard the Japanese opinion so I'm enjoy
ing hearing the opinions of many differ
ent countries here.
The thing that I was surprised by
here was that we have to move when we
take classes. In Japan (and the Japanese
school) the teachers moved each time to
each classroom to give the classes. I was
also surprised by the time length of
classes; in the Japanese School it was 45
minutes of class and 10 minutes of rest
and here it is 80 minutes of class and 20 -
minutes of rest.
by Miyuki Nakadoi
The Japanese school is a very small
school. There are only 200 Japanese
people living in Guatemala, so the number
of students are limited.
It's hard to believe, but in the whole
Japanese school there are just 10 students
from first grade to ninth grade. For ex
ample, my class had just three students,
including myself. So when we had a
discussion in class the opinions were
limited. However, in Colegio Maya there
are more students so we can discuss and
hear more opinions by the students.
In the Japanese school all the
classes are in Japanese so there are only
Japanese students. But, in Colegio Maya
there are more international students, like
Asians , Europeans, and Americans etc.
This may be because Colegio Maya has
classes for foreign students, which helps to
improve English and be able to join in
normal classes.
 Features^!:

THE GAME IM SAN DIEGO

by Ade Adamson

The much anticipated Super Bowl will What Green Bay needs to do in the game

once again be close. The Green Bay Packers vs. is run the ball. They need to run for at least 100

The Denver Broncos will be a great game and yards. The team that runs the best will win this

well remembered. This is because of the the two contest. They need to sustain their drives for an

teams being fairly balanced even though the average of 10 plays. Another must is Earl

NFC has a reputation of killing the AFC. The Dotson needs not to false start like he did in the

Broncos have been to the Super Bowl four NFC championship. On defense the Packers

previous times and lost, thrice with John Elway. need to stay focused. They have to watch out for

Sunday will be no more different than the last the running of Terrell Davis on first down.

four. Many fans say, "Poor John Elway he For the Broncos on offense they need to

deserves a Super Bowl ring", but he will not get run the ball and they need to do big plays that
it this year. The Offensive and Defensive lines can break the backs of the Packers. Another

of the Packers are way too big for the Broncos to thing that they need to do is get the ball in the

vanquish. The Bronco fans point out the run hands of the wide relievers. John Elway needs

ning game of there star Terrell Davis. This guy to come up big in this game. The Offensive line

is good but he must have an MVP type game to of the Broncos needs to overpower the Green

beat the Packers and run over people like 343 Bay Defensive line.

pound Gilbert Brown. The Broncos passing On defense the Broncos need to blitz and

game is very good but the recievers are not all stop the power run by the Packers running back

that great; they do not have real star recievers. Dorsey Levens. The Broncos need to pressure

The only very certain thing the Broncos have Brett Farve but keep him in the pocket, and not

going for them is their heartsand determination. let him outside, where he is dangerous. The

They have nothing to lose and John Elway will Denver Broncos need to stop the awesome

give it all he has. On the other side of the ball receivers of the Packers. If they execute this

there is the Packers. The have everything going well they will win.

for them: the running game, the passing game,

Special teams and the defensive game. In the Ade's points

Passing category they have the 3 time MVP Brett

Farve. You can bet he will have a good game on - The team that runs the most will win

Sunday. In the running category there is Doresy

Levens. He is a power runner that has only just - The team that leads at the half will win

been discovered as a talent after Edgar Bennet

got injured. Receiving wise there are people like - The team that has the ball the most will win

Robert Brooks and Antonio Freeman that need to

do well and come up big for the Packers. - The team that turns over less balls will win

Ade's prediction for the Super Bowl

Green Bay 31, Denver 27

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"WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I
GROW OR..."
by: Su Han Park
The middle school play "Peter Pan" will
be presented in March, by Colegio Maya the
middle school. In the play "Peter Pan" is a boy
who never wants to grow up. However, we all
have to grow up and decide what to be so I
decided to make an interview. There are many
things that you can be such as: doctor, actor/
actress, singer, King of the universe, computer
geek (Seb..), etc.
Here's some famous quotes by famous people
talking about what they want to be when they
grow up:
People who wants to become $$RICH$$:
Sebastian Strzalkowski (10th): I'd like to be a
billionaire, so I can have a nice life
style. I'll make that money by selling burgers.
Woochul Hwang (11th): Banker, and
set my chain of hotels because I'm cool, and the
smartest in school, and the most potentially
capable, and I'm Korean.
- In my personal opinion this would never
happen, because I don't trust him, and you know
it, this would not happen!! -
Ade Adamson (9th): Doctor, I want
MONEY MONEY!!!!!
Sid T. (9th): military strategies, because I like
having lots of power. I'll also like to be a game
designer, because I can earn lots of money.
-Sid was thinking about a computer game called
"Command and Conquer"
Alex Cau (10th): Business women, I want to
have lots of money, be richer than Bill Gates,
and give money to people who need it.
People who want to be famous:
Ji Hyun Yoo (12th): MBC (Korean Broadcasting
system) PD (Producer) so I can be famous, and
meet many Korean celebrities.
Miguel Turner (10th): I want to be what I want!!
the GREAT ONE!! Whatever Suhan.
- Check out Miguel's great web page @ http://
www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/1165/mig.gif
it's really interesting -
Ji Ho Song (8th): Korean Top 10 Singer, because
I was born to be a singer.
Rana Hamdy (12th): Bio Medical Engineer,
because it sounds cool.
Young Ho Song (9th): Korean actor or actress,
because I'm cool, and you know I'm very popu-
lar, and handsome.
Ana Cho (6th): I want to be the best Korean
singer, because I'm very special, and cute.
Staff:
Mr. Smith (history teacher): An adult.
Mr. Gentrup (Secondary Principal): Professional
basketball player, because I like to play basket-
ball.

Ariel Sanchez (worker): specialist in electronics,
so it will help me in "Modus Vivendus."
Mrs. Ramirez (art teacher): I NEVER WANTED
TO GROW UP.....
Mr. Feia (math teacher): "How do you feel?" I
wanted to be James Bond, because of women,
muddy, and guns, and cars.
Ms. Harris (English teacher): I wanted to be a
lawyer, but I wanted more personal touch in
lives, so I decided to be a teacher.
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People who want to have a special job:
Young Jin Kang (12th): computer man, so I can
make my own hacking program and destroy all
the computers!!! HA HA!!
Miyuki Nakadoi (9th): I want to be a designer, or
a flight attendant, because I like sewing.
Gian Valle (10th): An architect, because I don't
want those other people to build my house! I
want to construct my own!!
HEROSM
Julio Pong (12th): Fully grown MACHO MAN
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Anonymous L@ (12th): SUPERMAN
Mario Chicas (10th): NEW YORK YANKEE!!!!
Swan Ro (12th): ??? I want to be the riddler and
I want to wear tight green pants.
James Winkelhorst (9th): conquer the world,
because it's too easy for me.
After hearing all the comments, I've learned that
it seems that most people are already planning
their future. This makes me very happy. The best
one that I heard was the next one. Thank you for
reading the article.
Su Han Park (10th): When I was a kid I really
wanted to be one of those Pink Ranger kind of
heroes, but later I realized that I should be the
South Korean President, because I think that I'm
a fair person and a great leader. I'm smart,
strong, macho, and cute. I know that you won't
believe that I'm talking about but I'm telling
you the truth! So don't forget my name cause I
guarantee you that I'll be famous.
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Morphine Fiends
By: Carlos Mercado
R
I
E
Morphine Fiends are a Southern These are the songs on Friendly Fire
California Sk8 Punk rock band. They N
consist of John Weilly (Vocals/Guitar), Wess Pigskin
Bradley (Guitar), Sean Goodham (Bass) and D Happy Days
the newcomer to the band, Andrew Scott **** For Brains
(Drums). The album Friendly Fire was L Fight for Your Life
produced by Mike Portnoy. It was recorded Trippin'
at Magic Kingdom Studios in Santa Cruz, Y Got Caught
California. This is the band's first release So Far
since the tragic death of their former drum Friendly Fire
mer Glen Fishman in 1994. This album Cookie Monster
finished very quickly and die-hard Fiend F Undercover
fans have been waiting patiently for it. My Inheritance
Friendly Fire is distinctly cynical I Fade To Black
and apprehensive to the whole punk rock
scene and you can tell that the band returned R
to it's roots with this one, dishing out tunes Pigskin- This song is pretty heavy. It
at a furious speed, with powerful vocals and starts out fast and loud with a lot of bass and
intense yet melodic guitars on the part of chronic lyrics. Then it fades into a slower
Wess Bradley. The drummer, Andrew Scott, beat and John whispers a few lines. Then the
has brought a little more metal punk to the band song explodes back to life with the chorus only
with furious solos which are an assault on your faster before it abruptly ends.
eardrums and his crash-happy cymbal playing.
Happy Days- This is more of a metal
JZrt By (jiancarto VaCCe song with terribly long screams on the the part of
John and severe distortion guitar throughout. It
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sarcastically describes one guys denial over all
the bad things going on in his life. It proves that
they are more diverse than most other Sk8 Punk
bands.

**** for Brains- This song is more punk

than the others on the album, owing more to The
Descendants than anything else. It has fast
guitars, bass solos, some spankin drums and
mellow lyrics. It is about self-doubt and
analization.
 Fight For Your Life- This song is really
fast and has a lot of screaming ala Beastie Boys.
The drummer, Andrew, really shows off in this
one with solos galore and merciless cymbals.
The song is about the fight to survive in every
day life that many people encounter.
Trippin'- The resemblance to Sublime on
this song is striking. Has feel good lyrics, mel
low guitars, some acoustic on Wess' part, and
relaxed drum play. It describes the life of a guy
and his outlook on life, drugs, sex, and marriage.
It has some cool retro beats and bass playing and
some punk rock at the end, right before . . .
My Inheritance- This song is really
Green Day in disguise. At least that is what it
sounds like. It even has some slightly altered
vocals made to sound like Billy Joe, the lead
singer of the punk rock group. It is about a guy
waiting for his grandmother to die so he can get
at her money. It sounds ok, but didn't Green
Day do a song about the same subject called The
Brat?.

Fade To Black- This song sounds eighties

Got Caught- This song takes a look at the in the metal guitar riffs but the overall but the ~
mind of a juvenile delinquent. It features some chorus takes a more industrial approach with
cool prison sound effects at the end, and a fast some weird keyboards but Matt "Morbid"
ballad rhythm. Masterson. The result is a catatonic roller coaster
of a song with vocals to back it up.
So Far- This song tips the scales at 7
minutes, pretty darn long for a punk band, but it
has long break with just drums, then just bass,
the just guitar, then the other guitar, then all of
them together where they go on for about 3
minutes. It's lyrics are pretty meaningless. Art 6y (jianc

Friendly Fire- This song is the title track

to the album. It is all about family values and
what they mean to different people. It features
eerie lyrics that hit close to home no matter what
your stand on the subject. The drums are heavy,
and the guitars are a little grunge. The bass just
follows the drummer's lead.

Cookie Monster- This is the "funny" song

of the album. It talks about cookies and the
chorus just says "cookie monster". The guitar
play is comical and the singer does a pretty good
impression of the Sesame Street character.

Undercover- This song is about a sexu

ally active private investigator. Or anything you
want it to be. It is just some music between
songs, much like Porno Creep on KoRn's latest,
Life is Peachy.
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FRESHMEN SURVEY
The ninth grade class is a very individual
and interesting class. The students are ages 14
and 15 and from 20 different countries.
I asked eight questions and favorites
which were:
1. What does your name mean?
2. Describe yourself with three
words.
3. If you could change one thing
about yourself, what would it be?
4. What was your weirdest dream?
5. Where do you see yourself 15 years
from now?
6. If you were stranded on a desert
island off the coast of Australia and could
bring three things, what would they be?
Carlos Mercado:
1. Running Deer
2. Very well endowed
3. My luck
4. I don't dream
5. Dead, in jail, or married
6. A towel, sun block, and a gun
Carlos' favorite bands are Tool, Smash
ing Pumpkins, and KoRn. His favorite song is
"Good God". His favorite actor is Mr. Bean,
movie is "Hellraiser", and TV Show is "The X-
Files". Carlos' favorite word is poser, cereal is
Trix, planet is Krypton, and color is black.
Joe Rodriguez:
1. Friendly
2. Energetic, Loud, Troublesome
3. My Height
4. Being gay
5. As an architect or a sponsored skate boarder
6. Cd's, my skateboard, a girl
8
Peter Benson:
1. Rock
2. Very Very Cool
3. My attitude
4. I have not had one
5. Somewhere on Earth
6. Mobile home, TV, lots of money
Peter's favorite band is Oasis and song is
"Magic Pie". His favorite word is Fluffernut,
planet is Pluto, and color is blue.
Ruth Carbonnel:
1. No Comment
2. Athletic, responsible, friendly
3. To do better at school
4. Walking naked Around school and everyone
laughing at you.
5. An actress with a husband and kids.
6. Food, Clothes, Picho (Hot Guy)
Ruth's favorite singer is LeAnne Rhymes
and song is "Kissing You". Her favorite actor is
Leonardo DiCaprio, movie is "Romeo and
Juliet", and TV shows are "90210", "Baywatch",
and "Friends". Ruth's favorite cereal is Magic
Stars, planet is Venus, and color is blue.
Sebastian Castrillo:
1. No Comment
2. Nice person, Friendly, Sensitive
3. My height
4. A space dream
5. Somewhere, who knows?
6. Friends, TV, Family
Sebastian's favorite band is "Foo Fight
ers" and song is "Till I Hear It From You". His
favorite actor is Cameron Diaz, movie is "Em
pire Records", and TV Show is "Baywatch".
Sebastian's favorite word is Simple America,
cereal is Corn Pops, planet is Mars, and color is
blue.

Ivy Chen:
1. A vine, or something like that
2. Tall, Hype, Weird
3. Everything
4. Can't remember
5. Dead.
6. A phone, friend, a car
Ivy's favorite band is Operation Ivy and
song is "Plea For Peace". Her favorite actor is
Jeremy London, movie is "Scream", and TV
Show is "The Real World". Ivy's favorite word
is Shuts, cereal is Corn Pops, planet is Saturn,a
and color is Aqua Marine.
Cheng-Hsin (Rosa) Chen:
1. Rose and be a person who everybody would
be jealous of.
2. Short, Hard worker, Kind
3. My mind
4. Someone was building a small house in the
back of my neighbor's house. I told my neigh
bors and they said it was OK.
5. In America
6. Food, Bed, books
Rosa's favorite song is "Happy Birthday
to You" and word is Yeap. Her favorite actor is
Liau Yuin, movie is drama, and she likes car
toons. Rosa's favorite cereal is Cheerios, planet
is Earth, and color is green.
Erez Cohen:
1. Cedar tree
2. Very Very Cool
3. No Comment
4. I became poor
5. The richest man in the world or a world
champion of tennis.
6. A lot of food, friends, house
Erez's favorite band is H.O.T. and favor
ite song is "Candy". His favorite actors are Jim
Carrey and Sandra Bullock, movie is "Air Force
One", and TV Show is "90210". Erez's favorite
cereal is Honey Bunches of Oats, word is fat,
planet is Pluto, and color is green.
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Cristian Cseh:
1. Guess
2. Funny, intelligent, disruptive
3. My habits about homework.
4. A dog chasing me
5. Some desk job
Cristian's favorite band is KoRn and
song is "Lowrider". His favorite actor is Mr.
Bean and favorite TV Show and movie is
"Beavis and Butthead". His favorite cereal is
Frosted Flakes, planet is Earth, and color is blue.
Michelle Flores:
1. A gift from God
2. Sarcastic, honest, energetic.
3. My temper
4. Don't have one
5. I will have a degree in med school. I plan to
be a vet, and open my own shop, and live my life
how I want to.
6. Food, brush, my music
Michelle's favorite singer is Mo'Thugs,
movie is "Scream", cereal is Corn Pops, planet is
Pluto, and color is purple.
Kyong-Hwa Kim:
1. No Comment
2. Lazy, Easy going, confusing
3. Nothing. I like myself.
4. Which one?
5. Maybe...a doctor, I hope.
6. Water, my beloved, computer
Kyong's favorite band is No Doubt and
song is "Don't Speak". Her favorite movie is
"Face Off and she doesn't watch TV. Her
favorite cereal is Corn Pops, word is hate, planet
is Pluto, and color is yellow.
Ximena Lopez:
1. No Comment
2. Loud, Friendly, Hyper
3. Myloudness
4. I was the strongest woman in the world
5. Doing special sound effects
6. water, friend, music
Ximena's favorite actor is Jared Leto,
movie is "Empire Records", and TV Show is
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"Friends". Her favorite cereal is Cheerios, word monster.
is whatever, planet is Pluto, and colors are blue 5. Hollywood star or a teacher
and black. 6. Food, family, girlfriend
John's favorite band is H.O.T. and favor
Cecille Ocasio: ite song is "Wolf and Sheep". His favorite actor
1. No Comment is Choie Ji Woo, movie is "Face Off, and cereal
2. Friendly, laid back, independent is Corn Pops. John's favorite word is handsome,
3. nothing planet is the moon, and color is blue.
4. I had died
5. rich Siddharth Thazhathu:
6. Music, my dog, cute guy 1. No Comment
Cecille's favorite band is Counting 2. Cool, Awesome, Athletic
Crows and favorite song is "Stay". Her favorite 3. My body
actors are Wynona Ryder and Matthew 4. I was dead
McCunihay, movie is "Reality Bites", and TV 5. President
Show is "Friends". Her favorite phrase is what 6. Cd Player, Computer, TV
if?, cereal is Honey Nut Cheerios, planet is Sid's favorite band is Blur and likes
Saturn, and color is blue. "Song 2". His favorite actor is himself, movie is
"Face Off, and TV Show is "The X-Files". Sid
Adriana Olivares: likes Corn Flakes, Mars, the color blue, and his
1. No Comment favorite word is cool.
2. Responsible, Friendly, intelligent
3. My hair James Winkelhorst:
4. No Comment ; 1. ?
5. In Spain 2. Cool, athletic, unique
6. Cloth, Food, Friends 3. A little smaller
Adriana's favorite singer is Alejandro 4. Being invisible
Sanz and favorite song is "Corazon Partio". Her 5. Basketball player
favorite actor is Arturo Villavieja, movie is James' favorite actor is Van Damme,
"Alive", and TV show is "90210". Adriana's movies are "Independence Day" and "Face Off,
favorite cereal is Frosted Cheerios, word is guay, and TV show is "Seinfeld". James likes Waffle
planet is Saturn, and color is blue. Crisps, Uranus, and the color blue.

Luis Sevilla: Sindy Chamorro:

1. Nothing 1. Nothing
2. Hardworking, smart 2. Friendly, smart, weird
3-5. No Comment 3. I'm too hyper.
6. Girls, boat, food 4. I could fly
Luis' favorite actress is Jenny McCarthy, 5. A sucessful woman
cereal is Capn' Crunch, word is sex, planet is 6. A family member, food, Claudia
Earth, and color is black. Sindy's favorite song is "Foolish Games"
by Jewel. Her favorite actors are Brad Pitt and
Young-Ho (John) Song: Sandra Bullock, movie is "Seven", and TV show
1. Something good will happen in your life. is "Friends". Sindy's favorite cereal is Corn
2. Handsome, Friendly, Bad Pops, word is Okay, planet is Pluto, and color is
3. My personality blue.
4. My mom died and everyone got killed by a

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Alon Cohen:
1. Oak Tree Kui-Ho (Brian) Jung:
2. Meddlesome, athletic, active 1. No Comment
3. My skin 2. Long, handsome, intelligent
4. My family were cows 3. No Comment
5. Israel, working in finance and computer 4. I was dead
science. 5. In Hollywood
6. Food, plane, money 6. Water, food, computer
Alon's favorite band is Molenia and Brian's favorite band is H.O.T. and
favorite song is "Estabas Ahi". His favorite favorite song is "Free To Fly". His favorite
actors are Van Damme and Sandra Bullock, movie is "Air Force One", TV Show is "Super
movie is "Air Force One", and TV Show is Sunday", word is love, planet is Earth, and
"Family Matters". Alon enjoys Fruity Pebbles, colors are white and yellow.
saying-Alon Cohen Rules, the planet Earth, and
the color blue. Jihan Jweiles:
1. No Comment
Ricardo Cortes: 2. Responsive, friendly, wild
1. Rich and powerful 3. My Hair
2. Charming, sweetheart, polite 4. No Comment
3. I'd like to weigh more 5. Being married with children
4. All my teeth fell out in an airport and my 6. Clothes and Felipe
family was waiting for me. Jihan's favorite actor is Leonardo
5. In the Taj Mahal with 15 Arabian babes DiCaprio, movie is "Romeo and Juliet", and TV
around me. Shows are "Friends" and "90210". Her favorite
6. A girl, sunglasses, a pifia colada. word is que!, cereal is Frosted Cheerios, and
Ricardo's favorite singer is Shakira and colors are light blue and light green.
his favorite song is "Missing You" by Puff
Daddy. His favorite actor is Jack from "Into The Byung Jun Kwon:
Woods", movie is "Con-Air", and TV Show is 1. To be famous
"Seinfeld". His favorite cereal is Waffle Crisps, 2. Cool, nice, athletic
word is totally, planet is Saturn, and color is 3. I would not become mad or excited easily.
blue. 4. I became a Power Ranger
5. I want to be a singer, but I don't know.
Claudia Garcia: 6. Something to eat and drink
1. Who knows? Byung's favorite band is H.O.T. and song
2. Unique, active, friendly is "Candy". His favorite actor is Leonardo
3. I would take away my temper DiCaprio, movie is "Dante's Peak", and TV
4. I usually don't remember them. Show is "Dragon Ballz". Byung's favorite
5. A pediatrician mom words are high-five and teenagers, cereal is
6. A family member, food, dog Fruity Pebbles, planet is Earth, and color is blue.
Claudia's favorite song is "Foolish
Games" by Jewel and her favorite actors are Ken Lee:
Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. Her favorite 1. ?
movie is "Seven", TV Show is "Friends", and 2. Kind, nice, friendly
she doesn't like cereals that much. Claudia's 3. ?
favorite word is O-Kay, planet is Pluto, and color 4. I became Superman
is blue. 5. A president of a big company

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6. Bed, girls, TV
Ken's favorite band is Bush and song is
"Machine Head". His favorite actors are
Carmen Electra and Bruce Willis, movie is " 101
Damnations", and TV Show is 'The Simpsons".
His favorite word is cool, cereal is Mini Wheats,
planet is Uranus, and colors are green and red.
Antonio Luzzi:
1. A man of great power and brains
2. Intelligent, kind, distractive
3. Nothing
4. I don't have weird dreams
5. As an ambassador. Rich, with houses and
cars. Married but with no children yet
6. A girl, a coke, a pizza
Antonio's favorite band is Articolo 31
and song is "Funkitarro". His favorite actors are
Robert de Niro and Jim Carrey, movie is "The
Godfather", and TV Show is "America's Funni
est Home Videos". Antonio's favorite cereal is
Gold, word is Dranky Funky, planet is Saturn,
and color is green.
Salameh Massis:
1. Peace
2. Short, humorous, friendly
3. A little taller and smaller ears
4. It was my wedding day and I came without a
shirt.
5. Owner of a fabric
6. Water, food, girls
Tito's favorite band is Heroes del
Silencio and song is "Entre dos Tierras". His
favorite actor is Arnold S..., movie is "Face Off,
and TV Shows are "Family Matters" and "The
Simpsons". Tito likes Corn Flakes, Earth, the
color blue, and the word Fasobia
Kevin Odle:
1. Handsome and over the hill
2. Different, sexy, supernatural
3. My height
4. A normal day at school and all the girls were
naked
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5. A multi-millionaire in Hawaii
6. 3 girls
Kevin's favorite actress in Cameron
Diaz, movie is "Face Off, and TV Show is "The
Simpsons". His favorite cereal is Honey
Bunches of Oats, words are pickle and oops,
planet is Uranus, and color is green.
Nathan Parry:
1. No Comment
2. Athlete, hard working
3. to be nothing
4. I didn't have one
5. law school
6. girls, food, boat
Nate's favorite band is Weezer and
favorite song is "El Scorcho". His favorite actor
is Chris Farley, movie is "Black Sheep", and TV
Show is "Beavis and Butthead". Nate's favorite
cereal is Frosted Flakes, word is homey, planet
is Uranus, and color is blue.
Gianna Pipoli:
1. I have no idea
2. Friendly, sweet, hyper
3. my hair
4. i really don't want to say it
5. in college studying medicine
6. food, water, and something else...
Gianna's favorite band is Blur and likes
"Song 2". Her favorite movie is "The Relic" and
TV Show is "3rd Rock From The Sun".
Gianna's favorite cereal is Frosted Flakes, word
is hello, planet is Pluto, and color is green.
Heidi Robbins:
1. Nothing, I wouldn't care
2. Annoying, weird, insane
3. Being loyal would help.
4. I have no idea
5. helping animals survive in marine biology
6. seeds, skates, Teri
Heidi's favorite band is KoRn and favor-
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ite song is "A.D.I.D.A.S". Her favorite actor is
Jim Carrey, movie is "Natural Born Killers", and
TV Show is "Beavis and Butthead". Heidi's
favorite cereal is Komplete, phrase is Uh...OK,
planet is Uranus, and color is black.
Hyun-Joo (Jenny) Seo:
1. No Comment
2. Sports lover yeah!!
3. Do all my homework
4. Nothing
5. I don't know
6. myself, a basketball, maybe a pet
Jenny's favorite band is H.O.T. and
favorite song is "Wolf and Sheep". Her favorite
actor is Leonardo DiCaprio, movie is "Men In
Black", and TV Show is "The Simpsons".
Jenny's favorite cereal is anything except Cocoa
Puffs, word is basketball, planet is Saturn, and
color is blue.
Elias Sundelin:
1. God
2. Hard working, athletic
3. Nothing
4. I was walking on a bridge naked
5. Restaurant
6. Girls, boat, food
Elias' favorite actress is Alicia
Silverstone, movie is "Leon", and planet is
Pluto. His favorite cereal is Capn' Crunch and
color is green.
Teri Todd:
1. Hemp
2. Friendly, realistic, spaced out
3. My burntoutness
4. My brother and I were gummy bears and we
were trying to escape from James Bond in a
helicopter.
5. Living on the beach in Belize with my Rasta
kids and husband. Living off of coconuts and
playing with Devil Stix.
6. Music/Music player, seeds, drums
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Teri's favorite band is Bob Marley and
The Wailers and favorite song is "Is This Love".
Her favorite actress is Demi Moore, movie is
"Natural Born Killers", and TV Show is "Days
Of Our Lives". Teri's favorite cereal is
Komplete, word is groovy, planet is Pluto, and
color is purple.
I-Hsuan Wu:
1. No Comment
2. Shy, responsible, intelligent
3. My Shyness
4. No Comment
5. In a university studying
6. soap, clothes, food
I-Hsuan's favorite actors are Claire
Danes and Jared Leto, TV Shows are "Friends"
and "Baywatch", and cereal is Frosted Flakes.
Her favorite word is Yeah, planet is Venus, and
color is blue.
Ade Adamson:
1. King, warrior
2. hard working, athletic
3. No Comment
4. I was flying in the air naked
5. Happy
6. girls, a boat, and food
Ade's favorite singer is Mase and song is "Feels
So Good". His favorite actress is Tyra Banks,
cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch, word is no
diggity, planet is Uranus, and color is blue.
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An Album review
And a little history on the band.
by Gretchen Perkins
If you
haven't heard of
Smash Mouth by
now, you must
have been living
under a rock for
the past six
months. If you
have heard of
them, you've
probably had
"Walkin'OnThe
Sun " stuck in your
head more than a
few times. The band consisists of Steve
Harwell (vocals), Greg Camp (guitar, vo
cals), Paul DeLisle (bass, vocals), and Kevin
Coleman (drums). Their influences range
from Van Halen to Ministry to the Clash
and the Buzzcocks to War.
With songs as varied as the very 60's
"Walkin'on The Sun" to the cover of War's
1974 hit "Why Can't We Be Friendsf\
Smash Mouth is a very hard band to catego
rize. In fact, that's exactly what the band had
in mind. Says vocalist Steve Harwell,
"When we formed the band, we didn't have
one style of music in mind. We just decided
we were going to write songs that feel good
to us. Put every style in a blender on high,
chop, frappe, whatever you want, mix it
together, pour yourself a big cup, take a shot,
and that's us. I don't want this band to be
considered a punk band, a ska band, a surf
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band, a rock
band, a pop
band. I just
want to be
considered
Smash
Mouth;
however
people inter
pret it, is
what it is."
The band
formed
basically
because the four had nothing better to do.
After Steve's signed rap group, F.O.S., fell
apart, he started playing with Kevin. (The
two played together as kids in a garage band.
And since Steve was too young too drive he
would push his Fender cabinet inside a
shopping cart a mile every day they prac
ticed.) Steve's manager introduced the two
to Greg, who had just left his band,
Lackadaddy. "They came to my house just
about every morning at ten, banging on my
window. They really wanted to be in this
project. They brought songs with drums and
lyrics, so I helped them write and it ended up
being really fun even that early in the mom-
ing," remembers Greg. Paul, who had once
been in a band with Greg, joined when they
started playing live.
The band started making demo tapes
in Greg's bedroom, dubbed Room 222,
which ultimately caused him to get kicked
out of his apartment. But the demos caught
the ear of Eric Valentine. In 1996 Valentine
produced a two song demo, which Greg and
Steve were determined to get played on the
radio. They took the tape to KOME and
talked one of the DJs into listening to it. "He
flipped out on 'Nervous In The Alley'. Be
fore we knew it, we were the only unsigned
band in regular rotation on KOME.", remem
bers Steve.
The band was asked to play second
stage at KOME's summer radio show at the
Shoreline Amphitheater. Not only was it in
front of thousands of people, but along side
bands such as No Doubt, Beck, and 311. At
this point the band had only played in small
clubs around San Jose, San Francisco, and
Los Angeles. Unfortunately, after KOME
had spun "Nervous In The Alley'9 almost a
hundred times, they pulled it because people
kept calling in and asking where to get the
CD.
Finally in 1997, their first album,
Fush Yu Mang, did come out. When the
band went into the studio with Valentine to
record the album, they weren't even signed
to a record company yet. The plan was to
produce the album, and if no big companies
took notice, they would release it themselves.
Someone did notice, Interscope Records, and
after meeting with the head executives, the
guys signed their names. The rest is history.
Fush Yu Mang is one of the best
CD's I have ever bought. It is not strictly
punk, or ska, or hard rock. It is every musi
cal style imaginable (except country...). That
is why I think almost anyone would like it.
The Songs:
1) Flo- a song about a girl who misses her
girlfriend. It's got a great ska beat that
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anyone could love.
2) Beer Goggles- a song about a desperate
guy who will go out with anyone.
3) Walkin' On The Sun- the first single, a
song about, world peace. It has a very 60's
rhythm, and some great guitar.
4) Let's Rock- a song about a guy thinking
deep thoughts, but deciding to forget about
them and rock. The fret-rock style of this
song could make anyone wanna dance.
5) Heave Ho- a song about some guys get
ting kicked out of their house because their
neighbor keeps complaining to their land
lord.
6) The Fonz- a song about a guy who ad
mires the Fonz, and wants to be exactly like
him. It's got a good beat, although, it is a
little depressing at the end.
7) Pet Names- a song about a guy who got
dumped and is remembering all the names
his girl used to call him.
8) Padrino- a funny song about the mob. It's
got some really great guitar, a good ska beat,
and hilarious lyrics.
9) Nervous In The Alley- a song about a girl
who runs away from home to get away from
a bad life, but ends up with an even worse
one.
10) Disconnect The Dots- a song about a guy
with no life.
11) Push- a song about a guy who is mad
because someone else is making him feel
inferior.
12) Why Can't We Be Friends- a song about a
guy trying to make friends with some other
guy. This song is a cover of War's 1974 hit,
it's got some great horns in it, and a really
nice beat.
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premiere ska/punk
bands, Reel Big Fish
is a scary example of
why children
shouldn't drink Jolt
Cola. Each band
member has such a
high level of energy,
that they could take
Ritalin off the mar
ket! Yet they channel
this energy through
ska tunes with
enough power to turn
a club upside down.
In fact, the band has
Aaron Barrett- vocals & guitar
Reel Big Fish is been chased off stage
Grant Barry- trombone
a ska/punk band from Andrew Gonzales- drums more than a few times
Southern California that Scott Klopfenstein- trumpet & by security guards.
consists of seven vocals There are many
people, and one of the Dan Regan- trombone
different rumors
Tavis Werts- trumpet
best horn sections in concerning the origin
Matt Wong- bass
any band around today. of the band's name.
Their ska/punk style is so energetic it The band once said the name came from a
makes you want to get up and mosh, boat attack off of Catalina Island. But
although Reel Big Fish is against they now claim it comes from the 1949
moshing. It is rumored that they will stop edition of Rock and Roll Band Names,
touring if people don't stop being violent which noted Reel Big Fish as an oddly
at their shows. repeated line in several now classic films.
Reel Big Fish originally consisted Aaron Barrett says "It's from that famous
of three members, vocalist Aaron Barrett, line at the end of Casablanca, you know
bassist Matt Wong, and drummer Andrew 'The problems of seven small people don't
Gonzales. They played WHAM!, War- add up to a hill of beans in this reel big
rant, and Jimi Hendrix covers. Their fish.'" They also say it can be found in
goal was to cover a song from every Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
musical style possible. But they soon and in Marlon Brando's famous "Stella"
discovered the wonderful world of ska, scream when played backwards. In an
added horn players, and became the band article about the band, they said they got
we know and love today. the name when someone vomited into a
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reel big fish. But no one outside the band
knows for sure.
The first album they recorded,
"Everything Sucks", was an under
ground hit in California and Hawaii.
Before that they released "Teen Beef"
with Goldfinger. Their most recent
release, "Keep Your Receipt", is an inter
active CD. It has five songs and three
videos on it for your listening and view
ing pleasure.
While their live sets often include
covers of A-hafs "Take On Me" and The
Cure's "Boys Don't Cry". They stuck to
originals for their album "Turn The
Radio Off", which showcases their
twisted sense of reality. The album,
which was released in 1996, was their
first album with Mojo Records. Accord
ing to Aaron "The album's about being in
a band that doesn't go anywhere, and the
girls who %#@* you over on the way."
This attitude is proven in the songs "Join
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The Club", "Trendy", and "Beer". Their
first hit from the album was "Sell Out".
And according to the band, the album has
gone gold.
Here's some useless information
about the band that you probably don't
want to know, but you'll read anyway.
They all have passes to Disneyland. Most
of them consider themselves artists. Matt
Wong, the bass player, designed the cigar
smokin' fishey on the CD and the liner
notes. Aaron likes Root Beer. Tavis
Werts, trumpet, gets really mad when
people call him Travis. They have just
finished the Warped Tour with other
bands such as Goldfinger, Sugar Ray,
Blink 182, and The Mighty Mighty
Bosstones. They have played with KISS.
And once, they were led down the street
by the Huntington Beach Police as an
example of what happens to "troublemak
ers'
by Gretchen Perkins
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By: Edgardo Pabon

En Donde Jugaran Los Ninos is without

Fernando Olvera (singer songwriter),
a doubt the the most successful Latin Pop-Rock
Alejandro Gonzales (drums), Sergio Vallin
album of all time. From this CD 2,800,000
(guitar), and Juan Calleros (bass), are the four
copies have been sold, 380,000 in Mexico alone,
members of the most successful Spanish rock
making it the best selling CD in the history of
band of all time. Mana grew out of a neighbor
Mexican rock; seven singles have been fist place
hood group called Sombrero Verde (Green Hat)
hits in over 18 countries, keeping this CD at the
that played covers of bands such as Queen and
top of the billboards for over 120 weeks. Here
The Police in the late '70s. The band recorded
are the impressive sales figures:
two albums, but in 1985 some original members
250,000 sold in Mexico
left and Gonsalez joined. The revamped group
500,000 sold in the US
became Mana a year later. In spite of growing
80,000 sold in Spain
success, personnel changes, and the fact that the
160,000 sold in Argentina
band members live in different places, Mana
120,000 sold in Chile
remains firmly anchored in Guadalajar, Mexico's
180,000 sold in Colombia
second largest city. But the band members not
80,000 sold in Venezuela
only live in different places, they are from
40,000 sold in Ecuador
different places as well. Fernando and Juan are
80,000 sold in Central America
both from Guadalajara, although Fher lives now
40,000 sold in Peru
in Puerto Vallarta. Alex, for example, was born
30,000 sold in Paraguay
in Miami of Cuban and Columbian descendancy.
45,000 sold in Uruguay
In 1990, with their first CD called Falta
30,000 sold in Bolivia
Amor, which includes songs like "Estoy
Mana En Vivo is a live recording of the
Agotado ", "Perdidio en un barco,
best concerts of their En Donde Jugaran Los
"Buscandola ", and their first number one hit on
Ninos tour, which consisted of 268 dates in 17
the lists "Rayando El Sol". Mana got the
different countries including Mexico, Spain, the
attention of national Mexican radio stations,
US, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Bolivia, El
being the first Spanish rock group to be included
Salvador, Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru,
in normal radio prgramming, running against
Chile, France, and Switzerland. They took place
pop singers and cheap groups, and also paving
from January 1993 to December 1994. Many of
the way for the Spanish rock movement. During
the songs aren't played anymore in their recent
1990, and 1991 and Mana realized shows in
concerts.
Mexico and more than 70 other cities in places
In May, 1995 Cuando Los Angeles
with no more than 250 people. And even in
Lloran was Mana's newest production which
private parties with no more than 50 people, they
ended up selling more than 100,000 in 18 of the
still played. Although they didn't get high on
21 counties in which it was introduced. The
fame, or money , they never missed work a day.
album title is a tribute from the band to the
Hectic tours helped Mana mature. This CD
Brazilian ecologist Chico Mendez, who de
(Falta Amor) is the beggining of the era that is
fended the Amazon rainforest until the day he
Mana today.
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his work, ecological organizations recognized
the necessity to create ecological reserves. From
this CD, 6 singles were introduced to the radio:
"Dejame Entrar", "No Ha Parado De Llover",
"Como Un Perm Enloquecido", "Hundido En
Un Rincon", "Reloj Cucu" and "Selva Negra".
On Tuesday, October 14, 1996 Mana's
newest production called Suenos Liquidos came
out, the band's fifth CD. It is the new product,
which contains some of the typical aspects of
Mana's work like their versatility, rhythms,
rhythmic bass, and a theme amplitude that has no
similar opponent in Spanish rock. Suenos
Liquidos was created in front of the ocean, in a
house in Puerto Vallarta. As they have said in
different interviews, the group wanted to record
in a place where peace would be felt all over the
place, with a very beautiful view. It was really
complicated because they had to make a record
ing studio in a house, but a the same time, it had
lots of advantages. For example, if they wanted
to record at 3:00 AM because they felt inspired,
they could. They say that music is freedom, and
a place like a house in front of the ocean means a
lot of freedom. Titles like "Clavados En Un
Bar", "La Sirena", "Me Voy a Convertir En
Una Ave", and "El Muelle De San Bias", reveal
a strong connection between this album and the
environment which inspired it. Right now Mana
is starting a tour, which will take around one
year and a half, and in which they will be
visisting more countries then the last one.
But Mana's desires aren't just limited to
music. 1995, the group created "Selva Negra", a
foundation dedicated to the protection of the
environment in Latin America. The efforts of this
foundation and its members went all the way to
the Peruvian president, who has a meeting with
Fher (Fernando Olvera) in order to discuss the
destruction of the Amazon along with Colom
bian 1982 Nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, with whom they held different talks
about things that went from the ecology of Latin
America to the Mexican Army, who collaborated
with the planting of thousands of tress in the
forests of Gudalajara.
Here are some of Mana's most famous
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songs:
"RayandoAl Sol" (Falta Amor): This is
the song that let Mana be recognized by the
media. It is a slow song, and talks about how a
man will do anything to be with the woman he
loves.
"Vivir Sin Aire " (En Donde Jugaran Los
Ninos): It is also a slow song, which the lyrics
are constantly changing and no lines are ever
repeated.
"De Pies A Cabeza" (En Donde Jugaran
Los Ninos): It is one of the best song that they
have, and the constant change of the rhythem
helps this. The song states all that a man would
do for love.
"Me Vale" (En Donde Jugaran Los
Ninos): This song is sung by the drummer of-the
band, and is a fast song which expresses how we
must be who we are, and never be ashamed of
ourselves just by the way that other critique us.
"En Donde Juagaran Los Ninos" (En
Donde Jugaran Los Ninos): This is a slow song
in which the most inportant thing is the lyrics. It
talks about how we as humans must take care of
the earth so that our children may enjoy it.
"Hundido En Un Rincon " (Cuando Los
Angeles Lloran): Song which compares in the
for of a metaphor, the death of good people with
the death of angels. This is the most beatifull
song that they have.
"Como Un Perro Enloquecido" (Cuando
Los Angeles Lloran): It is a fast song sung by the
drummer. IT is similar to "Me Vale" but the
lyrics are completely different.
"Dejame Entrar" (Cuando Los Angeles
Lloran): This is a fast song with a great guitar
that really stands out. It is about a man who lost
his love and now it is raining in his heart.
"Clavado En Un Bar" (Suenos Liqudos):
This is the first single off their CD, and repre
sents a new stage for the band. Fast song with
good lyrics.
"Hechicera" (Suenos Liquidos): This is
their single off their new CD. It is a song which
has a great deal of Spanish (as in from Spain)
music and rhythem. Also the way it is sung has a
great deal of Spanish influence.
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A Midsummer
\\
Night's
This year's second drama production is "A
Midsummer Nights Dream1', a romantic comedy by
William Shakespeare. It is being presented by the
second semester Drama elective. I interviewed the
whole class, including Ms. Storey. Ms. Storey likes
directing plays because Theater is her whole life and
she says that "everything else is virtual reality".
Every six weeks in her class the middle school
preforms their acts in Drama. She also directed
"Mystery Maze", a production put on by the high
school drama class last year. She chooses which
plays/musicals to put on because of her familiarity,
with them, the number of men and women in the
cast, and the sell-ability of the show to the school
community. She usually looks for energy, creativity,
and willingness of the actors to devote their minds,
bodies and souls to the show. Like many of the
eleventh graders say later, Ms. Storey says that the
whole experience has been "traumatizing" for her.
She also said that's why she dyed her hair red- to
cover the gray. She chose "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" because it's a great first Shakespearean
show: "It's fun, fantasy, and part of the "Into the
Woods" set works with it!". She cast for the play by
throwing all the names up in the air, and whichever
part they landed on, they got (just kidding!). It really
depended on their past experiences, enthusiasm
during auditions and knowledge of the part. What an
interesting way of casting!
But even more interesting were some of the
answers I got on my questionnaire for the actors in
the play:
I asked:
1. Which Character are you?
2. Describe your character in the play.
3. Why did you audition? Do you like acting?
4. Have you been in other plays? Which ones?
5. How has this experience been for you?
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Dream
The answers on these questionnare's were very
interesting.
The first answers are from Ricardo Cortez in ninth
grade. He answered-
1. I am the lover Lisander
2. Well, besides being extremely cute and charming,
I'm also an awesome lover and a passionate charac
ter.
3. Excuse Me? Do. I. Like. Acting??? I live for
drama! I die for drama! I give my precious bosom
to the craving for acting. And I auditioned for all of
the above.
4. But of course! Y ve been in others like the play
"Teen" in eight grade; "Into The Woods" in ninth;
and many more in drama class- like "First Plane
Ride."
5. It has been a really fun ride all the way. Besides
being the easiest passing class (Drama), it's also a lot
of fun to act in front of people; to make them laugh,
cry, angry, or frown. Always a pleasure.
The next person was Elias Sundelin, another ninth
grader. He answered-
l.Flute/Thisby
2. A guy who plays a girl in a play in the play. Kind
of cool character.
3.1 like to act and I wanted to be in the play.
4. Yes, The Odyssey.
5. It has been fun, even though Debra Walsh is in it.
The next person was Cecille Occasio, also from ninth
grade. She answered-
1. Mustardseed.
2. I am a fairy that gets to float around and sing.
3. Because I wanted to be in the play, and I do like
acting.
4. Yes, "Into the Woods"
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"Teen" "THE OMELET MURDER MYSTERY!!!"
"Coming of Age" 5. Trying, embittering, frustrating, and all around
5. So far so good. fun!
Kvote: (Dedicated to our fearless leaders.) "Who's
Antonio Luzzi is also in ninth grade. He answered- the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows it?"
- Obi Wan Kenobi
1. Egeus ("Star Wars IV: A New Hope")
2.1 am the antagonist who wants to make Hermia
(my daughter) marry Demetreus. Another tenth grader is Ben Baldizon. He answered-
3. Because I wanted to try this experience. I love it,
the best thing I have ever done. 1. Bottom
4. Excellent, Unforgettable, Beautiful. 2. He's this guy + he does stuff
3. The Voices in my head told me too. The Voices
The last ninth grader is Ruth Carbonell. She an- say yes.

swered- 4. Yes, "The Wiz"

"Kiss Me Kate"
1. Philostrate "Into the Woods"
2.1 am a high servant, and think highly of myself. "Mystery Maze"
3. Because I want to be an actress when I grow up. 5. Traumatizing
Yes, I like acting.
4. Yes, "The Wiz". Another eleventh grader is Javier Marquez. He
5. It has been a great experience for me. answered-

The next person was Kurt Rupprecht, in tenth grade. 1. Oberon, King of the fairies
He answered- 2. He is the king, he wants something from his wife
and would do anything to get it.
1. Demitreus the "pimp dog" 3. Because I like acting, and because I have played
2. He is a lover boy that likes one girl, but she the character before.
doesn't like him. Some other girl likes Demitrius but 4. Yes, "Death of a Salesman"
he doesn't like her. So he is caught in a love web. "Into the Woods"
3.1 auditioned because I wanted to be in the play. I "Omelet Murder
think acting is pretty cool. Mysteries"
4. Yes, I have been in another play, but I don't 5. It has been a very fun and interesting experience.
remember the name of it.
5. It has been fun. I didn't think I would be able to The next eleventh grader was Jamie Brown. She
remember my lines. But it isn't as hard as I thought. answered-

The next person was an eleventh grader- Bobby 1. Titiana, Fairy Queen
Pearson. He answered- 2. She's proud and powerful. She can do anything
she wants and knows it. She and the king are really
1. Tom Snout "Wall" jealous of each other.
2. Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy, and Doc 3. Because I wanted a part. I love acting.
3.1 auditioned because: 4. Yes. "The Wiz"
1. f Like Acting "Fame"
2.1 didn't want to "Kiss Me Kate"
reschedule. "Into the Woods"
3. I've played my character before 5. Intimidating, but really fun.
4. "Into The Woods"
"Baby" The next eleventh grader was Inbal. She answered-
"The Butter Battle"
"Who's on First?" 1. Lily

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2. I am a fairy answered-
3. Because I wanted to be in a play. (Haven't been
in a play for a long time.) Yes, I like it. l.Puck
4. Yes, "Fame" 2. She is a fairy
"The Wiz" 3. Because acting is fun, and I like being part of
"Ten Little Indians" productions.
"Snow White(3rd grade)" 4. Yes, "Into the Woods"
5. Ummm.... Traumatizing "Kiss Me Kate"
"Mystery Maze"
Next is Luisa Meyerman, from eleventh grade. She "How to Succed in Business Without Really Trying"
said- "Oklahoma"
"Our Town"
1. Fairy: Moth 5. Fun!
2. Fairy
3. Because I wanted to be in the play The last twelveth grader was Debra Walsh. She
4. No answered-
5. Traumatizing
1. Snug the Joiner / Lion
The next eleventh grader is Ryan Mcknight. He 2. She is a shy person. Kind of slow, she plays a
answered- lion in the play "Pyramus and Thisbe"
3. Because I wanted to be in the play. Yes
1. Theseus-Duke of Athens 4. Yes, "Ten Little Indians"
2.1 am about to get married. I am the one in charge, 5. It has been fun. Except for the acting part.
so no one disputes me.
3.1 auditioned because Mr. Feia said if I didn't, be The last questionnaire I got back was by Anonymous.
would fail me in his class (joke!). I do like acting. She/He wrote-
4.1 have never been in any other major plays.
5. I've learned alot about understanding l.Peaseblossom
Shakespeare. 2.1 am a fairy and I serve the Queen Titiana. I go
around with her and do what she wants the fairies to
The next person was Alison Tsuji from eleventh do. Play music, etc...
grade. She answered- 3.1 auditioned because I really like acting
4. I have been in:
1. A fairy "The Wiz"
2. I'm Titiana's fairy, called Snowflake "Line"
3. I didn't, yes I do like acting. "Once Upon a Mattress"
. 4. Yes, "The Wiz" "The Bear" or "The Boar"
5. Traumatizing "The Anniversary"
5. It has been pretty good. Interesting.
The next person was Lisa K. from eleventh grade.
She answered- Some of these actors are really serious about
this. For example, Ricardo Cortez in the begininng,
1. Helena clearly states that, "He lives for Drama." I'm sure we
2. She's hopelessly in love with Demetrius, who can all look forward to seeing him in this upcoming
happens to be in love with her best friend Hermia. play. Then, there were some other people who seem
3. To get the part, yes to have no specific part in the play. Like Ben. He is
4. "Macbeth" a guy who does stuff. I wonder what the writer felt
"Into the Woods" his character added to the play? Thanks to all the
5. Traumatizing people who took this seriously. And to the others, oh
well.
The next person was Rana, in twelveth grade. She

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 A Tough Grade For Many
By: Salameh Massis

Ninth is one of the toughest grades in ninth grade. The ninth grade class of 97-98 is
almost all American Schools, and Colegio Maya very unique and special in many different ways.
is no exception. Ninth grade is the first year of Alon Cohen, an outstanding athlete in 9th grade,
high school and it is a little difficult to adapt. remarks, "It provides a unique environment
There is a big step between High School and where friends from different parts of the world
Middle School. For some ninth graders, Middle are united through friendship bonds." Most of
School is easier than High School, grading is these classmates have grown up together from
lower, and less complex work is done in all the several years ago, and they know each other very
classes. James W., a ninth grader, said, "Yes, it well. Ken Lee, and exceptional student in ninth
is hard to adapt to all the tests and all the hard grade, says, "In my opinion, it is a class designed
work of High School." High School is mainly to for people to work together as a group."
prepare you for college. First you have to make
the decision of what college you want to attend, From my point of view, the friendship
and then you must work towards that goal. that exists among the classmates of 2000 has
Depending on your grade point average, high helped to diminish the pressures and stress that
school can determine your success in your future can be found in the first grade of high school.
life. Ricardo Cortes, another ninth grader, said,
"I agree with the subject that we do get a lot
more work in high school, and it essentially
provides us with more worries, given the fact all
accumulative grades are recorded for college
applications." Mrs. Wever, a ninth grade Cul
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tures teacher concludes, "It's probably more
difficult to accept the idea that in ninth grade you
are accountable for your failures and your
successes which will be on your academic
record."

Besides being a tough grade for some

students, other students think ninth grade is no
big problem. Kevin Odle, a ninth grader, stated,
"Adapting to High School isn't very hard, as I
have always struggled to get good grades, and
show the best about myself." Maria Brady, a
hard working ninth grader, said, "It isn't that
difficult, because it is almost the same as middle
school, the work load is about the same."

Although there may be a lot of work

assigned and the grades are part of a permanent
record, there are some positive advantages about
being in high school, particularly in the present
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"Into The Woods"
A Play Review
On the dates of November 20, 21, and 22,
Colegio Maya presented the play "Into The
Woods". "Into The Woods" is the first of
two plays being presented this year. The
play starred all your favorite fairy tale char
acters: Little Red Riding Hood (Rana
Hamdy), Cinderella (Amanda Rhodes),
Rapunzel (Paige Cunningham), and Jack
(Ricardo Cortez). There was also the Narra
tor (Bobby Pierson), The Baker and his Wife
(Javier Marquez and Alison Schwarz),
Granny (Ana Mercado), Jack's Mother (Lisa
Kahn), and many more.
The play was basically about these
fairy tale characters going into the woods to
break spells, go to Granny's house, go to the
festival, sell a cow, and many other things.
The Baker and his wife had a horrible spell
put on them by the witch (Vanessa
Bergonzoli), so they couldn't have a child.
The witch put the spell on them because of
something the Baker's father did. The Baker
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thinks he lost his parents in a freak baking
accident, when in actuality, his father is the
Mysterious Man (Asaf Mazar). When you
think about it, it's a little like a soap opera,
don't you think? The only way for the Baker
and his wife to lift the spell is to get a cow as
white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as
yellow as corn, and a shoe of gold.
Meanwhile, Jack's cow, Milky, has
not given milk in a week, so his mother (Lisa ■
Kahn) said Milky White had to be sold.
Therefore, Jack went into the woods to sell
Milky for no less than 5 pounds. But, he
exchanges the cow for magic beans to the
Baker and his wife. This is very unfortunate
for Jack because his mother, after tossing the
beans away, sends him to bed without sup
per. Then, unbeknownst to either of them, a
beanstalk grows.
At the same time Cinderella is in a
predicament of her own. She wants to go to
the festival, but, well you should know why.
So, she goes into the woods to ask her
mother's ghost (Cecille Ocasio) for a beauti
ful gown and slippers. Then she goes to the
festival and dances with the prince (Antonio
Bueso). After the ball is over, she runs away
from the prince, and he chases her for a
really long time. After falling more than a
few times, she trades shoes with the baker's
wife. So then the baker and his wife had two
of the items they need.
Now we come to Little Red Riding
Hood. She was on her way to Granny's
house when she met the Baker, who then
tried to take her cape, but she screamed, and
he gave it back. Little Red Riding Hood then
proceeded on to meet the wolf (Byong-Jun
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Kwan). When she finally gets to Granny's nice if we could have heard them
house, she sees that she has been eaten by the moreclearly after all that work they did
wolf, etc., etc. Little Red Riding Hood gives though. That's the problem of working in a
the Baker her cape, and everyone is gym, not a theater.
happy...well, almost.
We can't forget Rapunzel, trapped up Hall of Fame
in that tower. Her "mother", the witch, Best Actress- Alison Schwarz
locked her in the tower. The only way to get Best Actor- (a tie) Ricardo Cortez &
in or out of the tower is to climb up or down JavierMarquez
Rapunzel's hair (that's gotta hurt!). Now, Best Supporting Actress- Ana Mercado
Rapunzel's prince (Pat Yoo) visits her often. Best Supporting Actor- Antonio Bueso
The Baker's wife knew this, so she pretended Best Comedic Performance- Maggie Rhodes
to be the prince, and pulled out some of and Robin Orlansky
Rapunzel's hair. So now, the Baker and his Best Dramatic Performance- Lisa Kahn
wife had everything they needed to lift the Best Villain- Vanessa Bergonzoli
spell. Best Portrayal of Character- Rana Hamdy
Unfortunately, when Jack climbed Best Stunt- Vanessa Bergonzolli (climbing
down the beanstalk he took some souvenirs tower)
home with him. Of course this made the Best Kiss- Antonio Bueso and Alison
Giant mad, so he chased Jack. The giant fell Schwarz
down out of the sky and into Jacks backyard, Best Song- "Agony"
and Jack's mother freaked. This made the Best Makeup- Asaf Mazar
Giantess (Sindy Chamorro) really mad. She Best Prop- Milky White (the cow)
came down and went on a rampage, destroy Best Scream- Paige Cunningham
ing everything in her sight. She was looking Best Solo- Amanda Rhodes
for Jack because she wanted revenge. The
characters were looking for someone to
sacrifice, and they decided to throw the JZrt By (jiancarlb VaCCe \
narrator to her. The Giantess, noticed the
difference, and was not pleased. Then, in
comes Jack's mother. She started yelling at
the Giantess, and everyone was afraid she
would anger the Giantess. So the prince's
steward (Reinier Spruijt) hit her on the head,
and killed her. The baker's wife was also
killed by the Giantess, but not before having
a little fling with Cinderella's prince. Finally
they all worked together and defeated the
Giantess, and everyone lived happily ever
after.
All the actors should pat themselves
on the backs. They did a wonderful job, and
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If
High-School Survey
by Gretchen Perkins & Katherine Gonzales
Okay, we took down all your opinions
about clothes,sports, movies, and other stuff and
wrapped it all up into this nice little article.
Thank you for taking the time to fill out our
questionnaire ( we know you were so mad when
you had to take time out of class!). Now you can
see all the stuff you wrote right here in one
convenient place! You'll also be interested to
know that the results from the poll will appear in
The Revue. So *smile*, here it is!
*Note-some people marked more than one
answer for some questions.*
1) What type(s) of music do you listen to?
-Alternative 54
-Rap 45
-Ska 15
-Punk 18
-R&B 29
-Metal 21
-other 25
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2) Favorite sport?
-Basketball 32
-Soccer 41
-American Football 14
-Baseball 16
-other 27
3) Favorite food? cereal, bread, tacos,
applesauce, marshmallows, Italian food (9),
Fried Chicken (3), crabs, pasta (9), nachos (2),
rice, spicy food, Chinese food (2), Pizza (14),
candy, spaghetti (4), mashed potatoes (2), lasa-
gna (3), Butterfly Honey Lobster, Polio
Campero, meat, sea food, pudding, steak (7),
Breyers French vanilla Ice cream, mango, Guate
malan food, Japanese food, fruit (2), Macaroni &
Cheese (2), chocolate (2), Frijoles con
Chicharron, Tofu, pancakes, hamburgers, french
fries, Thai food
4a) Do you think body piercing is acceptable? 9) Which movie did you like most?
-yes 61 -Titanic 62
-no 4 -007 Tomorrow Never Dies 12
-doesn't concern me 41 -The Devil's Advocate 34
-Flubber 0
4b) Do you think body piercing is acceptable in -Spice World 4
school? -other 15
-yes 46
-no 13 10) Do you think students should be able to skate
-doesn't concern me 47 on campus?
-yes 54
5) Do you think people should be able to express -no 15
themselves however they want through their -undecided 37
clothing?
-yes 75 11) Which shoes would you rather wear?
-no 7 -platform 11
-doesn't concern me 25 -skate shoes 18
-dress shoes 6
6) Has anyone ever pressured you do to some -anything that's in style 40
thing you didn't want to do? -other 31
-yes 47
-no 61 12) Would you cut your hair in the new style just
because it was trendy, even though it was really
7) Do you think there are enough safe places to ugly?
chill at night in Guatemala? -yes 3
-yes 42 -no 98
-no 60 -undecided 8
-if yes, where?
-"Anywhere, the problem is no one likes to 13) What do you do in your spare time?
"chill" at the dentist's office or the high-school -read 29
lobby or other safe places." -sleep 52
-"La Pradera, Los Proceres, bowling, theater, -party 52
etc..." -play sports 51
-"Cafe Oro, anywhere in Antigua or Panajachel" -watch TV 67
-"Magic Place, Yellow Submarine, La Pradera" -listen to music 73
-"No, not really, where's a safe place?" -other 31

8) What type of clothes do you wear? 14) What is more important to you?
-70's style (bell bottoms, flower shirts, etc..) 2 -being honest 54
-loose-fitting (loose-fitting jeans, loose t-shirts -getting a good grade 50
etc..) 45
-conservative (straight legged jeans, v-neck
sweaters, dress clothes, etc..) 10
-variety, all 55
-other 13

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Limp Bizkit-Band Review

by Javier Lacayo

Limp Bizkit, you say? Never heard of them?

songs. The third song, "Counterfeit", goes against
You will soon, the band is a new, hardcore band that
"fake" people who change themselves and their
will blow you away. They're a five man crew with
appearance to conform with a certain group of
low-end sounds and heavy lyrics.
people. The fourth track "Stuck", is a song about
The name Limp Bizkit came from the
people who are motivated solely by greed and
nickname of a friend of Fred Durst, the band's lead
money. "Nobody Loves Me " is a song about how
singer. The guys are all from Jacksonville, Florida,
society has no love for him and all he has is enemies.
and that's where everything got started.
"Sour", the sixth track, is about one of Fred's rela
The Limp Bizkit sound is powerful,
tionships that went sour, hence the name of the song.
hardcore, dark, and energetic. Their sound is innova
The seventh song is called "Stalemate" and it talks
tive with funky bass lines, deep percussions, rough
about another one of Fred's ex-girlfriends that broke
guitar riffs, lively turntable scratching, and groovy
his heart. The next song, "Clunk", is Fred telling
hip-hop rhymes. The vocals change from being angry some guy that he can't compete with Fred, but Fred
screams to that raps and soft spoken whispers.
doesn't want to hurt his feelings with his lyrics.
Limp Bizkit began in late 1994 when
The ninth track, "Faith" is a remake of George
vocalist Fred Durst got together with his childhood
Michael's' hit. This one has some heavy scratching at
friend and bass player, Sam Rivers. Rivers got his
the end. "Stinkfinger", goes against cops and modern
cousin, John Otto, to come in and play the drums.
uptight society. "Indigo Flow" is named after the
After a little search, Limp Bizkit found Wes Borland
Indigo Ranch, where Limp Bizkit recorded their
to play guitars, and the band was born.
album. The entire song is a "Thank You" to everyone
Limp Bizkit first break came when KoRn
who helped them. The twelfth track is called "Leech"
came down and played in Jacksonville. After the
and it's about Fred and his friends. The last track has
show, KoRn's bass player Fieldy and guitarist no lyrics but it's still cool, it's called "Everything".
Head, met up with Fred Durst and went back to his
Limp Bizkit is now writing new songs for
house to get a few tattoos ()Fred is not only a great
another album but they will be going on tour soon.
singer but also an awesome tattoo artist). They all
This summer, they'll be going on tour with KoRn,
became friends and the next time KoRn went to
Orgy, and another band to be named later. The tour
Jacksonville, they hooked up with Durst again and
will be called Family Values.
that's when Fred gave them a demo tape. They heard
the demo and passed it on to their producer, Ross Limp Bizkit is:
Robinson (Who also produces Sepultura). Robinson Fred Durst: Vocals Age:26
love it and he helped Limp Bizkit get a tour with
Singing style: Rhyming screams and some whispers.
House of Pain and another with the Deftones. After
Similar to Chino Moreno from the Deftones.
the tours, offers from record labels began pouring in
Wes Borland: Guitar Age:22
and they decided to sign with Flip Records, and
Playing style: Plays a seven-string Ibanez guitar like
independent label.
the boys from KoRn. He also plays another guitar
Three Dollar Bill, Y'all $, which came out
with three guitar strings and one bass string for heavy
in May of 1997, is the name of their debut album. It
riffs. He only uses this one for a few tracks.
was produced by Ross Robinson and House of
Sam Rivers: Bass Age: 19
Pain's former DJ, DJ Lethal who has now joined the
Playing style: Plays a five string bass and holds it
band. The album is very powerful, with hardcore upright like Fieldy from KoRn.
lyrics and low end caffeine beats. The songs talk to a
John Otto: Drums. Age:20
lot about what the band's true beliefs are. The Intro to
Drum setup: John's drums are setup sideways on
the CD is a preacher in church asking all the people
stage so people can see him play.
to tell "Hallelujah!". "Pollution" rages against people
DJ Lethal: Disc Jockey Age:24
who constantly criticize loud music and call it "noise
Style: Gives the band flavor with his mad scratching
pollution," people who don't listen to the lyrics of the skills.
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Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. Many

New Regulations For Drivers states already have these regulations and many
more are on the verge of making these laws.
Licenses
This is the direct result of the rise in deaths of
By: Peter Benson
teenagers in automobiles. The reason why the
deaths are so high is that the teens are not experi
"I hate these new drivers license laws.
enced enough. Putting the restrictions limits
Wow I'm sixteen but who cares. With this
teen traffic and the number of people that could
license I can hardly do anything. I can only have
be killed by the teens. This in turn means that
one passenger and it has to be an adult. Second,
there is less chance of teens dying. Also, the
I can't drive at night. And guess what else I
new time length encourages teens to drive better
can't move up until I go six months without an
so they can get their six and twelve months out
accident. With the way I performed in drivers
of the way quicker. In those states that have this
ed. It will be a whole year before six months
law already in effect, they have noticed a de
might start. Actually I'm lucky that I was able to
crease in teen automobile accidents. The regula
take drivers ed because most have dropped it as a
tions are though but I would rather wait a year
course. Okay I get the six months done it still
and a half than be killed in an accident.
does not really matter. Sure
now I can have more people
in the car but I still cannot
drive at night. But you
know what is worst, I have
twelve months to move up
this time! I better start
looking at state colleges
that I can be sure to get my
license. I think that two
years will go by before the
accident free year goes
begins. Then finally after
that I can get my license,
with no restriction on it.
Although that might not
happen until 21 or 22. I
better think about improv
ing my driving skills."
This may be the
story of a random sixteen
year old high school
student. But this is based
on a Washington Post
article from 1997. Every
year the restrictions get
tougher and tougher. In
fact not being able to drive
at night has already been
the law for a while in
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High School
Girls Basketball
by Christina Walsh

The Girls Basketball coach of the past

Mary Joe Lent (12)#6
two years has been Coach Smith. He
Elizabeth Luk(12)#7
coached the 1995 boys AASCA champions
Jamie Brown (11)#8
in the American School in Tegucigalpa,
Ana Lopez (10) #91
Honduras. Mr. Smith also played high
Maggie Rhodes (10)#33
school and college intermurals, has taken
Mariana Raskosky (10)#14
coaching courses and has four years of coach
AnaMercado(10)#ll
ing experience. He decided to coach basket
KyongHwaKim(9)#3
ball because, "I like the players and love the
Christina Walsh (9)#20
sport.". He says, "I feel they are an intelli
Ivy Chen (9)#5
gent and dedicated group of young athletes."
Coach Smith's expectations for the team were
Amanda Rhodes:
that they would work hard and have fun,
1. Basketball is my favorite sport, and no
basically the same expectations as the players
matter what I have fun.
had.
2. No, I have been playing since I was 5. I
I sent out five question interviews to
have been on the Maya team since ninth
all the girls playing Basketball about a week
grade.
before they left to go play in AASCA.The
3. As a senior, I first want to have a lot of fun
questions were:
and secondly, I really want to win AASCA.
1. Why did you choose to play B-Ball and
4. I think we have been doing great. We are
why do you enjoy playing?
all getting along and having a lot of fun.
2. Is this your first time playing B-Ball? If
5. There was a lot of running, but it was
no, where have you played and in what
definitely worth it.
grades?
3. What were your expectations for the team
Debra Walsh:
when the season started?
1. Because its fun
4. How has the team been doing, in your
2. No. Here- 10th and 11th.
opinion?
3. That we were going to be good.
5. Say something about your b-Ball experi
4. Really good.
ence this year.
5. I love scoring touchdowns.

1998 Colegio Maya Girl's Team:

Ana Teresa Mayrides:
Amanda Rhodes (12) #1
1. Because I like it and wanted to get in
Debra Walsh (12) #4
shape. I like playing because its fun.
Ana Teresa Mayrides (12)#10
2. No. I played for a team in Pakistan.

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3. To be better than last year.
4. Very good.
5. It was fun.
Elizabeth Luk:
1. Because I like and it is fun.
2. No, I have played Basketball since tenth
grade, but only at Colegio Maya.
3. That we would do well.
4. I think that we have been doing very well
so far.
5. It is fun and I am really learning a lot.
Jamie Brown:
1. I don't remember why I chose to play, but
it's a great sport because it's just one big
chess game. There is no luck. A team is
successful because its players know how to
move and where to be when they need to be
there.
2. No. I was on the varsity and AASCA
teams last year at Maya, and played at a
basketball camp and another basketball
college during the summer.
3. I expected our team this year to be far
better than last, because we had nearly all of
our starters and several other players back for
their second, third or even their fourth season
at Maya.
4. We've been doing really well. We took to
each other well.
5. Very fun.
Maggie Rhodes:
1. I chose to play basketball because its fun
and it keeps me in shape. Its also my favorite
sport and I like watching it or playing it
whenever I can.
2. This is not my first time playing. I have
played the last two years I have been here at
Maya and I played in Virginia before here
and North Carolina before that. I have been
on a team since the third grade.
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3. I thought that the team was going to do
well when the season started. We had almost
all our players coming back from last year
and also a lot of new athletic girls. We have
been doing well this season and I am not
surprised.
4. Our team has been doing really well.
With a second place in Copa Maya, and an
almost undefeated record I would say we are
doing great.
Mariana Raskosky:
1. I chose to play Basketball because I like
sports and I wanted to do something after
school. Also all my friends are in it, so it's
even better. Also, it keeps me in shape.
2. Yes. I've never played B-Ball on a team
before.
3. My expectations for the team were that we
were going to do well and win a lot.
4. The team, in my opinion, has been doing
great. We got second place in Copa Maya
and we've improved in many ways like
passing, team work, and most importantly
spirit, even on the bench.
5. It has been fun, I'm really glad I joined
even though it was tough with all that run
ning.
Ana Mercado:
1. I love the game and I enjoy playing it
because it is a good sport.
2. Ninth
3. I expected the team to be better than last
year but I didn't think we'd be this good.
4. Ten times better than last year.
5. Pretty good.
Kyong Hwa Kim:
1. Because I like watching people play
basketball and I think it is an intense game.
You forget about everything going on while
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playing. That's why I like it.
2. Yes. In a team
3. To play lots of challenging games and
expecting hard practices.
4. I think that it has been good- above aver
age I suppose.
5. It was cool
Ivy Chen:
1. I choose to play basketball because I just
like it and I like doing sports. I enjoy it
because its fun.
2. No, I played in 7th grade in the middle
school girl's B-Ball team here at Colegio
Maya.
3. That I was gonna break a leg or loose a
lung or something.
4. Pretty good, everyone is enthusiastic and
all
5. It has been a fun experience and I have
learned a lot.
Christina Walsh:
1. Basketball is my favorite sport and I have
never played it on a team so I thought this
would be good practice for next year.
2. Yes
3. I thought that we would do really well.
4. I think that the team has and will do great
in AASCA.
5. I enjoyed it.
That is basically what all of the girls think
about their basketball experience this year.
The first basketball practice for the
interested girls was on January 12th, the
second day of school back from Christmas
break. Not as many people showed up as
Coach Smith expected and would have liked.
Throughout the season the highest amount of
players was fourteen, not enough for a defi
nite A and B team. The practices ran four
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days a week: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday, and sometimes Saturday.
Weekday practices were after school from
three o'clock until five o'clock, some of the
coach's favorite drills to torture us are The
Knuckle drag or "Monkeys", Sweet Sixteens,
Crazy Eights, Suicides and basically sprint
ing, jogging, and running until we dropped.
We also spent about ten to fifteen minutes of
each practice using the white board to learn
vital playing techniques. We learned most of
our defenses, offenses and pressing this way.
The Colegio Maya girls Varsity bas
ketball team started off their season with a
win against Jules Verne. They lost their
second scrimmage game against CAG but
avenged their loss in Copa Maya. The varsity
girls next played a great game in front of the
whole school at the inauguration of Copa
Maya. They beat Aleman with a whopping
score of 35-18. They breezed through the
rest of the Copa Maya tournament undefeated
which led up to the palm sweating, edge-of-
your-seat championship thriller on Thursday
February 26 against Inter Americano. Both
Maya and Inter were undefeated till the last
half of the game. The girls team played their
best and fought long and hard. To our disap
pointment, Inter Americano took first. The
final score was 28-19. Colegio Maya took
second place in both categories, boys and
girls. After Copa Maya ended, the girls
played a series of scrimmage games against
several different schools. These games were
to warm us up and keep us in shape for
AASCA.
Our next series of scrimmage games
were on the week of March 9, 1998. Coach
Smith used these scrimmages so that the
more inexperienced players could get a
chance to play in a game, since there is no
real divider between the A team and the B
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team.
These gameswere to warm us up for
our upcoming AASCA tournament, which
was held in San Jose, Costa Rica from March
19 until March 21. Only ten girls basketball
players and nine boys were allowed to go.We
were only playing in the smaller school
division so we would be playing at the same
level of competition. These smaller schools
included The American International School
of Costa Rica, The International School of
Panama, and The Marian Baker School.
The ten girls that formed the traveling
AASCA team were:
Amanda Rhodes
Debra Walsh
Ana Teresa Mayrides
Mary Joe Lent
Jamie Brown
Maggie Rhodes
Mariana Raskosky
Ana Mercado
Ivy Chen
Christina Walsh
We left on Wednesday March 18,
1998. We arrived there the same day and
were eager to retire in the hotel rooms they
had reserved in the Hotel Villa Tournon. We
went out to dinner to a quaint little place
called Lukas. The next day we left on a bus
at around seven thirty in the morning to go to
the Lincoln School. After a brief inaugura
tion ceremony, we waited for a bus to arrive
to go to AIS where we would play our first
two games. We were shocked the second we
entered the school gym. The gym was dimly
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lit, with no ventilation. The school didn't
even provide the players water to drink
during time outs. Our first game ended up
with the home team winning and the home
crowd cheering them on. The next game was
after another game so we got plenty of time
to rest. This game was against MBS and we
won with a little bit of ease.
The next day was about the same
schedule except that we took a bus to MBS
instead. That school was much more hospi
table. They gave us big tanks of gatorade,
orange slices; and frozen bags of gatorade at
the end. Our first game was against the
Dolphins and the second was against MBS
again. The next was our most important
game of the entire tournament. This was
against AIS for first place of the entire small
school division. We knew that the game was
not going to favor us the second our point
guard got ejected from the game. We knew
that they had planned to play dirty and that
we were not going to have a chance against a
team who sent people out just to take our star
players out. We took second place in the
tournament and also picked up the Fair Play
Award. Obviously the referees realized that
they had made a bad call.
The scores were:
AIS vrs. Maya --- 41-32
MBS vrs. Maya 25-41
ISP Dolphins vrs. Maya— 17-44
MBS vrs. Maya 15-35
AIS vrs. Maya 24-19
(championship)
Overall, I think that the girls basket
ball season was enjoyable and successful. I
think that Coach Smith was impressed with
the improvement of the team from last year.
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The Wallflowers
by Debra Walsh
The Wallflowers started playing together in the early
1990's. The Wallflowers began to share their music
with their hometown, Los Angeles, where they
played at local hangouts, delicatessens, and night
clubs. In such places is where The Wallflowers'
songs such as Ashes to Ashes, Sugar Foot, and Be
Your Own Girl made the group's career take off.
Their beautiful lyrics that are packed with human
feeling and capture everyday life and their distinct
talent. The group was praised by critics and they
began to tour with major bands such as 10,000
Maniacs, The Spin Doctors, Cracker, and Toad
The Wet Sprocket. The Wallflowers' drummer
then left the group to join 10,000 Maniacs. This left
Jakob Dylan (lead singer) and Rami Jaffee (pianos)
to find new members and a new record label.
Interscope soon picked the group up and the new
members were found: Michael Ward, Greg Richling,
and Mario Calire. The five worked together on the
new album Bringing Down The Horse(l996) which
was highly praised because of the songs such as The
Difference, One Headlight, 6th Avenue Heartache,
and Three Marlenas. "Rolling Stone" called The
Wallflowers' new album "An impressive debut by a
real rock and roll band."
The band is made up of five talented young
men. Jakob Dylan is the lead singer and rhythm
guitarist. Jakob is also one of the founding members
of the group, and as most people now know is the son
of legendary singer Bob Dylan. This fact caused
Jakob a lot of trouble, having to prove to people he
was a star in his own right and not caught in his
father's shadow. Rami Jaffee is the groups
keyboardist but also plays the piano, B3, and vox
continental. He also is the other founder of the
group. Michael Ward is the lead guitarist. He also
played on the John Hiatt album Perfectly Good
Guitar. Greg Richling is The Wallflowers bassist.
Greg and Jakob went to high school together and
even played in the same garage band. When the
group needed another bassist, Jakob and Greg were
reunited. Mario Calire is the groups' drummer and
was the replacement for the drummer who left to play
with 10,000 Maniacs. These men make up the
honest, soulful rock and roll band called The Wall
flowers.
His newest album Bringing Down The
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Horse has gotten a lot of praise for the songs re
corded. There are ten songs on the CD. One Head
light is the most famous song and deals with a death
of a friend. The lyrics are very catchy and the
instruments used vary with guitar and organ. 6th
Avenue Heartache has very good guitar play and the
song is more mellow than the rest of the songs. It is
a song about everyday life and self discovery. The
Difference has a very fast beat, there are various
drum solos found, and the song is about how people
stay the same. Josephine is a very sweet, tender and
plain song and it's a slow song about apologizing.
God Don't Make Lonely Girls is more rock than the
other songs on the CD. The theme of the song is the
title. Invisible City is a very sad song about looking
into the past. This song is Dylan's best lyric
wise:"imitation of good faith/is how you stumble
upon hate/it may have been the first of mistakes/
when we held on too loosely/and let open the gates".
/ Wish I Felt Nothing is another melancholy song
about someone falling out of love. Bleeders has a
light beat, also very good lyrics, the song is a story
about a man and his past. Laughing Out Loud has a
very fast beat, and the song is about situations, and
breaking away from a controlling person and also
revelation. Three Marlenas is a beautiful song. It is
bittersweet and it was written as a tribute to Leo
LeBlanc, who died after the recording of the album
was done.
The Wallflowers have received and been
nominated for various titles and awards for Bringing
Down The Horse. Their album has been nominated
for the Blockbuster Music Award for best CD. They
were also nominated in the American Music Awards
for Favorite Band, Best New Artist, and best Album
but they lost to the Spice Girls. The Wallflowers
were voted 2nd best new artist in the "Rolling Stone"
readers poll. Jakob was voted "Sexiest Male Artist"
and was third for Best Male Performer. They also
performed at the 40th annual Grammy awards(which
aired Feb. 25), where they were also nominated
nominated for Best Rock Performance by a duo or
group for One Headlight and also for Best Rock
Song. One Headlight is at the number one position
on VH1 top 50 countdown of 1997. Bringing Down
The Horse was the seventh best selling album in
1997 with over four million copies sold.
Poetry

"A Day of A Hero"

What is going to happen today?

"My First Date"
Am I going on a journey?
No, you are going to fight a dragon.
Knocking on the door
Am I going to win?
with my heart pounding,
It is up to you.
I am so nervous.
Are you coming with me?
The feeling is incredible.
No, I have to work.
But I am afraid.
Is the dragon mean and strong?
What if she doesn't want
Yes, but he fears your sword.
me because of my glasses?
Can I go fight him now?
No, I have to think positively. .
Yes, of course my boy!

The door opens without

a noise and I see her.
By: Ken Lee
She is dressed better than ever.

We leave her house

without saying a word.
On the way to the movies,
I wonder what she is
thinking right now.
Am I having a good date? "Lost Sheep"
Is she?
I don't know. . . Nowhere to go
nowhere to stay.

No word comes out A lonely sheep lost its way

until the movie finished, Standing in the middle

nor on the way to her house. of the stone walled valley

Standing on the stairs, it cries for help.

she gives me a smile

before entering. The cry echoes
through the narrow valley.

An unknown feeling strikes The poor sheep follows

me, taking my mind away. its own cry, but finds nothing
but the frightening sound of itself.

By: Ken Lee

By: Ken Lee

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 Poetry

"Hollow" 'Love"

How many Days, how many Nights, Love is like a shadow of an island,
a light that burns the soul; Floating on top of the shinning dawn.
How many Prayers, how many Hopes Chase after the waves,
How can he find a way Move the boat slowly towards the island.
to touch her inner song?
It's not like a promise that happened,
Like a fiery blossom
But a promise that will happen.
that enlightens the soul,
No one will know about the island after the sun
Like a tender cares so soft
had fallen,
it sets his sail afloat.
Oh, if he could but only have
because it had disappeared.

the strength to go up front, It's just like a feeling that you really don't want
Oh, if he could but only let to let go.
the grinding tremor go;
If he would just approach her The word love crashes on the boat giving me the
and tell her how he feels, worst headache.
So simple in his mind; within Looking at the island after the sun had fallen
his heart this passion thrills! gave me a bump saying
Then Shyness comes upon him,
"what a lovely island".
the lightning brusquely strikes;
Love is also like a balloon;
Poor him who falls defeated;
you never know when it is going to pop.
Oh Darn it! He just can't!
Love can be small but can have control over
For she's.only too perfect
someone.
and he, hopelessly scared,
condemned to woeful sorrow, It's really good to love someone,
to be better left dead. and that there is someone to love, but love can
always break apart.
How she mocks and calls him worthless,
how she stamps his feeble dreams, By: Brian Jung
How he hates her yet still loves her,
So profoundly, out of reach;
Only now he cares no longer, "Love, Heart, and Forever"
his desires vanished are;
when he grows to become famous
then she'll come, then she'll come.
Forever, in a day, this love does
Only then will he be able
break my heart through and through.
with his fame and all his pride,
I need you now
With his hollow soul reminded
of great pain that he once had. and I miss you...
And with laughter he will holler It's unfair this way.
"Now she comes, NOW she comes!"
They try so hard to break.
when before she only thought of him\ To break the power that is!
whenever she would laugh I just can't let you go
For he never left forgotten I'll never let you go
this well-hidden thought afar,
never ever going to let you go.
of how once he wished for love
Let's stay together, Forever...
Upon his vain and useless Star.

By: Brian Jung

By: Ricardo Cortes P.

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Poetry

"Freedom"

Something has left their life

and they don't know where it went to
Something has caused them strife,
"Solemnity"
and it's not what they are seeking

Understand the things I say,

Can't you see them, can't you hear them,
don't turn away from me
did you know they're standing there?
"Cause I spent my life out there
Why did you turn out the lights,
and you do not disagree
did you know that they were sleeping?
Did you see me standing there,
did you see me, did you see me?
Say a prayer for them, please
Does anyone care?
help them feel the strength that they need
Their identity, has it been taken?
Unhappiness, where when I was young
Are their hearts breaking?
and we didn't give a damn
'Cause I was raised,
All of their plans fell through their hands
to see life as fun and take it if we can
the torture demands
My mother, my father, did they like me?
The wonderful dreams, just to have one thing,
did they like me?
Only to be free.
Does anyone care?
Equally free.

Understand what I've become

By: Joe Rodriguez
it wasn't my design,
All 1 . t • 1

And people everywhere think

"Feelings"
—I have a place inside me,
Where all my feelings are stored.
I have no way to let them out,
So they stay in there,
Alone and ignored.
If only I could talk to someone,
And let my feelings fly.
Maybe I'd feel better,
Maybe I wouldn't cry.
My feelings for you are at the bottom.
I try to bury them,
But they just won't go away.
I hate myself for loving you,
But I also hate myself for going astray.
But, most of all,
I hate you for making me
Feel this way.
something better than I am,
But I miss them, I miss them
"cause I liked it, I liked it
Did you know this, did you know this?
you did not find me, you did not find me?
Does anyone care?
My brother, my brother, did he hold me,
when I was out there,
My sister, my sister, did she hold me?
when I was out there
Did you notice, did you notice?
did you?
Does anyone care?
By: Joe Rodriguez

By: Gretchen Perkins

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 Poetry

"We Are The Future"

Hey, everybody look at me.

We are stuck
In the world of grown ups.
We want to create our own world.
Don't tell us what to do,
The future is ours.
We have to follow your rules,
We can't do anything freely,
And we are tired of it.
Don't force us
To live similar lives like you.
We will bring up our new world
That is inside of our bodies.
Hey, hey don't mind
Our own lives anymore.
We don't need you, and
We don't wanna help you.
And you adults don't need us either.
So, we are going off of
Your world that is based on you guys.
We will make our own world
Until you guys will be concerned
About our opinion
For the world, because
We are the future.
By: Byung Jun Kwon
"Shhhh
Ollllllll... "
'They Can't..."
If they can't see
The hurt inside,
They can't possibly
Understand me.
They can't understand why
I do the things I do.
They can't understand the message
I am trying to send.
They don't understand that this isn't
"Just a phase."
This is the real thing.
If they can't understand my mind,
They can't possibly help me.
Its not because of music,
And it's not because of
TV either.
It's no even my fault.
They're too ignorant
To figure it out for themselves.
They can't just look at me,
And see what's happening.
They need it all spelled out for them.

Shhhh, My little sister is sleeping

By: Gretchen Perkins
don't wake her up...
She's been crying
because she wanted a pup.
She is snoring.
She needs some sleep
and she looks very tired.

By: Brian Jung

Poetry
"Love"
Love, love, love
No one knows the exact
Meaning of it.
It is different things to everyone.
Sometimes love hurts,
When breaking apart;
When moving to another person.
Sometimes love moves,
When moving to another person,
Sometimes love is happy,
When you love someone
Sometimes love is sad,
When giving up someone.
It takes lots of pain and
Everyone has or will have
Experience of love.
Love is for everybody,
Who knows about love and
Who doesn't know about love.
By: Byung Jun Kwon
"Roses"
Roses are flowers
that can be made into powder.
Bees go through the roses,
with their long noses.
Roses are used for decoration,
And can be arranged using your imagination.
Roses can be given,
for someone dead or living.
Roses are given to someone you love
along with a beautiful white dove.
Roses are good for any occasions,
as long as you don't have any as possessions.
By: I-Hsuan Wu
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"Chinese New Year"
The Chinese New Year
Is a happy time to celebrate
For the Chinese people.
The Lion Dance is important
To scare away evil spirits
And bring good luck for the New Year.
The people wear new clothes
So the evil spirits do not recognize them.
It is a Chinese custom.
Putting the cooked food in front of the altar
Honors all our ancestors.
Offering food and incense at an alter is a
Buddhist tradition.
There is a lot of food at the feast
That the people eat with their entire family.
That is a great opportunity to be with the entire
family
All through the night, you may relieve
Little red envelopes filled with money.
Red is good luck and you may recieve a lot of
money each time a person gives one to
you.
At midnight there are a lot of firecrackers
And the dancing lions go near them.
It is a very happy celebration to be in.
The Chinese New Year is at the end of January
Or the beginning of February.
It is not on a specific date.
The Chinese New Year
Is a happy time to celebrate,
For the Chinese people.
By: I-Hsuan Wu
 Poetry

"Outside"

It's hard to explain

Inherently it's just always been strange
Neither here nor there
Always somewhat out of place every where
Ambiguous
Without sense of belonging to touch
Somewhere halfway
"My Heart Will Go On"
Feeling there's no one completely the same

Early on, you face I sit by my window

The realization you don't Staring at the rain.
Have a space I feel so sad and forgotten,
Where you fit in I set my mind free
And recognize you To search through all the memories.
Were born to exist Everything is silent
Except for the sound of the falling rain.
Standing alone
My heart is hurt and torn apart,
Eager to just
Everything feels sore.
Believe it's good enough to be what
The past tortures me,
you really are
The silence burns me,
But in you heart
Uncertainty forever lies And the emptiness just sits there
And you'll always be Waiting patiently with me,
Somewhere on the Waiting for my decision.
Outside But there I am still
And will always be,
Irreversably Sitting by my window
Falling in between Staring at the rain,
And it's hard
Till I am healed and ready
And it's hard
To close the wound that bears my heart.
To be understood
Now emptiness abandons me
As you are As you are
Believing I will survive.
Oh, god knows
That you're standing on your own
Blind and unguided
Into a world divided
You're thrown By: Sindy Chamorro
Where you're never quite the same
Although you try-try and try
To tell yourself
You really are
But in your heart uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be
somewhere on the outside
You'll always be
Somewhere on the outside

By: Giana Pipoli

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Poetry

"Poor Federica"

There was a loony lady called Federica,

People say she was From Costa Rica.
She lived in strange house up in the hill,
And her only friend was a crippled dog, Bill.

She was an old lady with a hump on her back "Colors"

And wherever she'd go she would carry a sack.

On her walks to the mall, There are many kinds of colors

She would carelessly crash into frightening walls. Each special at heart
Some stand out a lot

Federica would always wear polka-dot dress, But some just do not.
Oh my gosh she looked like a mess!
Her frizzy gray hair would always stick out Blue is the color of a clear day
Or maybe a great big whale
And make innocent people cry and shout.
Water is also this color
And so is the skin of a smurf.
Poor Federica, what a shame,
It wasn't her fault for getting the blame
Another color named red
And had not one clue,
Can look yucky it's said
Of what in the world she was going to do.
But mostly it's yummy
because is the color of cherry.

By: Sindy Chamorro

"Skater"
Skater, Skater
They all hate them
The police shout at them
The neighbors yell at them
Everywhere they go the guards get steamed
And then eventually kick them all out
People always complain that they are bad
But skaters will never be had
They always grind on curbs
And slide on bars
Nobody likes it
Especially the cars.
They ollie off drops and one eighty off stairs
And even when the skating is done
The skaters still think of the fun.
Yellow is bright
Because it's the color of the sun
But it's sour
Because of lemon's flavor.
And here is the color green-
very weird indeed
it looks and tastes on the table
But it's nice in your wallet.
All of these colors are nice
But they don't even compare
To the sight of a rainbow
In the soft Spring air.
By: Ade Adamson

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 Poetry

"Trees"

I have seen many nice and tall trees,

but in order to climb them you need very good
knees.
Every tree gives answers to some different
mood:
This one helps you, that for the rest is good:
Time is never wasted, listening to the trees,
If heaven gives as grandly gifts are these.

The oak is a British tree, "WANNABE"

And not at all a skittish tree;
A rough tree, a tough tree
a mighty tree, a blighty tree
A hard tree to bruise
The ceder tree is a Lebanese tree,
And not at all a fragile tree.
A ground tree, a thick tree
A limber tree, a timber tree
A tree to face a strong winter
A pine tree is an American tree,
A grown tree, a cone tree
Tapering, straight, and high
A tree for mast and spar
A mountain tree, a fountain tree
Kathy the butterfly was sad,
Because she didn't like what she had.
She was tired of flying,
Because she felt she was dying.
She wanted again to become a caterpillar,
Because she thought that was a thriller.
She waited until noon,
To wrap herself in a cocoon.
It was such a shame,
Kathy was still the same.
By: Claudia Garcia

The eucalyptus is an Australian tree,

A big tree, a water tree
A useful tree and an admirable tree
The kind of tree used to help dry the Everglades.

By: Erez Cohen

Poetry

"If The Skies Never Fall"

Something has left my life

Now all there is, is emptiness
Now all I hear is silence
I fear, I fear being alone
It seems like the skies will fall
And I will fall with them
I don't know what's left of me
I don't know how it left me
I don't know where it went
I don't know how it left me
But I know I'll see it again
If the skies never fall.

I scream aloud until it hurts

But nobody hears me
I run far away until I'm tired
But I don't get anywhere
I cry until I'm red
But nobody sees me
It seems that nobody can see me
And I'm all alone
I don't know what has left me
But I wish it would come back
If the skies never fall.

Why do I feel a hole inside of me?

Why does my heart feel awful pain?
I don't know how to answer these questions
Why does it hurt when I breathe?
I can I feel myself?
It seems that I am a victim of my own loneliness
And I can't get out of it
I wish this were a dream
But it all seems so real
I know I'll see whatever left me
If the skies never fall.

By: Ximena Lopez

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"Annie's Past Life"

"Fate's Toy"
"Do you believe in past lives?"
Annie asked on a sunny afternoon Once there was a boy.
"Urn, I don't know...probably."
He was agile and clever.
I didn't pay much attention to her.
"I do...there were many times that I have this dream...
He though nothing could go wrong.
the girl in there could be the girl I was centuries ago." Then one day he realized his life.
She looked serious, so she cuaght my attention.
Annie got a far away look in her eyes, and started dreamily:
He though and thought and said "I'm just a toy."
"The sky was a beautiful pink, like the color of first love,
He paused and then said "I'll be fate's toy forever."
I was walking along the beach to my old house. He devised a plan which was quite long.
I picked up a box that held my childhood memories, He gathered all he could, even a knife.
I was so sad, why did I leave it behind?
Now it's all rusted and dirty...
Inside were my ballet shoes from 'Romeo and Juliet', Then fate noticed his doings.
a diary I can't really understand, It wondered why.
and a glass bottle filled with marbles... Then it pondered how to stop him.
it was given to me by the boy next door.
He decided to let him learn a lesson by himself.
He had said to me:
'Annie, when I grow up you'll be my bride,
I'll protect you.' The boy wanted to leave fate in ruins.
He was so sweet...and tears trickled down my cheeks. His plan was to do what he wanted and tell fate bye.
He tried to fly and made his life go dim.
She walked in, the girl in that beautiful dress,
I was stunned by her elegance. as he came to he realized that he hadn't the mechanics nor
She stood there, head tilted, staring at me. the stealth.
The girl spoke, her voice like a singing bird's:
'You're crying, why? Why are you here?
He tried one thing after another.
and where did this house come from?'
All the questions confused me, He had no success. He though the next thing he did he
'This is my house from when I was small.' would achieve.
But we both noticed something strange. But as cruel fate knew there wasn't a chance.
'You look so much like me, who are you?'
We said to each other,
'I'm Annie, 'I'm Juliet., Fate then said "He's a brother."
We said at the same time, "In my work he is an excess."
our voices echoed in the house. "Time for him to accept and recieve."
I was more surprised than her,
Fate told him to take his last stance.
Juliet? The one from the storybooks?

She asked, 'Where's my Romeo?
I'm supposed to meet him here'
Oh my goodness, it really was her!
'But didn't he die?' 1 whispered.
She heard me. You should have seen,
that solemn expression,
that overcame her emotions.
'Died? No, how could that be?'
She cried to herself, unable to believe it.
Tears laid on her rosy cheeks.
She stood there stiffly, shocked.
And suddenly, her figure started to disappear.
I tried to grab her, but couldn't.
I would never forget that moment,
it was like the world ended.
It was the dream that ended.
But it was only a dream."
The boy accepted and then went away plotting.
So he plotted and plotted.
He gathered all his tools.
Then he left with hjs feet at a rattle.
The boy came in with his horse trotting.
He saw fate and nodded.
They both knew they had to break the rules.
Then they began their battle.
The boy tried with all his might.
Fate also tried its best.
The boy knew his need.
So he threw a rage and was victorious.

Annie let out a long sigh,

a foggy look came upon her face. Could he have won such a fight?
I looked up at the sky, No, as Fate explained that, he had lost his quest.
the day was beatiful, It was all Fate's plan for the boy to be decieved.
like the color of first love- pink...
and Annie? All the boy could do was leave furious.

She could swear, she did have that dream...

By: Cristian Cseh

By: Ivy Chen

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"Rome"

A great city not like others,

When you get there it's like a dream.
Oh Rome, Rome! With its joyful springs
Unfortunately now we can only see rings.
Rome, Rome, the Spagna square,
With all its steps they are all aware!

The Tiber river, The Coliseum,

All the rest of a great empire,
That once ruled and lighted our fire.
The large avenues where you shop all day,
And you spend a lot but not in May.

Ehi! The Vatican how can I forget,

The Sistine Chapel, Saint Peter's Square
The Pope is there, reigning forever
in our beautiful Rome.

There is this legend the most important one,

And if I don't say this I will not be done.
Of a fountain called Trevi,
Where the whole world gets together,
Says that if you drop a coin there
You may travel around the world everywhere,
But again in your life you will go back someday,
Destiny will bring you there, maybe in may.
In the Rome of the dreams and shops,
Rome the eternal city.

Rings : a Rome's highway that circles the the city it's called the "big ring"

But not in May : May is the month of the sales in Rome where you can get good stuff at low prices

By: Antonio Luzzi

"Happiness"

There is a bee
That flies in the center of a rose
She sucks the nectar
And flies away
For all, happiness is such a modest thing.

By: Antonio Luzzi

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"PIGS CAN'T FLY!"

Once there was a pig that tried to fly,

So it jumped right into the sky.
"SILLY, SILLY BEE"
He started to fall down,
And crashed into the ground.
There was a stingy bee,
And he still thought he could fly.
Who didn't want to work for free.
So he got in a balloon,
The Queen bee thought he was crazy,
And jumped out of it real soon.
And sent him to get pollen from a daisy.
He again fell to the floor
On his way he stung a man.
And decided to try even more.
He was caught and put in a can.
He got on a plane,
He tipped the can over,
Everyone thought he was insane.
He was lucky, he was alive.
When he dove into the air,
He didn't mind working for free.
No one showed they cared,
Life is more important, you see.
When they saw him lying on his back,
Knowing he had gotten a heart attack.
By: Claudia Garcia
The lesson here is that pigs can't fly,
Because they aren't meant to be up in the sky.

By: Claudia Garcia

"Andre Agassi"

Andre Agassi is not like you and I

He sees things we don't see. He gets places we can't get to.
He hits things we can't hit.
We could wheel a cannon out to the baseline, point
is across the net, fire, and Andre would hit a sharp, low dipping return.
Andre wears the Air Zoom Pounce.
With Zoom Air in the forefoot and a low profile midsoie, it helps him
get a jump on the ball.
Genetics, practice and practice take care of the rest.
They said the big serve would dominate and ultimately ruin tennis.
Andre is the reason it won't,
Andre's solid weapon is his forehand.
No wall or obstacle can prevent the ball from piercing its way through.
Andre Agassi is twenty eight years old old
but once he is on the court he can never get cold.
He used to be the world's number one
and today some of his fans say he's gone.
But it is said you should never lose faith,
because Andre said that this year he will be back.

By: Erez Cohen

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that those tree branches keep their warmth with
-Fly"
Look where they are
up in the sky.
But when snow comes
no one can see them at all.
I tried to catch one
but suddenly it fell in my hand and
I don't know what was wrong
what was going on?
Instantly I saw
the pain in her face
but I thought it would
just go and fly to
another place.
Suddenly
I saw that I was lying
down in my bed
and completely silent
I was there.
I just wished
that butterfly could
be my friend,
but it was too late.
to say goodbye, to late
to let her fly again.
By: Adriana Olivares
Love and beauty is what they bring to human
life. Different sizes, colors, and time make
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"The Prayer for Spring"
In this spring,
let the frozen dark in my bones
thaw.
Silence of the winter
let there be blue eyes in them
And deep in the ground
let even the bugs open their eyes...
So that they can see the new world.
The white nomads in the sky,
move out to search a place of winter.
The scream of the hills
heard by a boy through the breeze
Turning my blood circle up side down,
the bird's noise and the water's current
passes through.
The flowers' fragrance
making my nose wake.
Winter...
Near death was I
In this spring.
Make bloom
energy in these eyes and love in my heart.
By: KyongHwaKim
"Flowers"
When a flower blooms it gives joy to
our world. They are a colorful prospective
that blends in with nature. When nature
develops, flowers are an important part
in the different things nature has.
Flowers
come
and
go
but
when
they
come they are unique and very beautiful.
these flowers different and beautiful.
By: Eduardo Santella
 Poetry

"School Memories"

School Memories
The 9 years have gone fast since I started in Japanese
School
I feel as if it was long but it was short
I have met with many friends and teachers
I have experienced a lot of things

"What I..." School Memories

One of them is operetta
It was hard for me
I am exhausted of what the world has given me.
Because I was very small
It wasn't what I wanted. I learned a lot of Japanese pronunciation
But people say that that is the world.
School Memories
Remembering 4th grade
It is just a fatigue that the world spins around.
I had my first boy classmate
Scientist say that it will never stop
I felt really strange
and I am dizzied already. But it was funny

I hate when my loved ones have to leave me. School Memories

Every lunch time
"There are Good-Bye's along the way"
We ate with all the students and teachers
This is what They say.
We talked about many things
It was interesting and funny
I want to get rid of many things.
"You are not Superman" School Memories
Living the usual days
This is what everyone says.
I chatted and laughed with them
The teachers scolded me many times
It is just depressing. We played with them,too
The world hasn't changed.
We have changed it. School Memories
There have been many
Because of these
I am afraid I have a lot of friends and teachers that
That there won't be... Hike
A light at the end of the tunnel.
School Memories
I have just come to Colegio Maya
By Kyong Hwa Kim
So I still do not have lots of memories
I will only stay here 3 years
It is short

School Memories
In the 3 years
I want to have a lot of memories
Here in Colegio Maya
As good as I had in the Japanese School.

By Mutsumi Nishii

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"Emotions"

Emotion is a part of life.

That is what people think and feel.
Life wouldn't mean anything without it.
Everyone has emotions,
Even animals have emotions.
Some emotions are deep but some aren't.
It sometimes makes you cry or it makes you happy.
For instance, when you are happy you are in love,
When you are sad you despise everyone.
Everyday you have a different emotion.
I feel that I don't want to do anything.
Something happened to me but I don't know what it is.
Some people think I am in love
But that's not it, I'm sure,
But life keeps going.
Today I got up,
I was thanking God for giving me another day of life,
For giving me food and a place to live.
I think God is an emotion.
Without him we wouldn't be here.

By: Jihan Jweile

"Life"

I have a beautiful chair

But my sister has it so it's not fair
I've been in my house
Waiting for my friend who is a mouse
My friend said that he was coming but that was a
lie
So I just waited for him looking at the sky.
The time passed,
I got bored so I went to sleep.
I fell down into a dream so deep.
The next day
I bought something and I had to pay.
I got home and I started to write.
The night came so I turned on the light.
Then I said good night.

By: Jihan Jweiles

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 Poetry

''Quake"

Thundering sounds clog your senses.

A one man army against a world of monsters You wonder, can someone
survive the supremacy of Satan?
Can you do what no an has done?

Will you have the honor to fight Shub - Niggurath,

Or will the evil minions of Quake relinquish before you do so?
Will you have the honor to fight in the land of the dead,
Or will the zombies burn you before the Death Knight can have a swing?
Will you be the one to vanquish Quake,
Or will the one you believe in let you down for fear of its opposite self?

You climb the stone stairs of the Ogre Citadel,

facing live freaks.
You fly through the skies of Ziggurat Vertigo, feeling endless pain.
You walk over the bones of fellow men if the Crypt of Decay,
seeing what is to become of you.
You swim through the dark waters of the Ebon Fortress,
wondering what lays ahead.
You merge with the mists with the magic in the Wizards Manse,
gathering mystical powers.
You discover the secrets of the Dismal Oubliette,
wishing they were kept a secret.
You drool over the splendor of Satan's Dark Delight,
trapped in its power.
You soar with the wind in the Wind Tunnels,
enjoying the breeze in you face.
You are anguished in the Chambers of Torment,
crying for mercy.
You kneel in the halls of Hell's Atrium,
praying to god so far away.
You blind your eyes with the colors of Azure Agony,
seeing nothing but blue.

Thundering sounds clog your senses,

A one man army against a world of monsters.
You wonder, can one survive the supremacy of Satan?
Can you do what no man has done?
Or will the one you believe in let you down for fear of its opposite self?

By: Siddarth Thazhathu

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"In Our Life There Are Many Decisions to Make"

In our life there are many decisions to make

But whether we decide to make them, is our choice
Even with the right path, our desires can break
Along those paths there are many encounters with things
that are Right or Wrong.

Don't let your fears overcome you

But whether we decide to listen is our choice
No one can tell us how to live
A Joyous Life
But we must take advice, or arrogance fills our heart!
With such emotions new paths can't be open for us to take
But whether or not we decide to take it is our choice.
We may things our heart desires.
The decisions or paths determine the person we want to be
Right or wrong has no say if we are
a Better Person!
We must try to achieve that path of happiness
Only the decisions that are chosen will lead
To a higher acceptance of life
or Sometimes Not!
Don't let the surface of your egotistical side
overcome You!
You won't be steered wrong on the choices
Only we can decide what we want to achieve.
Either way we are all better people,
But happiness is the better path
for the Soul and Inner Desires!

By: Michelle Flores

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"As I Watched My Opponent Take Her Place"

As I watched my opponent take her place

I observed every movement she made with such jealousy
even though I knew she was good at what she did.
I watched every move, every thing she did right
hoping she would make a mistake.
when I saw the score, a score I could not compete with
a terrible rage had taken over my body
A eagerness to win and beat her and take home the blue.
I suddenly got this devious thought in my head.
I had switched a certain part of the gear,
making her unable to complete the second round.
She has lost all the points from the first round.
and sat there smiling with my smile big and wide.
I took my second turn and did it with such pleasure,
knowing I could win
Which I did, I Won, I Won, I Won!
I had finally beat her and I was to take home the blue,
but no one applauded or clapped for my great deed.
I came to find out my parents knew of my acts.
I was left to make the right choice or.
drown in my own happiness!
Having the blue wasn't that important,
once I didn't have anyone to share the thought with.
Once i got up the courage I returned the ribbon,
Heft in shame feeling guilty more than happy!
Now, let this be a lesson for me
if I chose to learn from it!

"Diary"
By: Michelle Flores

There is a certain something

that knows all my secrets
It knows when I make
the right decisions
or when I'm headed
the wrong way
It knows all my favorites
and the problems I go through
It knows if I've had a good day
or if I'm feeling blue
I trust it with my feelings
and it will never tell
yet if someone dares to read it
it will burn in hell.

By: Cecille Ocasio

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"I've gotta go4'

"I've gotta go
These words make you free
These give you rest
These words give you a peace
"Summer"
Like when your mother strokes your head

When I look out my window

"I've gotta go"
I see the clouds making a flower
You are chicken
A dog suddenly changing into a whale,
You have to struggle
And a mans screaming face
You can do it
Disappears with the wind.
Be alive in you

When I look out my window

"I've gotta go"
I see garden flowers dancing with the wind
You can't stand it
Hoping that summer will came soon
You feel lonely
They are waving at me
You need to cry
And I wave bake from inside a house.
You want to go away

when I look inside the house,

This is your life
my eyes full of color
You chose this way
of what they have just seen,
You have to endure
and then I realize that inside
No one help you
there is no color, no life
You are the only one who can change it
but outside it is infinite.

"I've gotta go!"

when I look outside again
I hate these words
I see clouds making a flower,
You hate them,too
And a dog changing into a whale,
But you need to say
I see a mans screaming face
Because you are not strong
Disappearing with the wind.

"I've gotta go!" When I look out the window

Change your life I see my hope turning into a flower,
Change the meaning A garden flower
Change your personality Waiting for summer to come.
You can do it

By: Sebastian Castrillo

"I've gotta go!"
They are simple words

By: Miyuki Nakadoi

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"Travel Wise"

An hour of time standing in line.

Inch by miserable inch closer
To the roars and the screams that dare my mind.
Shivers, not from the frigid morning wind,
But one of my powerlessness.
I walk towards it, intimidation obliterated.
I accept the challenge.
Seated on the hanging chair,
Staring at the height of my rival.
Reaching from behind,
He locked his cold impregnable iron arms
"You Don't Need Wings"
Across my vulnerable chest.
Forcefully he charged with a confident pace.
You don't need wings
So high he carried me in his crushing arms,
to make a dream come true
No longer were we, rivals, on earth,
hands are enough
But far in the air, where water watched the event
legs are enough
In nervous dark clouds all around us.
heart is enough
He was the fire, the glory, the power,
That pushed our anger to the peak of percipce.
You don't need wings
A moments hesitation as if to
to grow beautiful
Say, "Any last words?"
what you put into your mind is enough
We dropped out of the clouds.
I will help those with less luck
He pulled me into the unpredictable.
and tell them to follow their dreams
His iron fist grabbed and tore at my stomach.
and hope they come true.
I fought, lurching forwards, trying to
Tame his overwhelming soul.
You don't need wings to fly
The frozen wind he blew at me
where ever you want to go
Distorted my straining face.
you don't need wings to fly
He strived to rid himself of me.
you can do it yourself
He spun me intended to
Fling me to the ground.
By: Sebastian Castrillo
Still falling, falling, we hit earth
No, wait. It was a tunnel to the Underworld.
We rose into the air in fury
Only to plunge back through the earth in madness.
But my white knuckles froze to his equally icy arms.
We bonded. We were one. The quarrel was over.
His anger slowed. We ceased.
We forgave, and he lifted his arms off my chest.
I stood up and walked away contentedly.
Montu at Bush Gardens, Tampa Bay
Tickets sold separately.

By: Kevin Odle

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Poetry

"Looking Out My Window"

Looking out my window, I see the world:

Tamed by structure and chaos.
Nature capture by the dreadful disaster of human creation.
I see death and evil creeping upon the scarce trees that give life.
I feel guilty when I see what we have done to the only habitat we have.
We are destroying ourselves because of our greedy domination of the earth:
I see the world, looking out my window.

By: Nieve Pizzatti

"The Power of Love"

Love is the two-sided traitor of oneself:

Love blinds a man with its silent tentacles.
It can be sweet harmony and joy,
But it can also be deceiving.
Love can be bitter-sweet agony;
It can dominate a person's life and thought.
It is love's true play that engulfs the hearts.
Love is a potent potion so be careful and don't be careless...;
without knowing it, you could be taken under its grasp.
But please don't be afraid, every thing deserves a chance...
and perhaps...,
You might be the lucky one to conquer love's agony...
and live its harmony.

By: Nieve Pizzatti

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"Snow"

Tender snowflakes are falling on the crisp grass,

while adorning the plain ground with its great mass.
Silent be the feathered flakes that so gently glide;
That with that still breeze, they sway with the tide.
Harmoniously the crystals of beauty sway;
That with no sense of direction follow their way.
So thin and weak the snow is like lace,
Laying down with wonderful grace.
And while everyone is still inside,
No one admires what is beside.
For we are too caught up with other things;
To see how our sky, the vast immense, sings.

By: Nieve Pizzatti

"Rain"

Clear drops of rain fall on the meadows;

Bringing joy to every flower and blade.
Splashes of water upon the still pond;
Smooth and clear reflection made.
Light weighed drizzles quenching weeds' thirst;
bringing life to the dead earth.
rain, the silent savior and giver of hope;
That brings sweet scent of rebirth.

By: Nieve Pizzatti

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"JUST ANOTHER DREAM"

I woke up last night scared half to death,

scared that I would stop breathing.
I felt it all...
the pain that ran thought her veins, the confusion in her mind,
and the sound of her last heartbeats,
I felt it all.

Suddenly we became one.

(I became her)
I could hear the screaming..." stop the car,"
but she wouldn't.
I'd like to believe that she couldn't.
so I took hold of the steering wheel....
as we both struggled to overpower one another,
crash.... we hit a pole.

The beeping sound of the horn kept going,

my brothers face just lay there,
and as I heard and saw this suddenly thought,
everything and everybody I lived for would soon vanish....
they sweetly vanished with the sound, of the sirens,
and with the tears on my brothers face....
she wouldn't stop crying,
I believe she too forgot how to breathe.

As I saw the image of her fading,

I felt sorry for her,
sorry she watched me die in a puddle of my own blood,
blood that flowed so naturally it was soothing,
and I bathed in it.
I knew she could feel what I was feeling,
mothers tend to know.
My stomach ached so much,
and my head, my head felt it so hollow,
but I felt tranquility,
I felt a light that warmed me so
and I didn't want to return.

It is he the one who stayed and I the one that returned,

But as I woke from what seemed to be a nightmare,
I soon felt an inner peace,
and the need to let go, to let go of the one I love so.

By: Joseph Tally

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 Poetry

"Gracias quiero dar a Dios"

"El Mares..."
Gracias quiero dar a Dios
por la naturaleza,
El mar es lindo,
por los verdes arboles y los poderosos
salado,
rios
profundo.
por el brillante e inmenso sol, que dia
a dia me da la luz para poder
El mar es salado,
observar la belleza de este mundo.
profundo,
Por la luna. Porque
bonito
ella es la reina que en las noches
baila con sus ayudantes.
El mar es profundo,
Por las montaque hacen
bonito
que las metas tengan sentido
hermoso
Por los, bosques que estan llenos
de misterio y sabiduria.
El mar es bonito,
Por tener la oportunidad de vivir.
hermoso
Por poder dehar mi hueya en el mundo
Por tener todo lo que tengo.
Por poder tener la opotunidad de entender,
El mar es hermoso,
de sonar, de aprender y de usar todo lo que se
nrecioso
para tener una mejor vida.
como oso.
Por ser como soy, por ser quien soy
por el valor, la felicidad, la tristeza
By: Hyun Jin Seo
y el orgullo de seguir adelante.

By: Ana Garcia

"Poema de los Dones"

Gracias por las personas que me aman, y la alegria que me han dado
por las tardes rojas de verano pasados,
por el dulce olor de la rutina en mi hogar,
por la seguridad que me envuelve y la libertad que tendre,
por las flores despues de la tormenta,
por la tranquilidad y alegria que de alguna forma tengo pero todavia anhelo.

By: Adriana Lopez

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'To Someone Loved"

What inspired me to write this poem was the

memories I had of a dear friend to me that
passed away last year. Writing this poem helps
me get most of my feelings out although he still
lives inside my heart.

Depp down and clear, you are still here.

When in trouble, you are near.

Since we met we got off on a honorable start;

And now I have memories to retain in my heart.

Being best friends and joking around all day,

I wish God could have let you stay.

Questions keep pouring into my mind,

And when God took you he left me blind.

Blind to why he took someone like you,

-Why?"
But when angles are needed, we pay God's dues.

What inspired me to write this poem is the fact

By: Valerio De Meo
that we all live together on this planet yet every
one including myself are clueless to the meaning
of life or why we do certain things.

Why are we the way we are?

Sometimes we are so proud,
Other times we run so far;
Far from that dark black cloud.

Living to keep the cycle they say;

But not having a single thrill or joy.
Living to see another day
And to be someone's toy.

We all love and care,

But everyone has some evil inside.
To speak the truth no one dares,
So we all try to hid.

Yet here we all stand,

Enclosed in this world
Worshiping and venerating this land.

By: Valerio De Meo

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"A Memory"
A failing memory,
A forgotten place,
A picture you remember,
An expression on a face.
A very small moment
That is captured in time,
It stays with your heart
But it can fade from your mind.
An emotion you felt,
A story recalled,
A moment of happiness,
A person who you say now,
They stayed with you then.
You'll never forget
Now, where and when.
By: Ana Teresa Mayrides.
"Smile"
Smile I say,
Smile I say, be glad you live,
Be glad you're young,
Be glad you're well,
Be glad you're still got stories to tell.
Smile I say,
And look around.
There are still many treasures to be found.
Look for happiness, look for gold,
Look for someone to have and hold.
Smile I say,
Raise you're head
Do not dwell before the dead.
Do not sob, Do not cry,
Everyone living has to die.
By: Ana Teresa Mayrides

"Hidden"

A thought, a dream
An idea that gleams,
"Forget the past..."
A question, an answer.
The moves of a graceful dancer,
Our lives have so many backward glances
The sunset and sunrise,
In them, don't they?
The sadness of all good-byes,
We can think back to how things were
The howling of the wind
And how things could have been.
When the rain splatters down.
The past should be forgotten
A beautiful lady in her bright satin gown,
But tomorrow will be remembered forever,
A comforting hand to hold tight.
Or at least until the next day comes.
A twinkling star in the sky
There won't be a day that goes by,
Of night.
That I will think if you
A world full of things like these,
Love will live or die.
It's up to us, to find where
They're hidden.
By: Ana Teresa Mayrides.

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I was grinning ear to ear when everything
was over.
"Kate, can I talk to you?"
"Sure Jack."
He got down on one knee and grabbed my
left hand.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Kate Bellemy, will you marry me?" he
asked as he slipped a ring on my finger.
"Oh my God. Yes, yes, a million times
yes!!!!!!"
I threw myself in his arms. We got married
the next day at the base and the president gave
me away since my dad wasn't alive to do it.
Both my husband and I got leave for three
months so we could go on our honeymoon.
Lost in Destruction
By: Alon Cohen
In a small village outside of
Quetzaltenango my family and I make our living
raising artichokes. The oil lamps were still
blazing in the kitchen as I was counting my
money, earned from the sales of the day. My
father and mother had gone to bed shortly after
10:00 p.m. My three year old sister, Carmen,
scooping up her raggedy Rigoberta Menchu doll
under her arm, had gone to bed by 7:00 p.m.
While tightening the string of my money pouch
and placing it in my pocket, I decided to stop by
and check on my little sister on my way to bed.
As I entered her room, I saw her bed rumpled but
empty. She was nowhere to be found in the
room... and neither was her doll.
Not alarming my parents, I went down to
check the patio and search through the garden,
quietly calling her name, " Carmen..,
Carmencita." Receiving no answer, I went
through the laundry room, passing the pila, and
went out the gate to the street. Abruptly, the
ground beneath my sandaled feet began to quiver
and flutter with undulating persistence. Hearing
the clamor and roar of the falling tile roof, I
rapidly went back to find my parents. They both
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had awakened and were standing in the far
corner of the bedroom. Most of the roof had
fallen in. They were both babbling about their
concern for Carmen. I reassured them she was
not in the house, however, lost within the de
struction.
In panic, they too, joined me in the
search for Carmencita. As we walked toward the
central plaza, hollering and looking for Carmen,
we met with others who had experienced the
same thing event. A wave of destruction swept
it's way across our meager village, leaving cries,
fear, and destruction. Dirt to dirt, buildings to
rubble. The church where the old bell tower once
stood was now a pile of adobe dust.
The sun was now making its way across
what was once the plaza. "Where Oh, where
could Carmen be?" my mother asked with
anxiety. I felt cleaved to pieces and radically
useless. My sister was missing and there was
nothing I could feasibly do. I thought, where in
the world could she be. I tried so hard to keep
calm. My grandfather once told me, "If a prob
lem could be solved then why worry;, if it can't
be solved there is no use worrying about it." I
grasped my mother's hand and bellowed, "there,
there," that's the way. A feeling arose within my
soul and I ran towards the goal my ambition
indicated.
In the distance I could see the ruins that
the earthquake had hungrily swallowed. And
there, right beneath my feet I saw Rigoberta, the
doll. My mother yelled. When she saw the deep
ditch made by the horrendous monster that
pulverized our homes and village. I grabbed
Rigoberta and held her so tight I could feel the
tears on the other side of my fingers. My mind
was paralyzed and I couldn't move as I peered
into the deep trench, wandering what I would
discover there. But, when I finally came to mind,
it was father screaming out in joy, "Pedro,
Pedro."
I glanced with blurry sight as he pointed

at something. I turned and saw a fair-skinned,
black-bearded man running towards us with no
less than our valuable Carmen rapped in his
arms. It was then I knew that it wasn't all over,
life had played a trick on me. Would life treat me
fairly? Would I find my little sister crouching
within the confines of the voracious pit?
I became aware that someone was
tapping me, shaking me, calling, "Pedro, Pedro,
wake up and come to bed, it's very late. Don't
forget, you have a long day tomorrow, selling
artichokes in the market."
"My Dream Is Different"
Doctor? Judge? Scientist?
By: Jenny Seo
"Oh, my boy will be a doctor." my mom
said, like always.
"Well, my girl will be a great judge."
"No, my boy will be a greater scientist
than other ones." All mothers were the same,
every children had to do what mom says. As
always, study is the best, and then you can worry
about your life or other things. But I was always
on the opposite side, I didn't care if my mom
wanted me to be a doctor, because I had my own
dream, and nobody could stop it.
" Hi! my name is Tony and I'm fourteen
years old." I was already fourteen, but still in
moms hand, like she tells me something to do,
and I had to do it. I wanted to do what I wanted
to do, but my mom is really tough, and she gets
mad when I disobey her.
I hated mom a lot. My mother is expecting me to
be a doctor, but I hated doctors, but sometimes
when I see on TV those poor sick guys, that's the
time when I want to be a doctor to help them, but
otherwise not.
My friends in school wants to be a doctor
or a lawyer, but I prefer to be a wrestler, that's
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my favorite sport, it is dangerous but I love to
wrestle, and I think is a cool thing to do. I hated
when my friends were talking about government
and politics, society and more; I was never
talking about those things. Who cares about
government, and other things about society and
politics, it was important too, but I didn't care
too much, but I agree with the constitution,
everybody has rights to do something that can
make them happy and comfortable. That was
right, and I wish mom could understand me.
"Are you playing games again?" that's
what my mother tells me every day. I'm the
unluckiest guy in the whole world, when I'm
studying mom is gone to the store and when I'm
having my free time she's back.
"Can you study better than that?" she
wants me to be a total nerd, but I don't want to
be a nerd! Every mom wants their children to be
the best, but nobody can be the best, only God
is. Anyway, I'm in first honor roll always, but
mom doesn't understand that I always try my
best. And who would like to be a nerd, every kid
wants to be a normal kid.
"Tony, if you want to be a good doctor,
you are going to have to study more than that."
mom said quietly. I couldn't resist anymore,
"Mom, I'm really sorry but you have to under
stand me, I don't want to be a doctor, I want to
be a wrestler!" I said to mom. Mom started to get
mad and she almost hit me, I just ran toward my
room and and shut the door. I was scared and
proud at the same time. I never had told mom
like that. But I was feeling stronger now, and I
was ready to convince mom.
I started to think about wrestling and
other things about mom had told me. I knew that
wrestling is a dangerous and it has much vio
lence, but I had to be a wrestler. My dad was on
my side always, and he always will be. My dad
was a hero, because he always understood me
and he taught me a lot of things, except one thing
to respect mom. I never respected her, because I
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hated her so much, that I couldn't stop shouting
at her.
I laid on my bed and started thinking
about other things, like why can't mothers
understand their only and lovely child. Why?
Tony needed an answer, he needed his dad to
answer him that question. Tony was thinking
about convincing mom about his future. But it
never worked out for weeks and weeks, mom
was really a tough lady. I don't know why but
she really was. My dad wasn't tough, he was
sweet and nice, not like mom. Tony told his
mom about good things about wrestling, but he
couldn't convince her. Tony expressed his
feelings and how he felt about it, but forget it,
it'll never worked out. I guess I have to prepare
to be a doctor.
Sometimes I think that my grandma told
me what my mother wanted to be, first grandma
disagreed with it, but then she realized that the
future is hers and not grandma's I wish mom
could realize too, just like grandma. I just don't
get it, why can't mom let me be what I wanted to
be... a great... wrestler, and make my self
comfortable.
Burt
By: Carlos Mercado
Burt woke up to hear the sounds of birds,
they were just his imagination. But anyway, Burt
was badly hung over from last night's clam juice
binge and needed a shave. It was only 5AM and
he had an appointment with the Japanese ambas
sador. Of course, he didn't really have an ap
pointment with the ambassador, it was all in his
head.
Burt lived by a rigid schedule which he
never payed any attention to. The schedule
involved sleeping in for several hours before
waking up in a cold sweat. Only then did he feel
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refreshed enough to go take a nap in his ham
mock.
Burt was very fond of listening to the
radio. For example, he would attempt to hum
along to whatever was playing on the radio in his
bath, he had to work very hard at this since he
was severely tone deaf. To hear the radio play
ing, Burt had to turn off the shower. Showers
took a long time, especially when Burt didn't
know the song or had forgot it. He would be
humming along to what he though was the
chorus, would realize he was offbeat again,
would have to trun off the shower, go back to his
tiny room outside dripping wet, and lsiten to the
song. Of course by that time the song would be
almost over and another one would have begun,
so he would repeat the process. It took him
roughly 3 1/2 hours to shower most of the time,
and that was only after he learned not to soap as
often (one of the few lessons he learned during a
short stay in prison...).
Burt didn't feel like getting up today, but
he did so anyway because the bills weren't going
to pay themselves. Burt got back from the blood
bank around noon and was very hngry. He put a
cube of SPAM on the skillet and prepared some
eggs, scrambled and smuthered in ketchup and
relish. After a hearty meal, he decided to get a
dog, because he felt like walking one. He got on
his banana seat bicycle and rode off into the
sunset, which happened to be the way to the
animal shelter. Once there, he picked out a
crossbreed. The dog had one bad eye which he
wore an eyepatch over, giving him a comical (on
a dog) pirate look. It was white with brown spots
and was very small in size. It had a stubby 4 inch
tail which quivered upright, due to some kind of
allergic reaction to dog hair, any dog hair, even
his. It was male and had already been nuetered.
Twice. Somehow, the first veterinarian managed
to botch the operation (supposedly under the
influence) and the poor furball had to endure the
painful procedure again.
The two made quite a pair, riding down
the street to Burt's shoddy apartment, the dog in
the bike's basket. He named it Burt Jr., and one
day told his first son, Rover, stories of all the
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great adventures that they had. But that, as they we have to rob. Everyone in this town knows
say, is another tale. what we look like, they know what we are like.
They are just waiting patiently for some substan
tial evidence that can put us away. We could
The "Criminals" never get a regular job and never be regular
people. The only ways to stop would be to turn
By: Christina Walsh
ourselves in or get caught."

"If you turned yourself in, you'd be put

As Tim fled from the silent 7-11, he
on trial."
thought deeply about what he had just done, the
money he had almost stolen, and the man he had
"Then the prosecutors would feed the 12
just murdered. He jumped into the getaway car,
incompetent non-newspaper reading jurors
an extremely beat up VW Beetle. His brother
thoughts about how evil I was. Then they would
Luke was in the driver's seat, waiting impa
brainwash them into thinking that I deserved that
tiently.
whole idea of the death penalty. Next I would be
put in jail or be killed and have no life."
"Did you get the cash?" was Luke's first
question.
"Let's talk about society again. Isn't it
society's job to feed on man, waiting for people
"No. I just couldn't do it. Please don't
to mess up? Wouldn't society like to see their
be mad. The owner had just called the police
fellow man ridiculed and massacred like in the
and I panicked. My first instinct was to grab my
olden days? Is that what you were saying be
gun and shoot him. Then I just couldn't bring
fore?"
myself to take the money."

"Yeah. I guess so. The garage door

"What were you thinking? What were
opener is in the glove compartment. I guess
the exact thoughts that we running through your
stereotypes are needed for us to survive. If we
mind?"
can't label others, we feel insecure about our
selves. You and me stereotype too. All the cops
"Actually, as soon as I pulled the trigger,
are bloodthirsty fools if you ask me."
I was thinking about how society has created
'the criminal'. I mean, well, whether it be a
They laughed for a few seconds, savoring
murderer, a kidnapper, or a pair of serial conve
the last time they would ever see each other
nient store robbers, society created it. The
again. Inside the house, like a surprise party, a
Criminal' is a bad person with a gray heart and
team of cops waited to prance. Tim and Luke
no feelings, who does these things just because
got shot down in a bloody pool on the hard tile
they want to. Wouldn't you quit robbing if you
floor. They were stopped dead in their tracks,
could?"
not really surprised by their guests.

"Why can't we? It wouldn't be that hard

to stop."
Computer Error
"Yes it would. Don't you see that we By: Maria Brady
have to steal? Our parents made a living steal
ing. So we never had a successful family busi
ness to fall back upon or a descent pair of foot Serena was standing guard in front of a
steps to follow. If we want to raise our children, building. Her friends had broken into the main

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computer at school, and were changing their
grades. At first, she was sort of tentative about
the whole thing, but she got used to the idea
well, it was the turn of the century... the 25th
century. Scientists had created robots to run the
world. Now there were no human teachers.
Robots taught class. They recorded the grades in
the main computer as soon as they took them
down. Lucky for Kayla and Josh no one took
care of the school on weekends. This must have
been the first time in history that anyone had
tried to fix their grades. At least that's what they
thought. Usually, the school was completely
peaceful. And no one really disobeyed. But still
it was all the same to Serena any ways, she
didn't really pay attention. Lucky for her, she
was naturally smart. Well, back to the subject...
it was Saturday night, and when they should
have been out having fun, they were sneaking
around school instead. In a way it was kind of
ironic. Serena never thought she'd spend Satur
day night at school.
"We did it!! I now have an A average!"
Kayla was jumping up and down in excitement.
"And no one will ever know!" Well, it was the
start of a great Saturday night for Serena. Now
she had a straight A average. And Kayla was
right, no one would ever know! But now the
question of what to do and where to go... the
night was young, and they were bored. And
Serena had to get going because if she wasn't
home by ten thirty, her dad would lock the doors.
(That was a safety precaution.) Then she'd have
to ring the doorbell.
The next day at school, everyone was
bustling about as usual, and no one noticed
anything out of the ordinary. The hall monitors
were keeping everyone moving so there
wouldn't be a crowd. Kayla, Josh, and Serena
were all in the same first class, and they always
hung out together because they were so alike.
As they rushed to class, they were talking about
how smart and clever they were to think of such
and ingenious plot. When they got to class, the
principal was talking to their Robot Teacher.
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The bell rang, and everyone scrambled into their
seats. The principal addressed the class...
"Hello students, I have just discovered an
error in our main computer. As you all know, we
have an academically challenging class for our
gifted students: And everyone who maintains an
A+ average for at least two years is moved into
that class. I am sorry to say that our computers
have overlooked three or our finest students who
have been getting A+ averages since 1st grade.
Would Kayla Johnson, Joshua Silverbrug, and
Serena Christopher please come to the front of
the room?" The class stared at Serena, Kayla,
and Josh as they gathered up their books and
walked to the front. They could feel everyone's
eye's boring into the back of their heads. The
principal lead them down the hall and to a door
on the right. They walked in and sat down
together, they glanced at the people there. 4Oh
no,' Serena though ... 'I don't even know these
people. They are very snobby and stick to
themselves. Oh well, at least I have Kayla and
Josh.' Kayla and Josh met Serena at the mall
after school. They were going on and on about
how they were in the honor classes now, and
how everyone was jealous when they left the
room. But then Serena burst into the conversa
tion.
"Don't you realize what happened? We
were promoted because of what we did on
Saturday! How are we gonna survive that class?
We couldn't even get a B in Algebra!" As
Serena was talking, Josh and Kayla grew pan
icky.
"Oh no! How are we going to get out of
this mess? I am going to be in so much trouble.
What are we going to do?" They decided on a
plan. It would work, but not until the weekend.
As the three friends struggled through the classes
during the week, they all looked forward to
Friday night when they were gonna put their
plan into action. Finally... Friday came... and
they all gathered at school at 10:30 pm. Kayla
and Josh sneaked back into the school and

changed their averages back to the correct
numbers. As Serena stood guard again, she
wondered what had possessed them to do some
thing so stupid. But it was all right now. At
school the following Monday, the principal came
again and apologized for the mistake they had
made. He said that Kayla, Josh, and Serena
didn't belong in the honor class at all. So in that
small way, their lives went back to normal.
Backwards
Teresa Membreno
Mohamed was a meat-eater; not a
regular meat-eater but a human meat-eater.He
had killed and feasted on twelve people. I guess
you could say gourmet cooking was his hobby.
After getting home from his twelfth murder, in
his gross and wretched apartment, Mohamed lay
still on his bed worrying about the possibilities
of being discovered. He could not find his
glasses, and he thought he might have left them
at his last victim's house. He feared for his future
and life, but took comfort from the fact that he
had already gotten away with twelve murders.
He wished that murder wasn't crime.
Mohamed's thoughts started to wander,
he thought about how the world would be if
murder, and other crimes, were not considered
crimes. The next morning he followed his every
day routine but something seemed strange. When
he turned on the morning news there was no talk
about murders or other similar occurrence. This
didn't really bother him until he turned off the
TV and went out to breakfast. While he was
walking to the small cafe where he always had
breakfast, Mohamed noticed something differ
ent. Something was wrong. The world seemed
to be breakfast.
He saw a man stealing and nobody said
anything. He saw two men beating each other
and nobody tried to interfere. He kept on walk
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ing trying to ignore what he had seen, but kept
on seeing more strange things. The world
seemed unreal, as if Mohamed were in a dream.
The only problem was that every thing was so
concretely real. He stared things about the
possibilities of engaging in his hobby in this
corrupt world. He could eat human flesh when
ever he wanted to! Mohamed felt free and
without limits, he felt like he could kill anybody
he want to, and so he did.
The day past, and he kept on killing until
it became a boring routine. The meat started
tasting plain, and he did not get the same plea
surable feeling anymore. He was just like every
body else; he wasn't any different. He figured
that he did not get the same thrill from cannibal
ism that he did before. Mohamed did not know
what to do to pleasure himself and he did not
understand what was wrong with his old self
now that he could do what he loved and freely.
Yet he didn't feel satisfied.
Feasting on human flesh was fun. It was what
made him different from everybody else. But
everything had changed - the world, and with
the world, his whole self. This changed worried
Mohamed when he realized that he never was his
real self, just a phony. He knew that the reason
for his being a cannibal was not that he loved
human flesh, but he loved to be different. This
new horrid world had opened his eyes to see his
true self. The world was backwards and so was
his personality.
He became a vegetarian.
Joey
John Song
Joey was 13 year old boy who wore thick-
rimmed glasses. He was very unpopular and
had few friends. He found it difficult to speak
and spoke with a stutter.One day it was the day
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Broken Heart
by: Pong Lin-Chie
Diana is a student at Peterson High. She is a
senior and a very talented young woman. She's a
leader and a cheerleader. She's gorgeous and
nice. She likes to hang out with guys. Tom is
also a student at Peterson High. He's also a
senior and a good athlete. He is the most popular
guy in school. He plays basketball and football.
He's the kind of guy that people always want to
hang out with.
Diana and Tom are good friends. They
have known each other for four years, since they
were freshman in High School. Just a few weeks
before their graduation, Tom asks Diana out as
they walked home. She was shocked, because no
one in this school had ever ask her. It's not
because she's ugly, but it's because she's still a
virgin. Diana was surprised, and she said it
directly, "I'd love to go out with you."
The next day, as Diana and Tom went
out, they were surprised to see such a big rain in
this time of the month. But since it was their first
date, they really wanted to be special. So he took
her somewhere romantic where they had their
first kiss. The same right, Tom asked her about
the Prom. Of course, she was excited, and she
had never been so happy ever in her life.
The day of the Prom, Tom picked her up
with his Dodge Viper. When they entered the
room, they were holding hands. They were such
a good couple compared to others. They were
dancing and talking the whole night. Four hours
had passed, Diana almost forgot that she had a
curfew. She had to get home by midnight. She
told him that, and he offered her a ride.
As she got on the car, Tom immediately
closed the door, and ran the car. Half way home,
Tom stopped the car and kissed Diana's cheek
and started to touch her. he told her to take her
cloths off, but Diana refused. Tom got mad, and
ripped her cloths off. She tried to say, "Please,
don't do this to me!", but it was too late, Tom
had already gone too far. She was scared at the
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time. She can't speak even a word. Fifteen
minutes later, he stopped, and asked her to leave
the car. She started to cry and left the car imme
diately.
When she got home, she did not tell
anyone even her parents, because she was
scared, ever since she was raped, no one knows
why they broke up. And no one knows why she's
acting weird lately.
A few weeks after her graduation, she
starts taking college courses at a community
college. Diana later met this handsome guy
named John at a fraternity party. They become
good friends, and they became couple. He seems
to be a nice guy, because he always led Diana
made her first movie. He never kisses her unless
she wants to. Two weeks later, they have a
romantic dinner at the most expensive restaurant
in town, because there is something really
important that John wants to tell Diana. He
brought this gold ring for her and asked her for
marriage.
Ten days later after their marriage, Diana
got sick. Everyday, she's feeling weaker and
weaker. She's having nausea and diarrhea all the
time. John was worried, and doesn't know what
to do. So he took her to the nearest hospital he
could find. When they got there, she got checked
by a doctor, and she found out that she was
pregnant. She was shocked, now she is worried.
She's not sure if the baby belongs to Tom or
John. She's still worried, because she didn't tell
her husband about the rape. She doesn't know
what to do.
When they got home, John feels happy.
He had never been happier ever in his life. He
knows that she's pregnant, but he still doesn't
know about the rape. Ten months later, she found
out that the baby belongs to John. She finally
feels relieved, but she's still feeling bad for not
telling her husband the truth.

Stay Away From The Old School-
house
by Maria Brady
It was almost nine, and Karen wasn't home
yet. She was at the schoolhouse again. Her parents
kept telling her not to go there because it wasn't safe.
There was a river right next to it and she might fall
in. But, she loved it there. Her parents didn't seem
to understand that she didn't go there on purpose, it
was like it called out to her. She ran home, and sure
enough, her parents were all worked up about where
she'd been. She told them she'd been walking
around the neighborhood, but they saw right through
her lie. They seemed to know she had been at the
schoolhouse...
"You've been over there again, at the school-
house haven't you?" She shrank away from her
father's voice.
"How many times do we have to tell you not
to go there? It's not safe," her mom said, more
politely. Then her father said, "The mayor con
demned it today, it could fall in at any time, and he
doesn't want anyone to get hurt. It's too old." Karen
reacted as if she'd been slapped. "You mean you
didn't try to save it? It's a historical landmark. It's
my favorite place." And with that, she ran out of the
house.
While Karen was running, she thought about
the schoolhouse. There was an old legend about it.
Some teacher was a little crazy, and the students were
all terrified of him. Then, one day he snapped, and
he murdered the students, and threw them into the
river. Since then, people have been afraid to go near
the old schoolhouse, because they were afraid that it
was haunted. Karen was fascinated by the legend,
and had always wanted to see the ghost of the
teacher. Because after all, a ghost couldn't hurt you,
could it? Karen wasn't sure. The
schoolhouse was her favorite spot because it was so
secluded, and she liked to go there and think. She
thought mostly about the legend and about ghosts
(whether or not they were real). Karen got to the
schoolhouse, and stopped in her tracks. The school-
house was covered with police tape that said, "Con
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demned, Stay out!". They had ruined her beautiful
schoolhouse! She set to work immediately taking
down the tape. She wadded it up in a ball and threw
it over the little wooden fence into the river. Then,
she went in, and sat in the desk in the front of the
room. It was her favorite seat in the whole class. It
made her feel like she was in the class, one of the
students. When she was younger, she used to play
school there. But now, all she did was sit and think.
Sometimes she'd draw or read, too. But this time,
something felt wrong. As she sat in the seat, she felt
like something was watching her. She turned around,
and right behind her was a teacher. "Oh my god,"
she thought. "It's the ghost!"
She turned to run out the door, but it was
gone. "Oh, I'm such an idiot, the door is on the other
side!". She ran out the door over to the bench that
was next to the fence. She grabbed her backpack and
turned around, only to see that the guy was right in
front of her. She had forgotten one important part of
the legend, the teacher had really bad breath. That
was how you could tell if it was the real ghost or not.
Well, it was him all right. He backed her up against
the fence, and raised an axe over his head. But just
then, the fence cracked, and she fell into the river.
The last thing she thought before she went under
was, "I should have listened to my parents..."
Karen's parents figured out what happened to
her when they saw the cracked fence, and they found
her backpack washed up on the riverbed the next day.
The schoolhouse was kept open in memory of Karen.
Usually, if you go inside the schoolhouse, you'll see
a girl sitting at the front desk. And sometimes, if you
walk around to the front of the schoolhouse, you can
see a girl sitting on the bench with her backpack next
to her; sometimes, she'll be reading a book, or
drawing a picture. When you walk closer, you'll hear
her whisper, "Stay away from the old schoolhouse."
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Catastrophe
By: Li Tsai Chen
In 2510 AD. the biggest catastrophe of
Earth began, and all the planet was to be de
stroyed. People were just a tool for war. All the
continents, and all the countries would fight
among each other, without knowing that the
Earth was going to be destroyed, after two years,
But a small group of people were aware of that
disaster, so they decided to start the time opera
tion. This was a time machine where people
would travel back and forth throughout time.
This investigation had started since before, but
after a certain period of time the most brilliant
scientists stopped it, because they thought that it
was completely impossible that people could
travel through time. But in that group of scien
tists one man named Eric still thought that it was
possible to make a machine that could travel
through time. His theories were totally different
from those of other scientists, and this why
nobody wanted to listen to him. Because of this,
the rest of the scientists believed that Eric should
not be in the research group. So Eric was forced
to leave the investigation center. After one year
the investigation of time operation stopped, and
all the information about the investigation was
archived. But Eric formed a group where they
continued the time operation (in secret, of
course) because the government had already
canceled it, and it was prohibited to keep doing
it.
Now as the biggest catastrophe of Earth
began, Eric thought that he should finish the
machine fast and correct all the errors that
people had made in the past. But his theory of
the time machine was missing something. He
knew what the problem was, but he didn't know
how to solve it. His theory was simple: time
means dimension, where everything has its
opposite charge. The present time is a positive
charge, so if the machine could inverse that
charge, it could be decided where in time to stop,
which meant that the time travel machine would
work.
But he missed another very easy, but very
important theory. Eric decided to find out from
the past investigation where the most brilliant
scientists worked. But the problem with that was
that all the information was saved in a in a
computer hard-drive, in a very safe place. Eric
worked day and night with the group he formed
to finish his investigation. They tried to find out
the password of that computer to enter it and
take out the information they needed. It was hard
for them to find out the password, and once they
did, they never thought that the computer had
another security password, which when activated
by the first one, would search the origin of the _
user place. If another computer was connected
with it, the government would be advised. So the
government knew that somebody else was
looking for something confidential, and they
decided to make those people pay for the crime
they made.
On the other hand Eric found from the
old documents and information the answer that
he needed. It was a simple rule; every part of the
time machine needed to be separated and should
work in their own way. With this information,
Eric knew that negative charge and positive
charge of time should be separated and make it
just work on the negative charge or positive
charge.
Without wasting any time Eric's secret
group started to work on the time machine.
Eric's concentration was all in that machine, and
he never realized that the government was trying
to arrest him. After several days the machine was
almost done, and it just need to be tried to see it
if it really worked. While on this, the govern
ment found them. Eric was surprised by the
persecution the government had on him, so
without testing the time machine, he used it to go
back through time and tried to change all the
errors that people made in controlling the ammo
for power, which led to today's, catastrophe!
But the only problem with this project
was that they did not know if it was going to
work, because if it didn't work, nobody would

know exactly what happens to the people who
use it. Eric predicted that maybe it will take you
to another dimension, or it would destroy all
parts of your body. Still, Eric tried it because if
he didn't do it at the moment, he knew that he
was never going to have any other chance. So
Eric walked to the portal of time as his assistants
began to enter all the password to start the
process of time traveling. Eric was afraid be
cause he knew that to return would be impos
sible, even if he changed the past into a peaceful
future. Because after he changed the past, the
future would be different, and he would vanish
in the past. But Eric knew that he needed to
sacrifice himself for a better future.
The the procedure of time traveling
began. He set the machine to travel two hundred
years to the past because that time was the time
in which people from all the nations started to
fight for power. After few seconds, Eric felt a
strange sensation in his body, which made all his
atoms separate, and took him to another place. In
that process Eric fainted.
After he recuperated his conscience, he
was in another place, a unknown and strange
would for him. Eric saw a city where the build
ings and all the things around him were in
perfect condition (really different from the place
he came). With all the things he had seen, he
knew that the time machine worked. The best
proof for this was that the actual date in the
newspaper was 2310 AD. Without wasting any
time, Eric began to work on the reason why he
came to the past. To begin, he knew that no one
would believe that he was from the future. So he
needed to work with intelligence, which was the
best thing to start with, to search for the bad
source of the future disaster. He found out that
all the bad sources of the future disaster began
from the scientists who constructed a nuclear
weapon that could destroy an entire city just by
pressing a button. The man who supported that
project was the one who started all the wars on
Earth. Then, he knew that he should let all the
people around the world know about the pur
poses of the evil man.
First he needed to have proof for all the
people around the world to believe him. So he
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went to steal the weapon control; he found the
place where they were hidden. He went to that
place but the guards who were protecting that
place made an excellent job with its security.
Fortunately, before Eric became a brilliant
scientist, he got training in a spying school, so it
was a piece of cake for him. Eric was already in
the laboratory of the control building, because
the weapons were already finished and sent to
space as a satellite. After waiting for few hours
Eric saw a chance to steal the control of the
mortal weapons. But he never suspected that the
laboratory had an alarm system, which was
automatically activated when the person did not
identify himself.
This did not stop Eric's plan of stealing
the control. On the way out of that dangerous
place, he saw the man who had made all the
catastrophe in the future. Without thinking about
it twice, Eric took a laser gun out of his pocket,
and shot him. Eric killed him, but also received a
lot of laser shots. Then in the most dangerous
moment of the escape, Eric saw the best way to
escape. He was a parachute and a rocket. He put
the parachute on his back and held the rocket
which elevated him into the sky.
After the shot, Eric opened his parachute
and escaped all the danger he was confronting.
He took the control to the TV station and as the
brilliant technologist he is, he connected all the
networks of the world into one camera. He told
to everybody his mission to save the future of
Earth, and of course, nobody believed him. But
with the proofs that the weapons existed, and the
thing he took from future, everybody believed
him. With the death of the man who supposedly
started all the disaster on the future, the destruc
tion of the mortal weapons, and the wish of
people for the peace of all the nations, Eric
finally completed his mission, changing the past
and giving the people on it, a lot of new knowl
edge to protect Earth. His last speech for every
body in this present was: 'Today's act is what
the future will be, so lets set harmony in the
present times, for a peaceful future place to live
for our generations."
Eric knew that his job was completed
when he vanished for ever!!!
Fiction
Obsession
by Maria Brady
The phone rang jolting Meg back from
her daydream, she picked it up... and there was
only the dial tone, 'oh well,' she thought,
'Must've been a prank.' She sighed as she
thought over the events from the day. It had
started out perfectly normal like any day, but
then it took a turn for the worse. In the cafeteria,
she had been in line to pay for her lunch, and she
overheard some girls behind her, talking.
"Look at her lunch! She is so fat, and she
shouldn't be eating so much!" Then there was
lots of giggling. Meg looked at her lunch, and
turned red. She was eating a lot! She sat down
to eat with her friends, and examined their
lunches. All they were eating was crackers and
orange juice. But then she remembered that they
had eaten a really big snack during first period.
So she felt a little better, an enjoyed her
lunch. Then as she was walking to her next class
with her best friend Ashley, she heard some more
people talking in the hall about how fat 'that girl'
was. Meg didn't realize that they weren't talking
about her. And during the rest of the day, she
walked around feeling really self conscious.
When she got out of school, she decided to walk
home, so that she could burn off all the calories
from her lunch. And as the cars passed her on
the street, she felt like they were all laughing at
her.
Later, when she got home, she weighed
herself on the scale, and realized what a fool
she'd been. She was just a little below average
for her height, so she'd been all worried for
nothing.
The next day, Meg knew she had been
wrong about not being worried. Everywhere she
went, there were people making comments about
her appearance. So the next few weeks passed
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like a blur. Meg started to wear really baggy
clothes to hide her weight. And she started
eating only water and crackers during the day.
At night she would pretend that she wasn't
hungry because she had eaten a big lunch. And
her parents didn't suspect anything, they just
figured that she was wearing baggy clothes
because they were in style. And then... she
started to fall asleep during her classes. Ashley
started to suspect that something was wrong with
Meg. All she ever talked about now was how fat
she was. and how she needed to lose weight.
And every time they went to the movies or out to
eat, Meg would just get a small soda and some
fries, or popcorn with no butter or salt. She'd
say that she didn't like fast food or junk food
that much. She was always ready with an ex
cuse. All this time, as Meg's clothes got baggier
and baggier, her weight dropped steadily. It was
like she was dying. All of her friends wanted to
help her, but they didn't know how, and they
were all really helpless because they didn't know
what to do. Even Meg's parent's were getting
worried.
They all decided to have an interven
tion... but it didn't work out, because she fainted
as she walked in the door. So they all rushed her
to the hospital and she was put in the I.C. unit.
Slowly Meg started to recuperate, and her weight
came back up to normal. Meg told her parents
what had happened to make her so obsessed
about her weight. The said that she had become
paranoid, and everywhere she went, she thought
people were laughing at her and how fat she was.
and that each time she looked in the mirror, all
she could see was a fat slob, so she decided to
diet, and it got way out of hand to the point that
it made her stomach hurt to look at food. But
alls well that ends well, and Meg turned out fine.

SIX
By Debra Walsh
Marie was a quiet girl. She never really
had any friends because she always was chang
ing schools. You see, her father worked for the
government so Marie never stayed any where
long enough to make any real friends. Marie
spent most of her seventeen years in her room,
until one day her father told Marie that they
would be moving to Mexico. The school was
like any other school Marie had been to on the
outside but the people inside were nothing Marie
had ever come across, The students were so
friendly towards her; maybe a little to friendly.
Weeks went by and Marie began to hang
out with one of the most popular groups in
school. The group consisted of six members:
Sarah, Matthew, Larah, Todd, Brad and Francis.
Francis was the nicest of the group. Marie and
Francis got along really well. They talked to
each other on the phone all the time, wrote each
other notes, had sleep overs; they just really
clicked. The group was like a family that
adopted Marie in that they did everything to
gether Marie really enjoyed hanging out with
them. In just a few weeks her social life had
gone from zero to having something to do every
day.
Every weekend the group would hang out
at this gothic club called the Scribe . The whole
place was dark and lit only candle light, the
couches were black velvet the walls painted
maroon, and the floor was bare. At first Marie
had found the place a bit spooky but then
thought of it as her second home, Marie and the
rest of the group would always talk about school
and the people they didn't like, and they would
go home around 12 pm. They did for weeks, at
the same place with the same people. Then one
weekend Francis was not there and they were an
even six. The group leader Sarah asked everyone
"What they thought of Francis". All of them
replied that they hated her and that Francis was a
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traitor to her own. Marie didn't understand.
Weren't these people friends with Francis just
the week before?And what had they meant that
she was traitor to her own? Marie didn't know
what to do, so to avoid conflict she agreed with
the rest of the group. Sarah then said that they
should get rid of Francis or her on a very long
trip. Marie thought to herself she didn't want
Francis to be kicked out; Francis had always
been so nice to her.
The next day at school Marie was walk
ing to class when a girl stopped her and said
"Get out while you still can, before you become
one of them." Marie thought nothing of it. The
girl probably was jealous. Marie kept walking
and then run into Sarah in the hall.
"I guess you heard about Francis huh?" Sarah
said
"No, what about her?" Marie inquired.
"Well she somehow tipped and fell out of sixteen
story building last night" Sarah answered.
"What, oh my God, Francis is she dea...dead!"
Marie squeaked.
"Yup, it kind of funny don't you think?" Sarah
laughed.
"No, I don't what's wrong with you Sarah,
Francis is dead!" angrily replied Marie.
"Oh, you're right, boo,hoo."Sarah said sarcasti
cally.
Sarah then went on her way. Marie thought to
herself how could Sarah have been laughing at
such a serious situation? Marie didn't want to
have anything to do with someone like that,
someone who could be so cruel, so mean.
The weekend came and once again The
group went to the Scribe . No one seemed to
even care about what had happened to Francis.
Everyone was acting as if nothing had happened
at all. "Don't any of you care about Francis?
How can you sit here and act like it never hap
pened?." yelled Marie.
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"What are you talking about? I'm fine." replied
Francis' voice from across the room.
"What, Francis , I thought you were dead!" said
Marie.
"Yes I still am. We all are." replied Francis.
"I don't understand?"what about the building,
what do you mean you all are dead!" Marie
asked.
"We are Vampires, why do you think we hang
out here at the Scribe, the candlelight, only six of
us? Marie, I thought you were smarter than that.
And I am really hurt you betrayed me after all
the nice things I have done for you." replied
Francis.
"Sarah is the one who wanted to get rid of you,
not me! I just wanted to be part of the group."
Marie nervously said.
"Kill her!" yelled Francis.
Marie turned to look at her friends. Their faces
contorted, their eyes bulged and became blood
shot, and turned from a healthy glow into a dead
pale white their mouths opened to reveal
dagger sharp fangs. Like a group of rabid dogs
they surrounded Marie and corned her. Sarah
inched closer, opened her mouth, tilted her head
and then Boyce Boyce
Marie jumped out of her bed looked at
her alarm clock. The clock read 7:45. Great! Her
first day at a new school and she was going to be
late! She quickly jumped into her faded blue
jeans, pulled on her favorite navy blue shirt with
the white stripe down the sleeves, and quickly
gave herself a look in the mirror and rushed out
the door just in time to catch the bus.
Marie went to her first period class,
homeroom, met some people, got her schedule,
and headed to her next class. As she was walking
out the door two girls stopped and said "We'll
show you to your next class."
"Thanks, my name is Marie."
"Yea, I know my name is Francis and this is
Sarah." the girl replied.
For some strange reason Marie felt as if she had
already met them someplace
THE END
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My precious
brother
by: Young Jin Kang
There was nothing I could do. Jack was dead. My
best friend Jack was dead. My big brother Jack was
dead. But maybe there was one thing I could do.
Revenge! Kill those bastards...! As all the thoughts
went through my mind, I felt a soft wind passing
through my body. I turned back from the grave and
started walking. I removed my sunglasses from my
face and a intense sunlight stabbed my furious eyes. I
looked back one more time.
I went straight home and started packing. A
few clothes and a picture were only thing I needed to
carry. I tried to stay as calm as possible, but I couldn't
resist the pounding heart-beats that kept making me
nervous. Yes, I was nervous, but at the same time, I
was also desperate. I was going to kill those bastards.
So, I left my house.
As I was half way to the destination by my
car, it started to rain. It was also getting dark, so I
searched for a small inn to spend the night. I could
find a inn very easily. I thought it was quiet strange
that I was able to find a inn that soon on such a
deadly looking street, but, I decided to put all those
unnecessary thoughts aside. The very kindly inn
keeper led me to my room and told me that I should
feel like I am at home or something like that. As soon
as the innkeeper closed the door for me, I made
myself comfortable on the bed. I took out the picture
from my bag. I glared at the picture and the tears
were already there on my eyes. It was a picture of a
person who was no longer with me. The memories
were the only thing that remained with me. The
memories...
I was sitting down on long bench and guess I
was staring at the sunset. I was thirteen and it was the
age when I first felt some kind of connection with
nature. Suddenly, I heard someone's slow footsteps
behind my back. It was my brother Jack. He sat next
to me. He took off his jacket and put it around my
shoulder. He asked, "You cold, right?" I couldn't
stop the tears falling down my face. I wanted to look
at his face and say something, but all the words in my

mind became tears. He understood what I wanted to
say and said "Don't cry. I'm not leaving you forever.
It will be just for a while." I leaned toward his
shoulder and he put his arms around me. He hugged
me real tight. Was he crying too? I really wanted to
say something, but I didn't, because there was a
different language to communicate between us at that
moment. I turned my head slowly to see the sunset
and I dropped the last drop of tears.
I woke up at the sun rose on the window of
the room and the sunlight shined smoothly on my
face. I woke up with no hesitation and went out the
door with my little bag. I didn't need to dress, be
cause I already was dressed. As I began to start the
engine in my car, I realized that I left the picture on
top of the drawl beside the bed. "Stupid! Stupid!" I
ran in as quickly as possible back into the inn and up
to the stairs. When I entered the hall, I saw a women,
who looked like a cleaning lady, coming out of the
room that I was in. I ran quickly into the room and I
noticed that the window was open. Then, I looked at
the drawer to find my picture, and it was still there
safely. "Thank God!" I shouted as I ran to the drawl
to pick up the picture. I took a deep breath when I
was able to see Jack in the picture. Then, I raised my
arm to pick it up. But a blowing wind came right
through the open window and carried the picture
away. I was really surprised for a little moment. But,
I didn't wait until the picture landed somewhere. I
caught it in the air and placed in my pocket immedi
ately. Then, I went back to my car to start get going.
When I got there and saw the house from a
safe distance, I could feel all nature around me
shaking from my fury. "I will kill you! I will kill you!
I will kill you!" I have never felt myself with such
furious anger. It was like as if my life entire body
was caught on fire. I ran inside and shouted "Bastard!
Where are you! I'm gonna kill you!" I grabbed
everything in my sight and threw it against any walls
or floors as hard as I could, and I kept shouting
"Bastard! Come here! I will kill you today!" As I was
about to spit out the most disgusting words out my
mouth, a man with long hair and ugly face appeared
in my sight. He looked like he understood the situa
tion and tried to maintain calmness. I ran right into
his face and grabbed his throat as tight as I could.
"You killed my brother! You killed my brother! You
killed my brother!" I grabbed some kind of bat-
looking object from the floor and hit the guy hard on
the head. He went down on the floor. I hit him and hit
him as hard as possible. I didn't stop. "Die, you
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bastard! Die! Die!" He did. He probably died when
first hit him on the head, but I kept hitting him. "You
bastard! You killed my brother! You killed my
b..ro..ther...! My bro...My brother..." I was shaking.
In a second, I was down on my knees and crying. It
wasn't over yet. There were still one more person and
he was another one who had to kill for revenge. But I
couldn't move. I knew that he was somewhere in this
house alive, but I just kept crying. Suddenly, some
one approached my back while I was crying beside
the dead man. "So, you're that little brother of Jack?
I heard a lot about you from your brother when he
was one of our friends. You know, he really was a
good thief. I knew he was a good dog from the first
time I saw him. So, I fed him and gave him lots of
money. But he betrayed me. He told me that he didn't
want to steal anymore. So, I killed him. He resisted,
but I was stronger." I turned my head and stared at
him. He pointed a gun on me. "Are all orphans like
you brothers? You're only what, eighteen years old?
You made my house a mess." My body was no longer
shaking, but instead, my fits were tightening. I said "
I am an orphan. I don't have parents, but he's my
brother and you killed him." With a tiny smile on his
face, he replied " So you want to kill me. Is that what
you came here for?" I couldn't hold on to my anger
any more. I shouted "YOU KILLED HIM!" and ran
towards him. Two steps and I fell down. I fell down
right beside the man I killed. There was blood on my
left chest. I was shot. "You are just like your brother
Jack. You two are the exact same fools. Ha ha ha!
One gets killed by trying to revenge his mother's
death, and the other gets killed by trying to revenge
the death of his brother. Ha ha ha!" Mother...? My
brother never told me anything about mother. I don't
even know what she looks like. I was going uncon
scious and things started to look very unclear. Right
beside my head I could see a gun inside the dead
man's pocket. Why didn't he use the gun when I was
attacking him or frightening him? Everything was so
unclear. I took out the gun from the dead man's
pocket anyway and aimed it at that bastard's back,
who was now walking away. I shot him right in the
head. Then, I dropped the gun on the floor. I was
getting powerless but my life was meaningful. I had a
brother who I loved with all my heart. My brother.
He was my best friend and only friend. I slowly
closed my eyes. The revenge was completed.