Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Want a lift? - Seniors Brian Carbis and -Kantad Svensgaard and Junior Eddie Gambetta cruise the island for fun Look out!! - Senior Aaron Wong tries to avoid the oncoming car. Agh! Senior Greg Ross tries to fix Senior Wayel Fare’s face. Can we stop smiling now? - Sopho- more Karen Fong and Senior Chris Chin wait anxiously for their picture to be taken before their faces crack. Weekend Life 29

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Weekends: the two day break from-school with which, students .were blessed. And. what did ‘the majority of Alameda High students, do on their week- ends? Fellow students could be seen wandering along Tele- graph Avenue going to Ra- sputins.or Blondies in Berkeley.. Some-students practically lived in Berkeley on the weekends. ; “What- Kemmerrer, Ray Kang, Ron Parodi, and Marion Borst pause for a popsi- cle. Can’t you tell we’re twins? - Juniors. Karin Ingeman and Lisa Gallagher — wonder why it’s not obvious. — —s Hi mom, can you come pick me up? - Scott Brown and Henry Lin call dear Oo} mom for a ride hore: 26 Weekend Life ever Ido, it’s.not in Alame- da,’’ said’ Sophomore Christina. Chan. Shopping was always something friends ‘did to- gether: Walnut Creek ‘and San Francisco were favor- ite places to spend money: On Monday morning the words .“‘sale”’ and. ‘‘buy”’ were still in many minds, When Erik Nolthenius was asked about his week- end life he said;.‘‘lwash'the dishes and watch football.” Dora Lee, sophmore, said; “Lcatch upon all my taped soap operas of the -week.”’ Other students went out on dates. tothe movies ‘or dancing in San Francisco. But for‘most of us bache- lors and bachelorettes Sat- urday. Night Live was the peak of our weekend life. —by Susan Lew

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She sat in room 138 and contemplated her environ- mental transition. In 1983, Chui Shan Kwong, junior, and her family left Hong Kong and landed in Tucson, Arizona. With only a limited amount of English, she found it hard to keep up with the other stu- dents. They also made fun of her and copied her accent. In time, she found that the stu- dents began to accept her but they only accepted three-fourths of her. She could never be their equal. After four years in Arizona, she moved to Longview, Tex- as and since this September, she has been living in Alame- da. “‘My favorite place,’’ she commented, ‘‘is Hong Kong.” But she liked the American lifestyle. ‘‘Americans are wild,’’ she said. ‘‘They al- ways go after what they want. Let’s start - Chui Shan Kwong be- gins to write her life story. She walked constantly around the room and chuck- led. Senior Sharon D’Cuhna has filled her life with mu- sic. At age three, she used to sing at her parents’ par- ties. The song that inspired her was ‘‘You Light Up my Life’. Then she went through a stage when she was scared of people. ‘‘l would hide behind my mom’s dress and wouldn’t sing,” she said. D’Cuhna was also a member of the San Francis- co Girls Chorus for many years. Afterwards, D’Cuhna spent the last two years of high school conducting the Girls Ensemble at AHS. In the future, she hopes to teach English and con- duct a choir. All copy was written by Des- mond Chin. I'm ready - Taking a break from her work, Sharon D’Cuhna smiles. 20 Student Life Profiles |