After the end of World War Ⅱ, Japanese-Americans were released from internment camps. They were
plundered of too many things during the war. They lost all of their property,
jobs and possibly family or friends. I imaged a single mother who lost her
husband when I read this haiku. Her anger had already died and just felt sense
of helplessness. However she had to live strongly to protect her daughter. She
gripped her daughter’s hand to steel herself. I was impressed reading this
haiku. It was a very tragic story, but maybe not a rare situation in those days.
If I were in such a circumstance, I would lose my zest for living and choose
death. I was worried about what had become of them since leaving camps. I
prayed their souls may rest in peace.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip