Senior! C/O 2010

Time is going by sooo fast! I only have about 2 months left of HIGH SCHOOL left. For those of you who don't know, I am graduating early in December. I finish high school in December but I am also able to walk on stage with my school in May 2010. Right now it's been quite busy, trying to balance my things for young women and my school work. At the same time I am applying for different colleges, universities and scholarships. I want to go to a school near the Bay Area but I feel like the Utah graduation requirements are not good enough (LOL) so the school I have a better chance in getting into is Brigham Young University-Idaho, but I don't want to go to Idaho, it'll feel like Utah and I hate the feeling, haha! I'm undecided but I'm going to apply anyways, hopefully I get rejected! Haha, just kidding. But I'm just glad I get to finish early and get things out of the way. It's so stressful, especially where you are not liking where you live at all. After I finish in December, I plan to move back to the Bay and work full time until my freshman year in college starts in the Fall of 2010. Besides that I am sooo excited to go back home this Friday 10/23 and see my family. I will be down for my Olive Family Reunion 23-25 and on the 27th I get to take off my braces! yee..finally! Hehe, anyways I'll update next week about other things. Hope everyone is doing great! I love and miss you all. Take Care!

yo'Monalisa:)

Home SWEET Home!

Woww, I cannot believe it..I'm back home! I'm at home as a visitor and not a resident which really sucks! I drove down here with my Aunty Moana from St. George and her grandson Jordan. We left yesterday around 11am and arrived in the bay at 8pm! Not bad at all, we thought we were going to be here around midnight and plus with all the traffic, I was surprised! I can't believe I got through it without sleeping for more than 5 mins. at a time and that only happened like 3 times out of the whole ride! Yay me. And it was entertaining to see Moana cussing at the cars who were driving slow, and the drivers being crazy swerving through the lanes. I'm just happy we got here safely and I'm so happy to be home. Nothing feels better than to be home, where you've been raised your whole entire life. Going through the streets you pass everyday, seeing the signs you pass by everyday, seeing the kind of people your used to seeing, seeing all the "kiggit" spots, the freeway I take everyday to Seminary, I miss everything! Ya know, on my way to Uncle Moe's house, right when I seen the Tanforan Mall, I straight stuck my head and screamed Yayyy, I'm Finally HOME! It was crazy, breathing in that good 'ole Bay Area smell, feeling the that good 'ole Bay Area weather, it was a great feeling! It was funny when I told everyone I was in town, they were all like, yayyy Monalisa's in town! Aha, when I'm in town they know the Bay is back to where it's suppose to be at..hehe! But, today I plan to hang out with my family and friends. Tomorrow I'm going to be with my dad and he's going to take me to my Orthodontist appointment to take off my braces..yay! Lol, and my flight back home is at 6:30pm. I arrive to Las Vegas, Nevada at 8pm and take a shuttle at 9:30pm and arrive to St.George at 12am. where my mom will pick me up..Lol, I don't know why she put me on that shuttle, ew! Ahaha, anyways I will go and finish gettin' ready for the day. Love being HOME! Yay :)

yo'Monalisa:)

P.S.-I will post more pics soon! ;p

Ups and Downs

Wowwww, this week has been one of the hardest weeks of my life! Especially when I'm here living in St. George. Well, first off..the Samoan Tsunami that happened this past tuesday, even though I don't know people there, I have family there, and I know lots of friends and family who's loved ones are there and it's so sad to know that our fellow polynesians have been hurt. And then, also I've been going through some problems with certain people..or a certain person. It's hard thinking about it, because I believed so much in it that I never knew I would ever go through something like this. I've told my closest friends about it and they've been there for me all the way. I love them so much, thanks guys! But, I'm just shocked and upset at the same time, I felt that I would feel better if I wrote it on here. So I am! But, this past weekend it happened out of no where..seriously! It was weird. All that I did and sacrificed to make it work feels like it's been thrown back in my face, not officially yet but I have a feeling it will. So now, living in St. George it's been even harder, I just wanna go home. Home is where I belong, but I can't do anything about it until I finish high school. I just hope it gets better, and I hope time goes by fast because I'm coming home right after graduation! Haha, on the bright side, I've been excersing..last night I went running with a group of friends around our area, I enjoyed the weather because it was just like Home's. Then the day before that I did about 200 sit-ups and other workouts! Yay me! Yesterday was also my grandfather's birthday and I remembered him the whole day! Rest in peace Gpa Henry <3. You know what was funny, yesterday after school me and aggie decided to give our Bus driver a cd full of Finn, Poly, R&B music and we sanggg the whole way home..so funny because all the palangi's loved us! Haha, one more thing, one of our relatives decided to move here to St. George, they were also in the Bay Area and in our ward and they are actually on the road right now moving into they're home tomorrow, they'll be at our place by midnight. So it should be getting better! Lol, yay to brown people in St. George..but I'm still moving back home after Grad! Lol. anyways, that's all I have to write about today, and lunch bell rings in a minute so got to go Ceramics! Take Care everyone. Love ya! Duecez :)
yo'Monalisa :)

P.S.-I will post pictures of our new home on my next blog sometime this weekend! So stay tuned! ;p

Change-My New Life!

Hello Family and Friends!
Well, as most of you guys know, me and my family had just moved out of the San Francisco Bay Area, California and moved in St. George, Utah. We've been here for almost 4 weeks, 4 weeks this upcoming Saturday 9/19. Being here for the last 29 days, I've experienced so many big changes and gone through hard challenges and obstacles. St. George is very very very different from where I am used to growing up seeing. Meeting new people, going to a new ward/stake, completely opposite and different area, let alone a different state, new school, new everything. It's a difficult journey I'm going through right now, and I'm still not enjoying it, don't be surprised. Lol, Anyways..well now, I am a Senior at Desert Hills High School, Home of the Thunder (Thor) yea, pretty sad, and this year is their 2nd year open so they have a lot of catching up to do. My brother and sisters, we all take the bus before and after school, don't be surprised..lol! I'm surrounded with Mormons galore, don't be surprised of that too, we in Utah here duhh! Just clownin', a good thing is that we all have a lot in common. I'm just trying to take things slow here, finish and graduate high school, then I can move back home! Haha, but everyone here is friendly, everyone here is new to St. George so we know how it feels to move somewhere completely different, it's a beautiful, weird lookin' town. Yea, that's about it. I'm just waiting on a plane ticket to come back home. I miss home so much, I miss driving through 101 (freeway), I miss going to Tanforan Mall, the Century Movie theatres, Sneathe Lane Chapel, my ward, my friends and my family, I miss my old home even though it was kinda wack & my room, I miss walking to Walgreens, I miss going to the Library (they don't even let you go on Myspace or Facebook in there!), I miss my old school & teachers, counseling office-still a Panther! Never would I be claimin' to be a Thunder (wth?!?!), I miss San Bruno, the Rollingwood House, I miss my hometown South City..where great things are Made, yupp yupp GUPPY! (insider), I miss El Camino Real, I miss seeing SamTrans Buses everywhere, I miss going to the Millbrae Pancake House, I miss my cat Simba (Lol!), I miss seeing Poly's..period! I miss the great weather (all I have is long sleeves and sweatshirts and it's freakin' hot here!), I miss everything! I MISS HOME. But for now and the next 8 months I will suck it up and deal with it I guess, but I'm not trippin' because I got someone to get me thru everyday and because I'll be back home right when graduation is done! Hehe, well..that's about it, my family and I are doing good, I guess, my dad comes every weekend, and Carolina's (my youngest sister) Baptism is on the 26th of this month and a lot of our families are coming to visit, hope you guys can make it! It'll be fun and we would like to see family, we haven't seen one brown person yet! Soooo, yes, please come to St. George. If you need more info. e-mail me at burlingame280@yahoo.com, I would have put my new cell number but nahhh. Thanks family and friends for all your support you do for me and my family. We love and miss you all, come by St. George anytime and visit us! Take Care.

With Love,
Monalisa

More of the PETERSON'S

Just Call Them GORGEOUS!

As you can see, the photos posted below this blog..I had the great opportunity to work with this Beautiful family. Even though I just started, I don't think there is another family so professional, natural and GORGEOUS like them. No fence to everyone, I just had a wonderful time and very grateful to learn from them and also working with Seini. Outfit changes, different poses and locations, individuals and etc. I loved every minute of it. I don't think I'm suppose to say the names of my clients so I need to be careful with that. Overall, I just wanted to thank Angela and Brandon (first names are ok!) for letting me join and take their pictures, it was a great opportunity and thanks for your support. I hope you and your family take care, blessings to you Angela and your pregnancy with your 4th child. And last but not least, Seini, thank you for help during the shoot and the shoots before!
Much Love.

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Monalisa PHOTOGRAPHY

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and hope you like them! :) 

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POSTING MORE LATER!

My 1st SHOOT with SEINI

WOW! Was this a ride to be on. I got in Salt Lake City, UT yesterday morning at 9 a.m. Seini Pahulu with Seini Photography picked me up right on time and we had a shoot later that day ready at 7:30 p.m. at the Draper Temple in Draper, UT. It was a young family who wanted photos for their father on Father's Day and Seini and I had a blast together shooting them from different angles, and all in all we made a great team. Seini used my pictures for her Teaser's because she fell in love with it. I'll post my pictures later just because Seini needs the computer to do her editing and stuff like that, also, I'll be making my own photography logo later when I land in the Bay, back home...which will be in a month or so, so that's half of the reason why I don't really want to post pics up yet. So for today's schedule, at around 3 or 4 p.m., Seini and I will be off to tour the city and practice shooting. Later around 5 p.m. we will be hitting up a Baby Shower shooting some pictures for them. Tomorrow, we have 2 shoots, I know one is a Baby Shower but I think the other is a couple, not sure. But, I'll be practicing and stuff like that. Anywho, I got to get off, just wanted to check in here and update you guys. I need to practice editing my pictures so I'll be on later. I'll be posting later but if you would like to see my teaser's, Seini has it on her blog at www.seinis.com, it is under, "A Daughter's Love". Hope you like it, cause I'm so very proud of myself. Well, I got to go but outside looks good in Utah, so go out and have a fabulous day.

Much Love,

Monalisa

Torn in Between the TWO!

Hi Everyone! I know, I know, I've been writing too much on this thing already, but I had something on my mind that has been bothering me that came up today and thought that I could write it and share it with you all. My family always had this problem with which family to stay with the most. My dad's family doesn't live here in the bay but my mom's family does. All my dad's family live in Utah and my mother's family live here in the Bay, UT, TX, Seattle..etc. Problem is, I love both families to death but it seems like we only know ONE. I don't like the feeling, I want to be able to be close with both families. Long story short, both of my families are having a Family Reunion on the same weekend. Ever since I was a young girl, a big event from both families would happen on the same day but our family always went to my mom's family. It's not a bad thing, I love them but it's gotten to a point where me and my brother and sisters don't even remember our first cousins names from our dad's side. I don't like to miss out on precious times with my family, I want to be able to take the time SEPERATELY to be with each family and every time we miss an event of my dad's, we don't feel as close as it used to. I just hate being in a situation like this where we have to choose. I'm TORN IN BETWEEN THE TWO. I haven't had time with my dad's family and I miss them but at the same time, my siblings and I have a great relationship with my mother's family, it's frustrating, and it's a bad feeling to have! Respond if you like, or if you know what I'm talking about! Be back later.
Take Care everyone!
Monalisa Si'i

FINAU FAMILY
Not all of us but this was the last time I seen most of them all together, at BIG cousin Ray (GO RAMS! ..by the way) and Kassie's Wedding in Sept. '08

KAUFUSI FAMILY
Again, JUST MOST of us, but these were the only pics I could find with the most recent, at our Family Reunion in Oct '08 and Seini's Wedding in April '08IT'S OBVIOUS ISN'T IT?
maybe, maybe not.