The sun stays light until ten o'clock
The ocean is not just around the block
The bar is full of palagi
My heart is full of longing
They talk a lot
And all think they look so hot - but, their not.
Their dancing is funny
Kinda like a little bunny.
I guess we're not in Samoa anymore
This place is such a bore
No familiar faces
And all the shoes have laces
No girls kissing my cheek
No one asking where you been all week
The laughters not as loud
My mind kinda feels like one big cloud.
No one's sitting on my lap
And I've noticed there's something different about my clap
No one's looking at us
No kids are making a fuss
I do stand out,
I drown while I answer their shout!
No tables stacked with Vailimas
Like the Eyespy always was
This is not Samoa
I haven't seen a single moa.
Or any red Hibiscus Flowers
Haven't taken any cold showers
Haven't seen a coconut tree
I don't feel quite as free.
All the houses have walls
And the people strange mating calls
but, I still wear my i.e. proud
And I still laugh just as loud
I still think of you everyday
And am so gratefull you came my way.
Helped me slow down, Helped me feel
Shared with me many a meal.
Hold the Samoa way tight
For, it will be a guiding light.
Even if everyday, we don't talk,
Even if the same path we no longer walk
I hold our friendship dear,
In my heart it is always near.

JDT

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a
Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down (It Really Works).

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries
with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks Once Everyone has Gotten
Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write " For Smuggling Diamonds"


7. Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8. Don't use any punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.(Try It, I Dare You )

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera.(Be Far Away From Security)

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme?(After Saying That Run Run Really Fast)

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play tropical Sounds
All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party
Because You're Not In The Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, "Mr. Smalls "

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling
"Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"(A Must Do!! But Make Sure No Cop's Are Around )

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To
Have To Let One Of You Go."

20. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty.
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sway,
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice.

Author: William Shakespeare