ONRA: Meet Massive Fight Fan, Rose Earl!
March 25, 2016 by admin
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Rose Earl GUAM MMA Superfan
ONRA: MEET ROSE EARL!
#theforce is with her
72years old and has been attending every PXC event on Guam for the last 10 years and hasn’t missed a show since.
She is a massive fight fan and is up to date on all our current career fighter athletes.
She attends every event by herself, much prefers general admission seating, and is sharp as a blade.
The secret to her youth revealed… OATMEAL!
#saina
#onra
#sinceeversince
ONRA:Interview w/ Martial Artist, Brogan “Killer Bee” Walker
March 23, 2016 by admin
Filed under FokaiFemme
We got to sit down with the “Killer Bee” herself and had a couple of questions regarding her success not only in martial arts but in life.
Brogan Walker Team Teiya
What martial arts means to me personally:
Since I was young, studying martial arts has provided me with a meaningful personal philosophy.
Martial arts has enriched my life with principles that guide my personal growth and has allowed me to continue affecting the lives of others’ positively.
It is my personal belief that the way in which you understand your art/discipline reflects greatly in your life.
True mastery of your craft happens when it spills over into other areas of a our life.
The lessons I learn on the mat are the very same principles that drive my successes off the mat. When I feel tired or even injured in training but continue regardless, I begin to think ‘if I can do that, what else can I do?’ and from there begins a martial artists’ journey through the exploration of personal-potential. My shortcomings become evident as I push my mind, body and spirit to the limits and for that martial arts means the world to me. I am eternally grateful to be able to share with others what martial arts has taught me.
How it has affected me:
The way in which martial arts has impacted me the most is by its environment alone.
It has drawn many positive people to me through training. My students, team mates and coaches are the the people who, like me, are crazy enough to put on gloves or a kimono at the end of a long day at work or school and work on their craft.
It has taught me that it is our hard work and actions as a person that prove our value and not what others think about us.
Through making the transition to MMA I have seen how important it is to turn my ‘weaknesses’ into my strengths.
How does being an instructor Muay Thai affect you as a student of Jiu Jitsu?
Stephen Roberto, Mike Sanchez, Brogan Walker, Steve Oshiro
Studying Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu go hand in hand. Though the techniques themselves are different, many concepts and theories are the same. Being a Muay Thai instructor, has taught me how to balance the responsibilities I have in learning and developing techniques, with the commitment I have to my students’ leaning and development.
First and foremost as an instructor I have to be proactive about learning and developing my own technique. Next I have to make sure that I can relay that information in a way that is easy for my team to comprehend without handing it to them on a silver platter so-to-speak. This means maintaining a delicate balance of sharing information and allowing room for self-discovery. It can be challenging but my goal is to be selfish with acquiring knowledge and selfless in sharing it. Becoming a student in Jiu Jitsu continues to remind me of this balance. Training Jiu Jitsu put me back in the ‘student mind-frame’ which reminds me to keep an open mind.
How does your venture in MMA fit into your life as a mixed martial artist?
If could answer this question in one word it would be ‘snug’
Between the demands of work and school I juggle my commitment to both Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu and train somewhere between 2-5 hours of each, every week. As I quickly learned, if you want to be competitive in Mixed Martial Arts you need to dedicate as much time as possible. Facilitating group classes and personal training takes up about 10-15 hours a week and I wake up early on alternating days to meet with my strength and conditioning coach/ nutritionist.
While it keeps my schedule busy not to mention hectic, I have the perk of being able to squeeze in time with my other half (fiancé Mike Sanchez) who trains with me much of the time. We are able to travel in order to learn different methods and techniques and don’t miss out on time with each other. Having such a strong support group made my transition to professional Mixed Martial Arts a very natural and positive experience.
GUAHAN NAPU REVISITED:
March 7, 2016 by admin
Filed under GuamWatermen'sClub
WHAT IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF GUAHAN NAPU?
To help our local athletes excel in competition on and off island and to provide a voice for our surfing community.
WHY WAS GUAHAN NAPU STARTED AND WHO STARTED IT?
Guajan Napu was started for surfing to be recognized by our community.
HOW MANY EVENTS HAS GUAHAN NAPU HOSTED AND WHAT ARE SOME OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS?
7 Events at Boat Basin and 9 Evetns at Ricks Reef. Through profits raised by these events an d our sponsors we have been able to send athletes to Hawaii, Japan, New Caledonia, and most recently Fiji where we brought back several silver , bronze, and gold medals..
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR HURDLES FOR FORMING/MAINTAINING GUAHAN NAPU?
Electing board members and building things from scratch. Finding financing for our projects so to speak.
GIVEN THE STORIES OF LOCALISM ON GUAM AND THE DESIRE TO ISOLATE GUAM FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD AS A SURFING DESTINATION, HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN THE ROLE OF STIMULATING GUAM’S COMPETITIVE SURFING?
Guam is commited to provide wave riding venues for local athletes and helping them adjust to the standards in larger events outside of Guam. As a voice for Guam surfing., We must protect our local surfers opinions on how Guam’s surfing is promoted.
WE HEAR THAT GUAHAN NAPU NOW FALLS UNDER THE GNOC…WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR GUAM SURFING?
It means were going to produce and develop athletes with the assistance of the GNOC. Sending athletes to the mini-games, South Pacific Games, and if ever-available—the Olympics. It helps our local representatives to find sponsors.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR GUAHAN NAPU?
Complete all surfing events for the season.
Continue to keep giving surfers events to excel
HOW CAN PEOPLE HELP?
Come by the events, voice opinions, and keep the support coming. THANK YOU!!!
ANY LAST WORDS?
Respect the Lcoals…wherever you go to surf!
ABUSQUE AB AETERNO: Whats the meaning of Fokai by Pale Eric
Captain Fokai Grotto Saipan
Years ago starting Fokai Industries sent a loud and mixed vibe through the community. Friends and family knew what we were aiming to create ambitious clothing company looking to give Guam quality representation abroad but most people focused on our practice of (what was at the time ) real fight-training. this led to the misconception that fokai was the title of a fight group and that this fight group ha bad intentions. Though the foundation purpose for Fokai had nothing to do with community disservice–the English likeness of the word and the words roots in heated situations sent a controversial vibe through the community .
Pale Eric, knowing our true intentions, wrote a half page article inte Voice of the People segment on the Pacific Daily News.
after several conversations with him years later, neither of us has been able to recover that article.
The followign has been copied and pasted from his blog ellaborating on that article written about 15 years ago.
Thanks Pale. Abusque Ab Aeterno
Article by: Pale Eric
FÅKKAI
Languages change.
And it doesn’t always take outside forces to make a language change. Many changes are from within.
One example of this is the Chamorro word fåkkai.
For many years in the recent past, the word has been considered impolite. Older people will scold you for saying fåkkai in public conversation.
Ask an older person today what fåkkai means and they will say it means something along the lines of doing physical harm to someone; to demolish, tear apart and physically undo someone.
Yet….the grandparents of people today who consider the word fåkkai impolite in public conversation used the word without any shame or difficulty back in their day….because that older generation knew the original meaning of the word.
Case in point….Påle’ Roman Maria de Vera – a Spanish missionary priest considered more expert in the Chamorro language than many Chamorros of his own day (1915-1941). And it was Chamorro people who said that!
Påle’ Roman arrived on Guam in 1915 and immediately began learning Chamorro. And what kind of Chamorro was being spoken in 1915?
Well, suffice it to say that Padre Palomo, the first Chamorro priest, born in 1836, was still alive when Påle’ Roman arrived in 1915. Padre Palomo’s Chamorro would have been the Chamorro spoken in 1800, what he learned from his parents and grandparents. Padre Palomo was undoubtedly someone Påle’ Roman spoke Chamorro with till Palomo passed away in 1919.
Påle’ Roman published a Chamorro dictionary in 1932, but he certainly started compiling a list of Chamorro vocabulary many years before.
In that dictionary, Påle’ Roman defines fåkkai as “to distribute,” “to partition.”
One example is taken from the old Chamorro custom of dividing the catch after fishing.
“Ma fåkkai-ñaihon i sengsong ni guihan.”
“The people of the village were given a portion of the fish caught.”
So clearly was this original meaning of fåkkai in the minds of Chamorros that, in the 1920s or 1930s, Påle’ Roman used what many now consider an impolite word in one of his nobenas (devotional prayer book).
“Na’ gai fakkai yo’ nu i gråsia siha.”
“Give me a portion of graces.” Or, “Make me have a portion of graces.”
So, this is the original meaning of the word fåkkai. To distribute, to give people a portion of this or that.
So far, we’ve been dealing with facts. Now we move into speculation.
If fåkkai originally meant “to distribute portions,” then that involves the breaking apart of a whole.
The whole catch was broken down into portions in order to fåkkai the fish to the people in the village.
Perhaps this is where people formed the idea that to fåkkai is to break down, to break into parts or portions – no longer in order to distribute, but rather just to tear apart.
Thus, to fåkkai someone no longer meant to give that person his or her portion of something broken down, but rather to break apart the person him or herself.
Some people also use the word fåkkai when referring to mixing, by hand, different ingredients in cooking. This, too, is a breaking down of individual things in order to create a new thing out of the mix.
Whether we like it or not, a huge number of Chamorros have allowed the English language, not only to supplant their own language, but also to influence the way they think about their own vocabulary.
What Chamorro will not chuckle when they hear someone say, “That Mexican restaurant is good. I love their chili.” Only the younger, or highly Americanized, Chamorro, will not get the reference.
Because the Chamorro word fåkkai sounds so close to an English curse word, I believe fåkkai gained even more negativity among a new generation of Americanized Chamorros; Americanized in the sense that they let English influence the way they think even about Chamorro words that have no relation to English.
This mind set probably came about in the 1950s, and definitely by the 1960s.
Fast forward to our own times.
In the 1990s, a young man named Roman dela Cruz decided to market a brand of his own creation. It wasn’t just clothing; his brand was closely associated with martial arts on Guam and beyond.
He gave the word fåkkai a new meaning; his own. He had a spiritualized meaning in his own mind when he used the word fåkkai in his marketing.
For Roman, fåkkai represents the spirit or soul of the local people – the life force inside us that propels us to keep living and to overcome all challenges and to thrive.
I know this because I asked Roman about it. But I am putting into my own words what I think Roman means. If you want to, ask Roman yourself what he means.
I can see how he could make this connection. By the 1950s, to fåkkai someone was to tear them apart – a show of power. In Roman’s mind, fåkkai is that indomitable spirit that empowers us to handle life’s challenges. It was a new meaning. And, to symbolize how new it was (and is), he also gave the word his own unique and stylistic spelling : fökai.
Thus we see how languages change.
From “distribution” to “break apart,” with an uncomfortable similarity in sound to an English curse word, to “indomitable spirit.”
The thing is, no matter what the dictionary says, the meaning of words depends on what the community says. Even the dictionary will add new meanings to old words because the community has adopted a new meaning to old words like “gay” or “sick.” When something is good, some people call it “sick.”
And a community does not arrive instantly at an agreement what words mean.
There will still be many Chamorros who will never accept alternate meanings of the word fåkkai; not even the original meaning! For them, fåkkai will always mean only one thing…..to physically damage someone.
And, believe it or not, there are still older Chamorros, here and there, on Guam and in the CNMI, who still know the original meaning of the word.
And will Chamorro speakers ever adopt, in big numbers, Roman’s spiritual meaning of the word fåkkai? Time will tell.
One thing is for sure. His use of the word fåkkai on his shirts and other items for sale have put the word right smack in front of our faces, and has caused a negative reaction in some; bewilderment in others; and (unfortunately) apathy in others. For them, fökai is just cool. Or, is it hot?
#Teiya Strong: February 7.2016
February 13, 2016 by admin
Filed under FokaiFemme, Special Forces
Words by Sarah Filush , and Photos by Frank”the Crank” Camacho
When you hear the word “fundraiser” one wouldn’t typically affiliate it as a day of celebration. However, Fokai Femme’s #teamTeiya fundraiser was one like never I’ve seen before! There were no tears or sob stories, no talks of sympathy or sulking. We were there for no other purpose than to gather together and celebrate the victory of a young true Fokai warrior, Teiya Camille Van Meter.
This 5 year old shaka throwing fighter is the true embodiment of the Fokai motto “Exhaust the Body, Proceed the Mind, Cultivate the Spirit” Teiya a long with the amazing support of her parents, Tara and BJ, fought 9 excruciating terrifying months battling brain cancer. Despite exhausting her body through numerous surgeries and treatments, this little rocker and her family proceeded to push forward defeating the odds and cultivated any ounce left in them to give thanks for every conquered obstacle. Thanks to the outpouring love and support from her family and Chamorros across the world, Teiya was able to give cancer the Shaka and ring the victory bell signifying her final completion of chemotherapy in November of 2015
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Fokai Femme’s #teamTeiya fundraiser was an appreciation gathering to celebrate the sacrifice and undying love of family, what I believe to be the true definition of Fokai Familia.
Clusters of family, friends, and strangers poured into the shop to purchase their #TeamTeiya Fokai shirts, throwing Teiya’s signature shaka as they pose for the paparazzi. Children hustled about the shop munching on cookies as parents drank coffee and mingled talking about Teiya’s amazing journey to recovery. Others lined up for autographs from local author Joan Awa who donated her limited edition children’s book “Nana and Jose’s Coconut Day” as a gift of appreciation to those who came out to support the cause.
Despite not being able to physically be there, witnessing the impact little Teiya had on loved ones and strangers a like was powerful and inspiring to say the least. Her story and electrifying smile has motivated all of us to approach life with a happy heart, to never give up hope, to fight the good fight, and to give life the shaka despite whatever curve balls come your way.
So shakas out to Teiya, her wonderful family, and the rest of you good vibes warriors! You are what makes this world a better place. Keep on keeping on!
Sarah Filush is Miss Guam Earth 2012,; A videographer and humanitarian–she is also one of the active leaders on Guam trying to combat our island’s most devastating coconut tree predator-the invasive Rhino Beetle
SinceEverSince:Naton
The following is ongoing coverage with accumulated articles regarding the Mariana Islands most significant archaeological finds to date
Roughly a decade ago, during renovations for the at-the-time Okura Hotel in Tumon, graves were surprisingly found to unfold the iscovery of a massive gravesite consisting of 3different levels –unheard of in the Mariana Islands. With gravesites and jewelry estimated to be at least 2500 years or older–this historic find of more than 400 sites is still absent of any recognition–even though it sits right inside our main tourism district.
Follow us here and Use the Force as we launch our own investigation to collaborate with the like-minded for justice for these people
Archaeologists: Two waves of Chamorro migration
Archaeologists have reason to believe that ancient Chamorros came from two waves of migration. On Tuesday, archaeologist Judy Amesbury presented findings from the Naton Beach excavation to the Rotary Club of Tumon Bay. The excavation took place nearly a decade ago, but the three-volume report was just released.
At Guam’s Naton Beach site in Tumon Bay, archaeologists found more than 400 burials from the Pre-Latte Period and Latte Period of Guam. More than 150 burials from Naton Beach were from the Pre-Latte Period and marked the largest number of burials from that time, as well as the earliest burials ever seen in the Marianas. According to Amesbury, this was the most significant excavation in the Marianas because of the very large number of early people.
The Pre-Latte Period is from 1,500 B.C. until latte stones were introduced. The Latte Period started around 1,000 A.D. and ended with Spanish contact in the 16th century.
More than 20 years ago, the archaeological company Micronesian Archaeological Research Services did an excavation in Saipan and found more than 500 cone shell beads and fragments of bracelets that dated back 3,500 years or more. No human remains were found with these artifacts, so archaeologists weren’t able to connect the ornaments with the people until excavating the Naton site.
“The number of burial goods is extraordinary,” said Amesbury when describing the Naton site. About 1,700 ornaments were found on human remains. These ornaments consisted of beads and bracelets made from shells and shark teeth. One burial contained glass beads, which indicated it took place after Spanish contact. Glass beads were made in Europe and were brought over from Spain to trade with the Mariana Island inhabitants.
Pre-latte ornaments mainly consisted of three types of cone shell beads — the same types found at the earlier excavation in Saipan — and beads made from clam shells, bracelets, and tiger shark teeth necklaces. Other types of adornment found were inlaid teeth and the use of an earthy pigment called ochre. Over 98 percent of the ornaments found at Naton were from pre-latte burials.
The remaining 2 percent of ornaments came from Latte Period burials. These ornaments consisted of cone shell beads, including a type that was a different shape from the pre-latte cone shell beads. Beads made from the spondylus shell were found. What appeared to be teeth from the silky shark were also found in the latte burials. Inlaid teeth weren’t found in latte burials, but eight burials revealed teeth with incised patterns of horizontal, diagonal or cross-hatched lines.
PACIFIC DAILY NEWS
Dig offers clues to past
The distinct differences between ornaments from pre-latte burials and latte burials support the hypothesis that two waves of migration occurred in Guam’s history. Last month, molecular anthropologist Miguel Vilar presented evidence from his study of DNA from living Chamorros that also supports the hypothesis. In addition, dental analysis of the remains found at Naton indicates a statistically significant difference between teeth from pre-latte burials and latte burials.
“(Archaeologists) never knew if the latte stones were just in seed to cultural development that the people thought of making after a while or if it was a new group of people coming in,” said Amesbury. “And now it looks like a new group of people. So that’s very interesting to know that there was more than one wave of migration.”
When people ask where the Chamorros come from, Amesbury is more confident to say, “It wasn’t just one boat full of people.”
Amesbury works for the Micronesian Archaeological Research Services and has been working in the Marianas for over 25 years. Her area of expertise is in the analysis of faunal remains, such as shell artifacts. She wrote numerous reports and publications about fishing and invertebrate collecting in the Marianas. She plans to publish a new booklet about the ornaments of Naton Beach. The Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency and the Guam Visitors Bureau provided Amesbury with a grant to make a website and display in time for the Festival of Pacific Arts
for additional links:
http://www.kuam.com/story/31172960/historic-discovery-detailed-in-excavation-report
http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/local/7861
Hafa Series 2/7/16: Full Report
February 8, 2016 by admin
Filed under GuamWatermen'sClub
What is your final analysis of this past weekend’s events and what happens next?
Anything else you want to add in?
5-8YRS OLD SHORTBOARD OPEN:
1ST MIA LEE- FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
2ND DINA SORIANO (JIM MURPHY’S GRANDDAUGHTER)
3RD KAYA FITZGERALD (BRIAN AND TAMAMI FITZGERALD’S DAUGHTER)
4TH EMMA ROSEN- FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
5H KENNY ALEXANDER- MICHELLE PIER AND ROBBY’S SON, EVERY’S YOUNGER BROTHER
9-11 YRS OLD SHORTBOARD OPEN: BOYS
1ST ALFRED LEON GUERRERO- AJ IS HIS NICKNAME, PARENTS VANESSA AND ALFRED LEON GUERRERO, FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
2ND NOA MENDIOLA
3RD TAYLOR BRUCH- HARVEST STUDENT ( HEARING IMPAIRED CAN READ LIPS) FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
4TH JIO PARK- FRED’S STUDENT FROM KOREA, FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
9-11 YRS OLD SHORTBOARD OPEN: GIRLS
1ST PHILICITA RIVERA-REGINA RIVERA’S DAUGHTER, FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
2ND RYLEE PURCELL- CHEYNE & EJ PURCELL’S DAUGHTER, FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
3RD LIA PARK-FRED’S STUDENT, FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
12-14YRS OLD SHORTBOARD OPEN
1ST AUSTIA MENDIOLA- MIKE MENDIOLA & MICHELLE CEPEDA DAUGHTER, SURFED IN 2 MONSTER ENERGY COMPS AND 2 RICKS CLASSIC
2ND IRIE FITZGERALD-BRIAN AND TAMAMI FITZGERALD’S DAUGHTER, SURFED IN 1 MONSTER ENERGY AND 1 RICKS CLASSIC
3RD MINAMI CRAMER- JOHN AND YOSHI CRAMER’S DAUGHTER, SURFED IN 2 RICKS CLASSIC
4TH ANGELEA AGUILAR-GARY AND TINA AGUILAR DAUGHTER, SURFED IN THE PHILIPPINES LAST SUMMER CONTEST
OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN 12-14YRS OLD SHORTBOARD OPEN:
TYLEE SHEPERD
MAILE KLOPPENBERG
MAGGIE
YOUTH LONGBOARD
1ST NOA MENDIOLA
2ND IRIE FITZGERALD
3RD ANGEL LEA AGUILAR
4TH MINAMI CRAMER
5TH TYLEE SHEPERD: CHRIS AND ICHIE SHEPERD’S DAUGHTER
FEMALE LONGBOARD
1ST ANGEL LEA AGUILAR
2ND MAE MENDIOLA
3RD AUSTIA MENDIOLA
4TH IRIE FITZGERALD
FEMALE SHORTBOARD AND FUNBOARD
1ST IRIE FITZGERALD
2ND AUSTIA MENDIOLA
3RD MAE MENDIOLA
4TH MAILE KLOPPENBERG-MOTHER IS DELISA KLOPPENBERG, FRED’S STUDENT , FIRST TIME COMPETITOR
MALE LONGBOARD
1ST SHANE PIER
2ND JARED GOGUE
3RD KENNY PIER
4TH RICHMOND ARCIAGA
#TeamTeiya:It’s a Family Thing
February 4, 2016 by admin
Filed under Familia, Special Forces
Teiya Camille Van Meter is an absolutely adorable 5 year old girl from Guam that in May of 2015 was diagnosed with a having a tumor in her brain. Since then her family has endured all things to get her the best care possible. Following Teiya’s events on as reported by her mother TARA VAN METER and staying connected with her father BJ ROLINSKI (a longtime friend and Fokai Amphibious Division team rider) hundreds have been inspired in following their footsteps in California to see that , even throughout this all, Teiya hasn’t missed a step to enlighten everyone around her.
Fokai Industries and Fokai Femme are proud and honored to
collaborate with Teiya in advocacy for the fight against cancer and to rise above all challenges towards the light at the end of the tunnel.
Her friends and family’s strength is iconic. Her strength through this all is legendary. The following is Teiya’s story.
Teiya Strong. It’s a Family Thing
I never in a million years thought I would be writing a blog explaining how we fought along side our daughter as she battled brain cancer. I do not consider myself a writer at all and I will try my hardest to share our story and our continued fight. This is all for you our sweet girl, thank you Teiya for teaching us everyday about strength and courage and most of all LOVE.
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#TeamTeiya:#It’saFamilyThing
February 4, 2016 by admin
Filed under Familia, Fokai International
Coconuts,TheForce,&Joan Awa
February 1, 2016 by admin
Filed under FokaiFemme
Her purpose is to provide literature for children abroad to learn about an island they may never get to visit–forr the Mariana Islands it’s an extended effort to bring local children back to basics with reading books instead of ipads. She has piles of articles published throughout Guam printed media and currently blogs for www.chamorritaswimwear.com.
Meet Joan Awa, the author of Nana and Jose’s Cocnonut Day, a children’s book soon to be distributed free-of-charge to underprivileged children throughout the Pacific
We are on a revamp with theForce and are happy to have her on board for some future and positive projects.
Giving is her motivation and writing is her tool. Here she breaks it down on what powers her up to write and what the Force means to her
Using ‘the Force’ in Writing
By: Joan Awa
To be very honest, I didn’t realize I was using ‘the Force’ all the time when it comes to writing. It’s a little too excessive actually. Maybe, what I mean to say is, it’s something subconscious. When I was asked to guest blog for Fokai on what motivates me to write and what ‘the Force’ means to me, I came to an understanding that the two actually go hand in hand; in fact, holding hands.
I would have never knew I had a knack for writing if I hadn’t gone back to college. I didn’t take the usual route of going straight to college for four years after graduating from high school, then finding a job to utilize my degree. If anything, i’m considered one of the ‘older’ graduates in the pool of graduates that were only allowed to drink alcohol the year before while i’ve been partying for over decade. Anyway, while I was attending, and still unsure of what major to choose, I took a history class that literally changed my life: a professor of mine, looked me straight in the eyes and blatantly told me: my writing was crap. I was devastated. To make a short story more short: telling me that I sucked was what motivated me to do better, to continue to do so, and, to prove him wrong. But first, I needed to find what I was doing wrong.
When I think of the word ‘force’, there’s a negative connotation that’s attached to it. It makes me squint my eyes and wrinkle my nose when I hear the word; it’s bad. But since the birth of ‘Star Wars’ and the introduction of the all-powerful and positive Yoda, who is a beloved and highly intelligent character from the movie, he has introduced another use of ‘the force’ and translates it as something to be very positive. Yoda shows us that it can be used to your advantage, if you know how to use it the right way. There are many definitions to the word but I have chosen to use and live by: strength, energy, exerting power or influence, a powerful effect and achieving through coercion. These words can translate to something of great value and purpose. Through the years, Fokai has been getting the message across – that we all have been put here ‘for a grand purpose’ and I completely agree. I truly believe that I have been placed here at this exact day and time to share my knowledge and skill of writing to those who have lost interest in it. With technology at its ultimate peak, we have a tendency to lose our connection with what exists right before our eyes. Humankind’s skills sets have dwindled and we have become weak minded, spirited and it also shows in our physique. From the time of warriors, hunters, gatherers, farmers, etc. we are losing our powers and naturality as a people. Even if i’m just one person and my contribution to society is microscopic, I may possess a powerful influence to slowly change our mindsets to retain the skill sets of our predecessors.
Writing, is my weapon of choice to seek my answer of my existence, to assist those in finding their purpose and, to make the possible happen. The Force is in everybody, we just have to seek it – within us.
