Why should I say yes to something I don’t agree with. Everything is relative. For me shots of your fine bod is just as important as joining a phone bank.

I dare say many a person would agree with me if they dared to admit it. If were from New Orleans I would be saying show me something maam.

Larry

Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied survivors of a sunken ship. “Follow me son” the father shark said to the son shark and they swam to the mass of people.

“First we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing.” And they did. “Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing.” And they did.

“Now we eat everybody.” And they did.

When they were both gorged, the son asked,”Dad, why didn’t we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?”

His wise father replied, “Because they taste better without the shit inside!”

Now you know

I always wanted to be friends first and then fall in love like
i did with Melinda. Of course, this never happened.
but that’s how I always wanted love to be.

Belle

However, only one in four can speak it “very well.” These are just some of the results of a six-month survey of the Chamorro language on Guam revealed during a press conference last night at the Barrigada Mayor’s Office.

The Chamorro Language Assessment Survey talked to more than 6,500 Chamorro people living throughout the island.

It was conducted by local Chamorro culture group Pa’a Taotao Tano’, which means “way of life of the people of the land” in Chamorro.

The survey was conducted using a $98,000 grant awarded in October 2009 by the Administration for Native Americans, which falls under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families.

Nicole Calvo, the survey’s project director under Pa’a Taotao Tano’, said she wasn’t surprised by the results.

“The survey shows that while a lot of people still do speak Chamorro, that it’s the manamko’, or the elders, who actually use the language more often, and that for our younger population, or the younger you go, the less people speak or understand,” Calvo said.

“I think it’s kind of sad when you think of how our language, which is in my opinion the core of any culture, is sort of disappearing.”

Despite the somber results, Calvo said there is hope that the language can and will survive.

“We have Chamorro culture and history being taught in public and even some private schools,” she said.

“But we also have programs like Hurao (Culture Camp) that does a really good job in teaching children the language, the culture and the values of the Chamorro people.”

Calvo said the survey results are being sent to Guam DOE, University of Guam, Guam Community College, the Mayors’ Council of Guam and various local, nonprofit cultural organizations.

“Pa’a Taotao Tano’s mission is to preserve, promote and perpetuate the Chamorro culture through song, dance and chants,” she said.

“We’re not a language education program and we’re not going to start classes, but my hope is that through this survey, educational groups on island will be able to strengthen their programs in a way that helps the youth of our island a real chance at getting to know their culture.”
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Hafa Adai

Anna