Kaiyo Academy~

HOLY COW!

Those guys are awesome, first off.

I can't even begin to describe how incredible they all were.

It's so nice that we have guy pals to hang out with now. 

Suppose you want some background?

Lol, okay. Kaiyo Academy is an all boys boarding school.

One of the most prestigious in the area. We at SYA we're invited to stay the night and get to know some of the students. 

It turned out to be a BLAST! The girls stayed in a dorm that had never been used before, so that was really nice, and the teachers let the students of Kaiyo plan the ENTIRE thing. They did a fantastic job.

We arrived, got a tour of the campus in separate groups, and played some ice breaker games to get to know each other. We all hit off pretty well. And the boys, most of them have gone international to other places, can speak English :)

So we ate with them, then proceeded to go to the gym and compete in our groups with basketball. 

I won three of the games for my team!!! Got one basket every game that saved our butts. Lol

And had a lot of fun working together. 

We showered, and went to another unused dorm for our welcoming party! 

We ate pizza, sang to queen, and laughed. 

Then

Came

The

DANCE PARTY!

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE to dance. ;D

It was amazing! We all had a fantastic time!! I got to dance on our "stage" a bunch of times, led the ENTIRE floor of people in the correct dance to Numa Numa! It was epic. We all danced with each other, till I got to dance with one person. hehehe, Hiro.

We danced the night away! Well...until 9 anyway. XD We danced together almost the entire time, he's a great dancer, and speaks pretty good English too. 

Whew, went to bed at 10:30.

Woke up at 7....bleh..

Ate, and proceeded to play a MASSIVE game of tag outside. It was tight. 

We all then worked on a an actual game, teaching us how important communication and cooperation. 

It was sad to leave them all, but we're all chatting it up on Facebook and E-mail. 

I hope we can go back again!!! <3

Swim out to Sea

I'm sick of myself.
I go the beach, I want to live out the feeling of it.
The warm sand, the new weather, the new food even.
But I sit there. On the sand.
Avoiding the sea, just watching as the tide rolls in and out, and back in again.
My friends all run in, they aren't afraid of it.

Splashing happily, laughing gaily.
Their voices match in harmony with the soft breeze blowing.
I draw shapes in the sand, consider making a castle even.
I struggle inside, fearing that dark blue abyss.

My friends pulled me out sometimes
But I never could go out as far as them.
I hated myself for it. I was holding back.
I needed to forget my fears, just leap away.

The sun is beginning to set now,
things are slowly deciding to be over and done with.
I still have a chance, I can make it out to them, I could go farther than them even.
All I have to do is live.

No more guessing, no more worrying.
Focus on now. The future can remain uncertain.
My life has barely begun, and now's where I can make the most.
Smile and breathe, and rush into the current.
My friends are all right there, we won't let each other fall.
~Party harty' on Titanic~

That one word.

Heart racing
Stomach flying.
Time isn't even moving.
This and so much more can be set off with only one word being said.
It's small, and fragile. It can be broken to pieces so quickly.
It's an answer, a reply.
Something that will change you forever.
Worth something small, or larger than the universe, it's always going to change you.

All of those questions.
The ones you never ask, because you never want the answer.
If you get one it may not be the one you like
So you back away fearful of the uncertainty it gives you.
Before you get that answer, your mind is eating you.
Screaming at your mouth to shut up, don't ask, you don't want to hear what will come.
You've lived for this moment. I lived for that moment.

I felt a flurry of emotions.
Changing from one to the other so I was more confused than anything.
I just needed reassurance, someone to tell me it was okay to ask.
No matter what the answer was that they'd still be there with me.
It was the time stop.
My heart even stilled for that moment as soon as the words left my mouth.
Everything froze.
My muscles tensed almost as if in slow motion, preparing for the worst to come.
My eyes began to water on the edges, knowing how much it would hurt.

That question I had, I needed an answer.
It was driving me insane to never know what could change.
Would even give me an answer? I feared the worst and thought no one would.

He was there.
He wasn't supposed to be, it was by pure luck only.
Something compelled him to be there as I asked, something beyond the understanding of life.
He gave me that answer.
That fragile reply.
He changed me.

That hope I thought had left me,
It was there suddenly, a burning fire within me.
My eyes overflowed with happiness, he had given me my reason.
I thought he had gone and left me alone.
But I was wrong, he was there the entire time.
And stepped in when I needed him most.

<3 Forever and Always