You only live once

you only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough

December 14, 2005

I'm home now I am comfortably surrounded in my rolly chair and down comforter I've already had my hot shower and Kelly's Roast Beef sandwich I'm even almost all unpacked But then again, I dont have any dirty laundryor even clothes for that matter Everything I brought home were gifts, lavalavas, books/notebooks and food All of my palagi clothes are in plastic bags in Lotofaga and Alafua

I'm back in Georgetown and I'm already trying to plan my next trip abroad Will it be Turkey during Spring Break Another DIS in January 2006 Or working abroad in China after graduation All I know is that the more I travel the more I want to see I remember Dr Venuti once told me "The more you learn, the less you know" That is how I feel about traveling The more places I go, the more pleaces I see and the more people I meet only make me want to do more - see more - converse more I value the friendships and the contacts I've made in Samoa and Fiji more than anything else the Pacific Islands could have offered me

I was talking to Sara Watson a few hours ago (I'm still jetlagged and I haven't gone to bed yet) She said something along the lines of "I'm sure you have a lot of stories to tell I know I do But they're probably not as interesting" And I thought to myselfand replied with something along the lines of"Stories about human relationships are always interesting The location is just the backdrop to the story" I could have been anywhere in the worldeven Drewand I would have had interesting stories to tell from this semester

The only difference is that this semester the people I interacted with were unlike anyone I've ever met I had housemates from Papa New Guinea, Vanueta, Fiji and the Solomon Islands At Drew my usual floormates are from NJ, PA and NY I worked with Momoe vonReiche, a leading Pacific ISland artist I spent a lot of time at the Bahai Temple and the Tiapapata Art Center in Tiapapata with a woman who was born two towns over from me in Massachusetts I heard crazy travel stories from New Zealanders, Australians, Germans and English med students

Arrive in LAX was odd Danielle and I had a hurried 'farwell' because of the limited time we had to get to our respected terminals However, on the shuttle I talked with a Peacecorp volunteer from Samoa I had only been in Samoa for three months and I was ready to burst into tears from sensory overload She had been in Samoa for two years and she looked like shit Sorry for the language It is intense, really it is To go from the urban area of Samoa with one main road that can take you around the whole island/country to the middle of Los Angeles with houses built right on top of each other with no backyards, except maybe a pool White people just look strange too No offense, really I remember when I arrived in Samoa I couldn't decipher the different characterisitcs of the Samoan face I mastered it in under a week Now I have to readjust and do the same for palagis I felt ridiculous while walking down the aisle of the plane - everyone was on their cell phone No one was talking, asking about their trip, or even just saying hello It was a much different atmosphere from the original plane trip from Honolulu to Samoa - with mostly Samoans onboard

I am still jetlagged I've been up for a while I tried to sleep to no avail Now i'm just listening to the Pacific Island mixes I have, looking at pictures and trying to write a final entry for my journal

I appreciate everyone who has read bits, parts or even the whole journal The comments have made me miss home a little less and the entries have benefited myself because they allow me to think things out through writing What I have put in this journal is just a tiny portion of all the places, people and feelings i've encountered

If you want to know moreask

Call me up and we can go out for coffee

"Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre' Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else

Miriam Beard

Fa soifua

For now

Love, Sieni

中文全是我自己翻译手打的，希望你满意，采纳~

Been waiting for my time to run out 等待我跑出去的那一刻

Then Imma be out and get into something 快乐将要到来有些事将要发生

Don't treat it like it's nothing 不要像无视一样对待它

Cuz you only live once 你仅仅活一次。

Cuz you only live once 你仅仅活一次。

Keep staring at the clock on the wall 盯着墙上的时钟

Keys in my pocket runnin' home fast 我口袋里的钥匙飞快跑回家

Don't treat it like its nothing 不要像无视一样对待它

Cuz you only live once 你仅仅活一次

Cuz you only live once 你仅仅活一次

I need everybody up it's about to go down 我需要每个人鼓舞当我将要沮丧

Been a long week so (I'm) tired of it now 一个长长的星期我现在感到厌倦

I need everybody up it's about to go down 我需要每个人鼓舞当我将要沮丧

DJ play this song real loud 大声地唱出这首歌

Cuz we like to party 我们喜爱聚会

I need to party 我需要快乐

I need everybody up it's about to go down 我需要每个人鼓舞当我将要沮丧

(Cuz) we gonna party 'til the sun goes up 我们将要聚会直到太阳升起

Every week it's the same old thing 每个周都是同样的以往的事情、

Work work work 工作工作工作

Just to make a living 只为了谋生

Every day is the same old thing 每天都是同样的以前的事情

Honestly I can't wait to leave 说实话我不能等待离开

Then I get my swag on 所以我带上我的财物

Get my hair right 把我的头发整理好

Call my guys it's about to be a good night 叫出我的朋友这将会是一个美好的夜晚

Party party party 快乐快乐快乐

Cuz you only live once 你仅仅活一次

Cuz you only live once 你仅仅活一次

I need everybody up it's about to go down我需要每个人鼓舞当我将要沮丧

Been a long week so (I'm) tired of it now一个长长的星期我现在感到厌倦

I need everybody up it's about to go down我需要每个人鼓舞当我将要沮丧

DJ play this song real loud大声地唱出这首歌

Cuz we like to party我们喜欢聚会

I need to party我需要快乐

I need everybody up it's about to go down我需要每个人鼓舞当我将要沮丧

(Cuz) we gonna party 'til the sun goes up 我们将要聚会直到太阳升起

I can't wait no more 我不能再等待

When I walk through that door 当我穿过这扇门

I can't wait no more我不能再等待

When I walk through that door当我穿过这扇门