I Miss ..

Oh Gosh, what do I miss the most? Being raised up in the island in Ma'ufanga (Houmakelikao), Tonga. The island is the place to be(: A good place to be raised. A place to be free. A place where you can just enjoy life!(: I was born in Tonga in 1992. Raised in that island for 13 years than I transferred into "THE LAND 0F THE FREE". But not for me, the land of the free is back in Tonga. You are truly free there! You aint gotta worry about N0THING! Everyone in the island is practically Family. Everyone is there for each other lending each other food or homes to live in. That's one thing I notice here in the big soil. Tongan families are stuck together .. lending food and shelter to each other during this tough times. A room or two, they still squeeze and make room for the other. One thing I miss in the island is FREEDOM. I am able to go anywhere I want and live life Everyday w/ my friends. My mother is home cleaning or cooking food for the family. Or better yet, in her garden watering and hoing her garden:) &My father is sketching designs for companies with the boys. Where I lived, I knew the whole neighborhood .. no one is a stranger in the island if you ask me. Everyone is well known in each town .. you can never walk out the house without hearing a "HI" from someone. Out here I look at my neighbours as strangers .. still -__- They just stare at you than walk away .. WOW! I guess in this big soil everyone are independent. Its like they're saying .. "I HANDLE ME&Y0U HANDLE Y0U" .. oh Shut up! I miss walking across the street .. BAREFOOT .. and give a plate full of food to the widows next store. I miss the family time my family&I spend together just laughing and goofing around (It happens here but its not the same). I miss having church dances OUTSIDE under the moonlight and the bright green starts .. yes, they're green! Lol! I miss the many activities and performances we used to do .. its just so FUN! Yes, thats the keyword in the island .. FUN! Nothing matters but the happiness we gain from having a great time with everyone&ANY0NE! I miss the scary stories that was told to us kids and we'll sit there believing every word! The stories about the graves, ghosts, exorcisms, whisling at night, etc! I'll get so scared .. at night when I go to bed, I used to imagine that as long as Im fully covered up by my blanket, N0THING can get to me .. no lie! LOL! I miss the rain .. no wait, the WARM HARD RAIN! Man, the rain .. (sigh) .. you can never stay indoor when its raining .. unless your sick or its storming .. shoo, the storm is better! Lmbo! I miss running around outside with my bestfriend in the rain .. w/ undies or just a T -__- Hey, dont laugh cus you were there. Lol! Anyways, it rains here but you can't step foot out the house without getting a drop on you cus you'll get yelled at by your mother! Well, thats just me .. Im sure it happens to you too! But the rain here is FREEZING -__- and you just sit inside the house being lazy or bored trying to find something to do! Who would want to have fun indoor? N0B0DY! You can only have fun while its raining in the ISLAND! I definately miss the BEACH! Oh gosh the Beach! You dont need a ride to the beach like out here .. and you dont need 2 layers of sweater -__-! Beaches in the island .. you need NADAS! The beach is close you can just walk with your friends. I miss squishing my feet into the warm sometimes hot sand feeling lil sand crabs running for their life. Lol. And ofcourse swimminggggg! Nothing gets better than Swimming in the warm water! But I hated the beach close to my house cus there was these wierd sea creatures that was as long as your intestine just surrounding the rocks! Ewww .. Worse, theres these FAT .. things, oval and rough around, man, I get sooo scared by those I dont even wanna set foot in the water. Worser .. my mom eats those!! EEEWWWW! Blehhhh .. But other than that, sea stars are the best:) Just take one and put it on your palm and feel them thousands of lil feets moving .. or its their mouth? Hmm .. well, it feels good :) I do miss the guava, mango, tava, coconut, so forth trees! They're just soooo good! They're like your snacks when you aint got any. I had my own guava tree in front of our house .. they're sooo SWEET :) .. &HUGEEE! Man, what reminds of Tonga the most are the chips thats being sold out here .. Ufos, Tisitisi, Peanut Ruffs, etc! They remind me of Tonga the most because I never missed a day growing up without eating one of those:) Another thing I missed the most are my friends I grew up with =/ I dont even remember half of them :( I found a couple on Bebo&FB but they hardly remember ME. And when someone from out there adds me .. I dont remember THEM! Man, worse thing is forgetting the best people you grew up with. When I came here I told myself I would never forget anything back in Tonga. Now, I hardly remember how to get from my house to downtown. And worse, I hardly remember anyone. I never wanted to move out here .. but I have to remember I am having the opportunity any other kid in the island would die for .. but tell you the truth, I would switch lives with that other kid. Egh, I cant do nothing but vent to you blogger and just remember the good times and the good times im hoping to come soon ahead of me. Anyways, I've wrote too much .. my fingers are tired .. I would write M0RE but, some other time. I will forever Love Tonga, The Good Times, &The Greatest Friends for they are all my childhood memories.

**But I'm sure GRATEFUL to be here together with my Family <333

PS: Pictures are from my uncle on his trip to Tonga :)