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A Taste of Life Tami Lynn Penney 1St Place, English 100 Instructor: James Shimabukuro D OND • (~ ____K_A_P_I_o_L_A_N_I_co __ M_M_u_N_I_T_Y_c_o_L_LE_G_E ______________ s_ PR_ I_N_G_t_9_92____ ~) Diamond JoUrnal Vol. V No.2 Spring 1992 Kapiolani Community College 4303 Diamond Head Road Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 Diamond Journal Staff • Managing Editor Brock Pemberton Student Advisor Karl Naito Editor Sachiko Bratakos President Sandee Suzuki Vice President I Secretary Angela Kretz Treasurer Regina Chang Staff Leandra Kay Staff Lidia MacDonald Faculty Advisor James Shimabukuro • r To the Students: The Kapiolani Community College Diamond Journal Club would like to thank all those students who submitted papers. Writers whose works were not selected for publication should not feel discouraged. There simply was not enough space available to print all of the superb entries. The staff would like everyone to continue writing and to continue taking the opportunity, when presented, to submit works for publication. Writing is a good way to communicate personal feelings, thoughts, and ideas. It reminds us of who we are. All too often we get lost in the hectic pace of the world. Writing provides the chance to step back, look at where we are and where we have been, and to express our experiences and ideas creatively. For those who did not submit any papers, the Diamond Journal Club hopes that in the future you will submit your writing for review. Each person has within him or her unique ideas and the ability to be creative. Take the writing opportunity when presented. There is nothing to lose and much to gain. The Diamond Journal Staff 2 The opinions expressed in the contents of the essays are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the University of Hawaii or the Diamond Journal. Furthermore, the Diamond Journal Club would like everyone to know that this magazine does in no way officially represent the writing subdepartment here at KCC. This magazine is simply a collection of works done by students attending KCC. Some of the divisions are related to courses offered at KCC, but they are simply a convenient way to separate the entries into different skill levels. This semester, the Diamond Journal staff called for entries that were specifically narrative. This, we felt, was in keeping with judging criteria used in the past. Narratives, we feel, provide the most interesting reading to the general student body at KCC. 3 Contents English 1OV Division 1st Place Koman S. Diabate 7 Special Person 2nd Place Hai-Lam That Ton 8 The Day I Will Never Forget 3rd Place Rika Murata 10 What I Missed in the Summer HM Maiko Kasuya 11 Disappearance of My Dog HM Panida K. Rhyne 12 My Father's Death HM Rose 0. Sadie 13 Paradox Personified HM Joel Verso/a 14 A Childhood Experience English 22 Division 1st Place Charissa K. Chock 17 Experience at Ted's Drive-In 2nd Place Lisa Vii/arimo 19 The Medium 3rd Place Mari Sakamoto 20 The Event Which I Don't Want to Remember HM Baron M. Ohta 22 Palm Tree's Helpful Wonders HM Mayumi lshimaru 23 My Never Never Land HM Yuki Mitsuyasu 25 The Charming Artist HM Duane Ikeda 26 The Long Road Mary Chi Ching Wong 28 My Friend, a Memorable Teacher Aurora Rivera 29 Grandma Will Always Be My Inspiration Celine Tze Ying Ho 30 An Unforgettable Journey 4 Contents English 100 Division 1st Place Tami Lynn Penney 33 A Taste of Life 2nd Place Anthony M. Defiesta 36 Uncle Silver 3rd Place Georgette Magnuson 38 Lost in Hokkaido HM Susan Calma 40 Gatta Go! Gatta Go! HM William Crockett 41 An NBA Three-Pointer HM Yuko Mataele 42 Freedom in the U.S. As an Immigrant Open Division 1st Place Stephan Robley 45 The Ice Knows 2nd Place Greg Takase 46 Laying It on the Line 5 ENGLISH 10V 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~Diamond Journal Special Person Koman S. Diabate 1st Place, English 1OV Instructor: Sandra Kelley-Daniel I would like to talk about a very special person to me. that it's very important to do good in school because n This is my mother, Satta Soumarro. She is 53 years old pays. and has five children: four sons and one daughter. I Our relationship is so good that a lot of people are have a very good relationship with her and she has jealous of us. My father has two wives and 15 children. Thus always been at my side to help me. My mother is a very often times there is a lot of competttion and rivalry between peaceful lady and of course I can't forget that she is a the children and also between the mothers. But my mother good cook (because cooking for more than 20 people, is very peaceful and she doesn't like to argue a lot. She my family size, is not easy). always has taught me to be what I am and to never be Currently, she is living with the rest of my family in jealous of my brothers. My mother always gave me good Bamako, the capitol of Mali. Mali is located in West advice and encouraged me to do everything correctly. She Africa and is surrounded by seven other countries in the always told me that she didn't have a chance to go to Sahel which is the region halfway between the Sahara school. Because there weren't a lot of schools at that time, desert and the nearby savannas. education was only for a very small portion of the population. When I left my country to come to the United She says that now we have plenty of schools and that I'd be States, she helped me a lot. She helped me to get my a fool to miss this opportuntty. visa for entry into the USA. She also prayed a lot for me Since I was young, she has shown me that to be and is still praying. She encouraged me to come here somebody you have to go to school. I remember sometimes even when I was very hesitant. Although she has no nwas hard for my father to pay the school expenses of 15 formal education, she realizes the true value of a higher children, so in cases like that she always found the education. It was because of this that she did not want money to pay for me. me to pass up such a good opportunity. My mother has had to overcome many difficuHies My mother is a housewife who didn't go to school in her life. She always wanted to go to school and she enough to work in an office or any other setting. When never had the chance because her family was not rich my father married her, she purchased a book and enough to afford the school. Also, at that time people started to learn how to read and speak basic French, thought that school was only for the male sex because in with the support of my father. This is a very important the future, they were the ones to work and take care of the language in my country and is the only one written. family financially. Her family didn't have many material Thus in schools and in offices all the documents are in goods. They lived in a smaH rnJd house and she had to French. So for my first three years in school she was work, washing the dishes and clothes of other people to get able to help me with my homework. This also helped some money. This all has made her a very strong person. me to establish good study habtts, something that is not Because of the encouragement and support my mother has very popular with young Malian students. shown me my whole IWe, I was able to break away from the I am very close to my mother. If I have a problem, hardships of IWe in Africa and to try to seek all my potential. H no matter how serious it is, she is the only person I is for all these reasons that my mother is so special to me. I have to talk to. I remember in my first trimester in known was difficult for her to encourage me to go so far middle school, I failed my class because I was not from home. However, she could see the possibilities far studying very well. I used to skip classes to go with my more than I could. friends. When I received my grades, I was supposed to It is still sometimes difficult for me to adjust to life show them to my father and I knew he was going to be here in the U.S. However, tt is wtth all the lessons that my very upset. So I talked to my mother and promised her mother has taught me that I am able to overoome these that on my next examination I was going to receive at challenges, not just of life in the U.S., but everywhere. I am least the average of the rest of the class. Then together definitely a better person thanks to the help of my mom. we went to show the grade report to my father. My mom explained to him what happened and he Just told me • 7 The Day I Will Never Forget Hai-Lam That Ton 2nd Place, English 1OV Instructor: Sandra Kelley-Daniel I was in shock after hearing the news that one of my My sister loved to go to school very much. When best friends was shot to death. The robber shot him she was sick with a fever, my father took her to a after he refused to leave his car.
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