Querencia Graphic Card

Querencia || Manokihikihi Way || Final Draft

       Too much homework, projects, and deadlines to think about, and I need to go someplace to calm down and relieve my stress. I asked myself, "Where might that be?" Well, it isn't much of a place to really brag about how "beautiful it is" or "how this place gives me inspiration." It's a place where I have fun, be myself, and get to express my feelings with. My special place is Manokihikihi Way. Yes, it's a street and I know it may seem kinda weird. But there's way more meaning to this place. It's almost hard to explain, to the point that you just need a visual to help you guide the way.

       It's dark, street lights are the only source of brightness. There's faint stars in the sky, and the moon, in the shape of a crescent that day, was present. A big tree, in the middle of a circle of houses, as the wind blows and the leaves from the tree start to rustle. Three people, with some type of bond, like a friendship. And when there's a time to see each other on the holidays, they come out of their houses. Each of which is excited to see what we'll be able to do together. Another person comes around to visit, depending on another good memory to be made. Maybe we'll play with playing cards, jam out with music and sing songs together, or maybe just walking around the streets, talking about things that we don't normally talk about with others. We all enjoy it, and it feels like we've been hanging out for hours and hours on end.

        Every time there's some type of celebration, like my cousin's birthday, my aunt's birthday, or maybe  New Year's, my parents and I go here, which is my auntie's house. But for some weird reason, every time I'm there, I tend to go outside, because I always look for something. My childhood friends. When I was about 7 years old, I visited someone's house that wasn't familiar. I met someone named Jennah, that was almost the same age as me, and instantly became friends. After about 4 years, I met her childhood friend, named Xander, and we instantly clicked as well. I don't have much that I remember of when I was little, so I didn't really know where this place was. I didn't exactly know what it was called, or remembered how it looked like. But when I'm there, I know it's my special place.

         I guess my reason for me to make this my special place is because whenever I hang out with my childhood friends, it represents me as the type of person who can get along and meet lots of people. It also represents how I'm friendly in some type of way, even though I barely show it in public. No other place makes me feel this way because my place involves other family members and close loved ones. Whenever I go to other places, they aren't there, so it doesn't make it as special. It's hard to explain, just like trying to explain how my place looks like, but what I know is it has a place in my heart, and it'll always be there.

         To this day, I still go to Manokihikihi Way. I go there for the same occasions, and I go there on the weekends when I have time. Jennah's moving to the Mainland in a year, so I don't know what that's going to affect. This is my special place, basically because the people that I met there were very special. I don't know what I'd do if they weren't there with me, whenever there was an occasion. I would probably feel very horrible and I wouldn't be able to express myself as much anymore. This was my escape from the real world, my Querencia, and I don't have any plans to change it.

7th Grade Christmas Party

           We walked into the cold and refreshing room, at Saint Theresa, with the rest of our class, trying to plan a good movie day. The smell of delicious food delivered by our teachers filled the room, everyone anxious to taste it in their mouths. We filled the green chairs and blue tables, waiting for instructions from our teacher. After a long time, we picked the movie Frozen, while the other class chose to walk around Chinatown, buying anything they saw along the way. No one in our class liked the movie choice, but our teacher didn't want to copy the other class. She finally called us for grace, so we can eat the good food that was in front of us. We had rice, chicken, steak, noodles, and our class was responsible to bring the forks and plates. Our desserts was jello, hot cocoa, ice cream, and marshmallows.

            We all waited for the movie to start on the promethean board, assuming that the movie wouldn't be enjoyable. We heard the bad news that the board couldn't work, so all of us went back to the classroom to try and watch the movie there instead. Continuing to eat the delicious food, savoring it until we were finished. As we tried to focus on the movie, most people got bored and did their own thing. Our teacher knew that we were not watching the movie so she let use our phones, while the movie was still running. At the end of the day we had to go back to the teachers work room to clean the mess we made. After we cleaned we all said a goodbye to each other because we weren't seeing each other in 2 weeks.

Angela Faye and Javon Monico

Querencia Draft

   Too much homework, projects, and deadlines to think about, and I need to go someplace to calm down and relieve my stress. Where might that be? I ask my conscience. It isn't much of a place to really brag about how "beautiful it is" or "how this place gives me inspiration." It's a place where I have fun, be myself, and get to express my feelings with. My special place is Manokihikihi Way. Wait, isn't that a street? That's kind of a weird place to call special. There's way more meaning to this place. It's almost hard to explain, to the point that you just need a visual to help you guide the way.
    It's dark, street lights are the only source of brightness. There's faint stars in the sky, and the moon, in the shape of a crescent that day, was present. A big tree, in the middle of a circle of houses, as the wind blows and the leaves from the tree start to rustle. Three houses, together with some type of bond, like a friendship. And when there's a time to see each other on the holidays, they come out of these houses. Each of which is excited to see what we'll be able to do together. Another person comes around to visit, depending on another good memory to be made. Maybe we'll play with playing cards, jam out with music and sing songs together, or maybe just walking around the streets, talking about things that we don't normally talk about with others. We all enjoy it, and it feels like we've been hanging out for hours and hours on end.
    Every time there's some type of celebration, like my cousin's birthday, my aunt's birthday, or maybe  New Year's, my parents and I go here, which is my auntie's house. But for some weird reason, every time I'm there, I tend to go outside, because I always look for something. My childhood friends. When I was about 7 years old, I visited someone's house that wasn't familiar. I met someone named Jennah, that was almost the same age as me, and instantly became friends. After about 4 years, I met her childhood friend, named Xander, and we instantly clicked as well. I don't have much that I remember of when I was little, so I didn't really know where this place was. I didn't exactly know what it was called, or remembered how it looked like. But when I'm there, I know it's my special place.
    To this day, I still go to Manokihikihi Way. I go there for the same occasions, and I go there on the weekends when I have time. Jennah's moving to the Mainland in a year, so I don't know what that's going to affect. This is my special place, basically because the people that I met there were very special. I don't know what I'd do if they weren't there with me, whenever there was an occasion. I would probably feel very horrible and I wouldn't be able to express myself as much anymore. This was my escape from the real world, and I don't have any plans to change it.

Behind The Closed Doors

    It's dark, street lights are the only source of brightness. There's faint stars in the sky, and the moon, in the shape of a crescent that day, was present. A big tree, in the middle of a circle of houses, as the wind blows and the leaves from the tree start to rustle. Three houses, together with some type of bond, like a friendship. And when there's a time to see each other on the holidays, they come out of these houses. Each of which is excited to see what we'll be able to do together. Another person comes around to visit, depending on another good memory to be made. Maybe we'll play with playing cards, jam out with music and sing songs together, or maybe just walking around the streets, talking about things that we don't normally talk about with others. We all enjoy it, and it feels like we've been hanging out for hours and hours on end. But then the time is all gone, and everyone goes back to their houses, and that one person who visited goes back home as well. The day was done, and in a few months, we will all meet again to make another memorable night.

Graphic Card: "Mano Po"