Yesaaaaa!!! I finished the Kino and the King novel, there is something that surprised me when I finished the last chapter. Let me talk a little bit about the novel. First, the cover of the novel is a quiet white owl with the background is black, and the author is Jen Angeli. A couple of weeks ago, she joined our class as a guest, and she talked about many things about what, how, and why she wrote this novel that helped me more understand about this novel. Next, about my experiences for this novel, I did enjoy reading this interesting novel and it is really easy to read. Besides, not only the English but there is also the Hawaiian which was explained specifically and easy to understand even though I have not learned Hawaiian yet, and I will recommend this book for my friends. Finally, the content of this book is really fascinating. The ending of the story makes me think about this statement “there are always the reasons for everything to happen” such as the changed-future of the main character. I will not tell anything about the story because you are the one who will discover what is that. So again I recommend this book for everyone because you may have a really fun time when reading this book.

I am grateful for having good health and a full-part body, I am grateful for giving birth in a greatest family. I am grateful for having food and drink that I never feel really hungry and thirsty. I am grateful to people who always help me even though they are not familiar with me. I am grateful for being taught how to be a good person. I am grateful for people who treat me badly because I would never waste my time with them any more. Finally, I am grateful for everything that life has taught me to be strong like today.

Unlike any immigrant, I didn’t want to move to U.S since I just went after my father, and my mom is still living in Vietnam with her family. Although I have lived in Hawaii for two years, I think that I have never been suitable to live in U.S. If some day I had to pick out to live in Vietnam or U.S, I would choose to go back to my home country where I grow into. However, before I go back to my country, I have to be successful, so I can back anything up to my family. I really miss the Vietnamese food although there are many Vietnamese food here, but they don’t taste like what I tried in Vietnam. Also, the feeling of riding a motorcycle around the streets is amazing. The thing that I miss the most is the feeling of eating with my big family. Besides, I usually call my mom and talk about what I have done so far, and she also share her stories to me. Recently, I knew that my grandparents is gradually weaker, so my uncles, my aunts, and my mom take it in turns to look after my grandparents. I broke down and cried every time I thought about what my big family went through, but I have to keep it from them. Maybe, the feeling I have with my family cannot be replace even though I live in U.S for twenty or fifty years. I hope that I will find a good job that I can work at anywhere, so I can go back to Vietnam and stay there as long as I want.

This is a story when I was in Ho Chi Minh city. At that time I was fifteen years old. In a beautiful day, while I went around the city, two tourists ran into me and ask for help, for they were lost. Unfortunately, I did not know much about the streets in the city, but they just wanted to go back to their hotel. In my mind at that time, I just wanted to say that ” I don’t understand English”, but looking for the hotel is quite easy. I borrowed their phone to use the map and asked them to spell the hotel’s name, so the problem started here. At that time, I even confused the pronunciation of alphabet between Vietnamese and English, when I heard they pronounce “e”, I pressed “i”. Consequently, The map showed the result, and the distance is 3 kilometers. I did not know why I did not do double check with them, so we started the journey. In the middle of journey, I remembered the pronounce and asked them again, and I was really embarrassed. Also I told them the fact, but they were not upset. Eventually, I searched the location again, luckily, the location was also near our place which just took 4 or 5 minutes. Finally, we arrived the right place, and I felt really happy like I see the sunlight shine my life. I said goodbye to them, and they said thank you however I did not dare to receive them. After that, I went back to my apartment, and during the way back I gradually realized where I got those braveness to be their tour-guide.

Hi! Certainly, everyone has difficult days and many problem in your life during COVID-19. I also have many problem that I cannot handle now. Present, I don’t know what major I should take. I like Computer Science major, but my father tell me to take the major that he recommend. I don’t know whether my college has my favorite major or not because I have no knowledge or concept at choosing major to study and where I should take to study that major. I have just been in Hawaii for 2 years, and for me, everything is still new, I don’t know where I am going to ask those question. Besides, COVID-19 make everything become more difficult since I can’t talk to everyone to learn about U.S education and career. During COVID-19 and these problem, I do some exercise to make my health get better because good health good life. I usually watch youtube to learn English and entertain, but I am also trying to avoid the fact that I need to plan for my life now. However, I am really happy that I have not been giving up yet, and I am trying to get better everyday.

I realize that me at the present is what I had never think I am. While I was studying grade eleven in Vietnam, I didn’t thought of come to the U.S. After my mom said I would come to Hawaii, I confused about it. For me, a person, who had never think about what come next and always let my parents do everything, is preparing to do everything by myself now. I was really scared because I didn’t know how to cook, and I even couldn’t speak English. However, when I live in Hawaii, I gradually catch up the life beat here. I can cook, go to the market, and take care of myself now. Specially, I started living more economically than when I lived in Vietnam. I have been looking for a job ,which was the first job in my life. Unfortunately, my parents told me that I should quit my job to be safer during COVID-19. One of the things I am struggling now is what major I should study. Actually, I have never researched the majors which any student should find when they prepare to go to college and university. If I never come to Hawaii, maybe I have never been mature and think carefully like now. what caused me is living in Hawaii when I didn’t know anything, and the amazing effect for that is I start caring more about my future.

Certainly, people always want something that is useful and easy to use. Since plastics bags are really useful, but it is difficult to decompose and able to harm animal. In addition, sea creatures often think plastics bags are food and eat them, so every time they check dead animals drifting in the sea, inside their body have plastic bags and some other objects. Therefore, Happy bag could solve those problem. There are many advantages of these bags. First, Happy bag is versatile, it is strong enough to carry 10 kg items and can be produced in large quantities like plastics bags. Because if it could not have numerous quantities, it may not place the plastics bags. The second advantage is familiar with nature. It could decompose easily in any case, besides, their existence is only about to 2 to 3 years in the air environment and in the live body a while . For example, if the animals or even human ate the Happy bags, they would feel nothing because it disappear. The last advantage is inexpensive, its price is low because it has to meet the needs of all consumers. In addition, in order to protect the environment, there is not too many profit in the happy bag trade. on the other hand, the only disadvantage is it not longer in the rain. It just exist in the rain for 45 minutes, to overcome the weak point we need more time to do it. This is a thing that I hope it can be created because it could save the nature.

Everyone has their own ‘amakua. ‘Amakua or spirit guardian they help protect and guide people and can take on many form in nature. For me, my ‘amakua is sun light and moon light, but they do not just belong to me, they protect everyone on the earth as well. I was supported from them many times. One time, when I was 12 years old, I went to the beach with my family. I lost my younger sister after I went buy food. I looked around, and my body was consecutive shaking. I ran and shout her name, I stopped running, and because my legs were frozen. I looked around again, and I didn’t know why I suddenly followed the sun light as if I felt that my sister was there. Specially, it’s cloudy, but the sun light only shine there. When I came there, my eyes were tearing, for I saw my younger sister there with my big brother. Unfortunately, I was the only one lost. At that time, I show appreciation to the sun light because it helped to find my family. Another time, I was supported from the moon light. When I played hide and seek with my friends at night, the playground in the market was really dark and has barely any light. I was in the deepest place in the market, when I stayed for the longtime, I thought my friends was surrendered. I went out and tried to find my friends, but I forgot how I got there. I searched the way out the market, but I couldn’t see anything. Suddenly, I saw the light, and I ran there as fast as possible, instead of staying in the market and wait for someone figure out me. When I was in the light, my eyes was bright, and I saw the way to get out here. Finally, I found my friends, and we went home. whenever I get in trouble, they always give me hints to get through the bad situations.

Arranged marriages and love marriages which is better than the other. To be honest, I think both of those things have their own advantages. I would agree the arranged marriage for some reasons. First, when you turn to 30 or more than that age, you hard to fall in love with someone. Next, your life at the age 25 to 35 just focus on making money, so sometimes you think love is not necessary. So arranged marriage is good for someone who always put their mind on work that they forget about love. However, during the life after marry, they is starting to learn more about each other. Somehow, they feel exciting and that marriage is going to be an entertainment life show.( :>> ) For me, if I turned 30, I could not find a partner, maybe I will need some helps from my family and friends. On the other hand, love is always needed in marry, and there are two types of it. The first type is groom and bride fall in love each other when they were sixteen or eighteen, and they decide to marry as their ages are legal for marry. This type is very popular for young generations, however, I often see most of them last no longer because some of them feel boring or the partner is badder than before. Maybe, they are all young, so they have not felt pressure from job, money, relationship,… yet, or they even do not have responsible for it. The second type is they really love each other and they have responsible to take care the other one, so they will never break up. Besides, their love may grow up day by day. In short, arranged marriage and love marriage are good, but I recommend you should try to experience fall in love someone when you are still young, that will not be wasting your time, and it could be the memory that you never forget even though you guys break up ( it called first love).

Today I will tell you a part of my life that I wish I could be there one more time. That was about December 31 2010- January 1st 2011 in Lunar New Year. At the last day of the year, I got up earlier than before, and I went to the bathroom I washed my face, brushed my teeth and changed clothes. After that, I went to help my mom to open the store, and when I opened the door the wind rushed in made my body shaking and gave me goosebumps. When I looked around, everyone was wearing jackets and long sleeve t-shirts, but I didn’t like to wear those things. One thing that I wish I shouldn’t do at that time is play video game, after I helped my mom, I begged her to go play video game, and I spent three hours for it. In the afternoon, as I finished playing video game, I visited my friends’ houses. When I asked them to ride bicycles around the town, they didn’t say anything, and they took board games , bottles of water, and bicycles. After that, we rode a long way and took a rest, we talked about what we are going to do in the rest of the holiday. Some of them would travel, and the others are visited their grandparent. Next, we rode back to the town, since the sun was going down, we all took a shower to the party. I finished earlier than the others, so I went around the market. Although, the people in the market work all day, but they always smiled and joked each other. As I went through them, I hear a man said “today is the last day of the year, so let put the troubles back and welcome a new year.” Then I joined the party, the kids ate dinner first, and played board game. On the other hand, our parents drank beer and sing karaoke, talk about the things in this year. At 11:59 pm, the fireworks started, we shouted ” Happy New Year” in unison. Unfortunately, those things have never happened again, I really want to go back that time, and I would not spend time for gaming. Every time I remember it that I always smile because at least I didn’t have the childhood with the technology surrounded like the kids now.