Ha's Padlit by Justin Smith https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3 Justin, Keyli, Anthony en-us 2018-10-09 13:28:27 UTC 2024-05-15 16:37:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291175028 Five papayas the sizes of my head clinging to the trunk still promising. 
I love my papaya tree it is my pride and joy and I want to watch it grow and bloom. I will give mother its first fruit]]> 2018-10-10 11:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291175028 I wish for my birthday to see mom happy, I want to see her eyes full of joy and happiness I want her sorrow filled eyes to go away and to see father standing in our doorway keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291176528 2018-10-10 11:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291176528 I just tapped my foot on the floor first the morning after Tet. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291177049 2018-10-10 11:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291177049 I can't even jump rope after dark because of everything going on around me... keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291177856 2018-10-10 11:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291177856 Mom buys one pair of sandals when my brothers are annoying I take them away and hide them. During the dry season when the earth stings the most. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291179397 2018-10-10 11:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291179397 I love my mom more than anything else in this world. I love her so much that i'm giving her my first papaya. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291181721 2018-10-10 11:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291181721 I just flicked a papaya seed in the garden, I can't wait until it grows! I'm going to give the first papaya that ripens to my mother. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291181825 2018-10-10 11:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291181825 My friend Titi left fleeing in rich people boats trying to flee and escape the war justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291181835 2018-10-10 11:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291181835 My father left home on a mission 9 years ago he was captured by moped we celebrate him with an alter. justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291182678 ]]> 2018-10-10 12:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291182678 I am slowly losing everything and everyone I love. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291183796 2018-10-10 12:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291183796 I need an answer for this poem! anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291185374 "A man usually rides his bike 9 kilometers per hour, yet the wind slows him to 6.76 kilometers for 26 minutes and 5.55 kilometers for 10; how long until he gets home 11.54 kilometers away?"]]> 2018-10-10 12:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/291185374 Mother has decided to leave Vietnam, we are headed for a new life and to escape the communism and governmental views of the North Vietnamese justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/294594437 2018-10-18 19:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/294594437 There is a possibility my family and I are not gonna make it to a refugee camp. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297021961 2018-10-25 15:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297021961 I'm on this horrible boat with very little resources. I cant even go to the bathroom or eat. Brother Khoi smells and won't take off the jacket that he is attached to. justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297022141 2018-10-25 15:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297022141 Dad could be looking at the same round moon. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297023290 2018-10-25 15:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297023290 keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297025664 We finally got sponsor by a Cowboy, we are going to Alabama!]]> 2018-10-25 15:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297025664 Boxes and boxes of different tasty foods just passed onto our deck. Fruits, sweet drinks, and chocolate drops alike! anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297025731 2018-10-25 15:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297025731 Water,everywhere. Making me think land is just something I once knew. Napping on a hammock, Bathing without salt, watching mother write, laughing for no reason, kicking up powdery dirt and wearing nightclothes smelling of the sun. All these things i had in Vietnam why did we have to go? justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297025975 2018-10-25 15:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297025975 I open Mother's handkerchief and put Brother Khoi's chick and my doll in. I throw it overboard, our past life is gone. justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297029567 2018-10-25 16:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297029567 Our boat has just landed on an island called Guam. We are sleeping in tents and eating canned foods. They taste like salty vomit, though. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297031047 2018-10-25 16:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297031047 Our cowboy is tall and pig-bellied, wearing a black cowboy hat, tan cowboy hat. He also has cigar, golden hair, and shining teeth. I bet he has a horse. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297037582 2018-10-25 16:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/297037582 Our cowboy doesn't have a horse, what kind of cowboy are we living with? anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/298074330 2018-10-29 15:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/298074330 I wish I could speak English so I could understand what pink boy is saying. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301634934 2018-11-07 16:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301634934 I eat lunch in the bathroom everyday, I eat food that I steal from home. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301635725 2018-11-07 17:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301635725 My family and I finally know that father is gone and that he will no longer be with us, we will remember and keep him in our hearts forever. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301637787 2018-11-07 17:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301637787 We are stuck in this refugee camp until we get a sponsor. I like it here I'm able to grow my hair long swim and watch movies. The food is not so good, It's not fresh and instead comes in a can. justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301639339 2018-11-07 17:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301639339 We changed everything in our lives we are now part of a new religion and a new culture. keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301639939 2018-11-07 17:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301639939 I feel dumb in class because back home I used to read hard books and solve hard math problems and here in Alabama I am learning the A B C's keyli_espana https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301642403 2018-11-07 17:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301642403 Our Cowboys wife is grumpy and hostile towards us and hides us in the basement where we won't be seen. justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301643453 2018-11-07 17:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301643453 This American chicken tastes very weird and is spicy, salty and crunchy. Not like the fresh killed chicken that roamed the yard in Vietnam justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301644383 2018-11-07 17:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301644383 Because of Vu Lee, our neighbors now like us and even bring us brightly colored, jiggly food. We never eat them. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301649133 2018-11-07 17:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301649133 Pink boy doesn't bully me anymore justin_smith6 https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301650277 2018-11-07 17:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/301650277 Brother Quang just got a promotion after repairing a car that nobody else could. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/302362048 2018-11-08 22:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/302362048 Because of this country not having an I Ching Teller of Fate, mother predicts our coming year for us. She says that our lives will twist while mixing the old and the new until it no longer matters which is which. anthony_vuka https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/302379534 2018-11-09 00:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/justin_smith6/e4ahmmtgavk3/wish/302379534