Jesse Martin...

Jesse Martin




Jesse Martin is a young sailor who travelled around the world solo. He sailed at the age of 17. He was pretty young to sail around the world. He is tough.

He has been planning this when he was 13 years old. He only had 2 hours to sleep because him and his father was busy packing Jesse’s stuff and testing out the equipment. Finally, his day has come.

There were about 300 people that came to say farewell. He thought that it was too much but it was worth it. He left on December the 8, 1998. Some people thought that he was braking a rule by sailing around the world solo in a young age. People could not wait for him to come back. He is really tough to go and sail around the world by himself. He went around the world for 1 year. But something happened. Jesse Martin came back a year later. Everyone was yelling his name. “ JESSE MARTIN “ !!!

He came back at January the 5, 1999. Every body thought that he would not make it, but look now, he is healthy and here. He is a hero to a lot of people now. He is a lucky boy.

The awsome FiaFia night...

Last term we had a FiaFia night. It was about representing your culture and other stuff. I was in 2 groups. The senior Kapa Haka group and the choir. I went the stage 5 times. That was because the Kapa Haka group went on stage 2 times and the choir group went on stage 3 times. We sang 3 songs. They were Octopus garden. Lean on me and our school song Strive to succeed.

When the Kapa Haka group got dressed they were ready to go. When we went on the stage, I looked at the audience and I got staged fright but I had to carry on and start smiling. When we finished our item, I had to go to my other group. When we went on the stage to sing our song i went a little off because I got scared. It was so scary but it was worth it. When we went off the stage, we went to the music room and watched the performencs. when it was our turn, we went on the stage again. We sang Lean on me. It was so cool because that was my favorite song. We went off again and went to the music room. It was our time to shine just one more time. We sang our last song and it was our school song. It was as great moment.

I wished we could rewind that day and do it all over again